Read the original post: Verizon Updates Another 10 Devices, S20 for 2nd Time in Week To kick off the week, Verizon sent out a bunch of updates to its Samsung phones that added a 5G icon to their status bar , since the carrier now has nationwide 5G coverage. To finish out the week, they are sending another round of updates (a 2nd for the S20 line) to at least 10 different phones. For the most part, the majority here are getting the October Android security patch and not much else. That list includes the Galaxy S20 line (not sure why they didn’t get it earlier this week), Galaxy S10 line, LG V50, and LG G8. The Galaxy S20 FE and Motorola One 5G are getting a bit more. Each of these phones is seeing the new 5G icon for nationwide 5G support, performance improvements,  and the October patch. Galaxy S20 : QP1A.190711.020.G981VSQS1BTJ5 Galaxy S20+ : QP1A.190711.020.G986USQS1BTJ5 Galaxy S20 Ultra : QP1A.190711.020.G988USQS1BTJ5 Galaxy S20 FE : QP1A.190711.020.G781VSQU1BTJ5 Gala...

Rumors suggested that the Galaxy Fold2 will come with an S Pen but that didn’t happen. The Elec quotes UBI Research, which says that Samsung will try again for the third generation foldable, though it may need to switch to a different technology. The Galaxy Notes use Electo-Magnetic Resonance (EMR), which works with a passive stylus and is generally cheaper, with good accuracy and low latency compared to Active Electrostatic Solution (AES) styluses. However, Samsung reportedly ran into issues with integrating the EMR digitizer with the Ultra Thin Glass (UTG) and making it flexible,...

Read the original post: It’s OnePlus 8T Launch Day! It’s an easy decision, folks. If you like OnePlus phones, Kellen has already proclaimed the OnePlus 8T to be the company’s best phone yet, so don’t beat yourself up over the decision. Just do it. READ : OnePlus 8T Review ! Should you order today, the OnePlus website says your order will ship within 3 days, meaning you might have your shiny new device in time for Halloween, ahead of all those suckers who ordered the Pixel 5. Just kidding, Pixel 5 friends, but you do have to admit that waiting a month for your phone is super lame. The phone is priced at $750, though, do note that OnePlus has its very own trade-in system that can save you some cash. You know us, we’re all about the trade-in programs around these parts. If you haven’t already, read our review of the OnePlus 8T and then hit that buy button below. You probably won’t regret it. Buy OnePlus 8T

The trio is complete – we saw CAD-based renders of the S21 and S21 Ultra earlier this week, now 3D schematics of the Samsung Galaxy S21+ have surfaced as well. What they show is that the vanilla and the plus model will continue to share a camera, only the Ultra will get a fancier setup. This new camera island appears to be part of the metal frame that surrounds the phone. And while the back glass has some bevel to it, the front is flat – just as it is on the base S21. The bezels around the display are said to be of equal size on all four sides. Samsung Galaxy S20+ CAD-based...

One of the more interesting devices in recent memory - the Microsoft Surface Duo is getting its first major discount directly from the Microsoft Store. It originally retailed at $1,399 for the 128GB storage variant but is now listed at $1,199 instead. The 256GB trim is also down $200 to $1,299. There’s no information as to how long these offers will be valid. Surface Duo pricing We’ve recently seen reports of the dual-screen foldable’s lackluster build quality and it’s certainly not easy to repair one either. It’s also noteworthy that Microsoft is offering its Accidental Damage...

Huawei introduced its Mate40 lineup of smartphones, spanning the Mate 40, Mate 40 Pro, Mate 40 Pro+, and Mate 40 RS Porsche Design. The event was yesterday and was filled with new hardware and you might’ve missed some of those. That’s why there is now an official two-minute-long Highlights reel, revealing everything exciting about the new Mate 40 lineup. Huawei “dares to dream” with the new Space Ring Design of the phone that will immediately stand out in a line of flagships. The new phones come with a Kirin 9000 chipset that is based on the 5nm process and is the fastest on the...

A Chinese tech channel shared a full teardown video of the recently announced iPhone 12 and 12 Pro revealing some interesting insight about how these phones are made. And as it turns out, they are quite similar to one another. Both phones use the same L-shaped logic board with the only difference being the LiDAR connector, which on the vanilla iPhone 12 is missing. Plastic elements filling for the missing LiDAR and telephoto cameras on the iPhone 12 can also be found. What's more, the battery capacity on both models is 2,815 mAh and according to the video, the iPhone 12 could...