Today we are finally going to see the vivo iQOO arrive officially and you can join in too. The Chinese company is launching the first device of its sub-brand, and it will come with three cameras, Snapdragon 855 and 12 GB RAM and has posted a live stream from Shenzhen, China, which you can follow below. The event begins at 7:30 PM local time, which is 12:30 CET. The new device will be the most powerful vivo smartphone up to date. Aside from the obvious monstrous chipset and RAM, it will also have 44W fast-charging that will top up the 4,000 mAh battery in 50 minutes, and there will...

A report from Spanish website AppleSfera claims that its sources tell about a March 29 launch date for the second-generation Apple AirPods. Apple's AirPods received lots of mixed criticism when they were first announced, including looking outright ridiculous while wearing them. Around two years later, they are a best-selling Apple product at Best Buy as iPhone users struggle with losing or breaking their headphone dongles. The AirPods are due for a refresh and a screenshot allegedly from a stock warehouse in the Asia-Pacific market labels the AirPods to have an "Out of Stock" date...

Xfinity Mobile is an MVNO carrier that runs on both Verizon's LTE networks and seamlessly connects to Xfinity Wi-Fi hotspots around the US when in range. The network has some customers left stranded with their phone numbers stolen by attackers who then used the numbers to commit identity fraud. The issue stemmed from Xfinity Mobile irresponsibly setting account PIN numbers to a default "0000". In the US, this PIN is given to a new phone company along with basic account information in order to permanently transfer the number to a new provider. We're aware of a very small number of...

Huawei's latest EMUI 9 based on Android 9 Pie is now headed to a few more devices. The company has released the new software for the Mate 9, Mate 9 Pro, Mate 9 Porsche Design, and nova 2s in China today. The P10 and P10 Plus units sold in the company's home country are also in the process of making the jump, even though in that case the update is not a world premiere - the Pie release has been out in other parts of the world since December. Additionally, the Honor 9 and Honor V9 are graced with the same new software too - though this isn't new either, having gone out to units elsewhere...

Many were skeptical of the idea of a segment of smartphones specifically dedicated to gaming, but it actually looks to be gaining momentum. We have multiple companies coming up with their own version of what they think a gaming-focused smartphone should be. The Black Shark is what Xiaomi came up with. We first heard about this smartphone in an official sense close to one year ago and while it has had a limited release (throughout the UK and Europe), Xiaomi is still working to bring the device to other markets. Black Shark is a sub-brand of Xiaomi that was founded back in 2017, and the company has announced they will be opening a headquarters in Bengaluru, India. The Xiaomi Black Shark launched during the first half of last year and it was followed up by the Xiaomi Black Shark Helo during the second half. India has been a huge market for Xiaomi’s Redmi sub-brand as those devices are very price competitive for a popular market in the country. The Xiaomi Black Shark is a bit more exp...

Xiaomi has launched the Mi Sports Basic Bluetooth earphones in India. They are priced at INR 1499 and will be available starting March 20. However, you can pre-order them right now and it will ship on March 20th. The Mi Sports Basic are IPX4 rated to be sweat and splash resistant. They have an in-ear design with adjustable ear hooks to keep them in place. The controls allow you to play/pause, skip, adjust volume, pickup calls and use Google Assistant on your phone. The speakers come with five pairs of silicone ear tips. Three of these pairs are sealed and two are...

Sony announced a total of four new smartphones at the MWC and two of them are now available to pre-order in the United States. The Xperia 10 and Xperia 10 Plus are two mid-range phones that will be sold unlocked in the US. Despite all the colors available, only silver and black are coming to the US In addition to working with GSM networks like AT&T and T-Mobile, the phones were also certified to work with Verizon. Since the carrier has begun to phase out its 3G CDMA network, Verizon's coverage is almost entirely LTE signal which means all calls and data don't ever need to be routed...

The custom ROM ecosystem is rather large and diverse, but if there’s one custom ROM that we could consider to be “the biggest” of them all, then that would be LineageOS . With almost 1.8 million active installs at the end of 2018, the project’s install base is definitely noteworthy but said success mainly harkens back to their legacy. LineageOS is the successor of the CyanogenMod project, which ended in late 2016 following the shifting focus of Cyanogen Inc. The project was first launched to the public with LineageOS 14.1 , which was based on Android 7.1 Nougat and, by itself, was not much more than just a fork of the existing CyanogenMod 14.1 source code. It then started evolving and taking a slightly different path with LineageOS 15.1 , based on Android 8.1 Oreo, maintaining their premise of a community-centered project above everything while adding a number of useful, widely-requested features such as a system-wide dark mode as well as privacy-focused improvements like the Trus...

