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Allo was Down for Many, Should be Back Up Now

Kellen January 4, 2018 43

Our inbox exploded this morning (2 emails) with news that the insanely popular Google messenger app, Allo, was down. I know, you can imagine the difficulty in deciding which Google messaging platform to use in its place, since there are enough to give you a...

OnePlus Brings Sandstone Back, This Time in White on a Limited OnePlus 5T

Kellen January 4, 2018 14

Oh man, one of the best materials/textures ever used on a smartphone is back, thanks to OnePlus. Anyone remember the iconic Sandstone that was used back on the original OnePlus One and 2? It's back on the OnePlus 5T, only this time in white and as a limited...

OnePlus 5 is Getting 5T’s Face Unlock, Grabs Official Oreo for Now (Updated: Pulled Because of “Bug”)

Kellen January 3, 2018

UPDATE 1/3/18: OnePlus pulled the OnePlus 5 Oreo update saying the following-- Sorry everyone, we’ve temporarily delayed the global roll out of Oxygen 5.0, while we work to improve the user experience. That quote originally said that OnePlus pulled it because...

Samsung Will Power Verizon’s First 5G Network This Year

Kellen January 3, 2018 9

When Verizon launches its first 5G residential broadband network this year, Samsung will power the portion of it that sits in your home. With Sacramento up first at some point in the second half of 2018 (followed by up to another 4 cities), Samsung's...

LG’s New TVs Will Feature Google Assistant

Kellen January 3, 2018 11

LG already told us to expect their first premium Bluetooth speaker with Google Assistant onboard at CES, but they have now added TVs to the category. In 2018, LG will introduce both OLED and Super UHD TVs that are powered by LG's ThinQ AI and that feature...

LG to Rebrand G Series of Phones, Which is Probably a Good Thing

Kellen January 3, 2018 52

I hate to pat ourselves on the back, but on last week's Droid Life Show, we talked about the fact that it was time for LG to ditch the G series of phones and do something new. We brought up the idea during our 2018 predictions portion of the show as we got to...

Question of the Day: Anyone Seeing Verizon Gigabit LTE Speeds Yet?

Kellen January 2, 2018 113

We're freshly into 2018 and so some of you should be able to access Verizon's Gigabit Class LTE network. I'm saying that because a number of you own the Galaxy S8, Galaxy S8+, and Moto Z2 Force, all of which have been updated with access to Verizon's upgraded...

List of Verizon Gigabit LTE Devices (Updated!)

Kellen January 2, 2018 40

Verizon kept saying as we approached the end of 2017 that they'd have Gigabit Class LTE live in certain markets and on select devices. We're still trying to figure out where exactly you'll be able to crush through all those downloads at newly upgraded speeds (...