A rough week for Apple. Italy is fining the company over misleading ads, Brazil is mandating chargers be included with the iPhone, and another incredible exploit was detailed for iOS. Reddit released their daily user figures. Google will offer a credit to help move folks to phones that support VoLTE. And let’s chat about the shiny new SOC that Qualcomm announced! Let’s get our tech week started right!

Stories This Week:

• OnePlus 8T Review: All the right compromises? https://somegadgetguy.com/2020/12/04/oneplus-8t-review-the-right-compromises-for-you/
• RIP Galaxy Note? https://somegadgetguy.com/2020/12/02/the-end-of-the-galaxy-note-the-right-time-to-say-goodbye/
• ZTE Nubia RedMagic 5S By the Benchmarks: Active cooling on a phone? https://somegadgetguy.com/2020/12/01/zte-nubia-redmagic-5s-by-the-benchmarks-does-gamer-hardware-improve-performance/
• Newegg & Asus PC DIY Day livestream https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-OXQHKecPs
• Production Diary: Where I give up on battery benchmarking https://www.patreon.com/posts/44584980
• The Tech Trends I Was MOST Thankful for in 2020 https://somegadgetguy.com/2020/11/25/the-tech-trends-i-was-thankful-for-in-2020/
• Note 20 Ultra Camera Conclusion! https://somegadgetguy.com/2020/11/17/galaxy-note-20-ultra-camera-conclusion-a-steep-price-for-raw-capability/
• Some thoughts on DUMB smart TVs and the Chromecast + Google TV https://somegadgetguy.com/2020/11/18/chromecast-with-google-tv-the-cure-for-dumb-smart-tvs/
• SomeGadgetGuy Merch! https://teespring.com/stores/somegadgetguy
• Ajit Pai will step down from FCC in January https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/30/fcc-chairman-ajit-pai-will-step-down-on-january-20.html?__source=sharebar|twitter&par=sharebar
• AMD back in the ARM game? https://www.techspot.com/news/87851-amd-rumored-working-arm-based-apple-m1-rival.html
• Italy Fines Apple over water resistance claims https://www.macrumors.com/2020/11/30/italy-fines-apple-12m-iphone-water-resistance/?utm_source=osx&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=
• Apple forced to include chargers with iPhones in Brazil https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/361042
• How to steal photos off an iPhone from across the street

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