This US carrier doesn't want to let you use one phone number on two iPhones‎

iPhone Handoff is a new feature in the recently released iOS 27 which lets you use one phone number on two separate iPhones (not at the same time, but still). Over in the US, T-Mobile jumped at the opportunity to be the first carrier to support the feature, and it's priced it at $5 per month. In the meantime, Verizon has confirmed that it will be bringing iPhone Handoff to its customers by the end of the year. That leaves AT&T as the only holdout, and this is intentional. This carrier doesn't seem at all interested in providing the feature to its customers. Here's what an AT&T...

Samsung's One UI 9 update for the Galaxy S26 series reaches the US‎

A week ago, Samsung officially announced the rollout of One UI 9 based on Android 17 for the Galaxy S26, Galaxy S26+, and Galaxy S26 Ultra. The update was initially available in South Korea only, but that changes today. The Galaxy S26 trio is now receiving the One UI 9 update in the US as well. The first carrier versions to get it are T-Mobile's. It arrives over-the-air as a 4.1GB download. After installing the update, your phone will be running Android 17 with One UI 9, with the build number ending in "BZID". Now that T-Mobile opened the floodgates, undoubtedly AT&T and Verizon...

The pricey 1TB and 2TB iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max found to use very slow memory‎

The iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max last year introduced a 2TB storage tier. Just like them, the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max are available in four configurations: 256GB, 512GB, 1TB and 2TB. Something has changed, however, and it is the type of storage used. In a video on BiliBili, Homolab compared two 18 Pro Max phones, one with 512GB storage and one with 1TB. Apparently, the 256GB and 512GB Pro models use TLC flash – each memory cell fits three bits. However, the 1TB and 2TB models use QLC – four bits per memory cell. QLC is known to be slow, so Apple added a fast SLC cache (one bit per...

Apple opens a 600-seat live music venue in London‎

In quite the unexpected move, Apple has opened a 600-seat live music venue in London. It's called the Apple Music Hall and you can find it inside the Battersea Power Station (which is a mall these days, despite the name). Apple says artists can "perform an intimate live show" for fans in the venue, but also record it in Spatial Audio, create a broadcast-ready mix, and capture multi-camera video, all directly from the venue. Apple Music Hall incorporates "heritage brickwork, fluted arches, and bronze balconies reminiscent of the historic oriel windows", thanks to its location. A giant glass...

Apple iPhone 18 Pro Max review‎

OnePlus 16's AnTuTu score surfaces‎

The AnTuTu team just spotted a OnePlus device with the model number PYB110 in their database. It's powered by the just-unveiled Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 SoC, and the prototype which ran the benchmark had 16GB of RAM and 1TB of storage. The phone also comes with a 185Hz refresh rate. Given these specs, this is clearly the upcoming OnePlus 16. As you can see from the image below, it scored 5,384,433 points in AnTuTu v12. It achieved a CPU score of 1,458,283, a GPU score of 2,010,584, a memory score of 766,362, and a UX score of 1,149,204. Of course this is just a preliminary...

Galaxy Tab S12+ and S12 Ultra specs leak - here's what will be upgraded‎

There has been a slow trickle of leaks for the Galaxy Tab S12+ and Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra. Now, WinFuture has fully opened the tap and... not much came out. The Tab S12 slates will change a few things from their predecessors, but the upgrades are pretty sparse. Both tablets will be powered by the Dimensity 9500, which replaces a Dimensity 9400+ on the Tab S11 Ultra and a Dimensity 9300+ on the Tab S10+. Why no “plus” chipset this year? Well, MediaTek never released a 9500+ – there is a Dimensity 9600M, but that doesn’t change enough to get a “plus” tag. There’s also the Dimensity 9600 Pro,...

Xiaomi 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max arrive with latest Snapdragon chips, privacy displays and more useful rear screens‎

It only took a couple of hours for the first phones with Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 chips to go official in China. The Xiaomi 18 Pro is the first Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 phone on the market, while the Xiaomi 18 Pro Max claims dibs on the 8 Elite Extreme variant. Xiaomi 18 Pro (left) and 18 Pro Max (right) Outside of the new flagship chips, the Xiaomi 18 Pro series brings larger batteries, hardware-level privacy displays, updated telephoto cameras, and they retain the rear screens from their predecessors. But Xiaomi is adding extra functionality with its new AI...