The best alternatives to Apple’s stock iPhone apps, as chosen by iOS users
Apple makes some of the best hardware in the smartphone market, but the software isn’t always up to snuff. That’s not to say that the stock apps on the iPhone and iPad aren’t effective, it’s just that other developers have taken the basic concepts and run with them to the point that better alternative exist for nearly every app on the iPhone.
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You only have 4 more days to save $5 on Amazon’s Fire TV Stick
Amazon’s “Fire” brand can be a bit tricky. You should never, ever buy a smartphone with “Fire” in the name, and Fire-branded tablets aren’t what they used to be. Where streaming media is concerned though, “Fire” is definitely a safe bet. In fact, Amazon’s Fire TV Stick is one of the best and most affordable media streamers out there, and you’re running out of time if you want to pick one up at a discount.
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Flagship Android phone sales have crashed and burned this year
High-end Android phones are better than ever now… but that hasn’t translated into improved sales. Charles Arthur takes a look at some recent earnings figures from key Android smartphone vendors and finds that all of them have missed sales expectations when it comes to flagship phones.
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Watch: Ringing iPhone hypnotizes ants better than Ant-Man
No, it’s not an invisible Paul Rudd playing Ant-Man that’s controlling the ants in the viral video below. Instead, it’s a simple iPhone that’s doing the most fundamental thing expected from a phone: Ringing.
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FEATURED — Samsung Gear S2 hands on: Has the Apple Watch met its match?
Ahead of the debut of Samsung’s new Gear S2 smartwatch, Apple blogs were abuzz with accusations that Samsung was about to rip off Apple once again. Leaked images showed circular icons that certainly seemed to be eerily reminiscent of the Apple Watch’s icons. Given Samsung’s rich history of copying Apple, bloggers took the leap and assumed we were in store for yet another Samsung product inspired by an Apple device that came before it.
Now that I’ve met with Samsung and tested the Gear S2 a bit, it’s time to see how it stacks up against the smartwatch market leader, and to determine once and for all whether Samsung’s new watch really is an Apple ripoff.
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Amazon deal of the day: Save $50 on one of the best Garmin navigators ever
Each and every day, Amazon highlights one particular deal that offers what it perceives to be value above and beyond most of the other deals you might find on the site. Today, that deal is indeed a great one: For one day only, you can get one of the best navigation systems Garmin has ever made, the Garmin nüvi 55LMT, at a big $50 discount.
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Nexus 5 2015: Major leak reveals pricing, confirms release date
2015’s Nexus 5 is the phone Android diehards have been looking forward to the most and a new leak confirms that the new device won’t burn a hole through their wallets. One of Android Authority’s sources has confirmed that Google plans to unveil the new Nexus, which will be “probably” called the Nexus 5X, on September 29th. Even better, the source says the new device will be priced starting at $400, which means it will be quite affordable for a flagship device.
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9 awesome paid iPhone apps that are all free downloads right now
There are only two more days left in the work week, which means two more lists of paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale. Lucky for you, Thursday’s list is a terrific one. We’ve got 9 paid iOS apps on sale for free today, carefully handpicked from more than 150 paid apps that dropped for free today. You can also grab a few more premium apps for free if you jump back to yesterday’s post.
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World’s most accurate Apple insider drops last-minute iPhone 6s details
We have less than a week to go before Apple reveals all about the iPhone 6s but KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has given us a few new morsels of information about the device to hold us over. Per 9to5Mac, Kuo released a research note that confirmed some key specifications of Apple’s upcoming iPhone, including its camera and its storage options.
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Insane video puts you in the driver’s seat as a 420HP Audi RS 4 rolls into a devastating crash
The rise of action cameras from companies like GoPro has flooded the Internet with footage that would have been impossible for most people to capture just a few short years ago. Thanks to popular cameras like the GoPro HERO4, the world can enjoy first-person video as if each viewer was him or herself.
Sometimes, GoPro videos give us fascinating footage of exciting adventures. Other times, GoPro videos can be terrifying — and such is the case with a video recently posted on YouTube by amateur car racer Tim Bucklin.
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