A new report from South Korea says that Samsung has indeed moved forward the Galaxy Note 5 announcement and launch dates on account of the iPhone 6s threat. The company wants to have the fifth-generation phablet and the supersized Galaxy S6 edge Plus handset in stores before Apple launches the iPhone 6s and the iPhone 6s Plus.
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iPhone sales during Apple’s most recent quarter skyrocketed 35% year over year, an impressive figure attributable, in part, to a record number of Android switchers opting to see what life is like within the confines of the iOS ecosystem.
News of the uptick in Android to iPhone migration was relayed by Tim Cook who, during Apple’s earnings conference call yesterday, said that Apple over the last three months saw the “highest switcher rate from Android that we’ve ever measured.” Cook seemed genuinely pleased with the data point, making a point of mentioning it two other times during the call.
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This October, the 24th James Bond movie will hit theaters, bringing more spy action, new Bond girls and cars. Trailers so far offered teasers of what’s to come in the Spectre movie, but they’ve left out many plot details — after all, these are just trailers. However, a fresh trailer reveals more details about the troubles 007 will have to deal with in the new film.
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Yesterday’s list of paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free was a great one, and there are still some solid freebies in there that you can grab if you hurry back to that post. Today is a new day, of course, which means we’ve got a whole new list of sales to share with you.
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Samsung is prepping for its next big thing this year, the joint launch of the Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 edge Plus phablets, and a new leak seems to indicate the company may have a pleasant surprise for buyers. According to a leaked document, Samsung may have fixed the worst thing about the Galaxy S6.
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If Apple included a paper user manual with the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus that included explanations of each and every feature, it would be the size of a phone book. The iOS platform simply packs too many features to cover them all at once, but that’s one of the great things about it. Even if you’ve been an iPhone user for years, there are still hidden features that are waiting to be discovered.
Today, we’re going to help you discover 10 such features, and you may never look at your phone the same way again.
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Surprise, surprise! Upgrading to new smartphones on AT&T is about to get more expensive. Droid Life this week broke the news that starting on August 1st, AT&T is planning to raise upgrade fees for customers signing new two-year contracts with the carrier to $45, or $5 more than what it currently charges to activate a new device when you sign a two-year deal.
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Hopefully we can put the rampant speculation regarding the Apple Watch’s untimely demise to rest, at least for the time being. While Apple didn’t disclose specific sales figures during the company’s earnings report yesterday, Apple CEO Tim Cook did make a point of mentioning that Apple Watch sales thus far have “exceeded expectations.”
What’s more, Cook also added that demand for the Apple Watch still continues to outpace supply. But what should really nullify recent reports which claim that Apple Watch sales have ground to a fault is that sales of Apple’s new wearable are actually increasing, contrary to some recent third-party reports we’ve seen.
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Are we about to see a kinder, gentler Islamic State? Probably not but it seems the ruthless terrorist organization has decided that publishing videos of its members beheading civilians might be a little too damaging to its reputation. Arabic language publication All4Syria.info reported recently that ISIS has ordered its members to stop filming and posting beheading videos online because many Muslims find the scenes “disgusting” and because many children also find them scary. You don’t say!
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The OnePlus 2 is undoubtedly one of the most anticipated Android flagship handsets of the year. The company teased some of its specs before its official announcement and they suggest the device should be the powerful and affordable handset customers expect it to be. While OnePlus did not release any images of the new handset ahead of the launch, Chinese telecom regulator TENAA published on its website more information about the handset, including pictures.
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