Huawei's Mate X and Samsung's Galaxy Fold were undoubtedly the kings of MWC in Barcelona this week, as after many years of anxious anticipation and hype foldable phones finally seem to have arrived. The two employ very different designs however, and it's pretty clear which one Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei's mobile business, prefers. He revealed to Business Insider that his company was at one point working on three different foldable phone projects simultaneously, one of which looked very similar to Samsung's Galaxy Fold but was somehow "even better than that", in Yu's words. However, he...

In the past few weeks there's been a lot of talk about Samsung's Galaxy S10 and S10+ and how they would be able to handle screen protectors given the ultrasonic in-display fingerprint sensor they employ, which hasn't been seen in another device yet. The scanner's tech means not all plastic or glass screen protectors will allow you to authenticate in this way, which is obviously a complicating factor for would-be S10 owners. Thankfully, though, Samsung is taking a step in helping them with an unprecedented move - it's going to ship the phones with a pre-applied screen protector. The...

For a limited time over on Amazon, you can grab a 10,000mAh PowerIQ 2.0 portable charger from Anker for just $30, down from its usual $35 price. While this device is a great way to keep your phone or tablet charged, the main highlight is PowerIQ 2.0. With this feature, the charger detects how much power is required to charger your device quickly. It’s capable of producing 18W output, which should definitely be enough to fast charge most Android devices. There’s no coupon code or anything like that required to snag the savings, so follow the link below if you need some portable juice in your life. Amazon Link

The race for foldable devices is now officially on. During Samsung’s Unpacked event, the company officially unveiled the Samsung Galaxy Fold , the consumer version of their long-awaited foldable phone, alongside their Galaxy S10 line of flagship smartphones. Shortly after, during MWC 2019, Huawei launched the Huawei Mate X , their own take on a foldable device. Both phones feature bleeding edge foldable displays designed to stand abuse, wear and tear, but with starkly different approaches to how they work. Samsung Galaxy Fold XDA Forum The Samsung Galaxy Fold features what some media outlets are calling an “innie” display. The flexible 7.3-inch notched panel is revealed from the inside when opening up the device, which can be opened up and closed like a notebook, and a small 21:9 display outside of the device allows to use the device when closed. It’s a pretty simple approach, yet effective, and allows the display to not be scratched when the device is on your pocket. Huawei Mate X ...

A Russian Luxury brand called Caviar is offering new custom-made jewelry editions of either the iPhone XS or iPhone XS Max. The company is debuting its latest Prima Collection in honor of three Russian classic ballets: Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, and La Bayadere. Each one represented by heroines from the respective ballets: Odette, Nikiya, and Aurora. Two of the designs use no fewer than 20 diamonds to decorate the phone's exterior and the result is quite extravagant and beautiful. The designs take about 12 days of work to complete and the Prima collection models start from $6,390...

Among the plethora of devices announced at MWC 2019, Sony dropped three new Xperia phones with peculiar names. The Xperia 1 is the flagship, high-end phone, while the Xperia 10 and Xperia 10 Plus are mid-rangers. Forums for these three devices are now open! The big thing about these phones is their display aspect ratios. 21:9 is considerably taller than most phones on the market, but it makes for a cinematic viewing experience. The Xperia 1 has a 6.1-inch 4K OLED display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, 6GB of RAM, 128GB of storage, triple rear cameras, 3,300 mAh battery, and Android Pie . Sony Xperia 1 XDA Forum The Xperia 10 and Xperia 10 Plus have the same tall aspect ratios, but slightly slimmed down specs. The Xperia 10 has a 6-inch LCD display, Snapdragon 630, 3GB of RAM, 64GB of storage, dual rear cameras, 2,870 mAh battery, and Android Pie. The Xperia 10 Plus has a bigger 6.5-inch display, Snapdragon 636, 4GB of RAM, dual rear cameras, and 3,000 mAh battery. Sony Xperia 10 XDA Fo...

