The European Union’s new rules for smartphones and tablets do not regulate mobile unlocking directly. They focus on durability, energy efficiency, repairability, spare-part availability, software support, and clearer consumer information. For professional repair centers, however, the broader Right to repair trend still matters because it affects how long devices stay useful and economically viable to…
For many tech enthusiasts, the smartphone market often feels like chasing diminishing returns. Every year, a new flagship phone arrives with a slightly better SoC and a sky-high price tag. But what if we applied the performance-per-dollar mindset of PC building to mobile technology? More buyers are realizing that high-quality refurbished handsets offer great performance…
The Samsung Galaxy S7 vs Apple’s iPhone 7 Plus vs the Google Pixel. These three take top honors in the smartphone camera competition. Now it’s time to see which one comes out on top. Each one of these has certain benefits. Depending on the type of photographs you take, one might be better than the…
Samsung will announce their new Galaxy S8 in a few weeks. While Apple needs to make a splash with their upcoming iPhone because it is the 10th anniversary of the iPhone, Samsung has even more at stake with their new phone. Samsung is fighting for its reputation after the $6 billion debacle of the fire-prone…
The Google Pixel smartphone is Google’s new flagship product. Although it was built by HTC, it was designed by Google and as such, it has several unique features. Design The Pixel follows the popular rectangular design. From the front, the 5.6 x 2.7 x 0.2 ~ 0.3 inch Pixel is almost indistinguishable from several other phones. Its…
Google made an official announcement of its virtual reality platform, Daydream. Thanks to that Google’s Project Tango has quite become an echo about to fade. What’s more exciting? Something came up to the surface – the Lenovo Phab2 Pro. Lenovo seemingly found Google’s Tango as too brilliant a project to let it fritter away. So,…
High tech products just keep getting better and better. This year was an especially wonderful year for impressive devices of all different types. So here are just a few of the most popular tech devices in the market. Smartphones, very popular tech devices, reached a peak this year with three different manufacturer’s offering their best…
Google’ New Assistant CEO Sundar Pichai kicked off the new Google hardware launch with the promise of a Google Assistant that can handle a two-way conversation and which would become a unique Google Assistant for each user. He promoted the Google Assistant’s AI interface as the current big shift in technology, equal to the PC…