Alex Dobie

Oct 30, 2024 | howtogeek.com | Alex Dobie

Qualcomm Your browser does not support the video tag. So the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 is here -- and it's not called that -- but it still might be the biggest deal in smartphone silicon in years. Let me explain. The Snapdragon 8 Elite is the successor to Qualcomm's earlier Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, and it's just been announced at the Snapdragon summit event in Maui.

Oct 25, 2024 | howtogeek.com | Alex Dobie

Big Android version updates are now basically obsolete... And that might actually be a good thing. If you're a smartphone fan of a certain vintage, you'll no doubt remember a new Android version dropping with each Pixel or, previously, Nexus device. But this generation, something changed. In August 2024 the Pixel 9 series was announced, and all four of those new phones ran not Android 15 but Android *14*, first unveiled in October of 2023. New Pixel, but no new Android.

Oct 24, 2024 | howtogeek.com | Alex Dobie

MacBook Pro Your browser does not support the video tag. Apple has just been hit by its biggest hardware leak since an engineer left his iPhone 4 prototype in a bar stool back in 2010. This time it's the upcoming M4 MacBook Pro that's out in the wild weeks before its expected announcement -- giving away a LOT of what we're expecting out of a hardware event that should *also* include the biggest Mac Mini redesign in over a decade.

Oct 16, 2024 | flipboard.com | Alex Dobie

Samsung1 hour agoReport: Samsung launching ‘Special Edition’ Galaxy Z Fold 6 next week as more pics leak9to5Google - Ben Schoon • 1hSamsung is apparently set to launch its “Special Edition” Galaxy Z Fold 6 as soon as next week, new reports claim. A thinner Galaxy Z Fold 6 has been in the rumor mill for a while, but the “Special Edition” device hasn’t actually come to launch yet.

Oct 11, 2024 | xda-developers.com | Alex Dobie

Is the Google Pixel turning into just an iPhone tribute act? I've spent just over a month with the Pixel 9 Pro XL -- Google's biggest and best smartphone for 2024. It's got some of the best camera features in any device I've used -- plus some genuinely useful AI tricks. And the best Pixel battery life *ever*. And yet in some other areas, like the design, it's tough for me not to feel like Google has just kinda given up and decided to go with the flow.