Sure, everyone baulked at the hefty price tag of the iPhone Xs and Xs Max when it launched a month ago. With prices starting from $1,649 (iPhone Xs, 64GB) and going as high as S$2,349 (iPhone Xs Max, 512GB), apprehension can well be understood, especially when the Samsung Galaxy Note 9
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I hear you - all of you. Baulking at the thousand-dollar-plus price tag. Scoffing at the lack of bundled lightning-to-3.5mm dongle. Cackling away at #chargegate and #beautygate. Android race, master race. I hear all of you. I, a life-long Android user (with some exceptions), think I've finally wrapped my mind around
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Full disclaimer: I've had the Samsung Note 9 for slightly more than a month now, but haven't had the chance to go hands-on with the newly-launched Apple iPhone Xs Max. Most publications have only had a limited hands-on with the phone, and I've based my conclusions in this piece on
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Apple has a colour fetish. Don't believe me? Look at the history of their iPhone releases. The first iPhone, released in 2007, had a single version in a black-and-silver finish. Its second iteration, the iPhone 3G of 2008 was made available in a black and white finish, which was carried
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Apple Singapore has sent us the new iPhone X for review, so we've done a quick video unboxing as well as to demonstrate how fast Face ID is to login, the new swiping system and animojis! [embed]https://youtu.be/5qi4dBodtv0[/embed] We'll cover how simple it is to set up Face ID is
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The ZTE Axon 7 is built to be a Chinese flagship that seeks to undermine existing powerhouses such as the Samsung’s S7 Edge. With powerful processors and plenty of internal storage on-board the Axon 7, the ZTE flagship is a performance workhorse that is not to be underestimated. The Axon
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According to a new Barclays research note, all three iPhone models this year will be equipped with True Tone displays. Apple debuted the True Tone display feature with the 9.7-inch iPad Pro model that it released last year. Basically, the True Tone display uses four-channel sensors that adjust the white
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The launch of the Sonos PLAYBASE in Singapore happened in a swanky apartment nestled deep in River Valley. This is the latest release from Sonos, and the first in years! So my expectations were set pretty high. The PLAYBASE is an innovative new design that push the limits of what
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[caption id="attachment_124474" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Image Courtesy: Gabor Balogh[/caption] Confirming some recent reports, a new report published by Bloomberg today claims Apple is actively working on various AR products, including AR glasses that will wirelessly connect to an iPhone and deliver all sorts of info and content to the wearer. The
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Japanese publication Nikkei today confirmed that Apple’s upcoming tenth-anniversary edition iPhone 8 model will feature a 5.8-inch sized OLED display and not a 5-inch display as it had claimed earlier. In its latest report, Nikkei says the iPhone 8 will feature the largest display size of all the three models
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Apple has silently added a new iPhone 6 SKU in select Asian markets. The iPhone 6, which came out in 2016, is now available with 32GB of internal storage in a Gold Finish in China. You may recall that Apple offered the iPhone 6 in 16GB, 64GB, and 128GB storage
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A report published by The Wall Street Journal claims the new iPhones to be released this year will come with a USB Type-C port instead of Apple’s proprietary Lightning connector. We have to admit that this sounds a bit shocking, as Apple has a well-established ecosystem built around the Lightning
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Known for its strong emphasis on Home Theatre, Pioneer had never been on our radar where earphones are concerned. That might change with the launch of the Pioneer Rayz and Rayz Plus Noise Cancelling Earbuds. These earbuds not only have intelligent noise-cancelling features and a companion app, the Plus version could also charge
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KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has made some new predictions regarding Apple’s flagship iPhone 8 mode. According to the analyst, the iPhone 8 FaceTime camera will integrate 3D-sensing capabilities, making it a “revolutionary” upgrade over the current iPhone models. The 3D-sensing capability will reportedly be enabled by an upgraded camera
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Apple is apparently planning to hold a big media event next month, where it could announce multiple new iPads, a new color option for the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus models, and a higher storage option for the iPhone SE. According to Japanese blog MacOtakara, the Cupertino-based firm is
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If you have ever tried to take video with your phone, you know how hard it can be. Unless you have the hands of a surgeon, they easily become a jittery mess. Stabilisers have existed for quite some time, but are often expensive and designed for cameras rather than phones.
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A report published by Reuters has revealed that the first iPhone to be manufactured in India will be the iPhone SE, one of its most affordable models. An earlier report from Indian publication The Economic Times had claimed that Apple is planning to assemble 300,000 to 400,000 units of the
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According to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the upcoming iPhone 8 will feature a 5.8-inch sized display, but the usable screen space will only be 5.15-inches. That’s because the rest of the space will be taken up by a “Function area” at the bottom. As previous reports have indicated, Apple’s 10th Anniversary
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Citing Apple’s supply chain sources, Taiwanese publication DigiTimes has published a new report that claims the upcoming iPhone 8 with an OLED display will feature a glass casing with a stainless steel frame in the middle. The 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch iPhone 7s models on the other hand are said to
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Famous analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is back again with some new info on the new iPhone 8 models to be released this year. In his latest research note, the analyst has confirmed that Apple will integrate wireless charging support on all three new iPhone models to be released this year. That
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