Study: US consumers pay more for wireless data than just about anywhere else
US consumers who feel a sense of foreboding that ultimately turns to sticker shock whenever they get their cellphone bill for the month have good …
Smartphones
New form factors will give the smartphone market a much-needed boost in 2019
2018 has arguably been a boring year, bordering on an outright slump, for the global smartphone market, with a new analysis of shipment figures showing …
A bunch of millennials explained in a survey why they despise phone calls
If you need to get in touch fast with someone who falls in the millennial demographic category, you’re probably aware that you’ve got tons of …
Yandex, the Google of Russia, is launching its first smartphone
The search company known as the Google of Russia already does a lot of things to which you can make comparisons with similar services and …
Samsung is still the top smartphone maker, but its numbers keep falling
The Game of Phones (apologies to George R.R. Martin) is getting to be an increasingly tough one to play for handset manufacturers. Just consider, for …
Survey: More men than women snoop on their partners’ phones and social media accounts
A new survey of almost 1,700 Americans between the ages of 18 and 35 shows that men are more untrustworthy than women when it comes to …
New repair data shows we won’t fix a cracked screen if the phone still works
It might not come as a surprise, but one effect of the rising price of smartphones — and the increasing commonality of $1,000+ handsets — …
We’re officially in a global smartphone slump for the fourth straight quarter
Have we reached peak smartphone? Are we just impossible to impress anymore thanks to a case of been-there, seen-that with most handsets? Maybe it’s that …
Phones are so expensive that some people are waiting almost 3 years to upgrade
Ok, so that monthly installment for your cell phone bill is now gone. You’ve finally paid off the handset you upgraded to a couple of …
eBay’s new service lets you sell your old phone and get paid instantly
Getting rid of an old smartphone has always been unnecessarily complicated, but eBay is here with a new solution. On Monday, the company unveiled a …
AT&T says 5G is going to bring carrier-locked phones back in a big way
5G will be making its proper mobile debut next year, according to everything we’ve heard. That means 5G smartphones — and hopefully, they’ll be real …
Even teens are now admitting that we’re too addicted to our cellphones
We could be seeing the first rumbling of a tidal shift in smartphone usage in the U.S., as well as a change in attitudes toward …
Government-backed research suggests millions of smartphones have built-in security flaws
Well, this is comforting. Researchers funded by the Dept. of Homeland Security have found security vulnerabilities built into smartphones at the device level, vulnerabilities that …
Smartphone prices starting at $1,000 are getting more common, and it’s all your fault
Apple’s smartphone rivals take many cues from the iPhone maker, whether it be bezel design or that much-maligned notch. Another more unfortunate feature that’s inspiring …
One Chinese city has opened a lane specifically for people walking and texting
If you’ve never run into anyone while walking down a sidewalk texting a friend or scrolling through Instagram, you’ve probably come pretty close. As a …
How 5G is going to make smartphones ugly again
The first 5G mobile devices should finally arrive next year, which means that smartphone manufacturers are hammering out the details right now. Unlike a lot …
ZTE just announced three new smartphones, including its first Android Go device
Chinese smartphone manufacturer ZTE just announced a trio of new budget-minded smartphones at MWC 2018. The company revealed the all-new Blade V9, Blade V9 Vita, …
You can now not buy the Essential Phone in three brand-new colors
The Essential Phone was supposed to revolutionize Android handsets. It was supposed to be the ultimate hardware reboot for hardcore Android fans. It was supposed …
Average smartphone prices are way up, thanks to the iPhone X and Galaxy Note 8
2017 was a bumper year for flagship phones. The Galaxy Note series was back after the Galaxy Note 7 battery debacle, and Apple released the …
Keep cell phones away from your body, warns the California Department of Public Health
How far away is your cell phone from you right now as you read this? Is it sitting right next to you on your desk …
Doogee Mix 2 review: A huge screen, four cameras, and a couple of compromises
It’s been a very interesting year for smartphones. Samsung’s Galaxy line is hitting new highs while Apple’s iPhone X broke new ground with its edge-to-edge-to-edge …
The best Black Friday smartphone deals from Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T, and Sprint
With Black Friday oh-so-very-nearly here, we’ve now got all the deals from the big four carriers locked down. Black Friday 2017 is looking to be …
You can now compare any two smartphones with Google’s new search tool
When you want to find something out about a smartphone, I’ll bet that the first thing you do is perform a search on Google. Unfortunately, …
Smartphone gaming addict goes blind after playing for 24 hours straight
If you think an hour-long Candy Crush session or occasionally dropping $10 to refill your stash of Pokemon Go pokeballs is evidence that you have …
Essential has sold just 5,000 phones in a month
When Android founder Andy Rubin launched Essential earlier this year, it was a business full of promise. The fledgling company had all the pedigree in …
Why the smartphone era is causing a mental health crisis in teens
The number of ways in which the smartphone has made our lives easier is vast. Whether it’s using Shazam to identify a song on the …
Study shows your smartphone makes you dumber, even when you’re not using it
Smartphones have been hailed as world-changing gadgets that provide humanity with a constant connection to the rest of the world, and all the knowledge it …
Huawei’s next big smartphone is officially coming later this month
Huawei is the sleeping giant of Android manufacturers: big in China, its phones are technologically great but not sold all that widely in the US. …
The dumbest gadget trend of 2016 is already dead
2016 was, among many other things, the year of the modular smartphone. Motorola and LG both released flagship phones that leaned heavily on attachable modules, …
This new smartphone antenna could boost your signal and battery life
In the never-ending quest to squeeze more power out of less space in our smartphones, researchers in Finland have developed a revolutionary antenna technology that could …
