Starting on Wednesday, smartphone unlocking will finally be easier in the U.S. because both large and small carriers have agreed to the new proposals made by CTIA about unlocking devices. That means no matter what kind of smartphone you currently own, whether it’s the big iPhone 6 Plus or an entry-level Android handset, you have the right to unlock it as long as you’ve fully paid for it.
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In recent years, Waze has established itself as one of the most useful apps that drivers can have on their phones. The crowdsourced traffic app lets users send updates to other drivers in real time, alerting them to accidents, detours and speed traps. But police officers aren’t too happy about that last particular use.
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Even if the Apple Watch goes down as an epic flop, it will still likely sell better in its first month than every single Android Wear watch combined has sold for the past several months. Research firm Canalys has some new data out that estimates only 720,000 Android Wear watches shipped last year, which sets a remarkably low bar for the Apple Watch to clear when it releases later this year.
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If you were waiting for the perfect moment to jailbreak your iPhone 6, you might have already missed your chance. iDownloadBlog reports that Apple has stopped signing iOS 8.1.2, which means that users can no longer downgrade to the previous version of the operating system.
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Samsung on Wednesday all but confirmed that the Galaxy S6 flagship will have one of the best smartphone cameras ever made in a lengthy post on its Samsung Tomorrow blog. Teasing that “the future of cameras is in a Samsung Galaxy smartphone,” the company explains the progress it made with phone cameras since 2000, the year it introduced its first phone that sported a 0.3-megapixel camera.
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As anyone who has used Uber before knows, the service’s Android and iPhone apps give customers the opportunity to rate their driver at the end of each ride. What some people might also know but many others are unaware of, however, is that Uber employs a similar rating system for passengers as well.
When you get out of your Uber car at the end of your ride, your driver’s app also pops up a message asking him or her to rate you as a passenger. Those secret ratings can be extremely important, and now there’s a surprisingly simple way to find out your passenger rating.
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By now, we’re all familiar with Comcast’s litany of customer service horrors. Whether it’s telling customers that they’re going to be locked in at a low rate for a year before jacking up their prices after just three months, disconnecting customers repeatedly during service calls, allegedly pulling unauthorized credit reports, calling customers obscene names on their own bills or using insane people to mentally bludgeon customers into not cancelling their service, Comcast has basically written the book on finding creative ways to not give you what you want.
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At this point, we just really want the Galaxy S6 to be announced already so that all the madness will end. Samsung just can’t seem to keep a lid on its next-generation flagship phone, the Galaxy S6, and tiny leaks have turned into gushing rivers over the past few days. We’ve seen benchmark test results that point to the most powerful smartphone ever made, we’ve seen component leaks, and we’ve even seen renders of the handset on several occasions.
Now, a big new leak on Wednesday morning gives what could be yet another clear look at the Galaxy S6.
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It’s getting to be that time of year. The days get a little longer, the temperatures start to inch a little higher, and the major Android smartphone manufacturers release their newest devices. This year is no exception with Samsung, LG, and HTC leading the charge to bring their newest technology to smartphone lovers everywhere.
You could get your hands on one of the top new Android handsets from these manufacturers when you enter The Choose Your Own Next-Gen Android Giveaway at BGR Deals.
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Even though the iPhone 6 Plus is extremely popular with buyers, with China highlighted as one major market for the iOS phablet, the device does come with an unexpected side-effect, as a mobile analytics report from Citrix reveals.
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