Gracee Smith

  The year 2020 was not as good as it could be due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, it was a great and quite important year for smartphone manufacturers. They launched various smartphones with improved features and durability. We got some 5G smartphones as well, but there are a few things that I don’t like on smartphones, and I think smartphone companies should stop doing those things with their flagships. They are: Adding 5G on the End of Device’s Name Well, everyone would love to see smartphones receive a 5G network, but companies add 5G at the name of a device’s model name. For example, Verizon adds “UW 5G” on its smartphones so that consumers can know they have support for the 5G network. Nokia also did the same thing with the “Nokia 8 V 5G UW.” I don’t like this idea and think that the device’s name sounds better without adding 5G or 5G UW. Using Plastic/Glastic on Expensive Smartphones Well, we don’t have any issue with plastic body smartphones until or unless they are chea...

  With technological advancement and a decade of evolution in smartphones, our identities and data have never been on the edge of the internet. But, with the increase in hackers, spammers, malware, etc., it becomes more necessary to keep our online identity safe. Apps and software are not the only culprits. When it comes to your privacy, manufacturing companies trick you by adding their privacy-invading software in your device. Finding a trustable and privacy-focused smartphone can be difficult when the world is busy looking at the other side. Thus, we have found out some of the best ones for you, and our top picks are as follows: Librem 5 by Purism Purism might look like a new brand you’ve ever read about, but, in reality, it is a corporation based on the social cause that is known to produce the best privacy-friendly operating system called Linux. Now, they’ve come up with their first privacy-conscious smartphone named ‘Librem 5.’ This product was launched in late 2019, and it ru...