Samsung’s revamped Galaxy Fold is here, but if you were hoping for one of the flashy green or blue models, you’re out of luck. Samsung on Thursday said the Galaxy Fold will be available in space silver and cosmos black when it arrives in Korea on Friday. It’ll reach the UK, France, Germany and Singapore …
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Samsung at IFA 2019: Galaxy Fold, 5G phones and chips, and even a clothes steamer closet
It’s IFA, Europe’s biggest electronics show, and that means new products from Samsung. The South Korean tech giant used to introduce its Note lineup, wearables and other big devices here in Berlin, but over the past couple of years, it’s opted to unveil those instead at its own Unpacked events. This year was no different. At IFA 2019, much of …
Read More »Sorry, the Galaxy Fold 5G isn’t coming to the US
Update, Sept. 18: We now have a retail model of the Galaxy Fold and have begun to review it. 5G and foldables are the future of phones. But if you want both in one device, you’ll have to live in Korea, the UK or Germany. Samsung’s revamped Galaxy Fold, the company’s first foldable device, will be available in Korea on …
Read More »Samsung’s revamped Galaxy Fold to arrive in Korea on Friday
Update, Sept. 18: We now have a retail model of the Galaxy Fold and have begun to review it. Samsung’s officially ready for its Galaxy Fold do-over. If you’re a brave consumer, with nearly $2,000 to spare, you’ll get your chance to buy the foldable device on Friday. On Thursday at the IFA 2019 show in Berlin, Samsung said that …
Read More »Samsung makes 5G cheaper with Galaxy A90 5G phone
Samsung’s got another 5G phone — and it’s one of the cheapest available. The new Galaxy A90 5G will cost 749 euros (about $827) when it hits the market, making it nearly $500 less than Samsung’s other 5G phones. The 6.7-inch device, which Samsung unveiled at the IFA electronics show in Berlin, sports three rear cameras, including a 48-megapixel lens and one 32-megapixel …
Read More »Get ready for a flood of Intel
A wave of Intel-powered laptops are about to get thinner, lighter — and a lot more power efficient. This week at the IFA electronics trade show in Berlin, Acer, Asus, Lenovo, MSI and Razer plan to unveil new laptops using Intel’s Comet Lake 10th-generation Core processors. Some of those devices will meet Intel’s new Project Athena requirements, designing computers to be even …
Read More »Apple will launch iPhone 11 on Sept. 10 in Cupertino
Get ready for the iPhone 11 on Sept. 10. Apple sent invitations to the media on Thursday for its next big product launch. It plans to introduce its newest devices and services at 10 a.m. PT at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, California. The iPhone may be a tougher sell this year. Apple isn’t expected to change the basic design …
Read More »The ridiculously tiny Palm phone can be yours for $5 a month
Palm’s tiny smartphone is about to get even cheaper to use. US Mobile on Friday said it now offers new service plans to use the unlocked Palm on its network, which is powered by Verizon and T-Mobile. The plans start at $5 a month — for a limited amount of calls, texts and data — and go up to $30 …
Read More »Galaxy Note 10’s biggest innovation: Going smaller and cheaper
Back in the day, having the smallest possible phone was a status symbol. Ben Stiller, playing the namesake Zoolander character in the popular 2001 movie, carried around a flip phone the size of a lighter to show how important he was. Steve Jobs, when introducing the first iPhone in 2007, noted that the 3.5-inch device “fits beautifully in the palm of …
Read More »Galaxy Note 10 Plus 5G, like all early 5G phones, isn’t a good deal just yet
5G‘s just getting started, and many companies, including Apple, don’t yet have a phone that taps into the super-fast network. With the addition of the Galaxy Note 10 Plus 5G, though, Samsung will have two. But that doesn’t mean you should buy either one right now. Along with introducing two new Note 10 phones at an event Wednesday in Brooklyn, …
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