Goodbye Cydia, Hello Snapdragon 855 | #PNWeekly 337

On our show this week, another edition of #Bendgate, hopes redux or hopes reduced for Touch ID's comeback and Cydia shuts down.

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Apple v. Samsung ends, the HTC U12+ begins | #PNWeekly 306 (LIVE at 3p ET)

Nearly seven years later, we may finally have reached the end of this argument between two bickering tech giants. That and a really big phone this week on our show!

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The Nexus 6P actually does bend without all the mischief — and here’s why

“Everyone needs an expensive hobby, right?”“Zack” of JerryRigEverything has that right. His relatively small YouTube channel has rocketed up in subscriber count since his original torture test of the Huawei-made Nexus 6P.Some have speculated that with the bend test in that video coming after a compromising flame test against the Gorilla Glass 4 panel on the device, it was, of course,

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iPhone 6s shell might be almost three times stronger than iPhone 6

One of the biggest questions on the table for the iPhone 6s and even more so for the iPhone 6s Plus is if either will bend. We’ve heard a ton of rumors of Apple using the same 7000 grade aluminum that it currently uses with the Apple Watch on its new batch of smartphones. If you’re wondering just how much stronger this new material will be, the answer is a lot.Lou from Unbox Therapy was able to get himself a leaked iPhone 6s chassis and compare its rigidity against the original iPhone 6 in a pressure ...

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Glass houses – week 40 recap: week in review

The technology world is a fast moving one, and hence, there are more than 100 stories we publish on a weekly basis here on Pocketnow. Those include reviews, videos, editorials, news, and more. With this new, weekly series, we’re making it easier for you to look back at the most interesting, exciting, and popular topics of the week, in case you missed anything.Look for the Pocketnow Week in Review every Saturday morning. It contains the most popular ten stories of the week printed on the portal, as well as top ...

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Fashion industry working to accommodate today’s larger phones

The iPhone 6, 6 Plus, and the corresponding controversy over bent phones may be the latest high-profile entry in the saga of ever-growing smartphone sizes, but this a trend that’s been happening for some time. With new models on the horizon like the 5.9-inch Nexus 6, it’s also one that’s clearly not going away anytime soon. While larger phones may offer several benefits over more compact models, they’re not always the ...

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Who is to blame for #bendgate?

Boy you people. You just can’t be satisfied. You want to hold your phone and not have the signal die. You want to navigate from your Malibu home to the nearest Starbucks and not get routed to Cleveland. You want to sit on your phones and have them not bend. There really is no pleasing you. I swear.If you haven’t been paying attention lately, iPhone 6 Plusses are a bit on the bendy side according to some forums and YouTube personality, Unboxed Therapy. It turns out putting the new gigantic phones in your pockets – front or back – and then sitting down is a really bad idea and can ...

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