Apple has been mum about it so far, but it appears that iOS 10 will provide iPhone and iPad users with a warning when their device is connected to an unsecured Wi-Fi network. Don't expect to see a flashing screen with a siren, or a Dennis Nedry type pop-up saying "Ah ah ah. You didn't say the magic word." Instead, the warning will appear when you head to Settings > Wi-Fi.

Under the Wi-Fi network's SSID, you will find the words Security Recommendation. Tap the 'i' button and you will be warned that the Wi-Fi network you are using is unsecured. The actual warning reads, "Open networks provide no security and expose all network traffic." 

Many of us use unsecured Wi-Fi networks every day without giving it a second thought. For example, some large cable T.V. firms like Xfinity (Comcast) and Time Warner offer Wi-Fi Hotspots for their customers dotted throughout their coverage area. While the cable firms usually flash a reminder that their network is not secure, not all unsecured Wi-Fi networks do. And that is where Apple's new feature serves as a handy reminder to watch what you're saying.

LG is reportedly working on a successor to the V10 (pictured above), one of the company's most interesting handsets to date. According to Korean website ET News, this successor could be called LG V20, or LG V11, and might be released in early September - less than a year after the V10 (which hit the market in October 2015). 

While there's no info on the features of the LG V20 / V11, it's probably safe to assume that the new smartphone will have a large Quad HD display, and a secondary ticker screen (similar to the V10, which sports a main 5.7-inch Quad HD display, and a smaller, 2.1-inch one). The upcoming device may also be shock and drop resistant. Since the LG G5 flagship didn't really sell well, LG is probably working hard to make this alleged V20 / V11 a killer device, so we're looking forward to seeing it in September. 

ET News also mentions that the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 will be officially unveiled (and maybe also launched) on August 2, but we already knew this.

All in all, in the next couple of months, we'll likely have two new high-end, extra-large Android smartphones, both of which are going to compete with Apple's next generation 5.5-inch iPhone (this will probably be released in September, though it may not be called iPhone 7 Plus). 

For the past few weeks, rumors and leaks have persistently suggested that the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 will only come in an “edge” version – with a dual-curved screen – with no flat option in sight. Samsung has sold it's top-tier smartphones in pairs for the past 20 months, starting with the Galaxy Note 4 and Note Edge, offering an orthodox “flat screen” handset and an “edgy”, but certainly more expensive, curved-display variant. Could it really be taking the risk of not offering a “mundane” Note 7 and only going for an Edge model?

We asked you how this would affect how you feel about the Note 7. 25% of voters said they don't care, since they always go for the Edge models anyway — fair enough. 35% wouldn't mind, as long as the Note 7 costs the same as the Note 5 did at launch — we can imagine how many might be infuriated if Samsung forces a more expensive Edge screen down the throats of fans that don't happen to care much about it. And nearly 40% would absolutely not want a curved display on their next Note. Well, fingers crossed, we guess?

According to a new report from Investment firm Piper Jaffray, about 67.5% of iPhone users in the US own a phone from the iPhone 6 series or older. In other words, two-thirds of iPhone users in the US rock a phone that's at least two years old.

Before discussing the details and the implication of this new report, it's worth pointing out that its sample size is one of only 400 US iPhone users. That's not enough to accurately predict the structure of the entire iPhone user base in the US, but the analysts believe that the findings can serve to highlight a trend in the bigger picture.

In this sample, the most popular series was the iPhone 6 (25% of devices), followed closely by the iPhone 6s series (21% of devices). 31.5% of those who've completed the survey rock the iPhone 5s or an older model.

Interestingly, just 15% of respondents said that they plan to upgrade to the iPhone 7 series this fall. 56.3% of respondents declared that they will not be upgrading to the iPhone 7. About a third of respondents are undecided.

The analysts believe that more and more iPhone users will be tempted to upgrade to the iPhone 7 later this summer as the rumor mill ignites interest. According to Gene Munster:

The start of a new month means new Android security updates, and today Google posted the details about the patch that’ll be going out to devices.

The July Android Security Bulletin is split up into two sections. The first is similar to the patch summaries that we’ve seen in the past, detailing the different fixes that are included in the July 1 update. There are 22 vulnerabilities that’ve been patched, including two marked as “Critical” and 11 that are “High.”

Meanwhile, a second section for a July 5 update includes fixes for bugs that are all affect Nexus devices and are all described as device-specific. Google says that the July 5 security patch addresses all of the July 1 vulnerabilities as well as 32 other bugs, seven of which are marked as “Critical.”

Google says that it notified its partners of these vulnerabilities on June 6 or earlier. BlackBerry has already released the July security update to the Priv. If you’ve got a Nexus device, you should be getting your July security update from Google in the coming days. Nexus owners can also flash your device's newest factory image from Google’s Android Developers site. Just keep in mind that flashing a factory image will also wipe your device.

Apple may be planning a grand return to the phone industry disruption game next year, if various analysts and assorted rumormongers are any indication, with an all-glass iPhone that could have a curved display aspect for reasons known only to Apple for now. Well, curved screen would mean only one thing - Apple will be using flexible AMOLED screens for that model - and the speculation is rife that Samsung is poised to supply it with up to 100 million 5.5" sheets for the task at hand.

