Alan Friedman

4 days ago | phonearena.com | Alan Friedman

Earlier this month T-Mobile hiked its rates by $5 per line starting on April 2nd. That can work out to a huge increase in the monthly bill paid by subscribers each month. While the carrier did send out texts to its subscribers informing them of the rate hike when it was first announced, some subscribers claim that they didn't get the text and went ballistic when they received their next bill showing their higher monthly balances.

5 days ago | phonearena.com | Alan Friedman

The Motorola Razr+ (2025) will be introduced on April 24th according to a new video posted by Motorola in a tweet. Known outside the U.S. as the Razr 60 Ultra, the video shows the device open to the point that it resembles the letter "A" and the Lenovo unit says that "the future of flip is coming." A leaked spec sheet for the phone indicates that this is not just hyperbole from the manufacturer.

5 days ago | phonearena.com | Alan Friedman

There are so many different weather apps on iOS and Android that it shouldn't be hard for you to find one that you like enough to be your go-to app for the current and future conditions. Some of the better weather apps include radar which can give you a more precise idea of where that thunderstorm is going to hit and how long it will last. Weather apps with radar include The Weather Channel (iOS, Android) and AccuWeather (iOS, Android).

5 days ago | phonearena.com | Alan Friedman

We are closer to the release of the stable version of Android 16 following Google's dissemination Thursday of Android 16 Beta 4. This is the last scheduled beta update for Android 16 although you never know whether an additional beta update will be necessary to patch some flaws. However, assuming that everything is copacetic with the just-released beta, the next update you install on your Android phone should be Android 16. So what phones are compatible with Android 16 Beta 4? Good question.

6 days ago | phonearena.com | Alan Friedman

While the first two iOS 18.5 beta releases indicate that the eventual stable update to iOS 18.5 will be underwhelming, there is a new feature coming to the native Mail app in iOS 18.5 that might have you looking forward to the update. As we previously mentioned, in iOS 18.5 users will be able to disable Contact Photos from the Mail app. This is the page you create that is associated with a person listed in your Contacts app and pops up when a phone call is received from that person.