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Apple iPhone 15 Plus (left) and Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max Andy Boxall / Digital TrendsApple launched the iPhone 15 lineup in September, and it seems to have been a big hit among the public. The standard iPhone 15 is one of the biggest upgrades for the regular model in quite some time, and the iPhone 15 Pro Max now has one of the best camera systems available on a smartphone today. But not everything in the Apple garden has been rosy. There have been news reports of some problems in the iPhone 15 lineup, like overheating and durability problems,…

If you’re in the market for a new music streaming service or are maybe looking to switch from one of the other players out there like Spotify or Tidal, then you can’t really go wrong with Apple Music. With a catalog of more than 100 million songs, all in high-quality lossless audio at no additional cost, as well as a huge amount of albums and tracks in Dolby Atmos spatial audio, Apple’s been a contender in this space for nearly as long as music streaming has been a thing. And while it does play a close second fiddle to Spotify’s…

Nadeem Sarwar / Digital TrendsOnePlus’ first foldable smartphone — the OnePlus Open — has had a far smoother sailing compared to Samsung’s debut. Of course, OnePlus relied heavily on sister company Oppo’s foldable experience to deliver a knockout device. The end product feels significantly more refined from an aesthetic perspective and raw camera prowess compared to Samsung’s latest offering. But getting the hardware is only half the job done when it comes to foldable devices. Surprisingly, the OnePlus Open delivers a UI experience more polished than I had anticipated. I’ve been pushing the device for the past few weeks, and…

espnOnline sports betting has been rolling out in drips and drabs in the US (Streaming service Fubo shut down its attempt in October 2022.) But it might be about to get a shot in the arm with the introduction of ESPN Bet, which will debut in 17 states starting November 14. ESPN Bet (we’re lowercasing the second word here so as not to confuse it with the BET cable network) is actually a rebranded product from PENN Entertainment and will include a mobile app and websites. It’ll be available — pending final approvals — in Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,…

Andy Boxall / Digital TrendsApple launched the iPhone 15 lineup recently, which includes the iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro, and iPhone 15 Pro Max. Of course, while the new series appears to be a hit with most, it’s not without its own set of issues too. Despite the fact that the iPhone 15 has only been out for a few weeks, the rumor mill for the iPhone 16 has already begun, though it’s still quite early. But from what we’ve gathered so far, it looks like the iPhone 16 could be another worthy upgrade, especially if you…

Prakhar Khanna / Digital TrendsThere are some fantastic phone deals around on the stylish and powerful Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5. A highlight in the folding phone world, this is the ideal device if you want to stand out from the crowd. Right now, you can buy it direct from Samsung with up to $1,000 instant trade-in credit depending on the device you have to trade in, bringing it down to $800. Alternatively, if you don’t have anything to trade in, you can get it from Amazon for $1,500, saving $300 off the regular price. Whichever deal sounds best to…

LenovoYou don’t need to spend several hundred dollars if you want to get a dependable tablet, especially with tablet deals like this one from Best Buy — the Lenovo Tab M9 for just $100, following a $40 discount on its original price of $140. As part of the retailer’s early Black Friday deals, we expect the offer to draw a lot of attention, but once it’s gone, we’re not sure if it will return for the actual shopping holiday. If you want to make sure that you get this Android tablet for much cheaper than usual, you shouldn’t hesitate to…

Andy Boxall/Digital TrendsIt’s that time of the year again. On Sunday, November 5, at 2:00 am, the majority of people in the US will revert to standard time by setting their clocks behind by an hour. This also means that you get an extra hour of sleep. However, it raises an important question: will your phone automatically change to standard time, or do you need to do it manually? It’s a question that applies regardless of which phone you have. Whether you’re rocking an iPhone 15 Pro, a Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra, or any other smartphone, it’s important to know…

Samsung Galaxy S23 FE Tushar Mehta / Digital TrendsSamsung has a new Galaxy S23 model out, and it’s called the Samsung Galaxy S23 FE. It’s a slightly watered-down version of the regular Galaxy S23 with a lower price tag to match, but why is it called an “FE”? Some of you probably already know this stands for Fan Edition, but you may not be aware of its unusual beginnings. And once you do understand, it makes Samsung’s continued use of the name quite unusual. When it all began The Samsung Galaxy Note 7, in happier times Digital TrendsTo tell the…

Nadeem Sarwar / Digital TrendsMediaTek is ready to enter the flagship Android phone race and challenge Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 with its latest processor. The Taiwanese company’s latest weapon is the MediaTek Dimensity 9300, which is based on the 4nm process and packs a cluster of four top-tier ARM cores, putting in a position to race ahead via brute performance. Compared to its direct rival from Qualcomm (which only has one large prime core), the MediaTek chip goes with an even more ambitious core configuration. There are four ARM Cortex-X4 cores, one of which goes up to 3.25 GHz,…