Promised and delivered. Samsung is rolling out an update for Bixby that lets you remap the button summoning the voice assistant. The update comes in the form of a Bixby app update so don't expect a full-fledged firmware OTA upgrade. The cool thing is that you can assign not only a certain pre-installed or a third-party app but also a command sequence. However, Bixby should be assigned at either single or double press - whatever suits you better. You can do that by going to in the Settings and then Advanced features > Bixby key. Also, keep in mind that a long press will always launch...

At Samsung Unpacked, Samsung announced their new Samsung Galaxy S10 series and Galaxy Fold . After the press discovered a new option in Bixby, Samsung confirmed that the button would be natively remappable. With an update released to the Bixby app on older One UI devices today , this is finally possible. However, it wasn’t all good news. Samsung is limiting the apps you can launch with the button. That means the Bixby button can’t natively launch Google Assistant , but we have a solution. Samsung blacklisted other assistant apps from being able to be used by the button. That includes Amazon Alexa and Microsoft Cortana along with Google Assistant. We were able to get around this by using a Tasker script and exporting it as an APK. This means all you need to do is install the app, select it in the settings, and choose Google when you press the button. This app also supports more than just Google Assistant. We were able to also launch the Cortana app, but it doesn’t work with Amazon A...

A new home internet option. I may sit on the negative side of 5G at the moment, mostly because I think carriers, phone makers, and chipset producers are overselling the first round of it, but there is still one piece of it that I’m really looking forward to. As Verizon 5G becomes a real thing over the next couple of years, it won’t just mean faster mobile internet on your phone. It will also mean another home internet option. As Verizon begins creating its new 5G network for mobile and your smartphone, it’ll bring with it a home internet option that runs over that same 5G network. Verizon reiterated that bit of news to PCMag this week, noting that they view their 5G network as “one network, based on 5G, supporting multiple use cases.” That’s important for urban areas to start, many of which lack choices for home internet. For example, I live in Portland, pretty close to downtown, and have two choices: Comcast or CenturyLink. I go with Comcast because with the specific location of...

Just when you think you know everything about the Galaxy S10 devices, which were released just a few days ago , Samsung manages and puts out a new piece of information before they even go on sale. First was the camera cutout hiding feature , then Bixby remapping , and now it’s pre-applied screen protectors. During the release of the smartphones, many reviewers and future users had concerns about how the ultrasonic under-display fingerprint scanner would function when you apply a screen protector. Apparently, Samsung has thought this through. They are now pre-applying a first-party screen protector on Galaxy S10 and Galaxy S10+ devices. The official notice from Samsung was first spotted by a Reddit user who posted a thread on the Samsung subreddit. In the statement, Samsung clarifies that the devices have a factory pre-installed screen protector. The decision was made to ensure screen durability and functionality of the in-display fingerprint scanner. It’s now much more important to...

The first of Motorola's new G7 family is available in the US - the Moto G7 can be yours for $300. It's compatible with Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint and Google Fi. There's a choice between Black and White, but when it comes to memory, 4/64GB is the only option. The rest of the G7 lineup is not available yet, not in the US, anyway. The Moto G6 is down to $180, though, if you're looking for a lower cost alternative. See it. Like it. Want it. Now you can buy it too. The new #motog7 is on sale now! https://t.co/TWKAv0GxeW pic.twitter.com/BvOOuooRMi— Motorola US (@MotorolaUS) February 28,...

MWC unleashed a ton of new smartphones on the Android world. HMD Global was among the crowd with a slew of Nokia devices. The Nokia 9 PureView is the jewel of the bunch with its crazy-looking penta-camera setup. Not to be forgotten, HMD Global also announced three Android One phones : the Nokia 4.2, Nokia 3 .2, and Nokia 1 Plus. Forums for all of these devices are open now. The Nokia 9 PureView is one of HMD Global’s highest-end Nokia phones. The device features a 6-inch 1140×2880 OLED display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SoC, 6GB of RAM, 128GB of storage, 3,320 mAh battery, and a 20MP camera up front. The five rear cameras are all 12MP, two are RGB and three are monochrome. HMD Global is working with Light to do some fancy stuff with the cameras. Nokia 9 PureView XDA Forum The Nokia 4.2, Nokia 3.2, and Nokia 1 Plus are all running Android Pie . The Nokia 4.2 has a 5.7-inch display with a notch, Snapdragon 439 SoC, 2/3GB of RAM, 16/32GB of storage, dual rear cameras, and a 3,000 mAh...

