Another puzzle piece of Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S10 series has dropped into place thanks to the FCC’s certification database. All the S10 phones are expected to support the latest lower-power, faster and more-secure Wi-Fi standard, 802.11ax (or Wi-Fi 6). Spotted by Droid Life, the phones are listed as A3LSMG975U, A3LSMG973U and A3LSMG970U in the database. …
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Huawei illuminates its foldable phone in MWC 2019 teaser photo
We’ve known for a while that Huawei’s planning to unveil its first foldable phone at MWC 2019, joining the minor parade led by the Samsung Galaxy X (or whatever it’s called), but this is our first peek at what Huawei’s foldable effort will look like. Come with us to explore #ConnectingTheFuture LIVE from #MWC @GSMA. Are you ready to reveal the …
Read More »MoviePass competitor Sinemia drops prices, adds ticket rollover
Frequent bailers take note: Movie theater subscription service Sinemia is reducing your monthly gotta-use-my-tickets stress by adding the ability to carry over one ticket per person per month to all plans. In other words, if you’ve got a six-person family plan, everyone gets that rollover option. It also means that if February’s full of meh movies but March’s cinematic cup runneth …
Read More »Samsung granted foldable gaming phone design patent
Samsung’s Galaxy X foldable phone is still on the horizon, but a design patent granted to Samsung this week (applied for in 2017) shows the company taking it a step further and adding what looks like a flip-out section with buttons on one side and a D-pad on the other. Samsung The idea merges two of the hottest development in …
Read More »Bluetooth 5.1 update means you’ll know exactly where the remote is hiding
Bluetooth has become quite popular for tracking — it’s used by pet trackers, add-on tracking tags, beacons and more — but thus far has been limited by its mutually exclusive abilities to sense how close something is or where it reports it is. With the latest update to the specification (here’s a PDF with more detailed information), announced Monday, Bluetooth combines …
Read More »New Apple iPads surface in EEC certification database
It looks like we’ll be able to take a longtime resident, Apple’s iPad Mini 4, off our endangered tech list for 2019; after three years and many rumors, new iPad model numbers have popped up in the EEC (Eurasian Economic Commission) database, including one that may be for an iPad Mini 5. The report lends credence to the growing rumors of inexpensive …
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Olympus‘ Micro Four Thirds OM-D E-M1X is the first pro camera i’ve picked up without bemoaning my lack of upper body strength. A sibling to the great E-M1 Mark II, it’s designed to attract professional action and wildlife photographers looking for a light(er)-weight alternative to an SLR or even an APS-C mirrorless. While it’s not that light at more than …
Read More »MacBook Pro screen cable issues spawn ‘flexgate’ petition
If you’re having backlight issues with the screen on your MacBook Pro (2016 or later) — ranging from dark areas near the bottom backlight LEDs to a completely dead backlight — you’ve got at least 2,500 friends. That’s how many people have signed a petition so far requesting that Apple extend its warranty duration to cover the screen replacement necessary …
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Microsoft showed off affordable Windows 10 S-mode laptops at its annual education-focused event at the Bett show in London on Tuesday. Laptops on display are mostly updated and priced below $300, which converts to about £230 or AU$420. They include a Windows version of the Lenovo 300e two-in-one Chromebook, which lets you write on the screen with a traditional graphite pencil as …
Read More »Samsung 15.6
Are you ready for deep blacks on your laptop? Samsung’s almost ready to deliver them unto you. The company says it plans to enter mass production of the new 15.6-inch 4K OLED panels in mid-February, bringing wide color gamut, reasonably fast and high contrast to higher-end consumer and gaming laptops this spring, like the HP Spectre X360 15 and Razer Blade …
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