LockerGnome: Tools & GearDaily tech news worth retelling: the drama, the hackery, the odd builds and the people behind them.https://lockergnome.com/I asked Android users what's stopping them from getting an iPhonehttps://lockergnome.com/android-users-iphone-poll/https://lockergnome.com/android-users-iphone-poll/I asked Android users in a YouTube poll on October 2 what's stopping them from getting an iPhone, and most of the people who answered just like Android more.Fri, 23 Oct 2026 02:20:00 GMTTools & GearappleandroidiphoneWithings wants about $100 a year to sync your scale with Apple Healthhttps://lockergnome.com/withings-apple-health-sync-fee/https://lockergnome.com/withings-apple-health-sync-fee/Anyone who creates a Withings account on October 13 or later needs a Withings+ subscription for automatic syncing to Apple Health, MacRumors reported, at $99.50 a year in the U.S.Fri, 23 Oct 2026 02:18:00 GMTTools & GearhealthapplesubscriptionsiPhone Duo inner screen repair costs $999, so if you preorder one anyway, buy AppleCare+https://lockergnome.com/iphone-duo-inner-screen-repair-999/https://lockergnome.com/iphone-duo-inner-screen-repair-999/iPhone Duo preorders opened October 16, and the number I'd look at before the $1,999 starting price is $999.Fri, 23 Oct 2026 02:17:00 GMTTools & GearappleiphonerepairMicrosoft's Surface Laptop Ultra costs up to nearly $6,000, and the reviews are inhttps://lockergnome.com/surface-laptop-ultra-reviews/https://lockergnome.com/surface-laptop-ultra-reviews/Microsoft's Surface Laptop Ultra finally has a price.Fri, 23 Oct 2026 02:16:00 GMTTools & GearmicrosoftlaptopsaiiPhone Duo sold out until January? Don't pay a scalperhttps://lockergnome.com/iphone-duo-sold-out-scalpers/https://lockergnome.com/iphone-duo-sold-out-scalpers/Apple's first foldable starts at $1,999, and Gizmodo reported that its ship dates slipped from launch day, October 23, to mid-November in under five minutes.Fri, 23 Oct 2026 02:06:00 GMTTools & GearappleiphoneApple Intelligence is coming to China without the new Sirihttps://lockergnome.com/apple-intelligence-china-without-siri/https://lockergnome.com/apple-intelligence-china-without-siri/Tim Cook told The Paper, a state-backed Chinese outlet, that Apple Intelligence has been approved in China and that a test version is due later in October, Reuters reported.Fri, 23 Oct 2026 01:04:00 GMTTools & GearappleaichinaThis humanoid robot sits down and powers off when you walk uphttps://lockergnome.com/digit-5-robot-sits-down/https://lockergnome.com/digit-5-robot-sits-down/Agility Robotics built its newest humanoid to get out of your way by sitting on the floor.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 20:00:00 GMTTools & GearrobotssafetyApple ran a graphite pipe through the iPhone Duo's hinge to cool ithttps://lockergnome.com/iphone-duo-graphite-hinge-cooling/https://lockergnome.com/iphone-duo-graphite-hinge-cooling/Apple's first foldable has the heat problem every foldable has: it's thin when it's open, and its thickness doubles when you close it.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 03:40:00 GMTTools & Gearappleiphonecooling