Samsung Galaxy A55 taken apart on video, given a high repairability score

There is a lot to see on the outside of the Samsung Galaxy A55 – things like the Gorilla Glass Victus+ and the aluminum frame (with fancy grooved sides). But have you wondered what’s inside the A55? The teardown video from PBKreviews will answer that question. The phone comes apart easily once you remove the […]

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The best tech purchase I made this year is the first smartphone that’s given me a bit of the old Windows Phone buzz

I got my start in this job covering phones. In 2011, I joined Android Central as a freelancer, and since covered iPhone, BlackBerry, and found my forever home on Windows Central when I got into Windows Phone. Like many of our readers, I still mourn our long-lost mobile OS, and phones just haven’t excited me […]

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Apple may have given up on making its own 5G iPhone modem

Apple designs its own custom processors for its mobile and other devices but the company still has to source 5G modems from other suppliers. It was even reported at one time that the company might be looking to source 5G modems from Samsung. Apple has recently been sourcing 5G modems from Qualcomm for its iPhones. […]

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Galaxy Note 7 fiasco might have given Oppo an important employee

Samsung and Oppo recently found themselves competing in the foldable phone market even though they barely operate in the same regions. However, OnePlus is an Oppo subsidiary representing its parent company in the foldable phone segment outside China. OnePlus’s first Z Fold-like foldable device called ‘Open’ is essentially the same Oppo Find N3 announced for […]

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Magnetic Minerals May Have Given Life Its Molecular Asymmetry

Naaman and his team discovered that chiral molecules filter electrons based on the direction of their spin. Electrons with one spin orientation will move more efficiently across a chiral molecule in one direction than the other. Electrons with the opposite spin move more freely the other way. To understand why, imagine throwing a Frisbee that […]

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12 LEGO Star Wars Xbox Series S consoles being given away by Microsoft

Some lucky fans will be able to celebrate this year’s Star Wars Day in style. Microsoft is giving away custom Xbox Series S consoles with designs based on LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga. In total, there are 12 designs, each based on a playable character from the game: BB-8, Boba Fett, Chewbacca, Darth Maul, […]

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Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 disassembled, given an average repairability score

The Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 is the smallest model in the company’s latest flagship line-up. How is it put together and how easy is it to repair if something breaks? PBKreviews has the answers to that in the video below. Interestingly, the tablet in the video – a Wi-Fi only model – uses the same […]

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