The coronavirus has caused mobile phone parts shortages and affected the supply chain for phones as well as other consumer technology.
The virus, which began in China has caused manufacturers and factories in the country to close. It has also caused shipping delays and importation issues as the world tries to prevent the spread of the deadly disease.
The unfortunate reality of today is that most of the worlds consumer technology is either made in China or relies on parts made there. They are the world’s largest producer of mobile phones, TV’s, computers and other tech sent to overseas buyers.
2 awards so far in 2019 makes us feel amazing! We've been voted Brisbane’s Best Mobile Phone Repairs by BestInAu.com.au. We are super happy to have been given yet another listing showing how hard we work and the effort that goes into customer satisfaction. We've been selected based on their list of review criteria that you can find here: https://bestinau.com.au/business-reviews-checklist/
Read more: We did it again! Voted Brisbane’s Best Mobile Phone Repairs
Google Pixel 3A packs quite a punch for a budget phone. It has all the high-end features of a Samsung or iPhone at half the price. At AUD $ 649 the Pixel 3A is the best Android phone on the market.
To make Pixel 3a more affordable, Google has opted for a polycarbonate body, which makes the phone very light and compact. It measures 6 x 2.8 x 0.3 inches and weighs just 5.2 ounces.
A text message can hack your iPhone. Sounds like a plot for a sci-fi movie or a Robin Cook novel but its not. Google’s research team Project Zero discovered 6 alarming bugs in Apple’s iMessage that could be exploited to gain control over users’ iPhones and cause potential harm.
Read more: Hackers can access your iPhone with a simple text message
Amid a leadership shake-up last month, the Australian government blocked Huawei Technologies, a Chinese company whose technology underpins mobile broadband for about half of all Australians, from building the country’s 5G network.
Read more: Australia’s Huawei Ban - What’s the future of 5G in Australia?
Samsung’s new Galaxy A Series claims back the mass market
Samsung’s Galaxy A series brings premium features at affordable prices. The new Galaxy A series namely the A70, A50, A30 and A20 are classic examples of mid-range phones packing premier innovations and features.
Yes, the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 will be unpacked on 7th of August at the Barclay Centre in New York. The launch venue is the same as last year’s Note 9 event.
Oppo has unveiled its first 5G smartphone, the OPPO Reno. Everyone was eager to see the side-swinging, shark-fin front facing camera. Inside the fin is the 16MP front-facing camera with flash, earpiece, rear flash and more. Flipping out only 11 degrees in 0.8 seconds OPPO say that the sliding is elegant with a great design sense.
5G wireless is a radically faster wireless internet that ideally is up to 20 times faster with 120 times less latency than 4G, setting the stage for IoT networking advances and support for new high-bandwidth applications. Though it will be years before the technology reaches its full potential worldwide.
5G is still in its infancy stage, here in Australia and it will be quite sometime before the coverage reaches everyone. Telstra will be rolling out the 5G network first to major capital CBDs and other high traffic areas before moving onto other areas. Telstra had announced in January that it had made exclusive 5G deals with some of the world’s biggest phone manufacturers.
