Review: Alcatel Go Flip 3

By Canadian Reviewer Staff

The time seems right for the humble flip phone to make a comeback. During these uncertain times when connectivity is critical as is long battery life, there are vary few affordable options for an easy to use and reliable phone used mainly for voice calls.

Alcatel’s Go Flip 3 will be a compelling option for people who need a second (or third phone), who require the ability to make and take voice calls, and who seek a distraction free communications device. The way the Go Flip 3 is designed makes it ideal for younger kids who need a phone to call their parents without the app and gaming temptation found in most smartphones. 

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Samsung offers Mystic Red variant of Galaxy Note 20 in South Korea

Here's a colour variant we wish Samsung would bring here. The Galaxy Note 20 also comes in a new vibrant Mystic Red version in its home country, South Korea. It has a vibrant back panel matched by an equally standout S Pen in the same colour. The phone also gets an exclusive wallpaper through local Korean carrier KT.

Everything else about the handset remains the same. In South Korea, the phone runs on an Exynos 990 processor with 5G modem, 8GB of RAM, and 256GB storage. The other colour variants the Note 20 is available in include Mystic Bronze, Mystic Green, and Mystic Gray.

Source: GSMArena

Reports claim TikTok might soon sue White House over ban

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TikTok might be taking legal action against the White House over the ban of its service, and it might do it soon. According to an NPR source, the company plans to file a lawsuit against the Trump administration as early as August 11, contending the executive order to ban "transactions" with TikTok's parent company ByteDance unconstitutional. TikTok argues it violated its due process right to respond, and that the national security rationale used for justifying the order is "pure speculation and conjecture."

According to the unnamed source, the White House didn't have investigators contact the company ahead of an enforcement action, as is the standard process with companies. And so, TikTok's team reportedly believes it's a breach of procedure. The social media company hasn't commented yet on the possibility of an impending lawsuit. Still, it has acknowledged beliefs that the order was issued "without any due process" and "no substantiation" regarding the security allegations.

Source: Engadget

Huawei Mate 40 to be last Kirin-powered model

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The Trump administration's ban on Huawei has now affected who supplies the company's chipset. Huawei has confirmed that the upcoming Huawei Mate 40 smartphone will be the last model to be powered by a Kirin processor. Because of the ban, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) concluded its business with Huawei, which affects its HiSilicon subsidiary behind its Kirin chips.

With the company still banned from conducting business with US companies, they find themselves losing TSMC, who gets some of its equipment from US suppliers. TSMC opted to wrap up its chip production orders from Huawei, but it won't be producing anymore. Huawei has focused on designing its processors but not manufacturing them, so now it finds itself in a tight spot. The company hasn't revealed what it plans to do moving forward.

Source: SlashGear