Battery life is the most common complaint about pretty much every smartphone in the world today. We would all appreciate using faster Androids with better battery life and more optimized apps. Ready to find out how the pros speed up their Android devices? Here are 5 tips guaranteed to make your Android battery last longer. 5) The Obvious Things We’ll group a bunch of the obvious tips into this category, because these are things the pros do without even thinking about it. Things…
The tech race always comes down to being the biggest and fastest, and for the consumers this most often leads to us paying the most for the best smartphone. Today’s latest and greatest smartphones cost users hundreds of dollars. That means the majority of consumers can be hard pressed into finding the best deal. That being said, how much of a deal starts to seem like too much of a deal? Something that is too good to be true. How about paying $4 for a smartphone device? That’s the…
The Galaxy S7 is coming later this month. Are you having trouble getting excited? This should help. Here are the top 5 easiest reasons to fall in love with Samsung’s brand new flagship. It’s IP68 Water and Dust Resistant Calling the Galaxy S7 “waterproof” would not be accurate. However, it can survive being submerged in water up to 1 meter deep for up to 30 minutes. So you can safely use your phone in the shower, in the rain, or even in a bath tub. Avoid ocean water. Don’t take it…
It seems like we’ve only just started using Android Marshmallow and yet here we are already talking about the next version of Android, Android N. Android N feature rumors are already swirling. The next version of our favorite mobile OS is already under development – so let’s take a quick look at what we know about Android N so far. We Don’t Know For Sure It’s Android N We’ve been here before: we know the next Android update is coming. We know that Google likes to name its OS…
It seems like every month, mobile users have some new scary virus to worry about. This month is no exception. A new malware called Mazar Bot ca purportedly root and wipe Android smartphones. The malware is delivered by SMS and is able to grant itself root access to your device. It also installs potentially dangerous software – like Tor – that the malware can automatically use to access illegal content online. And finally, to put the cherry on top, the malware can even wipe out a…
If you’re like me, then you use Snapchat when you need to take a selfie with front-facing flash. Well, thanks to the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge, you’ll no longer need to resort to such painful measures. Samsung has front-facing flash support on both the S7 and S7 edge. Samsung’s 2016 flagships were two of the biggest stars at last week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Over the last few days, however, we’ve continued to learn more and more about the new smartphones. We already…
Samsung has taken a page out of Apple’s book by offering gold versions of its new flagships. The new gold-plated Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge models just went up for pre-order online. As you might expect, the gold-plated models are probably beyond your budget: you’ll be paying $2,000 extra to have your S7 or S7 Edge coated in 24K gold. That’s not even the most expensive version of the S7 available. There’s also an 18K rose gold plating available and an even more expensive…
If you’ve already rooted Android, then you know exactly how versatile our favorite mobile operating system can be. But one manufacturer is bringing Android somewhere it’s never gone before: a company named LeEco (formerly known as LeTV) made a bike called Le Super Bike – which is a pretty fantastic name in itself. Making the bike even more fantastic is that it runs Android and shoots lasers. I’m not joking. Let’s take a closer look at this amazing contraption’s…
Samsung just announced the Galaxy S7 at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona – just like it’s done every year. Ready to learn more about this year’s heavyweight Android flagship? Here are 5 fast facts you need to know about the Galaxy S7: 1) It’s Water Cooled In most categories, the S7 is a minor upgrade over the S6 and doesn’t feature anything too dramatically groundbreaking. But there’s one thing that’s cool: the phone is water-cooled. Yes, we’re installing water-cooling…
If you ask 10 people to improve one thing about their phone, 9 would say “battery life”. Phones are more advanced than ever before but have worse battery life than we’ve ever seen. That’s why the tech industry is abuzz today over news that a fuel-cell maker claims we’re only 2 years away from offering modern smartphones with 7 day battery life. That news comes as phone makers like Samsung have claimed their main focus with the S7 is to improve battery life. So while some…
