5 Phone Charging Myths, Debunked. "Don't use your phone while it's charging," "don't leave it plugged in overnight" and "always let it die completely" — these are just a few popular myths about smartphone batteries.
When it comes to battery life, there are many little rules for what you can and can't do with your smartphone. While plenty of real rules exist, there are several rumored ones you can simply ignore. Phone batteries have evolved so much over the years, becoming smarter and easier to manage. Most lithium-ion batteries, used by major retailers like Samsung and Apple, should last between three and five years, if you take proper care of it.
Amazon's Fire Phone Is More Than Meets the Eye [HANDS-ON] Amazon unveiled its first smartphone on Wednesday at an event in Seattle near its headquarters, four years after the company started working on the project.
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On the surface — and even under the hood — the 4.7-inch Fire phone looks like any other Android phone on the market, but Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and team have baked both big and small touches into the Fire phone to make it stand out in such a crowded market. The Fire phone boasts a 2.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor, an Adreno 330 graphics processor, 2GB of RAM and runs on Amazon's custom version of Android, called Fire OS. While none of the specs are true differentiators, Amazon is taking some risks to get noticed. While none of the specs are true differentiators, Amazon is taking some risks to get noticed.
Although other phone manufacturers have failed in the 3D-display space before, Amazon is embracing what it calls "Dynamic Perspective," which creates the illusion of depth behind the screen, as opposed to outward. Samsung creates world's first smartphone to run Tizen operating system. Android. EE launches 4G on pay-as-you-go for the first time - and a 4G contract for £19 a month. By Rachel Rickard Straus Published: 13:12 GMT, 16 October 2013 | Updated: 08:39 GMT, 17 October 2013 Without a contract: 4G is being offered on PAYG Until now the superfast 4G network has been the preserve of mobile phone users who pay a monthly contract.
But today EE launched 4G on pay-as-you-go – the first network to do so in the UK. The move will open up the superfast network to the 40 per cent of mobile phone users who prefer not to sign up to a contract. EE also launched a 4G contract for £19 a month – currently the lowest cost available on the superfast network. EE, which owns Orange and T-Mobile, said all the 4G handsets currently available to pay monthly customers will be available on pay as you go.
This includes the Alcatel One Touch Idol S, from £129.99. Every customer who buys a 4G pay as you go handset from EE between the launch date on October 30 and the end of January will also receive 10GB of mobile data free. Samsung announces yet another cut-price smartphone: Galaxy Core Advance to launch in 2014 - but does it offer anything new? Core Advance is an improved version of the Core device launched in JuneIt has a 4.7-inch screen, 8GB storage, a 1.2GHz processor and 5MP cameraSamsung announced the handset is due to go on sale 'early next year'Pricing is yet to be announced, but it is expected to cost around £150.
Samsung Galaxy customers to get Jay-Z's new Magna Carta Holy Grail album for FREE this July - 72 hours before it goes on sale. Offer applies to owners of the Samsung Galaxy S4, S3 and Note 2 handsets First million people who download the dedicated app will qualify for the offerMagna Carta Holy Grail is the rapper's first solo studio album for four years By Victoria Woollaston Published: 15:09 GMT, 17 June 2013 | Updated: 15:09 GMT, 17 June 2013 People who own the Samsung Galaxy S4, S3 or Note 2 handsets will be able to get rapper Jay-Z's new solo studio album three days before it goes on sale in July - for free.
The new album, Magna Carta Holy Grail, will be available to download from 12.01am on 4 July - 72 hours before it is officially released - through a dedicated app. But time is of the essence - only the first million people to download the album through the app will qualify for the offer. Scroll down for video... Samsung announces 5G breakthrough that can download a HD film in a SECOND. Samsung claims system could allow live high definition 3D video to be watched in real timedAllows 1 gigabit of data to be transferred in a second - and could be available by 2020 By Mark Prigg and Sean Poulter, Consumer Affairs Editor Published: 13:37 GMT, 13 May 2013 | Updated: 23:45 GMT, 13 May 2013 Films could be downloaded to smartphones in just one second with new ultra-high speed mobile phone broadband technology, Samsung has claimed.
The fifth-generation technology will transmit data several hundred times faster than the 4G networks being rolled out across the country, says the communications giant. Homes could have the wireless 5G system by 2020 using a vast network of masts, which may prove controversial but would mean an end to broadband cables to connect to the internet. Samsung unveils the Galaxy S4 smart phone. New device features five-inch 1080p screen that has the ability to react to its owner's eyesSlightly smaller than the Galaxy SIII at 69mm wide, and 7.9mm thickAlso features a translator, multipurpose 13 megapixel camera and voice recognition softwareExperts say handset could be the first to outsell an iPhone By Thomas Durante and Associated Press Published: 00:28 GMT, 15 March 2013 | Updated: 11:21 GMT, 27 May 2013 Samsung last night delivered its most threatening answer to the iPhone yet with its latest smart phone complete with a gallery of never-before-seen technology.
