OnePlus to launch after-service management app in North America

OnePlus plans to bring its OnePlus Care app to North America to help phone owners who need service support. The after-service management app will be coming to Canada and the US in "late November." The OnePlus Care app can be used to track a device's repair status. Of course, this app will only be useful if you have a secondary device to install it on.

OnePlus has a paid OnePlus Care service in India. It isn't clear if the company plans to bring that to North America as well.

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Motorola razr will be coming to Canada in early 2020

The Motorola RAZR flip phone makes a comeback around 15 years later in the form of the Motorola razr. (Yes, it's all lowercase now.) And yes, it’ll be heading here. MobileSyrup reports that the phone will be coming to Canada in early 2020. There isn't a specific date, though. We'll keep you posted for any updates. For now, let’s talk about the device itself.

The form factor celebrates its predecessor in the most nostalgia-inducing way. It still looks pretty much like the old RAZR. You get a thick, curved chin that gets modernized with a fingerprint sensor and a USB-C charging port. 

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New 'Sonic the Hedgehog' shows redesigned character

After the backlash the first trailer received for how the titular character Sonic the Hedgehog looked, Paramount has released a new trailer showing the redesigned Sonic. He definitely looks more faithful to how he looks in the games. The start of the trailer even features a rendition of a classic Sonic song called "Green Hill Zone." If you're interested in catching it in theatres, the film airs starting February 14, 2020.

The Butterfly Effect: Apple launches 16-inch MacBook Pro with Magic Keyboard

Apple is replacing the 15-inch MacBook Pro with a new 16-inch MacBook Pro featuring a return to scissor-type keyboard which it is calling a "Magic Keyboard," that combines a slimmer version of the chiclet-type keyboard with improved stability introduced in the previous MacBook lines.

Apple says this is the most powerful MacBook Pro it has released and it features both 6-core and 8-core 9th generation Intel Core processors, up to 64GB of RAM and up to 8 Terabytes of storage which can push pricing to an extreme $6,000 for the top-of-the line spec. The showcase feature of this laptop is the 16-inch Retina Display made to fit in a 15-inch chassis. With a resolution of 3072×1920 pixels, P3 wide color gamut, and 500 nits of brightness, this MacBook Pro is well suited to creators, coders, video and photo editors.

The best news about the new MacBook Pro even for users who aren't interested in this pro-level device, is that Apple is veering away from the much reviled butterfly keyboard, which while quiet and excessively thin, was prone to catchng dust and being very difficult and expensive to fix. The new 'Magic Keyboard" will hopefully trickle down the line to smaller laptops in Apple's stable, the 13-inch MacBook Pro and the MacBook Air. Pricing for the new MacBook Pro 16-inch starts at CAD $2,999.