PSA: Turning off Wi-Fi or Bluetooth from Control Center in iOS 11 doesn't actually turn them off

PSA: Turning off Wi-Fi or Bluetooth from Control Center in iOS 11 doesn't actually turn them off

The shiny new to supported iDevices yesterday. So you're probably already enjoying its many benefits, but here's something you may not know: the behavior of the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth toggles in Control Center is confusing. You swipe up from the bottom, Control Center appears, you tap the Wi-Fi icon, it dims / turns grey, and voila you've turned off Wi-Fi, right? Wrong. And the same goes for Bluetooth. It turns out that using Control Center to turn off Wi-Fi only results in your phone immediately disconnecting from any network you are connected to (and auto-join for nearby networks being disabled). When you do the same for Bluetooth, you will disconnect from any accessory it was connected to, except for Apple Watch, Instant Hotspot, Apple Pencil, and Continuity features like Handoff. Furthermore, all of this is the intended behavior it's a feature, not a bug. Everything you just read is laid out in Apple's official iOS 11 documentation. If you want to actually fully turn off Wi-Fi or Bluetooth you need to go to Settings and do it there. Apple says that Wi-Fi and Bluetooth will continue to be available even though you tried to turn them off in Control Center in order for you not to lose access to important features (and devices) such as AirDrop, AirPlay, Apple Pencil, Apple Watch, Continuity, Instant Hotspot, and Location Services. Here's a final oddity to note: if you disable Wi-Fi or Bluetooth from Control Center, they will automatically be fully re-enabled when it's 5 AM local time or after you restart your device. | |

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Quad-camera Huawei Maimang 6 to be sold outside China as Mate 10 Lite, not G10

Quad-camera Huawei Maimang 6 to be sold outside China as Mate 10 Lite, not G10

, Huawei is set to unveil the for its home market of China. has been lately, and we thought that it would end up being sold elsewhere as the (since the got rebranded to outside of China). However, it turns out that Huawei is set to surprise us. While the Maimang 6 will indeed be offered in other markets, it will arrive bearing the name Mate 10 Lite, according to a new report from the usually reliable Evan Blass of fame. This is a change in strategy for the Chinese company, but it makes some sense when you consider that the Maimang 6 has two standout features it has four cameras in total, and it will be the first Huawei phone with an 18:9 display and near bezel-less front. For those reasons it's understandable that the company didn't choose to name it something forgettable like G10, instead making it the most affordable entrant in the (which will have four members, as we recently found out). The Mate 10 Lite employs a 5.9-inch 1,080x2,160 display with 83% screen-to-body ratio, the mid-range Kirin 659 chipset, 4GB of RAM, 64GB of storage, and a 3,340 mAh battery. The cameras are 16 MP + 2 MP on the rear, and 13 MP + 2 MP on the front. Although it will be announced as Maimang 6 in just a couple of days, it will only be made official as the Mate 10 Lite for international markets at in Munich. It will run Android 8.0 Oreo with EMUI 5.1 on top. The Mate 10 Lite will be offered in blue, black, and gold, for a price of 379 in Europe, unlocked and SIM-free of course. It will start shipping in mid-November.

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KGI: Apple to use FaceID on all iPhones next year

KGI: Apple to use FaceID on all iPhones next year

Ming-Chi Kuo from KGI Securities correctly predicted that Apple will , though he wasnt right about . Now hes back with another forecast for the future in 2018 Apple will drop the fingerprint reader altogether. This means that the company will fully rely on the new TrueDepth camera and FaceID system. But the camera does more than authentication it also enables animojis and future tech based on the system (like the Snapchat demo). The in-display fingerprint reader reportedly remains a challenge as Apples 3D Touch makes the display panel thicker than on most phones. Still, Apple has not given up on this project, allegedly keeping it as a backup if FaceID fails to resonate with consumers.

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