Samsung may finally make its move against the Amazon Echo and Google Home with a smart home speaker powered by its Bixby software. The speaker is slated to arrive in the first half of 2018, Bloomberg reports. Early rumors of the smart speaker date back to July, but they gained credence when Samsung Mobile president …
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Samsung and LG could both be on the hook for launching new low-cost phones at CES 2018 in January. Which phones, you ask? According to Korean news site ETnews, Samsung may unveil its new Galaxy A8 and A8+ devices, while LG is reported to announce its next K series phone. Exact dates weren’t shared, but CES will run from Jan. 9-12, which …
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Google has released its annual Year in Search, revealing the top trending search terms of 2017. The iPhone, not too surprisingly, ranked high — specifically the iPhone 8, which hit No. 2 on the global search list, and the iPhone X, which ranked third. The top trending worldwide term was Hurricane Irma. 2017 was a big year for the iPhone. …
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Forget fingerprint scanners that live on the home button or on the back of the phone — why not put one directly into the screen? That’s exactly what one company is trying to do. Fingerprint sensor manufacturer Synaptics just announced that it has begun mass production with a top-five original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to produce its new Clear ID FS9500 …
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Samsung will reportedly bring several upgrades to the iris scanner on its next Galaxy S phone, presumably called the Galaxy S9. Some of these possible changes include a shorter response time, better recognition in dark or bright environments or when the user is wearing glasses, and a slightly higher resolution, 3-megapixel lens (up from 2MP in the Galaxy S8) according …
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Flickr, the popular image hosting site, just shared some interesting info on the top cameras of 2017. According to its data, the iPhone ranks as the most popular camera with 54 percent of photographers using devices from Apple — more than all the other traditional camera companies combined. In general, phones captured 50 percent of the photos uploaded to Flickr. …
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Although Apple introduced a glass backing for the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X, the company may be taking a step back for the 2018 iPhone. Apple is reportedly working on a 6.1-inch LCD iPhone with a metal casing, according to Nikkei Asian Review. This design choice could give the future iPhone a body that’s more like the …
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The cameras in phones keep getting better and better — but the next Huawei P-series phone sounds like it takes them to a new level. Several ads for a “Huawei PCE Series” phone were spotted online by mobile tipster Evan Blass. Is the next Huawei P-series going to be an imaging powerhouse? A digital artist at one of the company’s …
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Samsung just announced that it has begun mass production of a 512GB embedded Universal Flash Storage memory chip for mobile devices, meaning that your next Galaxy phone could have seemingly endless storage. High storage phones models currently come with 128GB or 256GB of memory, but Samsung’s new 512GB chip is double or quadruple that. Samsung says the chip consists of …
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Apple may ship out twice as many of its AirPods wireless earbuds next year. In a note to investors, KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo predicted that AirPods shipments could reach 26 to 28 million units in 2018. This would result in a 100 percent year-over-year growth in sales from 2017, according to Kuo (via MacRumors). Apple first unveiled its AirPods …
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