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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Engadget: Now that the Safe Connections Act (SCA) has become law, the Federal Communications Commission is taking steps to help domestic violence survivors leave their partners’ phone plans. The agency has propo… Continue reading FCC Proposals Require Phone Companies To Help Domestic Violence Survivors
Two non-profit news site, the Markup and Grist, have co-published their investigation into how big tech rewrote America’s first cellphone repair law.
“That New York passed any electronics right-to-repair bill is ‘huge,’ Repair.org executive director … Continue reading How Big Tech Rewrote America’s First Cell Phone Repair Law
At Samsung’s first Galaxy Unpacked event of the year, the company unveiled its new Galaxy S23 devices: the Galaxy S23, S23 Plus, and Galaxy S23 Ultra. Here’s what The Verge’s Allison Johnson says about the most premium phone of the bunch, the Galaxy S2… Continue reading The Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra Is a Minor Update To a Spec Monster
At Samsung’s first Galaxy Unpacked event of the year, the company unveiled its new Galaxy S23 devices: the Galaxy S23, S23 Plus, and Galaxy S23 Ultra. Here’s what The Verge’s Allison Johnson says about the most premium phone of the bunch, the Galaxy S2… Continue reading The Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra Is a Minor Update To a Spec Monster
The International Data Corporation has the latest numbers for worldwide smartphone sales in Q4 2022, and it’s a disaster. Shipments declined 18.3 percent year-over-year, making for the largest-ever decline in a single quarter and dragging the year down… Continue reading Q4 2022 Was a Disaster For Smartphone Sales, Sees the Largest-Ever Drop
Slashdot reader quonset writes: In what is becoming a recurring theme, Gen Z keeps harkening back to nostalgia. Whether low-rise jeans or disposable cameras, they can’t seem to get enough of vintage technology from the past. Their latest obsession? Fli… Continue reading Gen Z’s New Fascination With Flip Phones
According to Windows Central’s Zac Bowden, Microsoft’s next foldable Surface phone will feature “a more traditional foldable design, with a 180-degree hinge, internal foldable screen and external cover display.” Bowden writes: I’m told this new foldabl… Continue reading Microsoft Scraps Plans For Dual-Screen Surface Duo 3, Pivots To New Foldable Screen Design
Fierce Wireless reports:
Verizon is telling customers that if they’re still using a 3G CDMA or 4G (non-VoLTE) phone that does not support its newer network technologies, “your line will be suspended without billing and will lose the ability to call, t… Continue reading Verizon Warns Its Last 3G Customers to Upgrade Before Losing Service
“Samsung’s Mobile Experience (MX) Business has formed a completely new team for designing and developing its own chipsets,” reports the Business Standard, citing media reports. “The company has formed an application processor (AP) solution development … Continue reading Samsung Ditches Samsung? New Team Formed for Building Its Own Chipsets
A new report from CIRP says that only about 24 percent of recent iPhones purchased in the US were sold directly by Apple. Instead, the most popular way to buy a new iPhone was through a wireless carrier, which accounted for 67 percent of sales. The Ver… Continue reading Only a Quarter of US iPhones Are Sold Through Apple