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Your Morning Briefing for Tuesday, December 5th, 2023

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Published on 12-05-2023 06:40 AM

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OnePlus 12 debuts with Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, IP65 rating and 50W wireless charging

Samsung and OnePlus are pointlessly burying one of Android's best features

Verizon customers can now get Netflix and Max combined (with ads) for $10/month

Freedom Mobile Extends Waiving of Overages to Israel, West Bank, Gaza

WhatsApp photo and photo quality finally being fixed for iOS users

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Samsung S20 FE 5G

Questions on unlock tracfones, please,

TF data too expensive

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AT&T awards $14 billion open RAN contract to Ericsson, dealing blow to Nokia

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Published on 12-04-2023 12:09 PM

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I have to admit I’m surprised to see them dropping Nokia, but can’t say I’m not thrilled to see Ericsson taking their place from a network performance perspective. This full-on plunge into ORAN is going to be interesting, particularly since AT&T has tended to be the slower, more conservative operator in recent years.

https://www.fiercewireless.com/tech/...ing-blow-nokia

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Your Morning Briefing for Monday, December 4th, 2023

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Published on 12-04-2023 08:10 AM

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Apple patches two security vulnerabilities on iPhone, iPad and Mac

Google Play reveals its ‘Best of 2023’ apps and games

Netflix to Offer Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy — The Definitive Edition on Mobile in December

Spotify to lay off 17 percent of its workforce in latest round of job cuts

Top 10 trending phones of week 48

From The Forums:

will qvc package take effect immediately or after current month

Anyone know how to order the Hotspot plan?

Scratch and Wheel - both Tormentors available for December

Pick one any one

Cheap 1 year TF extension?

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Your Morning Briefing for Friday, December 1st, 2023

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Published on 12-01-2023 06:40 AM

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Apple Releases iOS 17.1.2 With Security Fixes

Google celebrates 1 billion RCS users with emoji-filled messaging features

9-8-8 Suicide Crisis Helpline Launched by CRTC, Telecoms

Firefox for Android is getting over 400 more extensions in December

Restaurants Are Using Tinder Profiles to Lure Diners In

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RCS Messaging

Will TMO phone work with a Boost sim ? or which sim will work ?

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Your Morning Briefing for Thursday, November 30th, 2023

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Published on 11-30-2023 08:20 AM

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Google agrees to pay publishers in Canada and drops plans for blocking news

Canadian Government Quietly Backs Down on its Implementation Plans for a Digital Services Tax

Spotify Wrapped 2023 is now available – here’s how to find it

Apple Music Replay 2023 Is Now Available

YouTube launches "Playables" for Premium subscribers

From The Forums:

Have question about using an Old Cricket phone on H20 Service

Eskimo eSIM: Free 1GB data good for 2 years, 80 countries

Two questions regarding BYOP Tracfone activation

AT&T 55+ Plans

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Your Morning Briefing for Wednesday, November 29th, 2023

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Published on 11-29-2023 08:20 AM

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Wireless Carriers Extend Black Friday Cellphone Promos

Google is deleting inactive accounts. Here's what that means

Apple is reportedly ending its partnership with Goldman Sachs

You Don’t Need to Turn Off Apple’s NameDrop Feature in iOS 17

London’s famed black cabs will be listed on Uber’s app in big win for the ridehail company

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Cricket $15 Unlimited Tab

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Your Morning Briefing for Tuesday, November 28th, 2023

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Published on 11-28-2023 08:20 AM

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Counterpoint: global phone market shows signs of recovery, breaking a 27 month negative streak

Smartphone sales down 4 percent in Canada due to economic restraints: report

Black Friday Overwhelms Public Mobile and Koodo

Here are the best smartphones in Canada [2023 Edition]

Voice-over-LTE: The Reason Why Your Phone May Soon Stop Working

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metro sim swap question

Transferring account from one Android phone to another

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Your Morning Briefing for Monday, November 27th, 2023

