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    Your Morning Briefing for Tuesday, March 21st, 2023 

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    Oppo’s Find X6 Pro is the latest smartphone to get a massive 1-inch camera sensor

    Microsoft’s new Xbox mobile gaming store may launch in 2024

    iPhone 15 Pro Leak Reveals Unified Volume Button and Mute Button

    Google rolls out March 2023 update to Pixel 6 and 6 Pro, 6a

    New T-Mobile Dining Rewards program entices you to save your appetite for Tuesdays

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    2 Bars but no Data?

    Default line on Tracfone account?

    Moto G Stylus startup screen?

    Reward Point Equivalents

    Spin the Wheel

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    Your Morning Briefing for Monday, March 20th, 2023 

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    Published on 03-20-2023 07:15 AM
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    Samsung introduces modular camera accessories for the Galaxy S23 series

    iPhone 15 Pro rumored to ditch stainless steel for titanium: What we know

    Apple Music boosts streaming music revenue to record $13.3 billion in 2022; vinyl outpaces CDs for first since 1987

    Sony WF-1000XM5 design leaked

    Top 10 trending phones of week 11

    From The Forums:

    Inactive Phones

    Verizon Motorola Moto Z4 (XT1980-4) on T-Mobile - How do I get VoLTE to work?

    Problem with attaching pictures

    My Experience of VZW 5g

    SYNC Moto G Pure to another Moto G Pure as backup phone

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    Your Morning Briefing for Friday, March 17th, 2023 

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    From The Web:

    Google: Turn off VoLTE, Wi-Fi calling due to severe Exynos modem vulnerabilities on Pixel 6, more

    Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 debuts, coming to devices this month

    Canadians Still Pay Some of the Highest Prices for Wireless and Internet in the World, Shows Fed Report

    Moto Razr 2023 leaked live photo reveals new hinge design

    Google Pixel Fold spotted out and about in New York

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    Transfer from S5 to A53. Possible to keep triple minutes?

    Question about iPhone use in Canada, Europe and Asia

    Best verizon plan for living part-year in Mexico?

    Is there a good AT&T plan for living in Mexico half the year?

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    Your Morning Briefing for Thursday, March 16th, 2023 

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    T-Mobile is buying Ryan Reynolds’ Mint Mobile for up to $1.35 billion

    Bell, Rogers, Shaw, Quebecor to Get Millions from Google and Meta if Bill C-18 Passes

    Here’s everything new in Android 13 QPR3 Beta 1

    iPhone 15 Pro Launching This Year With These 11 New Features

    6G is shaping up to disappoint, and the industry can blame itself

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    T-Mobile buying Mint

    Mint mobile: T-mobile reaches agreement to acquire mint mobile for up to $1.35 billion

    No incoming MMS messages from Verizon users after porting out from verizon

    Locked Out of Web Account - Tracfone Support No Help

    GV cancelled my account and I used the number the last day, Anything to do ?

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    Your Morning Briefing for Wednesday, March 15th, 2023 

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    Pixel Watch sales power Google to No. 2 in worldwide wearables marketshare

    Fitbit making full Health Metrics Dashboard available without Premium

    Samsung to launch a new Galaxy SmartTag later this year

    Rogers releases blocks of blacked out text under CRTC order to share redacted information

    Samsung responds to fake Moon controversy

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    Transferring to new sim from ebay

    Galaxy Watch On Visible?

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    Your Morning Briefing for Tuesday, March 14th, 2023 

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    From The Web:

    Google updates old Pixel phones, Pixel Watch with new features

    Google One brings VPN to $1.99/month plan, adding dark web info monitoring

    Canadian Wireless Prices Dropped 2.6% in 2022, Touts Minister

    Bell Promo Offers $80/20GB ‘Unlimited’ Plan, Only in Ontario

    How to keep your smartphone healthy during frigid Canadian winters

    From The Forums:

    Pixel 6 Pro front (selfie) camera cloudy

    New cheap Smartphone vs. the $50 / 365 service day add on?

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    Your Morning Briefing for Monday, March 13th, 2023 

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    Published on 03-13-2023 06:45 AM
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    Data thieves expose millions of AT&T customers' names and phone numbers

    11 incredible Samsung One UI features to try on your Galaxy phone

    Magic Eraser rolls out to all Pixel phones, Google One subscribers, & iPhone

    Google Pixel 7a stars in live photos, more specs confirmed

    Top 10 trending phones of week 10

    From The Forums:

    Free T-Mobile line and getting a discount?

