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Unlimited Plan Comparison: Verizon vs. AT&T vs. T-Mobile vs. Sprint (July 2018 Update)

Kellen July 24, 2018

Within the past month, Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint have all introduced new unlimited data plans. Because of that, as well as the fact that it has been five months since we last pushed out an unlimited data plan comparison, it's time to see how all of the big...

Tuesday Poll: Chromecast Turns 5 Today – Still Using One?

Kellen July 24, 2018

Five years ago today, Google announced the original Chromecast. At $35, and a simple way to send your content to any screen, the Chromecast is without a doubt one of Google's best pieces of hardware to ever be released. Since that initially Chromecast release,...

Verizon Wants YouTube TV or Apple TV as 5G TV Partner

Kellen July 24, 2018

Verizon's home 5G service is scheduled to launch in four cities this year, three of which we already know. When they do go live, they'd like to have some sort of TV package to go with the internet service. According to Bloomberg, that could be Google's YouTube...

Verizon Names Its Next 5G City

Kellen July 24, 2018

Verizon added Houston to its list of 5G cities this morning. The Texas market joins Sacramento and Los Angeles as the first from Big Red to see the residential broadband internet. Verizon says that they expect to launch the service in Houston in the second...

Android Distribution Updated for July: Oreo Surges to 12.1%!

Kellen July 23, 2018

Google has become somewhat erratic in updating its Android distribution numbers after updating them monthly for years. They've skipped a number of months this year, including June, but are back for July with fresh percentages. That month off has meant big...

Galaxy Watch in Rose Gold and 42mm Case Makes Appearance at Samsung’s Site

Kellen July 23, 2018

We've been tracking the sh*t out of Samsung's upcoming Galaxy Watch in recent weeks. We found the first, smaller version at the FCC in both WiFi and LTE models before also spotting the larger version with LTE at the end of last week. Today, thanks to a slip-up...

Qualcomm Delivers Breakthrough in 5G mmW Chip for Phones

Kellen July 23, 2018

Even though US wireless carriers want to launch 5G networks as soon as this year, companies like Qualcomm still need to get supported chips ready for devices to be able to take advantage of them. Like with 4G LTE, one of the biggest struggles early on has been...

Google Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL Just Keep Showing Up in AOSP

Kellen July 19, 2018

Back in October of last year, we revealed what we believed to be three possible codenames for Google's 2018 line of Pixel phones. A trusted source of ours said that "crosshatch," "blueline," and "albacore" were all devices in testing at that time. We initially...