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Users report issues with answering incoming calls on the iPhone X
While far removed from its humble stationary origins, smartphones should still be able to make and take calls. Apple’s iPhone X seems to be making a mess of the latter as multiple people report they can’t answer a call for several seconds. What happens is that the ringtone starts playing as soon as the phone…
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HTC U12 shows up in live photos
The HTC U12, the maker’s next flagship, has just surfaced at a Taiwan 5G industry event showing off its LTE+ prowess. While no hardware details have been specified we can see that the phone has an 18:9 screen on the front with little bezel around it and that it’s more curved than the HTC U11+.…
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UK banks block Bitcoin purchases with credit cards
Lloyds Banking Group which owns Halifax, Bank of Scotland, MBNA and Lloyds will block Bitcoin purchases with their credit cards. The restriction is applied because the financial institutions worry that their customers might borrow cash to invest in the cryptocurrency and might end up in debt. Bitcoin price jumped from $800 to over $18,000 in…
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Honor device with dual cameras on both sides passes through the TENAA
A new Honor smartphone could be on the horizon, says the latest Chinese TENAA listing. The listing itself reveals only the LND-AL30’s design and that it’s made under the Huawei Honor sub brand. What we can see is that the phone has a metal back with a fingerprint scanner and dual camera. The front has…
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Limited edition OnePlus 5T Lava Red comes to Europe and the US
The Lava Red edition of the OnePlus 5T breaks up the monotony of black/silver/gold phones out there, but the company is doing a teasingly slow rollout. Well, Europeans and Americans will finally be able to get in on the action tomorrow. This is a limited edition, so it will be available only while supplies last.…
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