A sapphire screen for the next iPhone is not in the cards, at least so says one analyst. Marques Brownlee/YouTube/Screenshot by CNET Will Apple’s iPhone 6 offer a scratch-resistant sapphire screen? That question has been debated and discussed by Apple watchers. But at least one analyst doesn’t see it in his crystal ball. In an …
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The Huawei Ascend P7 (pictured) will soon be available with a scratch-resistant sapphire display. Andrew Hoyle/CNET Huawei has taken the wraps off a new version of its Ascend P7 smartphone which has a sapphire screen and ceramic back to make the phone more resistant to scratches. Huawei announced the Sapphire P7 at the IFA tech show in Berlin but has …
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Intel shows how high tech can become high fashion. In CNET Update, learn about the MICA luxury smart bracelet for women. It won’t come cheap, but it will cost less than Dyson’s first robot vacuum, the 360 Eye. Now playing: Watch this: With Intel’s MICA, jewelry has a phone number 2:58 This roundup also covers troubling tech news. Home Depot …
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Now playing: Watch this: Samsung Galaxy Note 4 has improved camera, screen resolution… 1:56 This Samsung Galaxy Note 4 edition of Spec-versus-Spec compares the hardware and software features crammed into Samsung’s fourth-generation Note (and to a large extent, the curvy Note Edge ) with stats from other top handsets. This time, we weigh the Note 4 against the likable Sony …
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Ben Fox Rubin/CNET Nvidia on Thursday fired the latest bullet in the widespread battle over patents, accusing Samsung and Qualcomm of ripping off its graphics technology for their smartphone chips. The Santa Clara, Calif., company, best known for making graphics chips for PCs, filed separate suits involving seven of its patents with the International Trade Commission and US District Court …
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TP Vision announced the Philips 9100, a new high-end Android 4K TV, at the IFA electronics show in Berlin. Stephen Shankland/CNET BERLIN — Trying to stand out in a crowded market, TP Vision announced three models of Android-powered 4K TVs, the lower-end Philips 7900, the curved Philips 8900, and the high-end Philips 9100. The products all have screens with 3,840×2,160 …
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Monster Products Monster is best known as the creator of the original Beats headphones as well as the manufacturer of speaker and AV cables. But Monster is now putting its AV know-how toward distributed music with three new speaker systems. The three models are the S1 ($200), the S2 ($300) and the S3 ($400), and each features a “leather top …
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Now playing: Watch this: Eyes-on with Samsung’s bending 105-inch UHD TV 1:22 BERLIN — Not everyone is convinced that curved TVs are the future of entertainment, but nevertheless Samsung is betting big on the swooping-screen tech, expanding its lineup of curved televisions, and showing off a bendable 105-inch ultra high-definition monster here at IFA. “We have tripled our lineup,” a …
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LG’s 4K OLED TVs hit you in the face as you enter its booth. Andrew Hoyle/ CNET BERLIN — There are plenty of 4K TVs around, and there are a fair few OLED TVs too. But LG says there aren’t many 4K TVs that are OLED as well, and the company is right in the middle of unleashing a bunch …
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Matt Elliott/CNET Netflix added a new social feature this week that lets users make movie and TV recommendations privately to friends. To use the feature, you need to allow Netflix to connect to your Facebook account, but recommendations are sent as private Facebook messages. Netflix promises that “connecting will not post to Facebook or share what you watch to your …
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Samsung’s Galaxy Note Edge screen curves around the side of the phone to provide notifications and quick access to apps. Sarah Tew/CNET When Samsung wants to wow, it goes back to hardware. The Korean electronics giant on Wednesday unveiled the Galaxy Note 4 phablet, the latest model of its phone-tablet hybrid with a 5.7-inch screen and stylus. It also showed …
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There will soon be more phablets, such as Samsung’s new Galaxy Note 4, on the market than tablets or portable PCs. Sarah Tew/CNET Phablets aren’t just a passing craze, new data show. Shipments of the phone-tablet hybrids will surpass portable PC shipments this year and tablet shipments next year, International Data Corp. said Wednesday. The tech research firm defines phablets …
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Wait, Samsung has an app store? John Pleasants, head of Samsung’s US media solutions unit, plans to breathe new life into the company. Sarah Tew/CNET You could be forgiven if you’ve never heard of Galaxy Apps, Samsung’s own version of an app store, designed to service its increasingly large lineup of products, which grew on Wednesday with the unveiling of …
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The tech world is flaunting new curves. This CNET Update gives you a quick breakdown of Samsung’s newest gadgets revealed at the IFA tech show, including the uniquely curved Galaxy Note Edge . The non-curved Note 4 has its own quirky perk with the Gear VR virtual reality headset accessory: Now playing: Watch this: Samsung throws a curve with Note …
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LG’s circular plastic OLED is just 0.6mm thick. LG Display LG Display announced late Wednesday it has begun mass production of what it calls the first circular plastic OLED, a slim 1.3-inch display that will be used in the forthcoming LG G Watch R. Destined for the smartwatch’s round watch face, the P-OLED panel has a thickness of less than …
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