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iPhone 11, Apple Watch 5: The final rumors

Update, Sept. 18: Read our full rated reviews of the iPhone 11 and Apple Watch Series 5. Apple’s Sept. 10 event and the iPhone 11‘s big debut is just days away, and as usual, Apple hasn’t said what it will be announcing at the event, but thanks to the plentiful rumors this year we think we have a pretty clear picture of …

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Redesigned Galaxy Fold fixes past mistakes: What’s different about Samsung’s foldable phone

Update, Sept. 18: We now have a retail model of the Galaxy Fold and have begun to review it. The Samsung Galaxy Fold is back, and promising better behavior. After design flaws began causing reviewers’ phone screens to break, Samsung postponed the Fold’s release date and went back to the drawing board to fix the problem. Now, a new and …

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Galaxy Fold’s plastic screen wasn’t its only undoing

Update, Sept. 18: We now have a retail model of the Galaxy Fold and have begun to review it. Right after I reviewed the Galaxy Fold, Samsung’s first foldable phone, I said that a foldable phone is only as good as the quality of its screen. That’s because, more than with any other phone, the screen is the foldable’s very reason for being.  Its …

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6 interesting new phones you have to see now

Most phones in the world won’t land in your pocket, but there are some standouts that are worth knowing about either way. After all, over 3 billion people own smartphones around the world — they’ve truly become must-have commodities. At the IFA tech show in Berlin this week, companies including Samsung, LG and Motorola showed off bold new designs at …

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5G gets much

IFA, Europe’s biggest electronics show, isn’t heavy on phones, but that didn’t stop companies from talking about a major new wireless technology: 5G. Unlike other trade shows such as Mobile World Congress, though, IFA’s 5G focus wasn’t on super high-end, expensive 5G phones (well, aside from the revamped $2,000 Galaxy Fold). Rather, it was all about making 5G more accessible …

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The iPhone 11 Pro’s buttons need to be fixed so accidental screenshots go away

The iPhone 11 doesn’t need a radical redesign to do well financially, critically or culturally, but it will take several significant improvements and upgrades for it to remain competitive in an increasingly crowded phone industry. Despite the fact that iPhone sales were down 12% in the last quarter, Apple still made $26 billion. It’s as if Steph Curry didn’t make …

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The 2019 Vizio P

Labor Day is over, but deals on big TVs aren’t. This 65-inch Vizio P-Series Quantum remains widely available for under $1,000 at most major retailers: It’s $998 at Walmart and Amazon (where it’s out of stock and will ship at that price when inventory returns) and just 2 bucks more at Best Buy. This is the 2019 version of this …

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Use Windows 10’s new PowerToys to tidy your desktop and remind you of shortcuts

For those longing for the days of Windows 95 and its useful collection of PowerToys utilities, Microsoft is letting you add helpful little extensions that make Microsoft’s desktop more delightful to use on Windows 10 ($144 at Amazon). PowerToys, Microsoft’s playful name for a series of free Windows add-ons first developed for Windows 95, gives users greater flexibility when performing a …

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