SAVE $300: As of Jan. 3, get an unlocked Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 for $1,499.99 at Amazon. That’s a discount of 17%. Start the new year off right with a brand new smartphone. If you didn’t get one over the holidays, there are plenty of great options on offer, especially with the latest Samsung … Read more
Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi has revealed its first electric car, a sharp-looking sedan called the SU7. Slated to roll out in China next year, it’s another entry into an increasingly-crowded market for EVs. It’s also another attempt in this software-obsessed world to match up the technology people find in their phones to what goes on … Read more
Did you get a new iPhone 15, Pixel 8 or Galaxy Flip for the holidays? Lucky you! Just because you’ve got a shiny new device, however, that doesn’t make your former smartphone useless. One of the coolest ways to repurpose an old phone is to convert it into a home security camera. It’s an excellent cost-effective … Read more
Last year, I mused over whether foldable smartphones would ever be affordable. I wanted to see them take off after falling in love with the Galaxy Z Fold 4. This year, I got my answer. It’s a resounding “No,” especially with the foldable market as it is right now. Even with the recently launched Motorola … Read more
The smartphone audience is so wide that it’s difficult to settle on just one best phone of 2023. Some of us want huge screens, fast processors, and tons of memory. Other people want the very best camera so they can share photos on social media. And then there are the folks who want the best … Read more
Unfortunately, I still have to lurk on X, formerly known as Twitter, to see when companies tease upcoming releases. As it turns out, Asus is still making its ROG—the Republic of Gamers—smartphone. It runs Android, and it will probably have some beefy innards. But all we know so far is that it’ll be revealed at … Read more
Well, here’s something you might have never considered: Your iPhone and Android device push notifications can be used by law enforcement or governments to spy on you. U.S. Senator Ron Wyden sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice with a concern that his office was attempting to investigate. According to Senator Wyden’s letter … Read more
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET If you spend time in a car, then having a charger that can keep your devices’ batteries topped up is essential. The problem is, there are a lot of car chargers out there that promise a lot more than they can deliver. Also: The best GaN chargers There are three things I look … Read more
Smartphone sales will mount a comeback starting in 2024, defying growing warnings of a prolonged slump across the mobile sector, according to separate projections by Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley reviewed by TechCrunch. Morgan Stanley’s report predicts global smartphone shipments will rebound by nearly 4% in 2024 and by 4.4% in 2025, shrugging off comparisons … Read more
As Aaliyah sang in her 2000 hit, “Try Again,” “If at first you don’t succeed, oh, then dust yourself off and try again.” Google did that. It went back to the drawing board, scrapped everything except the look of the Pixel Watch, and made a better Pixel Watch 2. This year’s model has a better … Read more