Video: The iPhone revolution started with two horrendous prototypes
The iPhone turned 10 this week, although the phone was in development more than two years before Steve Jobs felt comfortable enough with the product …
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 brings his entertainment expertise to 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.
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Airlines won’t warn you about the Galaxy Note 7 anymore, but it’s still banned
While we wait for Samsung to reveal the real reason why Galaxy Note 7 kept exploded in the first weeks after the phone’s launch, the …
Tesla steals top Apple coder for its Autopilot team
Chris Lattner isn’t a familiar name to most people who follow Apple news, but he’s definitely an Apple star — or he was an Apple …
‘Star Wars: Episode VIII’ writer reveals secrets about the upcoming movie
Rian Johnson, who wrote and directed the untitled Star Wars: Episode VIII movie, revealed some secrets for the highly anticipated sequel to The Force Awakens. …
Pokemon Go is still banned in China
Millions of Pokemon Go players are still trying to catch every Pokemon creature that the game has spread all over the world. But not in China. …
Samsung might be making two different Moto Razr successors
If there’s one company that told us for years that it wants to make foldable smartphones, it’s Samsung. It’s certainly not the only one, but …
Google just fixed a serious Android security vulnerability
Over the years, Android has become one of hackers’ favorite targets, and there are plenty of reports detailing various malware attacks against Android devices. One of …
iPhone 8’s rumored design might sound like a Galaxy phone, but it could be so much more
Apple usually takes its time adding breakthrough features to the iPhone, even if that means lagging behind competitors. The company only increased the screen size on the …
Company that made exploding Galaxy Note 7 batteries announces breakthrough for electric cars
If you’ve seen Samsung SDI in the news recently, that’s because the Samsung subsidiary was initially fingered as the company that made faulty Galaxy Note 7 …
The LG G6 might have a display unlike anything the world has ever seen
Dozens of iPhone 8 and Galaxy S8 rumors focus on the displays headed to these handsets. Both Apple and Samsung are going for brand new smartphone designs …
Leak may reveal yet another way Apple’s iPhone 8 will outclass Android rivals
A new report from Asia indicates that Apple may use steel in an iPhone again this year. The iPhone 8, which is already expected to …
After Verizon acquires Yahoo, ‘Altaba’ will be left behind
Yahoo was hit with two major security breaches in recent years that affected well over 1 billion user accounts. The company only discovered and admitted …
How Apple recovered an original iPhone prototype in total secrecy
The most prominent iPhone prototype that Apple ever lost was the iPhone 4 that was forgotten in a bar by an Apple engineer months before …
Samsung accidentally confirmed one of the Galaxy S8’s headline features
One of the most interesting rumored features of the Galaxy S8 is a Samsung-owned virtual assistant. After all, previous Galaxy S generations always had access …
Report says Galaxy S8 will be unveiled next month
The rumors concerning the launch of the Galaxy S8 continue to offer different views on the matter. Initial reports suggested that Samsung will unveil the …
Trump fires back at Meryl Streep’s heartfelt Golden Globes speech
Meryl Streep was honored at the Golden Globes last night with the Cecil B. DeMille lifetime achievement award, and the accomplished actress delivered a heartfelt …
Apple’s rivals are getting ready to follow the iPhone’s lead yet again
There’s no doubt about it, the future of iPhone is OLED when it comes to display technology. More and more reports indicate that suppliers are …
Pricing for the hot new Nintendo Switch console may have just leaked
Nintendo will soon answer all of our most pressing questions regarding the upcoming Switch console, but a new leak already seems to solve one of …
Apple’s Phil Schiller explains why new iPhones can seem ‘disappointing’
The device that changed the smartphone landscape like no other product before is 10 years old, yet it still leads the mobile industry in several …
Video imagines a revolutionary new iOS 11 interface on the iPhone 8
Many reports claim that Apple’s iPhone 8 will be a revolutionary device that will pack a bunch of new features never seen before on an iPhone. …
This is Nokia’s first Android-based iPhone 7 rival
The first Nokia Android smartphone is already here. Sure, it may not be the old Nokia that many of you loved, but the Finland-based company …
10 new movie trailers you need to watch from this past week
It’s a new year, which means we have plenty of new trailers to look at this week. Studios released brand new clips for some of …
Donald Trump will continue to tweet randomly after he takes office
If you made the assumption that a PR team is handling Donald Trump’s Twitter assaults, you’d be wrong. The incoming press secretary Sean Spicer said that the …
Xiaomi made a smart TV that’s thinner than an iPhone
It wouldn’t be CES without new TVs, and we already saw a few compelling TV innovations at the show. One of them comes from Xiaomi, …
New leak shows how terrible Apple’s iPhone could have been
You might not be completely happy with iOS, but the iPhone’s operating system is probably one of the best and easiest to use in the …
The iPhone 8 is going to be bigger than you can even imagine
After facing plenty of criticism for failing to release big-screen iPhones, Apple in 2014 finally released two new models that featured displays that were bigger …
Intel made a PC as powerful as a MacBook that fits in your wallet
Intel’s latest invention is called Compute Card, and it’s a PC that you can carry around in your pocket. Intel made tiny PCs before, the …
Samsung’s disastrous Galaxy Note 7 quarter to be the most profitable in three years
Samsung is expecting record profits for the fourth quarter of 2016, even though it had to deal with the most disastrous recall in its history. …
Robert De Niro is going to magically become young again for ‘The Irishman’
Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman is finally in the making, and we knew as much back in October 2015 when Robert De Niro confirmed the project. …
Hyundai’s electric scooter is going to make parking less awful
We have no way of knowing for sure, but Hyundai may have made one of the coolest electric scooters in town. The Hyundai Ioniq was …
