Google discontinues the Pixel 4 smartphone just nine months after release Google has confirmed the decision the same week as it announced its Pixel 4a The high-end £669 Pixel 4 may not have a place in the current economic climate The Pixel 4 smartphone is still available ‘from some partners while supplies last’ By Jonathan Chadwick … Read more
A new market-leading rugged smartphone has been launched by a British company. The CAT S62 device is a regular-looking Android device with a sleek design that is built with durability and longevity in mind. A FLIR thermal camera, which is four times more detailed than its predecessor, is its party piece feature. The thermal imaging … Read more
Dinner time at Fowey Hall Hotel, which sits above the pretty harbour town of Fowey on the south Cornwall coast, and I’m looking forward to a sumptuous feast in its critically acclaimed restaurant. Some seafood caught in the waters that lap against the shore below, perhaps. Maybe some samphire plucked from a nearby beach. And, … Read more
Scientists urge people to regularly clean their smartphone screen because coronavirus-infected droplets can survive on the surface longer than on regular glass Study mapped how long droplets containing the coronavirus survive on surfaces Droplet evaporation varies depending on surface, temperature and humidity Phone screens, cotton and wood encourage slow evaporation of the droplets Researchers say these … Read more
Chinese company unveils smartphone with sensor that takes temperatures down to a tenth of a degree when held next to your wrist or face The phone can read one’s temperature when held next to a wrist or face Honor says that it can read temperatures down to a tenth of a degree The feature will look … Read more
Samsung releases $1,999 VERTICAL TV that can rotate from landscape to portrait to mirror smartphone screens for easier social media scrolling Samsung is releasing its rotating, vertical TV in the US and the UK The Sero can flip vertically so that people can easily browse social media Users with compatible phones and tap the device … Read more
Face masks may help limit the spread of the coronavirus, but the protective gear has caused a problem for the public – unlocking smartphones. Now, the Chinese firm Huami has solved the issue with a transparent plastic N95-like mask. Called Aeri, the device is designed with anti-fog material, revealing enough of the face to be … Read more
LG may be working on ‘Wing’, a dual-screen smartphone with a swiveling display that lets users run different features and apps at once Renders claiming to be LG’s new smartphone, called ‘Wing’ have surfaced online The handset is a dual-screen device with one of the screens that swivels The top screen turns horizontally to reveal … Read more
Locked-down smartphone users in the UK are sitting on 165 million gigabytes of unused mobile data worth a staggering £165 million, study claims Consumers stuck at home due to COVID-19 are using their WiFi instead of data Data use among non-essential workers has fallen from 2.4 to 1.9 GB a month More than two-thirds of users … Read more
Global smartphone shipments have fallen by 16.8 percent due to worldwide lockdowns to stop the spread of coronavirus, reports analyst firm Omdia. Phone vendors such as Apple, Samsung and Huawei are feeling the pinch from production shutdowns at factories, product launch delays and stunted consumer demand. In the first quarter of the year – from … Read more