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Not all Bluetooth 5-enabled smartphones are created equally, here’s why

Bluetooth, despite being there since day one of modern smartphones, is still evolving. A new iteration of the Bluetooth specification is released every few years, the latest of which is Bluetooth 5, announced in 2016. While the majority of smartphones these days officially support it, a large number of smartphones are missing key functionalities defined in the Bluetooth 5 specification. This was…

DevCheck is a hardware and system info app that tells you everything about your device [XDA Spotlight]

The XDA forums are full of developers who make lives easier for those who want to mod their phones. Whether it be an app for controlling superuser access, changing governors on your CPU, overclocking, flashing, or many other functions. DevCheck is yet another application that helps tech-savvy people find technical info about their device. It is made by XDA Recognized Developer flar2. He is the…

Motorola’s foldable Razr phone specifications include the Qualcomm Snapdragon 710

The first smartphones with foldable displays are coming to market in just a few months, and there’s no telling which way the wind will blow. Will the Samsung Galaxy Fold‘s inward folding display capture the hearts of consumers, or will the Huawei Mate X’s outward folding display win the day? Motorola seems to be taking a different approach to the foldable as the company is said to be bringing…

Samsung Galaxy S10’s kernel source hints at a 5G Samsung Galaxy Note 10

The Samsung Galaxy S10, S10e, and S10+ launched last month and have gone on sale in the U.S., India, China, Europe, and other markets. In the U.S., the Galaxy S10 comes with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 mobile platform. In most other countries, the S10 series comes with Samsung’s Exynos 9820. Earlier today, Samsung uploaded the kernel source code for the Exynos Galaxy S10e, S10, and S10+…

Take better pictures on the Samsung Galaxy S10 with a Google Camera port

Despite only having a single rear camera, the Google Pixel 3 is considered by many to still have the best camera on any smartphone. The Google Pixel’s camera prowess is owed in large part to Google’s incredible camera software. The Google Cameraapp uses Google’s industry leading techniques to deliver incredible HDR and low-light shots. The Google Camera app has been ported by many great…

The Razer Phone 2’s Android Pie update rolls out next week for unlocked devices

Razer is one of the most popular gaming device manufacturers thanks to their stylish lineup of PC accessories, laptops, and other hardware. Back in January of 2017, they bought a small smartphone startup called Nextbit. This was our first clue that the company would introduce its own product to the smartphone industry. It didn’t take them long, as it was only November of 2017 when we saw the…

Samsung Galaxy S10 may have HDR10+ video recording, 1080p Super Slow Motion, Best Shot, and more

Samsung, like many other smartphone manufacturers, tends to spill the beans about their latest software features before they officially unveil them. For example, the Samsung Galaxy Note 8‘s camera APK in the Android 8.0 Oreo-based Samsung Experience 9 release had strings about the Samsung Galaxy S9‘s new Intelligent Scan feature. The Samsung Galaxy Tab S4’s leaked firmware had evidence pointing…