The successor to the HTC One may offer not one, but two rear cameras, at least according to an alleged photo tweeted on Tuesday. Served up by a Twitter account called @HTCFamily.ru, the photo purports to show the rear casing of the HTC M8 with two camera lenses clearly on view near the top. Assuming …
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Lenovo’s stock keeps being battered over concerns about the company’s purchase of Motorola, The Wall Street Journal said on Tuesday. Last Wednesday, Lenovo revealed that it would buy Motorola from Google for $2.9 billion, a deal that will include the device maker’s lineup of mobile phones and more than 2,000 patents. Last Thursday, Lenovo shares slipped by 8.2 percent in …
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LG’s upcoming G Pro 2 smartphone will sport one major improvement for photo takers. The 13MP camera will be packed with optical image stabilization (OIS), LG said in a Korean blog post on Tuesday. OIS tries to ensure clear and sharp photos by compensating for any shakiness on the part of the picture taker. The feature can be found in …
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Apple and Samsung both saw the same gains in their US smartphone shares last quarter, but the iPhone was by far the top device, according to research firm ComScore. Related stories Best Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 Cases TV in the Bathroom: Technically Doable but a Very Bad Idea Samsung TV Sale: Save Up to $800 on Select Models at …
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HTC may not roll out its next major phone until the end of March. At least, that’s the latest tidbit spilled by renowned leaker @evleaks. In a tweet posted Sunday, @evleaks said: “Starting to look like a late March, NYC launch for HTC M8.” Rumored to also go by the name of the HTC One 2 or HTC One+, the …
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Best Buy is dangling a new promotion to lure in mobile phone buyers. From Sunday, February 2, through Saturday, February 15, anyone who signs up to buy a new mobile phone will receive a $50 gift card. The terms seem a bit tricky at first glance, but here’s how it all works: You first register your mobile phone number and …
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Lenovo’s purchase of Motorola Mobility should get a green light from US regulators. But the company will have to agree to certain concessions in the name of US national security. On Wednesday, the Chinese computer maker announced its $2.91 billion purchase of Google’s Motorola mobile phone business and around 2,000 related patents. But like any major acquisition, this one has …
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US wireless carriers who have the urge to merge will meet resistance in the form of the Justice Department. In an interview with The New York Times published Thursday, William Baer, assistant attorney general in the antitrust division, said that any merger proposals on the part of the major US carriers would encounter intense scrutiny. Baer cited “much more favorable …
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iPhone owners who want to take better pictures with their phones may be interested in a new patent filing. Published Tuesday by the US Patent and Trademark Office, an Apple patent called “Magnetic add-on lenses with alignment ridge” describes how a camera lens would be attached to the iPhone and aligned with its camera. Related stories Apple’s iOS 16 Update …
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