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In CNET Group's TechPulse survey, 28% of US adults planned to purchase a new phone within the next six months. However, they were also nearly evenly divided in how much they're willing to spend. Some ...

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Some iPhone users feel that battery life is worse after updating to iOS 26.3, and that the battery drains faster even after ...

Apple (AAPL) just gave a warning shot none of its peers can ignore. It quietly moved the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max into late-stage production validation testing. The move is a subtle yet ...

We found the iPhone Air to have a pretty decent battery life for such a thin-and-light phone, somewhere in the region of 27 hours if you’re continuously streaming video. But it's still a phone, ...

Boost your iPhone battery life with seven simple settings tweaks, from Auto-Brightness to Low Power Mode, that reduce drain without changing habits. Generated with Google Gemini. iPhones are faster, ...

A frozen car battery can explode if you try to jump-start it. Look for a swollen case before connecting cables—and know how to thaw it safely first. Swollen or deformed battery cases signal freezing; ...

A widespread Verizon cell phone service outage was reported across the United States. At its peak, nearly 177,000 outages were reported, according to the monitoring site DownDetector. Many affected ...

Apple is claimed to have announced a half-price battery replacement service for iPhone 13 users in China. That claim has not been verified, but the publication says that consequently Apple has ...

iPhone battery health naturally declines over time, but how fast it drops depends heavily on daily habits. Lithium-ion batteries age with every charge cycle, heat spike, and background process running ...

I have tested dozens of MagSafe battery packs over the years, including slim ones, chunky ones, low-capacity chargers, and full-on power bricks that aim to replace everything at once. Most of the ...