Author: Geek Planet

The Samsung Galaxy S25 series rumor mill has been turbulent, and that’s putting it lightly. An unbelievable amount of information has emerged about this phone, but one debate that was never settled was whether it would use the Snapdragon 8 Elite chip or the Exynos 2400 chip. Now we have an answer thanks to leaked benchmarks: it’s all Snapdragon, all the way. The most recent Galaxy S25 Geekbench results show a score of 2,986 single-core and 9,355 multi-core, a base frequency of 3.53GHz, and two separate processing clusters. The first has six cores clocked at 3.53GHz, and the second has…

The iPhone SE 4 is the long-awaited successor to the iPhone SE lineup. Information about the device has been scarce, with only a few bits of information leaking out here and there, but now there’s a newer, more surprising rumor: that the name of the next iPhone SE might actually be the iPhone 16E. The news first broke in mid-December from a source that’s relatively unknown in the United States and was limited to just Weibo. Majin Bu, a tipster with a much more solid track record, shared a post on recently that supports the news. Bu also corroborates the…

A new phone from OnePlus is on the horizon, and it should attract lots of attention with its purported battery capacity. The OnePlus Ace 5V is expected to join the OnePlus Ace 5 and Ace 5 Pro in the Chinese market. It may also be launched internationally as the OnePlus Nord 5, according to GSMArena, The OnePlus Ace 5V is anticipated to feature a substantial 7,000mAh battery capacity. In comparison, the upcoming OnePlus 13 and OnePlus 13R will likely have battery capacities of 6,000mAh. By contrast, two of the best-selling phones on the market, the iPhone 16 Pro Max and…

Happy New Year! AT&T is starting 2025 by increasing the bills for some of its customers. According to Android AuthorityAT&T FirstNet customers will soon see a monthly price increase of $3 per line. This change has been confirmed in a posting on the AT&T website. AT&T FirstNet is a dedicated wireless broadband network specifically designed for first responders and public safety personnel in the US. It was developed through a partnership between the federal government and AT&T. Please enable Javascript to view this contentThe company states that the price increase will help it “continue to deliver the great wireless service…

Happy New Year! AT&T is starting 2025 by increasing the bills for some of its customers. According to Android AuthorityAT&T FirstNet customers will soon see a monthly price increase of $3 per line. This change has been confirmed in a posting on the AT&T website. AT&T FirstNet is a dedicated wireless broadband network specifically designed for first responders and public safety personnel in the US. It was developed through a partnership between the federal government and AT&T. Please enable Javascript to view this contentThe company states that the price increase will help it “continue to deliver the great wireless service…

2025 has barely begun, and Samsung is already hitting the ground running with two new mobile gadgets launching in the US The Galaxy Fit 3 and the Galaxy A16 5G both launched in other markets last October, but Samsung has just confirmed their availability in the US We’ll start with the Galaxy Fit 3, which I find the most interesting. A successor to 2022’s Galaxy Fit 2, the Galaxy Fit 3 is a small and affordable fitness tracker akin to the Fitbit Charge 6 or Fitbit Inspire 3. It has a 1.6-inch AMOLED display (45% larger than the Fit 2)…

Table of Contents Table of Contents The digital notebook I’ve been searching for Actually good AI tools My biggest issue with the Scribe so far The best of both worlds As someone who does a lot of writing for a living, reading is a key part of my life. They go hand in hand, after all. But most of my reading these days is focused on news articles rather than books. Thankfully, going back to Kindle devices and other e-readers has changed that, and I’ve rediscovered my love of reading, well, books. Personally, I have found the base model Amazon…

Table of Contents Table of Contents Bloatware: brazen or sneaky? A long trail of connectivity woes Gee, Motorola, fix the Moto G! Look no further than home, Motorola A few months ago, I had an opportunity to try a handful of Motorola smartphones. They look good and even stand out, though the brand seems to be pulling off lazy-Samsung-design stuff with some of its releases. But then, Samsung is doing worse, so there’s that bittersweet consolation. An argument can be made here that Motorola is putting some great phones on the shelf with a premium feel and competitive innards at…

According to Honor the new Magic7 Lite has a special, industry-first battery inside it, making it slightly more interesting than your average mid-range smartphone, but what is new about it? The Magic7 Lite has a silicon-carbon battery instead of the more common lithium-ion battery, which allows for a greater capacity without increasing physical size. The Magic7 Lite’s silicon-carbon battery has a whopping 6,600mAh capacity, and Honor estimates this will return nearly 26 hours of video playback on a single charge, plus it will reliably operate in both hot and cold environments. Using its AI technology, Honor’s software will squeeze a…

Table of Contents Table of Contents The AI ​​that Apple got right What Apple got wrong Much ado about nothing Whether you love or hate it, AI doesn’t appear to be going away anytime soon. In fact, AI is evolving quite rapidly, and it’s now in the palms of our hands with our smartphones, as Google, Samsung, and even Apple have now fully embraced our AI future. Though Apple was late to the game with Apple Intelligence, the company majorly hyped it up for the iPhone 16 launch in September, even though, amazingly, it did not roll out until October…