Recently news has excited a lot of ASUS smartphone fans as the company announced their plan to upgrade devices to Android Pie . It was just this week when the company published a list of over a dozen different devices that they are currently planning to update . This seemed to be a long term plan as their announcement simply gave a vague date of 2019 for these updates. However, the company has gotten to the point where they are ready to announce the open beta Android Pie update for the ZenFone Max Pro M1. The company’s ZenFone Max Pro series is quite popular among ASUS fans with the ZenFone M1 being released in May of last year. The ZB631KL variant of the ZenFone Max Pro series (also known as the ZenFone Max Pro M2) came out just a few months ago and ASUS has already begun its Android Pie open beta in India . In the list we published earlier this week, we saw both versions of the ZenFone Max Pro M2 (ZB631KL / ZB630KL) and ZenFone Max Pro M1 (ZB602KL) / ZB601KL). ASUS ZenFone Max Pro ...

Those wild Sony phones with the 21:9 displays that showed up in imagery a few weeks before being announced at MWC were the Xperia 10 and Xperia 10 Plus . They are official now, of course, and pre-orders are already live for both at major electronics retailers. Are these phones you should consider, though? I think so, plus they picked up certification on Verizon and will work just fine on most carriers. To recap, the Sony Xperia 10 and Xperia 10 Plus are like “super mid-range” phones in that they feature solid specs without the hefty price tag. While they may look like super premium phones, the super premium in this line-up is the Xperia 1, which you can read about here . For the Xperia 10 and Xperia 10 Plus, you’ve got very similar specs, just in different sizes. The Xperia 10 runs a Snapdragon 630 with 3GB RAM, 64GB storage (SD support), 2870mAh battery, 6″ FHD+ display, and dual camera with a 13MP and 5MP setup. The Xperia 10 Plus runs a Snapdragon 636 with 6.5″ FHD+ display, 4G...

While most of the world can easily buy an Exynos version of Samsung devices, those of us in the United States and Canada have to find a reseller. Many people prefer the Exynos version of Samsung’s flagship smartphones because of how easy they allow the bootloader to be unlocked. This is normally where enthusiasts install TWRP and begin modding their device. Whether this means installing a custom ROM, kernel, gaining root access or more, having a device with an unlocked bootloader just makes most of this stuff easier. Those who have been wanting to try LineageOS 15.1 on their Exynos Samsung Galaxy S8 , Samsung Galaxy S8+, or Samsung Galaxy Note 8 can now do so with an unofficial build from XDA Members Stricted and ivan_meler. Samsung Galaxy S8 Forums Samsung Galaxy S8+ Forums Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Forums These AOSP-based ROMs were made for Samsung devices with the model numbers SM-G950F/SM-G955F or SMN950F and almost everything works except for the fingerprint scanner right now. If...

Xiaomi unveiled its MiWiFi mesh networking router, which was developed in collaboration with Qualcomm. The router is simple to use and there's an app for your smartphone to help configure it. The routers have four amplifiers - two each for the 2.4GHz and 5GHz networks. You can use either to connect the two routers, creating a basic mesh network with speeds up to 2,567Mbps. Additionally, the router supports power line networking in case there's no clear wireless path. Xiaomi MiWiFi mesh router with Wi-Fi, gigabit Ethernet and powerline networking Each router has three gigabit...

One of the biggest challenges facing us today with 5G is the increased form factor that devices will have to take on. The Samsung Galaxy S10+ is an example of this, where the 5G edition is bigger because of the mmWave antennae and the bigger battery required to power 5G connectivity. The LG V50 5G and the Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 5G both also support it, though they’re still quite big devices. The Nubia Mini 5G was announced at the company’s press conference the other day, and it’s the world’s smallest 5G smartphone. It’s powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 850 paired with a Snapdragon X50 modem and 6GB of RAM. Early, early software The Nubia Mini 5G is most notable for how early the software that’s installed on it is. It’s pretty much stock AOSP (including the default wallpaper), with some basic applications installed and not much else. Nubia is known for having a pretty heavily modified variant of Android, so the Nubia Mini 5G, right now, is a far cry from that. Obviously, that will chang...

