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UK Hits Apple With $1 Billion Class Action Lawsuit Over 30% App Store Fee
Apple has been handed a class action lawsuit in the UK from over 1,500 app developers which claims that the 30% fee in the App Store is excessive. Apple Lawsuit The Lawsuit as shared by appleinsider.com, comes from 1566 UK app developers who started the lawsuit because the 30% fee…
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Nokia Launches The G22 Repairable Android Phone
Right to repair is a big debate in the tech world primarily for laptops and phones which typically aren’t easily repairable or upgradeable. Nokia has decided to make a move to change that by launching the Nokia G22, a phone designed to be repairable from home. Nokia G22 The G22…
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‘Dumbphone’ Sales Soar as People Grow Tired of Overcomplicated Smartphones
It often surprises many people who know me well to learn that while I absolutely love technology (it would be a pretty stupid job for me here at eTeknix if I didn’t!), I absolutely loathe smartphones. – It’s not that I necessarily have a problem with them per se. I…
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Apple iPhone 14 to See a ‘Complete Redesign’
While the Apple iPhone 13 has proven to be (perhaps surprisingly) very popular with consumers, I don’t think it would be unfair to say that when compared to the prior generation model, there isn’t a huge amount of new things going on here. It’s simply a little bit better in…
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LG – Smartphone Android Updates Will Continue for 3 Years
Earlier this week, LG confirmed that the manufacturer would officially withdraw from the smartphone market as part of a restructuring process. A decision that did, ultimately, make sense as while their products were certainly decent enough, after years of trying, they simply failed to carve themselves enough of a slice…
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A New SIM-Based Spying Flaw Has Been Discovered
It has always been hypothetically possible that, in terms of your smartphone’s security, the SIM card has represented a far greater risk than the actual software. Fortunately (if that’s the right word), most attacks have generally been aimed at the operating systems. It seems, however, that in a report via…
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Survey Finds Smartphone Owners Are Less Likely To Upgrade
The smartphone market has seen a significant trend in recent years that people are not quite some hyped for new releases as they perhaps were around 5-10 years ago. A great example of this was when the iPhone 8 released, there were hardly any queues. Something that had become a…
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Using Your Phone Upside Down Will Increase Battery Life
Be Smart With Your Smartphone! Modern smartphones are one of the most widely used and popular tech devices available. There is, however, (generally speaking) a common problem amongst them. Namely, that no matter how careful you are, unless you own a Nokia from the ’90s, the batterywill likely only last…
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Huawei Is Found Out (Again) Of Faking Camera Pictures
Huawei Found Faking Camera Pictures For P30 Pro When you’re releasing a phone when there’s a particular emphasis on the camera quality, it isn’t unusual for the company to release a number of photographs reportedly showing just how good it is. I mean, it makes sense right? Well, unfortunately, it…
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Samsung Offers Apple Their Folding Phone Screen Technology
Samsung Folding Screen Technology With Samsung revealing their ‘folding screen’ technology a week ago, there has been more than a little interest not specifically in the technology, but why companies such as Apple seem to have largely fallen behind in this area. Admittedly, the technology is new and somewhat questionable…
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Oppo Reveal 10X Lossless Zoom Smartphone Camera
Oppo Smart Phone When it comes to smartphones these days, it’s fairly standard to see brand really push the camera features. It is, after all, a pretty significant feature Samsung is going for with their 6-camera flagship S10. While the Oppo brand might not share the prominence of Samsung or Apple,…
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Energizer To Release 26 New Phone Models This Month
Energizer Phones I have never professed to be an expert on smartphone manufacturers. That being said though, I still imagined that I knew practically all of the more notable brands. Imagine my surprise, therefore, when I learnt that Energizer (yes, the battery company) actually made smartphones. Admittedly, I don’t feel…
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Spam Phone Calls Have Increased 300% Worldwide
Spam Phone Calls Your phone rings and upon inspection, you are met with the dreaded ‘Unknown caller’. What do you do? You can’t not answer it as it might be something important. On the other hand, you know full well that it’s probably going to be a call from someone trying…
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Yandex Reveal First Smartphone Design
Yandex Reveal First Smartphone Design You may not have heard of Yandex and that is certainly no reflection of any ignorance on your part. The Russian based company may not be particularly big in the ‘West’, but in the homeland, it’s hard to understate just how big they are in…
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Samsung Found Cheating At Smartphone Camera Again!
Samsung Found Cheating At Smartphone Camera Again! Anyone who has regularly upgraded their smartphone over the last 5 years will regularly note just how much more improved camera quality is getting. Don’t get me wrong, there is certainly still more than a notable difference between the camera on, for example,…
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