Using Phones

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  How & Why It's Important To Minimise Phone Usage In Children

  Reducing phone usage allows children to engage in healthier activities and focus on real-world learning experiences.

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  Samsung Patent Application Describes Phone With Four Foldable Panels, Three Hinges

  Samsung might be developing a foldable phone with four panels connected by three hinges, forming a single elongated display when unfolded. The panels fold into a thick bar, according to a patent application that has been published online. Samsung has yet to launch a tri-fold smartphone to rival the Huawei Mate XT Ultimate Edition

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  Cybercriminals Offer Access to 'Lucid' Phishing Platform to Target iPhone, Android Phones in 88 Countries

  Cybercriminals are exploiting the 'Lucid' phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform to send phishing messages via iMessage and RCS chats, according to researchers. Using device farms of iPhone and Android smartphones, these phishing messages evade SMS spam filters due to end-to-end encryption. Licences for Lucid are reportedly being sold on Telegram, ...

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  Samsung Galaxy Z Flip FE Specificatons Leaked; Tipped to Use Same Chipset as Galaxy S24 FE

  Samsung Galaxy Z Flip FE is anticipated to go official in the second half of this year as an affordable clamshell foldable smartphone. Samsung has not yet confirmed the existence of the FE version of its flip phone, but ahead of it, its specifications have leaked online. The Galaxy Z Flip FE is tipped to come with Samsung's in-house Exynos processo...

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  Honor Play 60 Price, Design, Colours, Key Features Surface Online; May Use a MediaTek Dimensity 6300 SoC

  Honor Play 60 could soon be unveiled alongside an Honor Play 60m variant in China. The upcoming smartphone has been spotted on a certification website. The listing suggests the expected design, price, and colour options, as well as RAM and storage configurations of the purported smartphone. Meanwhile, key features of the phone have been shared in ...

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  Jailed MP Allowed To Attend Parliament, Can't Chat, Use Phone Or Internet

  Jailed MP from Jammu and Kashmir, Engineer Rashid, attended the Parliament session amid heavy police security today after getting leave from the Delhi High Court to attend the ongoing budget session.

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  Nothing Phone 3a Series' Essential Space Hub Updated With Camera Capture Feature

  Nothing is rolling out an update to its AI-powered hub, Essential Space, featured in the newly launched Phone 3a and 3a Pro. The update introduces a Camera Capture feature that allows users to snap photos and extract key details using optical character recognition. Nothing says it plans to roll out more features for Essential Space in the coming mo...

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  Government Ends Import Duty for Items Needed to Make EV Batteries, Phones

  India has said that there would be no import duties on some goods used to manufacture electric vehicle batteries and mobile phones. India has been preparing to mitigate the impact of US President Donald Trump's reciprocal tariffs set to take effect from April 2.

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  Android 16 Developer Preview 3 Reportedly Enables Screen-Off Fingerprint Unlock on All Pixel Phones

  Android 16 Developer Preview 3 (DP3) for Pixel smartphones was released last week. It adds a new feature which makes unlocking the phone with the inbuilt fingerprint sensor more convenient, according to a report. The feature is said to allow Pixel users to use the fingerprint unlock sensor even when the screen is turned off.

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  Nothing Explains Why It Used UFS 2.2 Storage in Phone 3a and Phone 3a Pro

  In a rather controversial move, Nothing ended up using UFS 2.2 storage for its recently launched Phone 3a and Phone 3a Pro. While many criticised the move, Nothing stood by it. Now, the company has finally provided a reasonable explanation as to why it chose to use dated storage.

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  AI-Powered 4D Radar Interceptors To Crackdown On Traffic Violations In Delhi

  Delhi's traffic enforcement gets smarter with a 360-degree rotatable AI-powered 4D radar interceptor, capable of spotting violations like overspeeding, driving without a seatbelt, and using a mobile phone while driving.

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  Nitish Kumar's "World Will End" Claim, Tejashwi Yadav's "Conservative" Jab

  A fresh political controversy erupted after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar claimed that the use of mobile phones would lead to the destruction of Earth in 10 years.

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  Google Pixel 9a Reportedly Uses Downgraded Modem Compared to Flagship Pixel 9 Models

  Google Pixel 9a was launched on Wednesday as the company’s latest affordable “a” series handset. The phone sits below the flagship models in the Pixel 9 lineup, sacrificing some of the premium features for an affordable price tag. As per a report, Google has confirmed that one of the trade offs is the modem used in the Pixel 9a. The phone fea...

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  Sony Tipped to be Developing New 200-Megapixel Camera Sensor for Flagship Smartphones

  Sony is developing a new, bigger camera sensor that would headline upcoming flagship smartphones, according to claims by a tipster. It is expected to compete against the Samsung ISOCELL HP9 which has been integrated into smartphones such as the Vivo X200 Pro and the Xiaomi 15 Ultra. The purported Sony camera sensor is tipped to function as a main c...

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  iPhone Without USB Type-C Port May Become Reality as EU Reportedly Gives Green Light to Apple

  Apple had originally planned to make the upcoming iPhone 17 Air its first portless phone with wireless charging support and cloud data syncing. The brand, however, reportedly backed off the idea considering potential concerns from European Union regulators. A new report suggests that dropping the USB Type-C port for a completely portless phone woul...