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Published on 11-27-2023 06:30 AM

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From The Web:

Pixel 8 Pro owners complain about display bumps, Google says 'there is no functional impact'

Carriers are finally offering some plans worth getting this Black Friday

The best early Cyber Monday deals

Casetify is ‘investigating’ the ‘allegation’ of its pretty obvious theft of Dbrand’s designs

Top 10 trending phones of week 47

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needing access to a 2012 feature phone with the dreadful incorrect sim pop-up

Straight Talk Samsung a54 5g

Lost all Minutes, Texts, Data

VZW customers cannot SMS to ported out number

iPhone SE, Total By Verizon prepaid customer - going to Germany in December

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Your Morning Briefing for Friday, November 24th, 2023

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Published on 11-24-2023 06:45 AM

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The best Black Friday deals on Apple devices

Buy a phone from Telus and the company will give a free one to a young Canadian aging out of foster care

Don’t waste your money on an awful Android tablet on Black Friday

Three chips in and Google Tensor is on life support

Qualcomm announces Snapdragon 7 Gen 3

From The Forums:

Forgot account passcode, cannot visit store

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Your Morning Briefing for Thursday, November 23rd, 2023

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Published on 11-23-2023 08:20 AM

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Nothing Drops the Shockingly Affordable $69 CMF Watch Pro

Samsung Galaxy S23 FE is the cheapest it's ever been at $399.99

Samsung’s biggest Black Friday discounts are exclusively through its Shop app

3 things Android still does better than even the iPhone 15 Pro

Your smartwatch wristband could be harbouring potentially harmful bacteria like E.coli, study warns

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Transfer Tracfone Phone # to IPhon

Service plans purchased with points are NOT being added

Pokemon Go not working Oversea

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Your Morning Briefing for Wednesday, November 22nd, 2023

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Published on 11-22-2023 08:10 AM

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Xiaomi has sold more than 1.44 million Xiaomi 14 units in 10 days

Samsung Galaxy A54, S23 FE, Z Flip5, and Z Fold5 are all receiving Android 14 now

Sunbird shuts down its iMessage app for Android ‘for now’ amid ‘security concerns’

The FCC says new rules will curb SIM swapping. I’m pessimistic

Freedom Mobile Launches $65/60GB Global Roaming Plan

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What Would Be The Least Expensive MVNO For A Year Of Verizon Service As A Second SIM Back Up?

Nokia 2610 coating problem

Referral Rewards increased?

i've discovered that landline porting doesn't always require wireless presence in the rate center

My text tone changed with update but I can't get it back

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Your Morning Briefing for Tuesday, November 21st, 2023

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Published on 11-21-2023 08:00 AM

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Huawei’s HarmonyOS Will No Longer Support Android Apps

Huawei will keep Android app support for international devices

Review: OnePlus Open is the best foldable, as long as you can put up with OxygenOS

Black Friday smartphone sales make (some) foldables seem affordable

Fizz expands into Western Canada with a $4/40GB plan offering

From The Forums:

Phone link that works with Google Pixel 6?

new rules to prevent SIM Swap/Port out fraud

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Your Morning Briefing for Monday, November 20th, 2023

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Published on 11-20-2023 08:00 AM

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25 New Things Your iPhone Can Do With Next Month's iOS 17.2 Update

Flipper Zero can still crash iPhones running the latest version of iOS 17

Nothing Chats, the Sunbird-based iMessage app, is a privacy nightmare with unencrypted messages and images

Nothing Chats has already been pulled from Google Play over privacy issues

Top 10 trending phones of week 46

From The Forums:

moto g stylus 5G - 2023 unlockable?