In a much-hyped public event, the technology giant introduced the Galaxy S4 with an array of new features, including knowing when the user is looking at the screen. Experts described the launch as a 'major milestone' for Samsung, and predict the S4 could even outsell the iPhone. Samsung Galaxy S4 details leaked - and it's set to launch 'within weeks'
New Galaxy S IV phone will feature 1920x1080 screen, rumours claimIt could be released as soon as March, but others speculate April launchApril launch date would mark 12 months since release of last Galaxy phone By Damien Gayle Published: 17:45 GMT, 18 February 2013 | Updated: 18:04 GMT, 18 February 2013 Samsung's next Galaxy smartphone is set for a major screen upgrade that would make it the most high-definition mobile on the market, if leaks are to be believed.
The launch of the successor of the SIII could be just a month away, and rumours of a major upgrade in the specs of Samsung's flagship phone are sweeping the internet. A document purportedly leaked by a Korean financial services firm claims the Galaxy SIV will boast a 5in 1920x1080 display, quad-core processor and run 2GB of RAM. That document, details of which were revealed by a report in TechRadar, also claims that the phone will run the latest version of Android Jelly Bean and will be released as soon as March. Android Forums, News, Reviews, Help and Android Wallpapers.
$13 Txtr Beagle Is World's Cheapest and Smallest E-Reader. Txtr beagle: The £10 electronic book that could kill off the Kindle. German firm set to launch the cheap design within weeksBooks are sent via bluetooth from a mobile phone, and device is powered by AAA batteries that can last for a year By Mark Prigg Published: 15:57 GMT, 10 October 2012 | Updated: 08:28 GMT, 11 October 2012 A German firm is hoping to radically change the electronic book market with an ebook that costs just £10 to buy. 'The txtr beagle is designed to do best what eReaders are intended for: reading digital books,' the firm says on its website.
To save costs, the gadget has no connectors, and books are sent to it from a mobile phone app using bluetooth. iPhone 'Scuba Suit' protective case lets you take photos underwater for the first time. By Rob Preece Published: 04:34 GMT, 3 October 2012 | Updated: 08:30 GMT, 3 October 2012 For many owners, the iPhone has become a gadget they simply cannot live without.
Kindle Fire sold out in U.S. fuelling speculation release of new version is imminent. The internet retailer has a major press conference scheduled for next Thursday in Santa MonicaAnnouncement that the first model is 'sold out' suggests that Amazon halted production a while ago to retool for a new model By Jill Reilly Published: 00:59 GMT, 31 August 2012 | Updated: 14:02 GMT, 31 August 2012 Kindle Fire, Amazon's digital reader has sold out in the United States, sparking speculation that the release of a new version is imminent. The internet retailer has a major press conference scheduled for next Thursday in Santa Monica, California. Samsung unveils camera that thinks it's a phone... and the phone that thinks it's a tablet.
Samsung Note 10.1 takes on the iPad with new-look curvy tabletSamsung Galaxy Camera allows you to connect to the web and runs Android - allowing you to run apps, play games and upload imagesGalaxy Note 2 is similar to company's flagship S3 phone - but with a giant 5.5inch 'mini-tablet' screenFirm also reveals new flagship phone - and it's running Microsoft software instead of Google's By Eddie Wrenn Published: 09:43 GMT, 30 August 2012 | Updated: 16:54 GMT, 30 August 2012 Last week, Samsung was beaten in the courts by Apple, and told to pay $1billion to its arch-rival after jurors agreed the tech giant had copied the iPhone design.
How your fixed mobile phone contract could rise... despite what the sales staff tell you. By Tara Evans PUBLISHED: 23:26 GMT, 14 August 2012 | UPDATED: 09:19 GMT, 15 August 2012 Misled: Customers are seeing contract costs rise - despite being told charges are fixed Millions of mobile phone customers are being misled by sales staff who fail to tell them their contract costs may increase. More than 80 per cent of staff in shops visited by researchers wrongly said their bills were ‘fully guaranteed’ and would ‘never change’. But mobile phone networks are legally able to raise the cost of calls, often relying on small print that lets them blame inflation for the price hike. Mystery shoppers from the consumer group Which? Mobile firms lock customers into lengthy contracts, often lasting up to two years. But they do not make it clear that the cost of bills may be pushed up — with more than 70 per cent of people unaware of the sneaky clause.
The hidden drain your mobile data: Apps that eat up your allowance and waste £173million annually. Samsung Teases New Galaxy Note Phone for Aug. 29 Debut. Samsung Galaxy S3 release date revealed at launch: Android smartphone to go on sale May 29.