HTC is the latest to bid farewell to one of Android’s biggest features. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android.
More evidence of the app drawer’s impending elimination with Android N has surfaced at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week.
Just days after LG announced its new G5, which ships without an app drawer by default, HTC has unveiled the One X9 — which follows the same path.
Always-on display in action. Photo: Samsung
Samsung’s new Galaxy S7 and S7 edge have an always-on display that lets you check notifications, calendars, and more without waking your device. Samsung could bring the same technology to older Galaxy handsets — but it won’t.
Sorry, guys: We have some bad news for your berries. Photo: Holger Schué/Pixabay
We were already worried about keeping hotel keycards in the same pocket as our cell phones, but it turns out that our devices might be erasing some slightly more important things. Namely, men’s sperm.
In a new study, fertility experts claim that men who keep their mobiles anywhere near their reproductive organs — in their front pants pocket, for example — “may bear adverse effects on sperm concentration.” The scientists also found some correlations between lower sperm counts and talking on the phone for more than one hour a day and using the phone while it is charging.
G5’s upgrades more than make up for the missing app drawer. Photo: LG
LG’s new G5 ships with a new launcher that lacks an app drawer, meaning every title you download from Google Play ends up on your home screen. There’s a rumor that claims Google will take the same step with its Android N upgrade later this year.
Here’s why that decision makes sense, and why it doesn’t matter to existing Android users.
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