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Archives for October 2024

Allison Johnson
Allison Johnson
The first Snapdragon 8 Elite phone is the Xiaomi 15.

Qualcomm announced its newest flagship mobile SoC just last week and as usual, Xiaomi will be the first one to put that chipset in a phone. Both the 15 and 15 Pro use the 8 Elite, and the 15 Pro pairs it with an absolutely massive 6100mAh battery. They’re only launching in China for now, but fingers crossed for a global launch in 2025.

Rendering of Xiaomi 15 Pro in various colors.
Xiaomi 15 Pro in its array of green and not-green colors.
Image: Xiaomi
Sean Hollister
Sean Hollister
Seniors are PISSED that T-Mobile won’t honor its “lifetime” price guarantee.

“T-Mobile guarantees it will never raise the price of your rate plan,” we wrote in 2015, because that’s what its CEO said: “I’m guaranteeing those rates for as long as you’re a customer.”

But Ars Technica dug up thousands of FCC complaints that suggest people got fooled. In June, T-Mobile was asked to stop advertising its so-called “price lock.”

Emma Roth
Emma Roth
The iOS 18.2 beta brings categories to the Mail app.

The redesigned Mail app will automatically sort your emails into four different tabs: your primary inbox with all your important emails, a transactions section for online orders, a promotions category for marketing emails, and an updates tab for newsletters.

The iOS 18.2 beta also adds more AI features like Genmoji and an integration with ChatGPT.

Image: Apple