BATTERYFORPC BLOG
Your Next Phone Really Doesn't Need 5G... Yet
5G or no 5G? The answer depends on a few factors like your budget, which carrier you have and how long you plan to hold onto your new phone. Access to 5G used to come at a high cost just a few years ago. Now, the technology is standard in most new smartphones and is available in devices that can cost less than $300. But there are times when you might be wonder whether 5G is a necessary feature i ... Read more
2022-07-19 20:27:28
Samsung Unpacked Is Happening on Aug. 10: Here's What To Expect
The next Samsung Unpacked is less than a month away, where we expect to see new foldables and more. After teasing clues about the date of its next big hardware reveal on social media, Samsung on Tuesday confirmed that its next Unpacked event is scheduled for Aug. 10. The event invitation shown above, showing a Z Flip foldable phone, seems to support what a previous leak from tipster Evan Blass h ... Read more
2022-07-19 20:26:59
What Could Apple's iPhone 14 Look Like? Here's What Rumors Say
After last year's iPhone 13, big design changes may be on the way for the iPhone 14. The rumored iPhone 14 is expected to be released this fall, and Apple fans have plenty of questions ahead of its launch. How much will the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro cost? What new features are in store? And, what will the new iPhone even look like? Only Apple has the answers for now, but the ever-churning rumor ... Read more
2022-07-19 20:26:38
Apple Reaches Settlement Over MacBook 'Butterfly' Keyboards to Pay $50 Million
The keyboards, which promised thinner profile designs when introduced in 2015, had multiple defects leading to repair recalls and poor reviews from critics. Apple has agreed to pay $50 million to settle a class action lawsuit from customers who claimed the keyboards in the company's MacBook laptops made between 2015 and 2019 had a design defect. The settlement, filed late Monday in a California ... Read more
2022-07-19 20:26:07
Your Next Smartwatch May Have 90 Hours of Battery Life and Maybe a Camera Too
Dick Tracy, eat your heart out. Qualcomm may finally convince smartwatch makers to put a camera on our wrists. People often gripe about smartwatch battery life, and for good reason, as even premium watches like the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 last only two to three days before needing a recharge. But Qualcomm's upcoming W5 chips promise to extend battery life by up to 24 hours thanks to a slew of perf ... Read more
2022-07-19 20:25:44
Apple Endorses New AVIF Photos for a Faster Web on iOS 16
JPEG has had a good run, but it's ancient by tech industry standards. Apple's Safari web browser will be able to display AVIF image files when the iOS 16 and MacOS Ventura operating systems reach devices this fall, part of an industry effort to speed up the web by shrinking file sizes. The AVIF file format, which has already been embraced by Google's Chrome and Mozilla's Firefox browsers, reduc ... Read more
2022-07-19 20:25:16
Apple sued over Apple Pay payment system
Apple has been hit with a lawsuit in the US over Apple Pay. The tech giant is being accused of using its market power in the mobile phone industry to fend off competition from other payment card issuers. The class-action complaint was filed in a federal court in California by Affinity Credit Union, an Iowa-based chartered credit union. Apple did not immediately respond to the BBC's request for ... Read more
2022-07-19 20:23:35
Does the Newest M2 MacBook Air Leave Room for the iPad?
Apple's Mac lineup keeps getting more polished, but the iPad remains a slowly evolving question mark. With the latest M2-equipped, redesigned MacBook Air, Apple looks like it's delivered a completely useful and highly functional laptop. The Mac line, which once looked like it was slipping into irrelevance, feels stronger than ever. This seems like a good time to buy one, except for one big questi ... Read more
2022-07-19 03:32:21
Meta's Forced Sale of Giphy Is Stopped by UK Court
Following Meta's blocked acquisition of the gif database, a UK judge rejected a competition watchdog's demand that the company sell Giphy. A UK judge rejected a demand by the Competition and Markets Authority that Meta sell Giphy, Bloomberg reported Monday. The ruling follows the CMA blocking the Facebook parent company's acquisition of the gif database last year, due to concerns that it would ha ... Read more
2022-07-19 03:31:55
Amazon targets 10,000 fake review Facebook groups
Amazon is taking legal action against the administrators of more than 10,000 Facebook groups, the BBC has learned. It says the groups are generating fake reviews on Amazon marketplaces in the US, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and Japan. The tech giant says the groups offer money or free goods in exchange for reviews being posted on Amazon. One of the groups, removed earlier this year by Fa ... Read more
2022-07-19 03:29:48