Security is a common concern when it comes to smartphones and it has always been especially important for Android. Google has done a lot over the years to change Android’s reputation and improve security. Monthly Android security patches are just one part of the puzzle. Five years ago, the company launched the Application Security Improvement Program. Today, they’re sharing some of the success they’ve had. First, a little information on the program. When an app is submitted to the Play Store, it gets scanned to detect a variety of vulnerabilities. If something is found, the app gets flagged and the developer is notified (above). Diagnosis is provided to help get the app back in good standing. Over the five-year life of the program, Google has helped over 300,000 developers fix more than 1 million apps. Last year alone, the program helped developers fix over 75,000 apps. So what types of vulnerabilities is the program trying to catch? The list is always growing as Google continues t...

Big news this morning, folks – Samsung is going to include a factory pre-installed screen protector on all variants of the Galaxy S10. OnePlus did the same thing with the OnePlus 6T and likely for the same reason as Samsung. Since these new phones have in-display fingerprint readers, these companies only trust their own in-house protectors to work properly with them. They also want you to buy them at $29.99 a piece because 💵. Anyways, this news got me digging in our older polls to see if we’ve ever asked the DL community if screen protectors are in or not. As it turns out, we’ve never done a poll on this subject. I don’t how that is possible, but we are changing that today! More on Samsung’s Galaxy S10 screen protectors Readers of this fine website, are you down with screen protectors? Do you use them on your phones? Do you leave the pre-installed, super icky plastic ones on devices? Do you buy fancy glass protectors for that extra, extra protection? Or do you fly naked? Note: ...

About a week after Samsung started the Android Pie beta program for the Galaxy A7 (2018) in India it's starting one for the Galaxy A6 (2018) in Korea. You can enroll into the beta program through the Samsung Members app and get Android Pie and the new One UI along with a host of new features. Samsung Galaxy A6 (2018) running One UI Being a beta firmware, you should be forewarned that it may be unstable and contain bugs, so it's no recommended to install on your daily driver phone. Via

T-Mobile customers are getting treated to another year of free MLB.TV, a package valued at $119. With MLB.TV, you can follow your favorite team all season long, as well as watch four games simultaneously on supported devices. Basically, if you’re into baseball, it doesn’t get much sweeter than this. The promotion for free MLB.TV begins March 26. On that day, you’ll redeem the offer via the T-Mobile Tuesdays app, which is downloadable here . Sweet. // T-Mobile

Five years ago, I wrote about the launch of Out There to Google Play. I fell in love with the game not only because it was set in space and took loads of effort to complete, but I found the visuals and sounds of the game to be extremely comic book-like. It’s very immersive, to say the least. You can guess how excited I was when Out There was remastered into an Omega Edition , featuring all new graphics and things to look at. Anyway, the studio behind Out There and subsequent graphic novel-like Chronicles titles is celebrating five years of Out There by hosting a title-wide sale on Google Play. The sale includes Out There for just $0.99 (down from $5), Dungeon Rushers for $0.99 (down from $5), Out There Chronicles Ep. 1 for free (down from $3), and Chronicles Ep. 2 for $0.99 (down from $3). I really don’t want to have to keep telling y’all about how good Out There is and then you not download and play it. So do me a favor and at least go try it. I don’t think you’ll regret it for...

Good guy Samsung announced last week that it was going to allow owners of the Galaxy S10, Galaxy S9, Galaxy S8, Note 9, and Note 8 to remap the dedicated Bixby button without having to jump through work-around hoops. They were going to give you the ability to remap Bixby to another app within their new One UI. Today, an update to Bixby is rolling out that enables this change, but don’t expect to be able to switch it over to Google Assistant . Once updated, you’ll find the new options by going into Bixby settings, then scrolling until you find the “Bixby key” section ( here ). Within that section, there are options to single or double press to open Bixby, along with a customization for the opposite of whatever you choose. So if you choose “Double press to open Bixby,” then you can set the single press to open an app. That make sense? Samsung will let you customize that extra layer to open almost any app on your phone, just not Google Assistant. You can choose the Google app, but th...

There were 18 million smartwatches shipped in the final three months of 2018, a new record (up 56% year on year). Half of those were Apple Watches as Cupertino extends its lead over the competition. For the full year 2018 the shipments rose to 45 million units and, again, Apple accounts for half of those with 22.5 million. Fitbit is a distant second with 5.5 million and then comes Samsung with 5.3 million. Samsung actually edged out Fitbit in the final quarter as the Galaxy Watch proved popular in North America and Asia, the Galaxy Watch Active looks promising too, according to the...

