Senior Writer
Chris Smith has been covering consumer electronics ever since the iPhone revolutionized the industry in 2008. When he’s not writing about the most recent tech news for BGR, he closely follows the events in Marvel’s Cinematic Universe and other blockbuster franchises. Outside of work, you’ll catch him streaming almost every new movie and TV show release as soon as it's available.
iPhone sales usually drop in the months leading up to a major iPhone launch, since more informed buyers interested in purchasing an Apple smartphone would rather wait for the new models to launch than buy last year’s device. However, that doesn’t seem to be the case for the iPhone 6 and other iPhones still being sold by Apple, which …
We’re all used to seeing Apple revolutionize industries with exciting new (or reimagined) technology. The company often sets new standards, becoming the de facto company rivals compare their products against – just see footage from Microsoft’s recent Surface event to see how many times Apple products were mentioned. But what Apple doesn’t do is jump on a new technology, …
If you’ve been following iPhone 6s rumors as closely as we have, you probably know that not all iPhone 6s units are created equal when it comes to processors (and other internal components). But since the new A9 chips are responsible for delivering an even better performance than any other Apple chip model, it’s important …
You may have missed out on purchasing a PS4 console for a discounted price from past sales, but Sony is about to fix all that. The company announced on Thursday that it’s officially dropping the price of the PS4, making it cheaper than ever. Sony also announced its “big holiday lineup” in the process.
How much money does Apple save by not bringing its cash hoard to the U.S.? It turns out that it’s a lot: $59.2 billion is the latest number, based on $181.1 billion in cash that Apple holds in offshore accounts.
One of the big new features Samsung has been touting this year is Samsung Pay, or Samsung’s own Apple Pay rival that it touted as “ready to go” at more shops than Apple Pay could ever reach, as it didn’t require special hardware from retailers. At the same time, though, Chinese hackers were breaching the computer …
A six-episode 10th season of X-Files will soon debut, bringing Mulder and Scully back to TV after a thirteen-year hiatus. The show will still star David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson and premiere on January 24th, but creator Chris Carter already shared details about the upcoming series in Cannes at MIPCOM, where an episode was shown …
You’d think that Harvard’s national debate champions would be able to win any verbal confrontation they’d be involved with, especially when it comes to debating. But you’d be wrong to assume that. Even the best lose sometimes, and Harvard’s loss is all the more surprising when you learn that a team of inmates from the Eastern …
Google has an ambitious new project that aims to make the mobile web a lot faster than it already is, and it has nothing to do with improving cellular connectivity or Wi-Fi speeds. Rather than focusing on the hardware side of the business, Google’s Accelerated Mobile Pages project is a new open source HTML code framework that …
Now that both iOS 9 and the iPhone 6s are out, we’re seeing a noticeable bump in iPhone users searching for reasons why their older iPhone models suddenly feel slower. In fact, history teaches us that “iPhone slow” is one of the most popular searches around new iPhone and iOS launches and it happens every year.
