Not everyone who considers an iPhone 6S or 6S Plus is a diehard fan. In fact, we know plenty of on-again, off-again iPhone users who comfortably switch from Android to iOS and back again, and maybe some new Windows 10 fans who may even want to take the plunge on Microsoft’s new mobile operating system. …
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Enlarge ImageApple’s iPhone 6S is poised for change. Josh Miller/CNET Apple’s new iPhone 6S and 6S Plus will emerge from their darkened boxes, blinking, into a US marketplace that’s dramatically changed from the one that iPhone has known before. It’s a vast and blossoming landscape of consumer choice where carriers are losing their stranglehold on rigid contracts, and even on …
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The ZenFone Selfie has impressive front-facing camera hardware. Nic Healey/CNET Asus may be planning to launch up to seven smartphones in 2016, but the hardware maker is clearly saving the good stuff for later. Although the company isn’t announcing a new ZenFone at the IFA electronics show in Berlin this year, it is taking the opportunity to put its current …
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As Sony’s marquee phone for late 2015, the Xperia Z5 Premium comes out swinging with a huge battery, a promising 23-megapixel camera and a jaw-droppingly high screen resolution. (Before you get too excited about that mammoth 4K screen resolution, read why we think it’s serious pixel overkill.) See how the Z5 Premium matches up against today’s top phones, spec for …
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Sony’s Xperia Z5 Premium smartphone is the first handset to use the same sky-high screen resolution as some of the most expensive TVs out there. That sounds impressive, but despite claims from Sony and others, 4K resolution on a phone-sized screen isn’t going to produce a drastically sharper, clearer image for viewing text, photos and videos. In fact, your eyes …
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The Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge are more alike than they are different. Josh Miller/CNET S6, Edge, Note 5, Edge+. If you’re hemming and hawing over which of Samsung’s four new and newish Galaxy superphones to order, let me help break down the major differences so you can decide which one (if any) is right for your pocket. First …
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The Samsung Galaxy Note 5 bursts forth with a stylish new glass-and-metal design and a matching new design to its stylus, the S Pen. Learning to use this tool in all its glory is one step that’ll help make you a power user of Samsung’s most powerful device. This short video here contains my top tips to get you started, …
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CNET went hands-on with the Turing phone. Josh Miller/CNET Turing Robotic Industries isn’t the first company to attempt to build a super secure smartphone that will keep even the most agile hackers out, but it’s determined to try. On Thursday, the California-based company announced that three variations of its Turing Phone will ship on December 18, with pre-orders beginning September …
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Samsung will show off its newest devices in an event in August. Samsung Excited about Samsung’s annual Galaxy Note debut at the IFA conference in September? Don’t be. Samsung is moving the whole production up two weeks and changing venues from Berlin to New York. Invitations to Samsung Unpacked, set for August 13 at Lincoln Center, arrived in our inboxes …
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The Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge could get a larger sibling soon. Josh Miller/CNET The big, curvy rumor that Samsung will release a larger version of the Samsung Galaxy S6 is gathering some cred. According to The Android Authority, a handset widely purported to be the Galaxy S6 Edge+ has now cleared the FCC, the first action that must be passed …
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