Andrew Lanxon

Huawei brings new tablet, speaker and cool green laptop to Europe

Huawei’s big news from its streamed press conference Monday is the updated folding Mate XS phone, but it’s not the only thing the company would have brought to MWC had it not been canceled.  First up, there’s its new small tablet, the MatePad Pro, seen above. With a 10.8-inch display, it’s not a small tablet, …

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Honor 9X Pro and View 30 Pro will come to Europe at low prices

Huawei’s sub-brand Honor has taken the wraps off a pair of new phones: the 9X Pro and the View 30 Pro. I’ll start with the View 30 Pro. It’s becoming more and more difficult for companies to make their phones stand out from the crowd, so Honor’s tactic with the View 30 Pro is to use a different shape of …

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Galaxy Z Flip: Don’t buy it, until you read this

Samsung’s new folding Z Flip has impressed us in our full review process. CNET editor Jessica Dolcourt even went so far as to call it “the best foldable phone I’ve ever used.” Big words, when the competition is heating up with the likes of the Motorola Razr, Huawei Mate X and Samsung’s own Galaxy Fold. But if you’re sold on …

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Galaxy Z Flip camera test in beautiful Edinburgh

I picked up the folding Galaxy Z Flip from Samsung’s Edinburgh store the minute the doors opened. You can read my early thoughts on what the phone is like to use, how it bends and so in my ongoing review, but here, I want to give some early impressions of the camera. With a 12-megapixel standard zoom lens and a …

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Galaxy S20 Ultra: Our 5 favorite camera features, and one is Space Zoom

Samsung finally took the wraps off its latest flagship phones, the Galaxy S20, S20 Plus and the S20 Ultra. The Ultra is the hero of the bunch, with boosted specs and features that are not found on the others. Its cameras, in particular, contain some of the biggest upgrades and it’s not being subtle about it — the Ultra’s square …

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5G’s inconsistent rollout isn’t limited to the US. Here’s what it’s like in the UK

5G launched in the UK last year and now, at the start of 2020, all four major UK networks — EE, Vodafone, O2 and Three — offer it but to vastly different extents. To see exactly how the networks are performing, what speeds to expect and the extent of coverage, I toured the UK to test 5G in five major cities: London, …

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SanDisk’s latest portable SSD offers an almost unbelievable amount of storage

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. SanDisk just might have created the perfect device for travel photographers. Its latest portable solid-state drive is absolutely enormous at 8 terabytes, big enough to store even the most capacious of image libraries — but small enough to slip into your …

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Charge your iPhone and jump

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Never again will you have to face the very real dilemma of deciding to charge your iPhone or jump-start your unresponsive car. Mophie’s PowerStation Go packs an immense 44,400Wh of power — power enough to give even SUVs a jump, the …

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Huawei Mate X camera: This foldable phone captured stunning photos of wintry Paris

I’ve spent a whole day testing out the Huawei’s Mate X camera in the beautiful city of Paris, and while its foldable design has certainly won me over, I was also keen to see what sort of images I can shoot with its array of cameras. I hit the streets to find out. The Mate X has three main cameras: a …

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Macro photos (close

“Macro photography” is taking a photo of a subject in extreme close-up so it appears life-size or larger in the resulting image. Close-up photos are popular especially for nature photography, because they can capture details of insects, flowers and more with incredible clarity. And you can achieve this effect even with your phone camera. Using a macro lens with almost …

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