Work Phones

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  26 Chinese Nationals Arrested Over Illegal Loan Practices By Thai Police

  Thai police said they arrested 26 Chinese nationals on Saturday on suspicion that they were running an illegal online loan operation.

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  Xiaomi Working on Redmi Smartphone With Up to 9,000mAh Battery, Tipster Claims

  Redmi is said to be working on a handset, which could ship with an 8,500mAh to 9,000mAh battery. This comes weeks after a report suggested that another Chinese tech company is developing a smartphone that would pack a 10,000mAh battery. Advancements in battery development methods, along with the arrival of the silicon-carbon technology, have helped...

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  Apple Said to Delay Launch of Larger 18.8-Inch Foldable Device Beyond 2027

  iPhone 18 series is expected to be unveiled in late 2026. As part of the series, the Cupertino tech giant could launch a foldable phone. However, the company is reportedly also working on an iPhone variant with an 18.8-inch foldable display, whose mass production has been delayed, potentially postponing its launch too.

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  Jack Dorsey Launches Bitchat Mesh Chat App for iPhone That Works Without Internet Access

  Jack Dorsey has launched Bitchat Mesh, a new Bluetooth-based messaging app for iPhone. He previously unveiled Bitchat as a peer-to-peer (P2P) app, a weekend project designed to function without phone numbers, email, or access to the internet. Bitchat Mesh supports both end-to-end encryption and identity verification. An Android release date for the...

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  Oppo on its Hasselblad Partnership, Photography Kits and AI-Less Smartphone Photography

  It may not seem like a lot, but Oppo and Hasselblad put in a lot of collaborative effort to deliver the Chinese smartphonemaker’s latest flagship, the Find X8 Ultra. Since the phone was already announced a few months ago, Oppo’s focus with its renewed Hasselblad partnership lies in future technologies. But we were more interested in Oppo’s cu...

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  Meizu 22 Design Teased: to Offer Narrowest Bezels Ever On a Smartphone

  Meizu 21 was launched in November 2023 with 1.74mm bezels. Now, the Chinese company is working on outdoing itself by launching a phone that has even thinner bezels. In a social media post, the company has teased its upcoming Meizu 22 handset, which is claimed to have the world’s narrowest bezels ever put on a phone. Last year, the company announc...

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  Delhi Man's Phone Snatched On Road, Then Wife's Extramarital Affair Emerges

  A man was returning home from work when two men on a scooty snatched his phone and fled the scene. Upon investigation, the police found that the man's wife orchestrated the snatching to hide a secret - her intimate pictures with a lover.

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  Apple Reportedly Working on Sealed-Device Update System for MacBook Units at Apple Stores

  Apple is reportedly developing an update system for sealed Mac computers, which could allow the company to ship devices from Apple Stores with the latest macOS version. It could mirror Apple's existing wireless update process for sealed iPhone units in stores, which can remotely power on the phone, install the newest software, and then shut it down...

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  All About Bitchat, Jack Dorsey's Messaging App That Works Without Internet

  Jack Dorsey, the former Twitter co-founder and CEO of Block, has launched a new messaging app, Bitchat. It's making noise in the tech world for all the right reasons.

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  Samsung W26 Foldable Phone Allegedly Spotted on China's 3C Site; Charging Speed Tipped

  Samsung W26 foldable is said to be in the works as a successor to last year's Samsung W25, which was a rebranded Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition meant for China. Recently, the unannounced handset was reportedly spotted on China's Compulsory Certification (3C) website. The listing suggests that the phone will have 25W wired charging support.

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  Jack Dorsey Announces Bitchat, a Decentralised Messaging App Which Does Not Require Phone Numbers

  Jack Dorsey on Monday announced a new decentralised messaging app called Bitchat. It is a peer-to-peer public domain messaging project which operates over Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) mesh networks. Bitchat is said to offer a more secure method of messaging, protected with end-to-end encryption. The app does not require internet, an account, or even ...

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  WhatsApp Will Stop Working On These Phones. Is Yours On The List?

  WhatsApp will stop working on older iPhones and Android devices that no longer meet the app's updated software requirements.

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  Redmi Turbo 5 Pro Tipped to Feature a 6.8-Inch Display and 8,000mAh Battery

  A new leak suggests that a Redmi smartphone is in the works with a 6.8-inch flat display and a battery capacity of over 8,000mAh. While the leak doesn't suggest the name of the phone, it is speculated to be the Redmi Turbo 5 Pro. It’s also possible the leak refers to a successor to the Redmi Turbo 4 or the Redmi K80 Ultra.

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  Google May Soon Let Gemini Interact With WhatsApp, Phone App on Android Even If Feature Is Disabled

  Google might have sent an email to some Android users on Tuesday highlighting that soon, the Gemini artificial intelligence (AI) assistant will interact with several on-device apps, whether the feature is turned on or not. Several users have shared screenshots of these emails on social media posts, where the Mountain View-based tech giant has highl...

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  UP Woman, Daughter Die By Suicide After Argument With Husband Over Phone

  A woman and her daughter died by suicide in Uttar Pradesh's Kaushambi district after an argument with her husband over the phone. Her husband, who works in Rajasthan, has been informed by the police and asked to return to Qazipur village.