Jessica Dolcourt

Galaxy S10 has an ultrasonic fingerprint scanner. Here’s why you should care

The Galaxy S10’s in-screen fingerprint scanner may look just like the one on the OnePlus 6T, but don’t be fooled. Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S10 and S10 Plus are the first phones to use Qualcomm’s ultrasonic in-screen fingerprint technology, which uses sound waves to read your print.  Related to ultrasound in a doctor’s office, this “3D …

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New Galaxy S10 phones bring it: 4 rear cameras, 1TB of storage, in

Editor’s note, March 6: Our Galaxy S10 Plus review is now live and our Galaxy S10E review is ongoing. Keep reading for more about the Galaxy S10, S10 E, S10 Plus and Galaxy S10 5G. And here’s more about the Galaxy Fold, Samsung’s first foldable phone. With the Galaxy S10, Samsung celebrates its 10th anniversary Galaxy S phone by going big and …

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New phone designs aim to shake up MWC 2019

Samsung wowed us with its foldable Galaxy Fold and four Galaxy S10 phones before MWC — the largest mobile conference on the planet — has even begun. But mark my words, this will be a busy, exciting show, and one that Samsung will use to share even more details about its amazing phone that unfolds into a tablet (even if you …

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Galaxy S10 chip kills it in our early Snapdragon 855 benchmarking tests

The Galaxy S10‘s Snapdragon 855 chipset could dominate with up to 45 percent faster performance speeds compared to the Galaxy S9 when Samsung unveils its next flagship phone this Wednesday in San Francisco. This isn’t just Qualcomm talking. At CES last month, we got a chance to test Snapdragon 855 on a prototype phone. So far, the benchmarking results paint the picture …

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I accidentally spent a day using my phone as my wallet. Here’s what I learned…

I was 30 miles from home when it hit me that my purse was at home, and I’d have to spend the day without my credit cards, ID or any cash. The only thing I had — apart from my backpack and puffy purple jacket — was my Samsung-loaned Galaxy S9 Plus review unit as my only source of money …

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Moto G7 for $300, and all the rest: How to tell all four new Moto G7 phones apart

At a time when $1,000 phones roam the Earth, Motorola’s four new Moto G7 handsets tell a different story: One where budget phones aim to be satisfying, on-trend devices that cost roughly a third of the price of the iPhone XS. The Moto G7, Moto G7 Plus, Moto G7 Power and Moto G7 Play are all variations on a theme. …

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Galaxy X? Galaxy F? Samsung’s foldable phone faces 10 big issues

It’s widely expected we’ll see Samsung’s first foldable phone — rumored to be called the Galaxy X, Galaxy F, Galaxy Flex or Galaxy Fold — on Feb. 20 when the company launches its much-anticipated Galaxy S10. Whatever it’ll eventually be called, turning the concept of a folding phone into a real, working device that people actually want will challenge Samsung on every …

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Galaxy F would be a terrible name for Samsung’s first foldable phone

A foldable phone by any other name may not sound as sweet. Samsung has already shown off the foldable Galaxy phone on stage and confirmed it’ll come in the first half of 2019 — but it doesn’t yet have a real name. There are at least four rumored front-runners, including the Galaxy X, Galaxy F, Galaxy Flex and Galaxy Fold. Samsung, …

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Galaxy S10 won’t save Samsung innovation, but folding Galaxy X, F, Fold or Flex could

Don’t count on the upcoming Galaxy S10 to be Samsung’s innovation darling. Leave that to the company’s first foldable phone, which Samsung is widely expected to show off in all its working glory. Rumored to be called the Galaxy X, Galaxy F, Galaxy Fold or even Galaxy Flex, the first foldable phone from the largest global phone brand has the potential to …

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Moto G7, G7 Plus, G7 Power, G7 Play: Full specs leaked by Motorola itself

Motorola’s spilled the whole caboodle of photos and specs for its upcoming Moto G7, G7 Plus, G7 Power and G7 Play phones ahead of the official Feb. 7 launch. CNET en Español discovered the pages on the company’s Brazilian web store for Motorola employees (the site 404s). Motorola has since taken the site down after our colleagues let the company know that …

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