You can’t buy the OnePlus 12 yet, but OnePlus has revealed the phone in China. An international launch is coming soon, and there’s not much left to learn besides North American pricing. The OnePlus 12 has the latest Snapdragon chip, ultra-fast charging, and more RAM than you’ll probably ever need. …
Read More »Unity to Begin Charging Per-Install Game Developer Fees
Video game developers aren’t happy about Unity’s latest announcement—and that’s putting it lightly. The maker of one of the world’s most popular cross-platform game engines shared Tuesday that it would begin charging users each time their game is installed. Referred to as a “Unity Runtime Fee,” the $0.20-per-install charge has …
Read More »Realme Debuts Fast Charging Smart Phone
Phone batteries may have peaked. We’ve been hovering around the 5,000mAh mark in Android phones for years, and there’s no magical technology on the horizon to increase that. High charging speeds are almost as good, and that’s increasing by leaps and bounds with devices like the new OnePlus 11. The …
Read More »Superfast EV Charging Stations
Are gas stations doomed in the long run, or is there an opportunity to reinvent them as a fast-charging destination stop for EV drivers? Germany-based global ultrafast EV charging technology company ADS-TEC Energy sees the rise of EVs as a new opportunity for gas stations. Electrek spoke with John Tuccillo, …
Read More »Full Battery In 15 Minutes
Oppo is one of the largest smartphone makers in the world, but you’d never know it if you buy all your phones in the US. Oppo is part of the Chinese megacorporation BBK Electronics, which also runs Vivo, Realme, and OnePlus among others. Smartphones in this family are about to …
Read More »Apple Long Distance Wireless
It’s quite rare for Apple to announce a new technology at one of its hardware launch events, then scuttle it afterwards, but that’s exactly what happened with its much-hyped AirPower charging mat. The tantalizing mat would have been able to charge three Apple devices at once: an iPhone, Apple Watch, …
Read More »Satechi Charging Station
Overpriced garbage. What is up with these docks with 14 cables coming out of them? Ugly. It’s not supposed to be pretty. It’s supposed to charge a bunch of devices at once. Not every accessory needs to make some kind of aesthetic statement. Not very forward thinking, as the ports …
Read More »Android 11 8T Arrives
OnePlus has announced a new phone, right on time. Since this is autumn, it’s time for the Chinese OEM’s latest T-series phone release, which this year takes the form of the OnePlus 8T. This phone has been rumored for weeks, and the final device itself doesn’t pack any major …
Read More »How USB Charging Works
The tech world has finally coalesced around a charging standard, after years of proprietary adapters and ugly wall-wart power supplies. USB-C is in the process of replacing them. But, in a brilliant example of getting exactly what we asked for and not at all what we wanted, USB-C has …
Read More »How USB charging works, or how to avoid blowing up your smartphone
The tech world has finally coalesced around a charging standard, after years of proprietary adapters and ugly wall-wart power supplies. Well, sort of: We’re already seeing some fragmentation in terms of the new USB-C connector, which could eventually replace USB, as well as what is thankfully turning out to be a short-lived …
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