Of course, not everything will be delivered at once, as it is allegedly a three year contract running until 2019. Today's water in the Apple-AMOLED rumor mill is added by a research piece that claims Samsung will initially ship 40 million units for the 2017 iPhone 8 Plus model, or whatever it is named. In 2018, the batch will eventually grow to 80 million, and 120 million the year after.

Needless to say, by now there is barely a large mobile OLED display maker that hasn't been rumored to be in talks with Apple on such panels - Samsung, Sharp, JDI, AUO and LG have all been speculated already - so we can safely assume that Samsung won't be an exclusive supplier for long, if at all, yet the sheer thought for an iPhone with AMOLED screen has us salivating for more details.

Thanks to the proliferation of carrier branded handsets in the U.S., many stateside. consumers are not sure about the concept of unlocked phones. So Motorola created an infographic designed to explain the terminology. While 68% of American say that they know what an unlocked phone is, many only think that they know.

According to Motorola, 23% of U.S. consumers think that an unlocked phone is a handset that does not require a password to open. 20% believe that unlocked phones are expensive, and 11% are under the impression that an unlocked phone needs to be hacked after purchase. The large majority of American phone shoppers didn't know that unlocked phones could be purchased without signing a two-year contract; 27% didn't know that universally unlocked phones can be used with any carrier.

Once these consumers learn about unlocked phones (especially that they aren't locked down to a specific carrier), 69% say that they will buy an unlocked handset next time they need to upgrade to a new phone. Why? Because once they understand the concept, 88% say that using an unlocked phone would give them freedom. After being enlightened, 71% say unlocked phones are affordable.

Still, old habits are hard to shake. It appears that most Americans would still prefer to buy a handset locked down by their carrier. Would you consider an unlocked phone for your next upgrade?

In November 2009, the HTC HD2 was launched with a 4.3-inch screen. At the time, this was the largest screen available on a smartphone, and it caused one reviewer to say that there could never be a larger smartphone screen ever. Time proved that reviewer wrong, and today some Android mini models sport a 5-inch screen. The phone that led the way toward larger and larger Android smartphone displays was the Samsung Galaxy Note.

Announced on September 1st,  2011 the Galaxy Note was the first smartphone to sport a greater than 5-inch screen with its 5.3-inch Super AMOLED display (with a resolution of 800 x 1280). It also had the largest battery ever seen inside a smartphone at the time, a removable 2500mAh juicer. And it was the first Android model with a built-in stylus.

The Galaxy Note was a success. By March, 5 million units had been shipped. Because the device was unique, Samsung used marketing techniques not seen before, including creating a video showing an elephant playing with the phone (big phone for big animal).

By September 2012, Samsung had released the Samsung Galaxy Note II with a larger 5.5-inch screen. The display offered a 720 x 1280 HD resolution. The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 arrived the next year carrying a 5.7-inch display with a 1080 x 1920 resolution. While the size of the display stayed the same at 5.7-inches for the Samsung Galaxy Note 4, the resolution rose to 1440 x 2560. And that is the same size and resolution used on the current model, the Samsung Galaxy Note 5.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 7, expected to be released later this year, is rumored to be equipped with a 5.8-inch display carrying a 1440 x 2560 resolution. Samsung will supposedly skip the Galaxy Note 6 name and go right to the Galaxy Note 7. By doing this, the company will align the Galaxy Note series with the Galaxy S range. In addition, Samsung was concerned that consumers would think that the Galaxy Note 6 was a generation older than the Samsung Galaxy S7.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 will be unveiled on August 2nd with a rumored release scheduled for the middle of that month.

With the release of the first developer beta of iOS 10 began a frantic code mining rush to uncover every secret of the new version of the popular operating system. Tinkerers stumbled upon some interesting things, such as a hidden Dark Mode in the Message and Settings apps and most recently, that the iOS 10 kernel is completely unencrypted. The latter, of course, was worrisome for many, as nobody knew why the kernel was left like that and whether it was intentional or not. Now, amidst the wave of concerns, Apple has stepped up to explain why this decision was made.

Speaking to TechCrunch, an Apple spokesperson revealed that the kernel of the iOS 10 developer beta was left unencrypted simply because user information wasn't being exposed and an unencrypted system runs smoother.

Today, we're going to show you how to easily rename folders in iOS 10 using 3D Touch. At the same time, we'll demonstrate a cool new feature that Apple has baked in iOS 10, namely the ability to glance at the notifications launched by the apps in a particular folder.

Last year when Apple launched the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, the highlight feature was called 3D Touch, a pressure-sensitive system that allows for a new dimension of user input. Interesting as the feature was in iOS 9, we've always had the feeling that even more can be done. Sure, it's up to developers to offer support for 3D Touch inside their apps, and we've seen some very useful 3D Touch implementations from developers big and small, but it's Apple's job to better integrate 3D Touch with the operating system.

As it turns out, the iOS 10 developer beta comes puts further emphasis on 3D Touch throughout the OS. In this piece, we're going to demonstrate a couple of them, so let's get to it!

Note that this iOS 10 feature only works on the Apple iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus as earlier models don't have 3D

Touch.That's all to it! Certainly not a revolutionary new feature, but a clever use of the pressure-monitoring 3D Touch nonetheless.