The Samsung Galaxy S10 line of devices haven’t even been released yet, but they are already receiving updates. Actually, the first update was released just yesterday. It adds the option to remap the Bixby button on the Samsung Galaxy S10+. We already knew this feature was coming, as it was widely noticed on the pre-release devices . We also know that the Samsung Galaxy S8 /S8+, Galaxy S9 /S9+, Galaxy Note 9 , Galaxy Note 8 , and remaining S10 series of devices will receive the update, too . Some reviewers already received the update and got a chance to test it out. Until today, we thought that you could remap the Bixby button to launch any application you want, as it lets you select an app from your app drawer. Apparently, this is not the case. Senior editor of The Verge , Dan Seifert, noticed that Samsung won’t let you remap the Bixby button to open Google Assistant . Dan confirmed that he even has the dedicated Google Assistant application installed, which can be found in his app ...

Update 2/28/19: Samsung has begun rolling out an update to the Bixby app that allows Galaxy Note 9 , Galaxy S9 /S9+, Galaxy Note 8 , and Galaxy S8 /S8+ owners to customize the Bixby button. Samsung smartphones radiate its ingenuity and expertise in the area of hardware. While the same is not 100% true for its software, Samsung has been taking feedback from the consumers and has improved its software experience significantly with the new Android 9 Pie-based One UI . The company also appears to have heard some feedback about its smart assistant Bixby and the unbidden Bixby button on its flagships, which is why the newly launched Galaxy S10 comes with the ease of remapping the button to launch any other app. It’s good news for those who’ll be buying the any one of the Galaxy S10 devices but Samsung has promised that the functionality will also come to older flagships. Samsung has now confirmed that older Samsung flagships including the Galaxy S8/S8+ , Galaxy S9/S9+ , the ...

The Nokia 9 PureView is days away from launch. In the US, sales will start on March 3, available from Amazon, B&H and Best Buy. While those retailers list the price as $700, HMD will actually launch its new flagship with a discount. From March 3 and until the 11th, the Nokia 9 will cost $600 - a $100 discount. That's very aggressive pricing for the first 5-camera flagship, especially at a time when the market leaders are trying to push north of $1,000. In Europe, you can get the phone straight from Nokia.com, available on April 1 - nearly a month after the US. It's €650 in most...

The Sony Xperia 10 and the Sony Xperia 10 Plus have just recently been announced , and they’re among the bigger surprises from MWC 2019. Both devices are very much unlike anything we’ve seen before from Sony, or any other company for that matter. 21:9 ultra-tall displays are present here as Sony managed to remove the bottom bezel nearly entirely, leaving a top bezel which houses the camera, the earpiece, and other sensors. For all other intents and purposes, though, we’re talking about midrange devices powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 and 636 respectively. Both devices offer some really cool-looking live wallpapers, and thanks to XDA Senior Member Mazellat , you can install them and test them out on any Android 8.0 + device, Sony or not. Check them out now! (We inspected the APK shared by the forum member to make sure there are no shady permissions being requested, by the way.) Download Sony Xperia 10/10 Plus Live Wallpapers

The debut of the vivo iQOO is fast approaching and rumors and leaks are starting to intensify. After the full specs sheet was revealed on Monday, photos appeared on TENAA as well, completing everything we need to know before tomorrow's announcement. vivo iQOO The iQOO will pack three cameras on the back, but otherwise and a tall screen with a waterdrop notch on the front. The usual power and volume keys are on the right side and a button for the voice assistant on the left. The design of the back panel isn't even a surprise since it was already revealed on iQOO's...

Sony’s devices generally arrive without much fanfare. They’re typically just your average phone that works decently, without any crazy changes or features. The latest mid-range smartphones from Sony tell a different story, however, as there is one major change. These smartphones have a 21:9 aspect ratio, and if that seems tall,  that’s because it is . Sony Xperia 10 XDA Forum Sony Xperia 10 Plus XDA Forum The Sony Xperia 10 Plus is a lot more practical than it looks My first worry, when it came to this particular device, was, obviously, the height. I’m sure everybody worried about its height. Sony is aware that they have created a smartphone with a tall form-factor, and the first step they take to mitigating that is the introduction of a system-wide one-handed mode . It works exactly like the implementation of similar features on other smartphones. The whole display gets miniaturized into one corner on the bottom left or the bottom right, and you tap in the exclusion zone t...