The latter company, T-Mobile, agreed to pay out roughly $19.5 million over violations of the FCC 911 calling rules. With the settlement marking its second such major 911 outage within the past several years. At a combined $6 million, however, the former companies will be shelling out significantly less. The self-branded “uncarrier” outage occurred at a nationwide level during June 2020. The carriers paying fines in the latest round did not have such broad outages....

It can be quite frustrating when Android kills an app in the background, an app you wanted to keep active and get back to. Well, that may not be much of a problem in the future. Truth be said, this is not an issue for all phones, different Android iterations from OEMs handle this in different ways. Some are more aggressive than others, so you may not even be bothered by it....

As of this writing, the latest SMR (security maintenance release) is rolling out to the carrier-locked variants of the Galaxy S20, Galaxy S20+, and the Galaxy S20 Ultra in the US. The update is available over the air (OTA) to units on Sprint and T-Mobile networks, with firmware version G98xUSQS2EVB3. Other US wireless carriers should soon join the party. The new security patch should also roll out to the unlocked variants of the phones in the coming days....

Two real-life images surfaced, showing the Galaxy S22 & S22 Ultra side-by-side Two real-life images surfaced, showing the Galaxy S22 & S22 Ultra side-by-side These two images give you a really good look at the two phones, and the difference in design and size. The Galaxy S22 Ultra will look quite a bit different than the Galaxy S22 and S22+. The Galaxy S22 and S22+ will look basically the same, though, aside from the size difference....

The Galaxy S22 series display, camera & battery info appears The Galaxy S22 series display, camera & battery info appears Ice Universe, a well-known tipster, shared this information via Weibo, and says that it comes from “various channels”. Based on this information, we can once again expect three devices to arrive, the Galaxy S22, S22+, and S22 Ultra. The Galaxy S22 will feature a 6.06-inch fullHD+ LTPS display with a 120Hz refresh rate....