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MediaTek Aims to Beat Qualcomm With New Flagship Smartphone Chip
MediaTek’s smartphone chips typically play second fiddle to Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processors, but MediaTek just announced its new flagship Dimensity 9000 system-on-chip, and it features a number of notable firsts.
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The Pixel 6 Is So Good, Why Buy Anything Else?
Google’s previous Pixels relied too heavily on fancy software to make up for having fewer cameras, smaller batteries, or older processors. But between its custom Tensor chip, updated components, and a slick new design combined with even smarter software, Google has capitalised on the Pixel’s potential at last. And with a starting price of just…
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Android Begs Apple for an Invite to the Texting Party
Google has been doing a ton to make RCS, or Rich Communication Services, the standard messaging protocol across all mobile platforms. It worked with all the U.S. carriers, including AT&T and Verizon, to make Messages by Google the default app, where RCS is supported. It’s pruned its list of extraneous messaging apps and consolidated to…
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The New Expensive iPhone Is Better Than the Old Expensive iPhones
For much of my smartphone-owning adulthood, I was an iPhone “S” year upgrader, due almost entirely to my relationship with my mobile carrier. My first iPhone was a 3GS, which I got for peanuts with my Cingular contract. (Yes, Cingular.) I was eligible to upgrade to a new phone every other year, at which point…