In bringing dark mode to the iPhone, Apple has seen the light. The new theme touches down on your iPhone on Sept. 19, along with the rest of iOS 13. It’ll come baked into the new iPhone 11, 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max, which Apple announced on Tuesday.  Dark mode is, quite literally, a skin you …

Most phones in the world won’t land in your pocket, but there are some standouts that are worth knowing about either way. After all, over 3 billion people own smartphones around the world — they’ve truly become must-have commodities. At the IFA tech show in Berlin this week, companies including Samsung, LG and Motorola showed off bold new designs at …

Update, Sept. 18: We now have a retail model of the Galaxy Fold and have begun to review it. Right after I reviewed the Galaxy Fold, Samsung’s first foldable phone, I said that a foldable phone is only as good as the quality of its screen. That’s because, more than with any other phone, the screen is the foldable’s very reason for being.  Its …

Update, Sept. 18: We now have a retail model of the Galaxy Fold and have begun to review it. The Samsung Galaxy Fold is back, and promising better behavior. After design flaws began causing reviewers’ phone screens to break, Samsung postponed the Fold’s release date and went back to the drawing board to fix the problem. Now, a new and …

The next time you want to watch Netflix in bed, imagine putting down your phone and putting on your sunglasses. TCL, a Chinese company that makes great value TVs, brand new phones and other things with screens, created a prototype for smart glasses that will let you watch movies, play games and even see the content of your phone. Naturally, …

As much as I love the brilliant, prismatic backings of phones like the Galaxy Note 10 and Huawei P30 Pro, these high-gloss backings pile up the fingerprint grease faster than a stack of pancakes. That’s why it’s great to see Motorola embrace a matte finish with the One Zoom, a new midprice phone that aims to go high on value …

If you thought the phone space was competitive enough, get ready for a new kid on the block. TCL, the company behind some excellent value TVs, is ramping up to be the next big name in 5G and foldable phones. At the IFA tech show here in Berlin this week, the brand launched the TCL Plex, the first phone of many …

Samsung’s Galaxy cameras have a history of excellence, but have struggled to keep up with low-light night mode shots compared to rival devices, like the best-in-class Huawei P30 Pro and Google Pixel 3. Baking in a dedicated night mode into the Note 10 and Note 10 Plus changes that — it’s the difference between night and day.  The dedicated night …

Apple Card is available to everyone now. Here’s how you can apply for Apple Card today. Taking on its own credit card, rather than piggybacking on your bank card, is a bold move for Apple that no other media giant has sought, even Google and Samsung, two companies that also have robust mobile payment systems may not follow Apple’s footsteps.   Backed by Mastercard and Goldman Sachs, …

 At 11:34 a.m. yesterday, the Galaxy Note 10 Plus‘ first battery drain test began. At 8:30 this morning, the phone finally shut down. That’s a 21-hour run in a test that loops a long video on airplane mode with the screen forced to stay on, and brightness and audio at the halfway point. This test doesn’t represent how we use phones …