mobile phones

  • The Do’s and Don’ts of Buying a Refurbished Smartphone

    The Do’s and Don’ts of Buying a Refurbished Smartphone

    Khamosh Pathak

    The prices of flagship smartphones keep climbing higher and higher. At this point, if you want to buy the latest and greatest, you need to shell out more than a thousand dollars. But before you do that, it’s a good idea to take a look at refurbished smartphones. Refurbished smartphones — especially those sold straight…

  • How to Fix the Mysterious iPhone Wifi Bug (and Avoid It Altogether)

    How to Fix the Mysterious iPhone Wifi Bug (and Avoid It Altogether)

    Brendan Hesse

    An unusual bug is currently breaking iPhones’ wifi connections. Luckily, it’s easy enough to avoid — and to fix if your phone becomes afflicted — but dang, is it weird. In short, for some reason, if your iPhone connects to a wifi network named “%p%s%s%s%s%n,” the device’s wifi will cease to function. So don’t do…