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The average US consumer plans on keeping their smartphones for about 2.75 years (32.9 months) before upgrading, according to a new survey from Strategy Analytics. That's a sizeable increase from 2018 when US consumers were on average holding on to their smartphones for 27.9 months. "This year is going to be the longest point we've seen" in the upgrade cycle, Strategy Analytics Director Linda Sui told PCMag. The research firm recently polled more than 2,500 US smartphone owners in an online survey, and found that older consumers—the Baby Boomers—planned on sticking with their existing smartphones for more than three years (39.7 months). The age group to upgrade the fastest were millennials, or Generation Y, who on average planned on using their existing phones for 30 months (2.5 years). Strategy Analytics blames the longer upgrade cycles on US mobile carriers no longer offering subsidies to help customers pay for new smartphone models like they did back in 2013 and 2014 when … [Read more...] about New iPhone? Galaxy Note 10? Baby Boomers Say No Thanks

Warning: Spoilers ahead. Being a new parent isn't easy. Night-time feedings, endless crying, toxic diapers and the constant worry that at any moment something will go terribly wrong with your beautiful newborn. In Apple's new horror series Servant, which airs weekly until its finale on Jan. 17, something goes wrong for Philadelphia couple Dorothy (Lauren Ambrose) and Sean (Toby Kebbell). But the death of their baby son is only the beginning of the nightmare in the new TV series from M. Night Shyamalan (Glass), streaming now on Apple TV Plus.The devastated parents turn to a hyper-realistic baby doll that looks like their late son Jericho, as a therapeutic device to get through their debilitating grief. But what was supposed to be a short-term solution turns extra creepy when the mother bonds a bit too much with the doll. Against her husband's wishes, she hires the young nanny Leanne, played by Nell Tiger Free, to look after the ersatz infant. Dorothy instantly feels … [Read more...] about Apple TV Plus’ Servant: M. Night Shyamalan’s new baby will keep you up at night

Advertisement Formerly known as Read It Later, the new Pocket is the ultimate digital bookmarking service Pocket - The Ultimate Digital Bookmarking Service Pocket - The Ultimate Digital Bookmarking Service As Bakari previously reported, the well loved Read It Later - which enabled users to save articles to read later from a bookmarklet or various apps it was integrated with - was discontinued and replaced... Read More out there. While its mobile apps are fantastic to do your reading, saving and organizing is best left to your web browser. Let’s find out how to boost your Pocket experience with the right web apps and extensions.In case you weren’t aware, Pocket is now integrated into Firefox, so you don’t need a separate extension for it. However, the bulk of good Pocket extensions is still on Google Chrome.Still, irrespective of extensions, you can still do a lot with Pocket.Built-in Pocket Tricks You Should Be UsingThe first step to getting better is to … [Read more...] about 9 Ways to Get More Out of Pocket

The OFF Pocket is the latest privacy accessory from the creator of the spy-drone blocking stealth hoodie. It’s a water-resistant metal-fabric pouch designed to hold a smartphone and block all wireless signals — cellular, wi-fi, GPS etc — so you’re no longer carrying a personal location tracker in your back pocket. The OFF Pocket Kickstarter project has impeccable timing, given ongoing revelations about mass government surveillance programmes.  It remains to be seen what airport security will make of it however. The OFF Pocket’s New York-based creators say the pouch beats other shielding alternatives such as sticking your phone in the fridge — a la Edward Snowden — or repurposing a cocktail shaker. It has a shielding score of over 100dB for frequencies between 800MHz and 2.4GHz. It’s also a better option than just turning a phone off which may not block all signals, plus not all phones let you … [Read more...] about OFF Pocket Is A Privacy Pouch For Your Phone That Blocks Cellular, Wi-Fi, GPS To Defy Spies

Features/ Do you have an old smartphone lying around? Repurpose it! There are a number of ways you can reuse that old mobile device. PCMag reviews products independently, but we may earn affiliate commissions from buying links on this page. Terms of use. We each carry around with us a little supercomputer that can fit inside our pocket. It does everything we could ask it to do; it checks the weather, searches the internet, plays games, streams media, takes pictures, and analyzes data. Smartphones are great, except for the fact that newer, better versions are always on the horizon. Most of us can probably eke out a few years with our smartphones, but the upgrade cycle means it's always tempting to splurge on a shinier model. You can usually save a few bucks by trading your old phone in when you buy a new one, but there are times you might end up with an extra, aging smartphone hanging around. Instead of letting that phone collect dust, reuse it. If it connects to Wi-Fi, it can still … [Read more...] about 11 Uses for Your Old Smartphone