    International calling charges from US to Greece

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    Your Morning Briefing for Friday, March 10th, 2023 

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    From The Web:

    Google rolling out Android 14 Developer Preview 2

    All of the iOS 16.4 Features

    Motorola ThinkPhone review

    Unihertz Titan Slim Review: The BlackBerry I never had

    Using Tasker to talk with ChatGPT on your phone looks equal parts powerful and terrifying

    From The Forums:

    Dish to conduct 5G tests at 800 MHz

    Android: New cheapie or old flagship?

    Disney Bundle offer ending?

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    Your Morning Briefing for Thursday, March 9th, 2023 

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    Published on 03-09-2023 07:15 AM
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    From The Web:

    Apple First to Capture 8 Spots in List for Global Top 10 Smartphones

    2024’s OLED iPad Pros May Arrive With a Starting Price of Around $2,043 in Canada

    Samsung Galaxy A14 5G review: A whole lot of phone for $200

    Samsung Galaxy A34 and A54 prices leak: higher than the A33 and A53 last year

    Basic smartwatches rescue market as Apple, Samsung stutter

    From The Forums:

    How does Tracfone react to moving a T-Mobile SIM between phones

    Got the Pop-Up for a FREE Verizon Phone

    Reconditioned iPhone 11 "reactivated" rather than "activated."

    Verizon UWB 5G now covers 2/3 of US population

    Testing cheap 5G phone speeds

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    Your Morning Briefing for Wednesday, March 8th, 2023 

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    Apple reveals a yellow iPhone 14 and 14 Plus

    Google I/O 2023 will be on May 10th

    Google Messages rolling out the new icons for read receipts

    Pixel 7 and Pixel 6a listed for all-time low prices

    First images of Xiaomi Mi Band 8 drop

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    "Tracfone Mind Experiment" - can this be done?

    Data only plans under $10?

    Can the same phone get pending AAL points again if AAL is raised in the future? Care to test this?

    Port out to G-Voice

    Where are blocked numbers stored on an Android phone?

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    Your Morning Briefing for Tuesday, March 7th, 2023 

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    From The Web:

    Samsung is developing its own high-end CPU cores again, wants to use them by 2027

    Samsung: Reports of new internal CPU development team are not true

    Data breach exposed millions of Verizon customers' account info

    Freedom Mobile Debuts New 30GB, 40GB and 50GB Unlimited Data Plans

    Apple’s iPhone SE 4 may use OLED screens from a Chinese supplier, not Samsung or LG

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    AT&T sim

    Correcting wrong Zip Code on Account Page Forces New Phone Number?

    Question about Tracfone $200 year plan, unlimited text/Voice + 24G data, please ?

    StraighTalk Home to TracFone Cell?

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    Your Morning Briefing for Monday, March 6th, 2023 

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    From The Web:

    MWC 2023 wrap-up

    Apple iPhone 14 Pro wins best smartphone in 2023 GLOMO awards

    Rogers Launches Roam Like Home Promo Ahead of Spring Break

    Legacy Sprint customers on T-Mobile are about to lose a major perk

    Top 10 trending phones of week 9

    From The Forums:

    I need a new tracphone what should I get

    Way more exciting than Tracfone's Rewards Program?

    Switching phones on an active line - best practices

    Old plan switch

    Service enddate

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    Your Morning Briefing for Friday, March 3rd, 2023 

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    Best of MWC 2023: Android Police’s awards for the big mobile show

    MWC 2023 was a preview of what future phones could (and should) look like

    Europe's plan to rein in Big Tech will require Apple to open up iMessage

    It costs Google $123 to build a Pixel Watch, analysis shows

    We need to talk about smartglasses

    From The Forums:

    Problems with Tracfone LG phones - who is at fault?

    Problem with VZW and wondering if anyone else has this problem

    Have you ever had a bad experience ordering a Tracfone from HSN or QVC?

