The new Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro showcase one of the biggest year-to-year phone upgrades I’ve seen in a long time. In the lead-up to Google’s fall Pixel event on Tuesday, the company behind Android and YouTube did something many other phone makers don’t and announced both new Pixel 6 phones back in August. The …
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Thematically, Google wanted the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro to work well for a variety of people in a number of different ways. The opening of Google’s fall event Tuesday featured a video of a woman running to catch a train to work. It showed her using her phone to access a transit pass, eating a hard boiled egg …
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During Apple’s October Unleashed event, the company announced an updated camera for its new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro computers. The laptops are powered by new Apple Silicon chips called M1 Pro and M1 Max. Normally, the biggest news would be the new processor and GPU upgrades Apple made to its pro-level laptops. But many creative types, artists, photographers and …
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The $160 Moto G Pure is the lowest-priced phone I tested in 2021. I wasn’t sure what to expect. It lacks support for 5G, has a 6.5-inch screen with just a 720p resolution and has a MediaTek Helio G25 processor which in our benchmark performance tests received the lowest score of any phone I tested. But after a few days …
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The Motorola Edge (2021) and Motorola Edge 5G UW are solid phones that boast premium features and a reasonable price. The phones are part of Motorola’s 2021 premium lineup. Up to this point, the Chicago-based company, which is owned by Lenovo, has spent most of 2021 launching a slew of sub-$500 phones in the US. These include the Moto G …
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Motorola continues its steady stream of affordable phones by releasing the Moto G Pure. In 2021, aside from the Motorola Edge announced in August, all of the phones Motorola released in the US cost $500 or less. The new Pure is $160 and has the lowest price of any new Motorola device. And that’s before any discounts. So what’s the …
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Whether you’re getting Apple’s new iPhone 13 or holding onto a 6-year-old iPhone 6S, iOS 15 is now available for download. The new operating system was in public beta for months undergoing a variety of tweaks leading to its final release. I’ve been testing iOS 15’s new features, and everything from bigger additions like FaceTime call web links for friends …
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Update, Sept. 24, 2021: Apple announced the iPhone 13 series earlier this month. The new phones follow in the footsteps of the iPhone 12 series with four models: the iPhone 13, 13 Mini, 13 Pro and 13 Pro Max. Last year’s iPhone 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max have been discontinued, but the iPhone 12 and 12 Mini hang around at …
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Apple’s new iPhone 13 line debuted Tuesday at Apple’s September event, showing a tweaked design with a variety of new features for those upgrading from earlier iPhone models. The lineup consists of four new phones: the iPhone 13, the 13 Mini, the 13 Pro and the 13 Pro Max. The new phones will run iOS 15, come with a larger battery, …
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Update, Sept. 21: The iPhone 13 lineup has arrived. Read CNET’s reviews of the iPhone 13 and 13 Mini, and the iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max. Original story follows. Apple’s rumored new iPhone 13 will likely get its big reveal at Apple’s event later today with the Apple Watch 7 and iPad Mini 6, and as such it’s a good time to …
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