Samsung S23 FE $49/$99 on Metro

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Your Morning Briefing for Friday, November 17th, 2023

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Published on 11-17-2023 06:30 AM

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Apple says iPhones will support RCS in 2024

Google will work with Apple on implementing RCS on iPhone

Samsung Galaxy S23 FE review

Fitbit Charge 6 review: practically a Pixel band

Videotron Launches Unlimited Canada-France Plans for Talk, Text, Data

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AT&T and T-Mobile are in a heated race to space

Cancel account due to Death

MMS not working...

why not a board on forum dedicated to .... carrier....

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Apple To Adopt RCS Next Year

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Published on 11-16-2023 02:15 PM

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https://9to5mac.com/2023/11/16/apple...ing-to-iphone/

In a surprising move, Apple has announced today that it will adopt the RCS (Rich Communication Services) messaging standard. The feature will launch via a software update “later next year” and bring a wide range of iMessage-style features to messaging between iPhone and Android users.
Apple’s decision comes amid pressure from regulators and competitors like Google and Samsung. It also comes as RCS has continued to develop and become a more mature platform than it once was.

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Your Morning Briefing for Thursday, November 16th, 2023

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Published on 11-16-2023 08:15 AM

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From The Web:

Social media gets teens hooked while feeding aggression and impulsivity, and researchers think they know why

Teens in North America might be the death of Android smartphones

Social media giants must face child safety lawsuits, judge rules

Meta will fight the EU over regulating Messenger

Here are Google's Black Friday deals, going live this Thursday

From The Forums:

TF de-activated my line claiming it's a Safelink account

2nd-hand Tracfone - does the original SIM still work with the phone?

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Your Morning Briefing for Wednesday, November 15th, 2023

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Published on 11-15-2023 06:30 AM

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Nothing is bringing iMessage to its Android phone

Apple finally admits it's doing the thing we all knew it had to do

Wireless Test Alerts Coming Nov. 15 in These Provinces and Territories

Samsung One UI 6 will reach 30 devices in the next five weeks, here's the roadmap

Google Pixel 8 Pro Camera Versus 40- and 50-Megapixel Mirrorless Cameras

From The Forums:

How to convert from Physical SIM to eSIM?

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Your Morning Briefing for Tuesday, November 14th, 2023

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Published on 11-14-2023 07:30 AM

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Google Pixel Watch 3 could get huge design change

Apple Watch Ultra 2 Review: Reaching for the top

Apple Plans Ambitious iOS 18 and macOS 15 Updates, Seeks to Squash Bugs

OnePlus Black Friday deals go live early, Motorola Edge+ $200 off, Nest x Yale smart lock $250, more

Samsung's early access Black Friday deals let you save big on Galaxy S23 Ultra, Z Fold5 in the US

From The Forums:

No Verizon at Palm Springs Airport

LOL, Tracfone is getting crafty with words!

Is Straight Talk Unlimited Silver Plan subject to deprioritization? Is there a throttle limit?

Replacement Phone for Cricket

T-Mobile surpasses Verizon as biggest prepaid carrier

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Your Morning Briefing for Monday, November 13th, 2023

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Published on 11-13-2023 08:30 AM

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The Best Android Phones

Can Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Seamless turn the tide on Apple?

Apple admits third-party App Stores in Europe are inevitable

iOS 17.2 Will Add These 10 New Features to Your iPhone

Top 10 trending phones of week 45

From The Forums:

Unlocking problem

Does anyone win rewards on Scratch-And-Win and Spin-The-Wheel or are they pointless to play anymore?

US Mobile eSIM tranfers

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Your Morning Briefing for Friday, November 10th, 2023

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Published on 11-10-2023 06:40 AM

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Fitbit has removed its products from nearly 30 countries to ‘align’ with Pixel

Samsung Galaxy S23 FE review: parts bin revisited

Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra long-term review

Mark Zuckerberg ignored teen and user safety warnings from Meta executives

Flashback: the Nokia N86 8MP was the last of the great Symbian sliders

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Inactive phones

Motorola BYOP to Straight Talk Verizon Network

Need help replacing broken phone

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