Apple has apparently patched an error in a new ad for the iPhone X that appeared on YouTube.  In the original video, published March 16 (the same day the rival Galaxy S9 went on sale), a student strides, runs and rolls around her high school unlocking various objects with a glance. At the end of …

A wheelchair, a service dog and prosthetic limbs could join your emojis of men and women jogging and playing sports. Apple has proposed 13 new emojis to include more experiences for people with disabilities. The iPhone-maker submitted its formal request to Unicode, the consortium that governs the standard that includes emojis.  See all of Apple’s emojis for people with disabilities …

The Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus hit shelves today, and carriers are scurrying to lure buyers on board. Sprint is even rewarding early-bird customers with the honor of naming a star. The Galaxy S9 ups the ante on last year’s Galaxy S8 by bringing an upgraded camera with tricks like variable aperture, super slow-mo video and 3D avatars called AR Emoji. It also packs a blazing …

From our time so far with the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus, it’s clear they have strong all-around potential. And while we’re still fully testing them, it’s also clear there are inherent problems that Samsung’s future Galaxy Note 9 can fix. The Galaxy Note is Samsung’s pinnacle flagship phone whose high-end features justify the vaulted cost. And with an …

You already know about the Galaxy S9 ($198 at eBay) and S9 Plus‘ headliner improvements, like a dual aperture camera and shifted fingerprint reader on the back, a second camera lens for the S9 Plus and AR Emoji. Now playing: Watch this: Seven Galaxy S9 tricks you’ll want to know now 2:38 But you may not know about these hidden features, …

In a sound isolation room deep within Qualcomm’s testing labs in San Diego, California, six journalists snapped into blue, antistatic smocks watched a video play on an ordinary TV screen. The 5-foot-long sound bar piping out the music and dialogue, however, was anything but ordinary. Stretching 5 feet (about 1.5m) from side to side, Qualcomm’s prototype sound bar will perfect …

The Samsung Galaxy S9 will be revealed this Sunday, February 25 and there’s little doubt the upcoming phone will be fast. And on a warm, sunny day at Qualcomm’s headquarters in San Diego, California, we found out exactly how fast that might be. The Galaxy S9 is expected to be one of the first phones in 2018 to use Qualcomm’s …

Last February, the once-great Nokia and BlackBerry brands each hoped to stage a triumphant return at the world’s largest phone show.   A year on, we’re still waiting for a knockout device that will put either one back in the international spotlight in a meaningful way. Despite the brands launching eight Android phones between them in the past year, it’s …

The first phones to tap into ludicrous 5G speeds won’t land until 2019, but you won’t have to have one to start taking advantage of supercharged 4G LTE. Qualcomm, the world’s largest mobile chipmaker, unveiled a new ingredient for future phones that will help devices zip through photo uploads and video streaming at up to double the speed of today’s …

The promise that we’ll see the first 5G phones by 2019 has now become even more of a sure thing. Eighteen global carriers will start 5G speed trials in 2018, using a new Qualcomm modem that’s built to handle huge amounts of data at almost instantaneous speeds — at least theoretically. The list includes Verizon, AT&T and Sprint in the …