Qualcomm announces 'Quick Charge 5', four times faster than QC 4...
Four years on from the Quick Charge 4 reveal, Qualcomm has announced Quick Charge 5, with support for more voltages and higher currents, plus support for dual cell batteries. It all adds up to quick...
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Another top option launches for your next smartphone journey - the Pixel 4a
I've written several times of my top picks for an onward journey from Symbian (AAS) and Lumia (AAWP) smartphones, most recently here. And today comes a slightly (COVID-19?) delayed great option from...
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'Nearby Share' is rolling out via Play Services
Back in the 2000s, Nokia (on Symbian) debuted the idea that one could 'tap to share' between devices. The idea was that your phone and A.N.Other device would detect each other via NFC (i.e. very close...
View ArticleA video verdict on the Surface Duo from a parallel universe?
I headed to our summer-house with a view to doing a rant about the new Surface Duo and it turned into a mini-Phones Show. I've embedded it below for your interest. Not really the fabled (Windows)...
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The new phone camera top dog? The Xiaomi Mi 10 Ultra
The title of smartphone imaging king varies from year to year and according to who you ask. DxOMark has been much criticised in the past (often by me) but its standardised tests do at least provide a...
View ArticleEco-champions: Fairphone 3+ is a trivial DIY parts upgrade from the '3'
Lumia 950 and Nokia (S60/Symbian) owners will like this one. In terms of taking the back off, replacing battery and other components easily, there's a lot to like about the Fairphone 3, launched...
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SymbianOS community support on Telegram
A rare post here on this long forgotten OS, but there ARE people still having lots of fun playing with Symbian-powered phones, notably the mighty Nokia 808. There have been various Symbian enthusiast...
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Telegram via Jabber, on Symbian, in 2020!
Sergey "Symnok", one of the real enthusiasts in the Symbian community in 2020, has penned a useful tutorial on getting access to Telegram messaging via a somewhat circuitous route - see the quote and...
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How Google and Microsoft teamed up to try to reinvent smartphones
A really interesting professional article is linked here, writing up the coming together of Panos Panay (Microsoft) and Hiroshi Lockheimer (Google) over the course of 18 months, to repurpose the...
View ArticleReplacement recommendations: the Google Pixel 4a (video)
With a theme on AAS and AAWP over the last few years of recommending modern smartphones running iOS or Android to replace a beloved Nokia or Lumia device, here's video confirmation of another likely...
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Review: Mini-review: RAVPower 65W PD 'Pioneer' 4-port desktop charger
Back in June I reviewed a lesser variant of this RAVPower champion, plugging directly into a wall socket and only offering two output ports. This, the 'Pioneer' top of the line, has a standalone unit...
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Ceramic Shield kicks off new era in phone durability
Other than (perhaps) imaging improvements, the thing that grabbed my attention in Apple's recent online launch shindig was the use of a new 'Ceramic Shield' glass for its 2020 iPhones. This was...
View ArticleThe iPhone 12 Pro Max takes phone cinematography to another level
Featured in the iPhone 12 launch event this week, I wanted to highlight the three minute cinematographer video that was part of it. With a large (1/1.7") sensor with 1.7 micron pixels, using sensor...
View ArticleNot just Lumias that can be DIY-ed: Fairphone 3+
Over the years we've covered numerous devices that can be taken apart at home, replacing damaged components, combining parts from different handsets, and so on. Originally, I had great fun with the...
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Jaw-dropping gallery from real world iPhone 12 Pro tests
It's all very well Apple stepping on stage and showing off some curated photos taken by their latest camera phones, but in this case we have a third party and a pro photographer taking the iPhone 12...
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Review: Aenkyo 'Air Wireless' 10000mAh power bank
The number one hassle with power banks on trips is that you also have to remember to take with you the right charging cable for each family device that you might need to rescue. For most of us, this...
View ArticleMobile firms to be banned from selling 'locked' handsets
Some UK phone networks (notably O2, Three) have been selling unlocked smartphones for years, with the only lock-in being in the contract itself rather than in the silicon. Other companies use hardware...
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