If you haven’t heard, OnePlus is axing the Alert Slider. The company makes the argument that a smart button will be more customizable, which is something that its fans have been asking for. The OnePlus 13T will likely be the first phone to drop the slider in favor of a customizable button. Li Jie, President

The vivo X200 Ultra and X200s are set to launch on April 21 in China. The launch date was confirmed by vivo on its official Weibo profile. The two smartphones will be joined by the vivo Pad5 Pro, Pad SE and Watch 5. The new teasers show the X200 Ultra in its upcoming Rimowa edition,

Gov. JB Pritzker wants to keep cellphones out of classrooms. He’s told educators he’ll sign legislation requiring districts to have policies in place for the upcoming school year. Superintendents in the Illinois Valley said they’re already there – in fact, many districts have policies governing electronic devices, not merely cellphones. Oglesby Elementary Superintendent Michael Pillion

Going to the cinema was once a simple affair, popcorn in hand, samosa in the other, and eyes fixed on the big screen. But things have changed. Today, a trip to the movies is no less than a full-day mission, and according to actor R Madhavan, even food is becoming a big distraction. In a

FILE PHOTO: North Korea’s Arirang 151 smartphone. (Daily NK) North Korean security agencies have begun launching sting operations using the Chinese messaging app WeChat to crack down on people using illegal Chinese-made mobile phones. This tactic is reportedly causing growing resentment among North Koreans. A source in Ryanggang province told Daily NK recently that state

The Galaxy A56 kept its impressive form as we enter April, the Samsung mid-ranger once again topping our trending chart. The Poco F7 Ultra once again ended up second, while the Galaxy S25 Ultra climbed a spot to complete the podium. Samsung Galaxy A56 These are the best offers from our affiliate

Credit: The Glorious Studio from Pexels A man in Florida recently visited a Tiffany & Co jewelry store posing as a buyer for a professional US athlete. While viewing the items, together worth well over £1 million, the thief tried to grab them and run from the store. The ensuing struggle saw one diamond ring

Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 this week. It’s based on a 4nm node, and gets the older Kryo CPU instead of the Oryon core found on the flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite chip. The CPU has one Cortex-X4 core, topping out at 3.2GHz. The GPU is an Adreno 825. There’s a Hexagon NPU that

If you’re more concerned about design and software than you are cameras, then the Nothing 3a will likely please you just as much as the 3a Pro. For Stylish design Great battery life Clean Nothing OS software Against Underpowered ultra-wide Occasionally laggy performance 2x telephoto could be better The Nothing Phone 3a Pro benefits from

We are experiencing a renaissance of compact flagships of sorts lately, so if you are in the market for a small premium smartphone, you are in luck. In markets such as the US, however, the selection of small flagships isn’t big, but two smartphones consistently pop up – the Samsung Galaxy S25 and the Google

One UI 8 (based on Android 16) could launch early It may make its debut on Samsung’s next foldables One UI 7 is rolling out more widely this week The One UI 7 (Android 15) update made its proper debut on the Samsung Galaxy S25 phones in January, and is set to roll out to

We were going to poll this sooner, but Google took over a week to decide when the Pixel 9a will be available – April 10 is the date (Thursday next week) for the US, Canada and the UK. Then the mid-ranger will expand to 23 more countries in Europe on April 14, followed by an

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch One year after the government banned cellphones from schools to help students focus and reduce distractions in class, we’re beginning to see how it has been implemented and how

We don’t see this often, but all current iPhone models, save for the new 16e, are up to €190 off at Amazon (it varies by model and by storage capacity). This means that the vanilla iPhone 16 starts at €800 for a 128GB unit, while the iPhone 16 Plus is €75 more. We have detailed

Last week’s poll shows that the new Poco F7 series brings an appealing pair of phones, but the pricing is on the high side for what is a value-for-money brand. It doesn’t help that there’s no vanilla model or that the Pro got more expensive in some regions. The Poco F7 Ultra proved to be

WhatsApp has begun testing new audio and video call options for its Android users. This revelation comes from WABetaInfo, who spotted these features in WhatsApp for Android’s beta version 2.25.10.16. The first one is the mute button for an incoming voice call. It appears in the notification panel and allows users to answer the call

Things have quieted down after last week’s Amazon Big Spring Sale, but there were a number of important announcements this week that are worth keeping an eye on. For one, Google set an availability date for the Pixel 9a – April 10 for the US. The phone will start at $500 for the 8/128GB model,

TikTok’s 75-day grace period in which it needed to sell its US operations or get banned would have ended tomorrow, but today US President Donald Trump decided to give the app another 75-day reprieve. In a post on Truth Social, Trump says his administration has been “working very hard on a deal to save TikTok”

Thin smartphones never really went away, but they have fallen a little out of fashion in recent years. Pick up any of the top devices in our best phones list, and you’ll find a familiar theme: performance, battery life, and camera quality are the priority. Sleek design still matters, but not if it comes at

Xiaomi is ready to launch its premium QLED TV X Pro series in India on April 10. Ahead of the release, the company shared some of the features but withheld giving away even general specs. Xiaomi says the TVs will come with MagiQ of Colors tech, giving punchier and life-like colors, while the Cinematic Clarity