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Update from September 26, 2025: Verizon has things mostly under control now, with outage reports trending down on Downdetector. The company tells us that a fiber cut in Southern California impacted some customers, and service has been restored for most of them. The original story follows below: It appears that Verizon has been experiencing issues … Read more
Update from September 26, 2025:Despite OnePlus’ claims, the OnePlus 15 won’t be the first smartphone featuring a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. That honor will go to the Xiaomi 17 series, which is already available for preorders and it’ll be launched in China on September 27. OnePlus still has the opportunity to be the first … Read more
What we know so far: Early reports about the iPhone 18 Pro Max have already started to surface. The new Pro models are expected in September 2026, continuing Apple’s usual release cycle, but leaks suggest they could bring some of the most significant hardware and software changes in years. The iPhone 18 Pro duo is rumored … Read more
The iPhone 17 series is now available to purchase, and the iPhone 17 Pro Max is — as expected — the new top-tier phone from Apple. It comes with a new design and “camera plateau”, improved cameras with better zoom and nighttime performance, and of course a faster processor. It’s the natural competitor is Samsung’s Galaxy … Read more
The Galaxy S26 series will likely support UFS 4.1 storage. | Image Credit – Micron Qualcomm’s latest chipset for high-end Android phones, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, is now official. Not only is it 20 percent faster and 35 percent more efficient than its predecessor, the Snapdragon 8 Elite, but it also supports Universal … Read more
This year we got served the world’s thinnest iPhone, the iPhone Air — a titanium-and-glass featherweight device that looks more like concept art than a phone in 2025. I get it, it’s new and different, which is rare nowadays, and it’s Apple doing something new, which is even rarer. When you pick it up in … Read more
Over 1200 people participated in our little PhoneArena survey about the OnePlus 15 and its most alluring feature: the results show that next to no one cares about its screen. As of time of writing, the results are: The large battery – 32.93% The new camera system – 7.37% The new display with a higher … Read more
OnePlus might be riding the wave of excitement for its upcoming OnePlus 15 release, but its older devices appear to be victims of a serious security flaw. A cybersecurity firm has discovered a vulnerability that exposes SMS and MMS data from some OnePlus smartphones. OnePlus phones are at risk from a security vulnerability, but a … Read more
It’s no secret that Apple has fallen woefully behind in the AI race, especially against smartphone competitors Samsung and Google. On that front, it’s just been revealed that the company has finally been able to create an Apple Intelligence app that functions very similarly to the ChatGPT app for mobile and desktop.The app lets Apple’s … Read more
Up, up, up: that’s the sound of prices going higher and higher. These days, dedicated DSLR and mirrorless cameras are getting slammed with gobsmacking price hikes in the US. That’s why I say: save yourself some money and start taking your phone’s camera seriously. DSLR and mirrorless cameras are generally cheaper in the US than … Read more