mobile phones
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This App Gives Your Android an Old-School LED Notification Light
Every smartphone has a built-in flashlight, but back in the day, many Android phones featured another hardware light: an LED that shined whenever you received a new notification or alert — a gentle nudge that you needed to check your phone, but a few steps removed from the entire screen lighting up. In 2021, few phones…
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How to Speed Up Your Wireless Charging (and Actually Make It Useful)
As cool and convenient as wireless charging can be, boy is it slow. We’ve talked about how inefficient wireless charging is, especially compared to traditional wired charging. However, the technology has made huge leaps in recent years; some smartphones can wirelessly charge up to 100% in under an hour. You can only take advantage of…
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You’re Not Making the Most of Your iPhone Camera
The iPhone used to have one of the simplest camera layouts of any smartphone. Over the past couple of years, however, as the iPhone’s camera grew bigger and better, Apple added more and more features, buttons, and settings until it became a bit…bogged down. The iPhone’s camera app is due for a major redesign, but…
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How Does the Pixel 6 Stack Up Against the iPhone 13?
Google’s latest phones, the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro, are finally here. You can even head to their online store right now to preorder your model! But do you really know what phone you want? Have you made a decision between the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro — and, if so, are you sure…