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    Your Morning Briefing for Thursday, March 2nd, 2023 

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    CRTC announces new rules for telecom outage reports after Rogers massive service disruption

    Rogers, Telus and Bell Debut $105/100GB Unlimited Canada-US Plans

    Google Fi just removed US Cellular as its ‘official’ network

    Android is adding support for eSIM transfer between devices

    Move over, eSIM — Qualcomm’s adding iSIM to Snapdragon chips

    From The Forums:

    iPhone SE 1st gen. unlocking

    Best unlimited talk and text 2023

    Google Fi to drop US Cellular, still provide roaming.

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    Your Morning Briefing for Wednesday March 1st, 2023 

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    From The Web:

    The TikTok Block: Why Does the Canadian Government Seem to Embrace Weak Privacy Rules?

    TikTok will limit teens to 60 minutes screen time a day (but you can turn the limit off)

    This cursed YouTube video is crashing Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 7 phones

    Angry Birds ‘Classic’ will be removed from Android because it doesn’t have enough microtransactions

    Key wearable tech feature could pose health risk

    From The Forums:

    Verizon outage

    Tracfone did not add data to my unlimited plan bucket

    Old FreedomPop 3 month/1GB SIM

    What phones work on Visible?

    I just got a job with Tracfone Wireless through Marketsource

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    Your Morning Briefing for Tuesday, February 28th, 2023 

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    From The Web:

    OnePlus’ new concept phone is its coolest yet

    Tecno introduces color-changing Chameleon Coloring Technology at MWC

    Everybody wants a Galaxy S23, as Samsung shares sales records across global markets

    Samsung Galaxy A14 4G goes official with 50MP camera and 5,000 mAh battery

    The iPhone SE 4 isn’t canceled, apparently

    From The Forums:

    Mobile X launched

    Why sometimes I have to reboot phone to get data?

    Verizon blocks a single website for me-texas.gov.

    Service PLan Recommendations

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    Your Morning Briefing for Monday, February 27th, 2023 

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    From The Web:

    MWC 2023: all the phones, gadgets, and announcements coming out of Barcelona

    Get a close-up look at how Motorola's rollable phone works

    Nokia changes its logo to mark the start of a new era

    HMD launches the user-repairable Nokia G22 along with several other budget and mid-range phones

    TCL NXTPAPER 11 is the first tablet with a NXTPAPER 2.0 display

    From The Forums:

    Red Pocket Stopped Working

    Should Samsung Galaxy A11 WiFi calling work in the airplane mode?

    No more page plus chat

    Who has a Cheap phone to do porting

    How do I create bookmarks in a PDF document on my iPad mini?

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    Your Morning Briefing for Friday, February 24th, 2023 

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    From The Web:

    Samsung announces satellite connectivity for its Exynos modems

    MediaTek is also bringing satellite connectivity to Android phones

    Samsung S23 and S23 Plus review: say ‘yes’ to the S

    What is going on with Fitbit?

    MWC 2023: Here's what to expect at this year’s Mobile World Congress

    From The Forums:

    Is balances/benefits transfers being banned?

    Received the wrong phone - Will this be a problem

    Scratch and win

    What is this message regarding a new SIM and a $25 gift card I received on my T-Mo SafeLink line?

    Trying to solve the "add airtime for a friend" mystery

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    Your Morning Briefing for Thursday, February 23rd, 2023 

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    From The Web:

    Motorola Razr 2023 takes the outer screen to a whole new level, leaked renders show

    Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 might make the cover screen much more useful

    Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 won't have an S Pen slot

    Google’s Pixel Fold is heavier than Galaxy Fold 4, but has a larger battery

    An exciting new lineup of smartphones is on the horizon… for Europe at least

    From The Forums:

    Weird texts from Tracfone

    Madness -$63,000 iPhone

    Combining service time, buckets

    Unlocked phone with international day pass

    No cell service when I turn on the phone

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    Your Morning Briefing for Tuesday, February 21st, 2023 

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    From The Web:

    Samsung is rolling out the first update for the Galaxy S23 series

    Leak details how Google will drastically change Android in India

    iPhone 15 design appears to be a truly beautiful evolution

    Rogers, Shaw and Quebecor extend deadline for mergers to March 31

    Here are Big Telecom’s Web of Brands in Canada, Explains TekSavvy

    From The Forums:

    Tracfone Account just says "Your phone is currently associated with another account"... "

    TCL Flip2 T408DL as hotspot (Boost ATT!)

    Phone wish list: Telephoto pics, CHEAP and now dual sim with one being eSim

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