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How to scan QR codes on your iPhone or iPad

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I t's easy to scan QR codes on your iPhone, iPad, or other iOS device, if you know what you're doing. If not – you've come to the right place. While QR codes didn't turn out to be as popular as most people thought they were going to be, quite a few shops, websites and locations use them as a way to communicate or store information. Ticket websites, coupon codes, website links, and contact information is all often stored through QR codes.  It's really easy to scan QR codes on your iPhone or iPad, because Apple built a QR code reader right into its camera up, so it's quite a simple process if you need to scan something. But as with all tech software, it can sometimes be fiddly working out what to do, or getting your iOS device to recognize what it's looking at. That's why we've come up with this simple guide on how to scan a QR code with an iPhone. This works with  iOS 13 , the most recent Apple operating system, as well as on older versio

Hands on: Motorola Edge review

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EARLY VERDICT The Motorola Edge seems to be a mid-range phone imitating a premium one; it doesn’t do a flawless job at that, with a few rough edges like its fingerprint sensor which isn’t too easy to use, and cameras which take pictures that seem worse off than the specs would suggest. However this is still far from your average mid-range phone, as it feels great and looks good. FOR Feels great in the hand Battery life better than expected AGAINST Cameras only seem okay Fingerprint sensor temperamental In most phone series the ‘Pro’, ‘Plus’ or ‘Max’ model is only a small step up over the base model, but the Motorola Edge occupies a whole different segment of the market to its premium  Motorola Edge Plus  sibling - it’s decidedly a mid-range phone, in terms of price and features. The Motorola Edge series is Moto’s first flagship line in many years, after the scantly-available  Moto Z  series sunk from premium specs with the original to mid-range m

Samsung Galaxy Note 20 range could land in these four understated shades

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The  Samsung Galaxy Note 20  range has been heavily leaked already but the leaks are showing no sign of letting up, with the latest information revealing the possible colors the phones will be available in. According to  GalaxyClub  (a Dutch Samsung-focused website), the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 will be available in gray, copper and green shades, while the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Plus will land in black and copper shades. The site notes that the copper color might be more of a copper gold, but it sounds like that’s just speculation based on the fact that the  Samsung Galaxy Note 9  was available in such a shade. More to come The site also says that there will probably be additional shades, as its information is unlikely to be complete. So even if the colors above are accurate – and as always we’d take leaks with a pinch of salt – there might well be other options too. Those colors, with the possible exception of green, sound like they’ll be more understated than some of