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Samsung’s $2,000 foldable smartphone was scheduled to launch earlier this year, but was delayed after several major U.S. tech journalists experienced device-breaking display failures with their review units. This caused Samsung to push back the launch … Continue reading How Samsung Fixed the Galaxy Fold
“The crowdfunded phone of the future was a multimillion-dollar scam,” reports the Verge:
In 2014, Jeffrey Tschiltsch opened an email from Indiegogo and saw the future of computing. The email showed something called the “Dragonfly Futurefon,” a kind of… Continue reading ‘Futurefon’ Crowdfunded on Indiegogo Was Part Of a Multimillion-dollar Scam
Long-time Slashdot reader trolman scared this scathing editorial by security researcher Brian Krebs:
If you are somehow under the impression that you — the customer — are in control over the security, privacy and integrity of your mobile phone servi… Continue reading ‘Who Owns Your Wireless Service? Crooks Do’
This wasn’t a small operation: A Pakistani man bribed AT&T call-center employees to install malware and unauthorized hardware as part of a scheme to fraudulently unlock cell phones, according to the US Department of Justice. Muhammad Fahd, 34, was extradited from Hong Kong to the US on Friday and is being detained pending trial. An indictment alleges that "Fahd recruited… Continue reading AT&T Employees Took Bribes to Unlock Smartphones
I know there’s a lot of politics associated with this story, but concentrate on the cybersecurity aspect for a moment. The cell phones of a thousand Brazilians, including senior government officials, were hacked — seemingly by actors much less sophisticated than rival governments. Brazil’s federal police arrested four people for allegedly hacking 1,000 cellphones belonging to various government officials, including… Continue reading Brazilian Cell Phone Hack
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: Netflix thought I was four different people. I was being paid through an app to watch its trailers over and over again, racking up digital points I could eventually trade for Amazon gift cards or re… Continue reading Americans Are Making Phone Farms To Scam Free Money From Advertisers
Millions of first-time internet consumers from the Ivory Coast to India and Indonesia are connecting to the web on smart feature phones that cost only about $25. “[T]hese hybrid phones, fueled by inexpensive mobile data, provide some basic apps and int… Continue reading The Hottest Phones For the Next Billion Users Aren’t Smartphones
Samsung said it has made the necessary improvements to fix the Galaxy Fold and put it back on sale. The April launch of the device was postponed after early reviewers reported broken screens; it’s now scheduled to go on sale in September. From a report… Continue reading Samsung Galaxy Fold ‘Ready’ For Launch After Screen Fix
HMD is bringing the latest version of the Nokia 2, called the “Nokia 2.2,” to the U.S. For $139, it features a notched camera design, a plastic body, and a removable battery. Ars Technica reports: HMD is delivering a good package for the price, with a … Continue reading Nokia 2.2 Brings Back the Removable Battery
Samsung has been one of the only large smartphone manufacturers to insist on keeping the headphone jack in its flagship phones. But that is about to come to an end with the Galaxy Note 10. According to photos published by the FCC, showing both the bott… Continue reading FCC Photos Confirm Galaxy Note 10 Won’t Have a Headphone Jack