WARNING: Pixel 3 Swollen Battery, Bloated Battery Problem

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There are reports that owners of Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL phones are having problems with swollen batteries or bloated batteries that causing the backs of their phones to lift off damaging the plastic case. There a lot of reports in reddit and Google's support forum about this problem. It can be a safety issue because bloated batteries may explode and cause injuries, luckily there are no reports yet of exploding batteries for this unit.

Other common problems besetting Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL phones are failing to charge wirelessly, overheating, fast battery drain, phone sliding off the Pixel Stand charger, and case buttons not being aligned with the phone buttons.

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Despite US Hate, Huawei is Now Top Phone Maker

                                                                                   

Huawei has surpassed Samsung as the world's top maker of smartphones thanks to strong demand in its Chinese home market, despite being a target of pure hatred and jealousy from United States and outher countries like UK and Australia.

The Chinese company is facing US sanctions and falling overseas sales mainly beacuse of the Google Play ban, which Google is prohibited from working with Huawei. Their smartphones do not come with Google apps like Gmail, Maps, YouTube, the Play Store and others for preload or download. Huawei shipped 55.8 million devices which overtakes Samsung for the first time, which shipped 53.7 million units. This marked the first quarter in nine years that a company other than Samsung or Apple has led the market

Why do you need surge protector?

A surge protector protects your electronics, appliances, or electrical equipment from possible voltage spikes that can damage them. Power surges are pretty rare but it will happen sooner or later which is why surge protector is a must specially if you own a lot of expensive tech that can get easily fried during power surges.

Surge protectors won't protect your device against lightning!

If there's a lighting stike near you surge protection will not be able to handle it. Which means that if there's a lightning storm unplug all your electronics, appliances, and electrical equipment if you don't want them to get fried.


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Belkin 6-Outlet USB Surge Protector w/ Wall Mount - Ideal for Mobile Devices, Personal Electronics, Small Appliances and More (900 Joules)


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Don't Overload Power Strips!

Never plug high capacity appliances like space heaters, dehumidifiers, microwaves, or pumps to your power strips or surge protectors it can cause overloading that can result to tripped breakers or even electrical fires due to overheating. Plug them directly into a wall outlet. Don't connect multiple power strips together to increase the number of outlets available.

There's also whole-house surge protector that you can install in your electrical main board to protect everything. Example:

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VTech Spin and Learn Color Flashlight Review

The VTech Spin and Learn Color Flashlight is a very exciting education toy for children 1 year to 3 years old. It is very colorful that attracts kids and it is equipped with exciting songs and music that will teach your kids about animals, colors and numbers.

The ladybug button activates sounds and interacts with the children. This toy has over 50 sing-along songs, music, sounds and fun phrases that kids will surely enjoy. It also has 5 light colors that are safe and not too bright for the kids.

It teaches kids count along and learn numbers 1, 2 and 3. It has an on/off switch and 2 different volume controls. This toy needs 2 AAA batteries that are included to operate. It has an auto off function,after 45 seconds of inactivity the toy will automatically turn off.

VTech Spin and Learn Color Flashlight, Yellow $9.84


Features:

Toy flashlight features exciting songs and music
Color changing light with 5 colors
Turn the dial to learn 5 animal sounds
Press the ladybug button to hear fun sounds and phrases

OnePlus X-ray camera filter that sees through plastic and clothes

OnePlus 8 Pro has a Color Filter camera function called "Photochrom", which takes advantage of the phone's infrared sensors to give a specific effect. Techies soon found that this filter has the ability to see through thin or tinted plastic like the one used in electronic devices, it can also see through clothes.

Unbox Therapy tested the filter on electronic devices and you can clearly see that it does see through those plastic cases. It works by capturing infrared light that’s otherwise invisible to the naked eye.

The company has acted on this by disabling the filter through a software update. The announcement was posted on Weibo.


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Samsung Galaxy A51 VS Samsung Galaxy A01

Samsung USA will be launching the Galaxy A51 and the Galaxy A01 today, April 9, 2020 even though we're facing the Coronavirus crisis. Both smartphone are budget smartphone. So, what is the difference between the two smartphones from Samsung? The Galaxy A51 boast a triple rear cameras, that has a 48MP main camera, macro and ultra-wide lenses. It is equipped with a 6.5-inch AMOLED display with punch-hole and 4,000mAh battery. The starting price for this phone is just $399. While, the Samsung Galaxy A01 has two rear lenses, the 13MP main camera and the 2MP depth sensor. It has a 5.7-inch display and 16GB of storage (expandable up to 512GB via microSD) and 2GB of RAM. It's powered by a 3,000mAh battery. It's greatest advantage is the price, since it cost only $109.

Samsung USA is also set to release other smartphones in the summer, which include the Galaxy A11 $179, Galaxy A21 $249, Galaxy A51 5G $499 and Galaxy A71 5G $599.

These cheap smartphones will be a welcome news for those who need affordable smartphones in this crisis.


Samsung Galaxy A51 Specification:
Display: 6.5 inches Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen w/ Corning Gorilla Glass 3 - Resolution: 1080 x 2400 pixels
Main Camera (Quad): 48 MP + 12 MP + 5 MP + 5 MP w/ LED flash, panorama, HDR - Selfie Camera: 32 MP w/ HDR 
Platform: OS Android - Chipset: Exynos 9611 - Processor: Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53) - Graphics: Mali-G72 MP3
Sensors: Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Wi-Fi: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot - Bluetooth: 5.0, A2DP, LE - GPS: Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS

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Samsung Galaxy A01 Specification:
Display: 5.7 inches PLS TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors 1080 x 2400 pixels.
Resolution: 720 x 1520 pixels 19:9 ratio (~301 ppi density)
Main Camera (Quad): 13 MP, f/2.2, 28mm (wide)  2 MP, f/2.4, (depth)
Camera: 13 MP, f/2.2, 28mm (wide),
Platform: Android 10.0; One UI 2
Sensors: Accelerometer, proximity
Wi-Fi: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot

Samsung Galaxy A01 16GB/2GB RAM

Main Camera (Quad): 48 MP + 12 MP + 5 MP + 5 MP w/ LED flash, panorama, HDR - Selfie Camera: 32 MP w/ HDR 
Platform: OS Android - Chipset: Exynos 9611 - Processor: Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53) - Graphics: Mali-G72 MP3
Sensors: Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Wi-Fi: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot - Bluetooth: 5.0, A2DP, LE - GPS: Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS

Samsung Galaxy A01 $120.94    

Buy Two (2) Echo Show 5 for Only $90

It's Christmas time and if you have don't have a gift yet, you may want to consider this great bargain from Amazon. Jeff Bezos' company is giving one of the best offer for their smart speaker, the Echo Show 5. You can get two (2) Echo Show 5s for just$90 or $89.99. Here's the link for the two (2) Echo Show 5 for $89.99 offer it should reflect the code SHOW52PK at checkout.

Amazon's Echo Show 5 is a fan favorite because of its 5.5" smart displays. It is powered by Alexa, you can manage your calendar, make your to-do lists, check out the weather, see the traffic updates, and view recipes while cooking. You can also watch movies, TV shows, or listen to your favorite songs or audio books.

It is also equipped with camera for video calls. The most important function of Echo Show 5 is the built-in camera shutter that covers up the camera to protect you and your family's privacy.

Echo Show 5 Specs:
Screen:  5.5” with 960 x 480 resolution
Speakers:  1 x 1.7” @ 4W
Camera: 1MP
Built-in camera shutter and microphone/camera off button