December, 2019

• 4 December

  Qualcomm: Your next phone could have an enormous 200

  

  Can you imagine a phone with a 200-megapixel camera? The iPhone 11’s cameras boast only 12 megapixels, for context. But those massive-megapixel high-end phone photos could become a reality, Qualcomm said on Tuesday at its third annual Snapdragon Tech Summit in Maui, Hawaii. The Snapdragon 865 chipset will support a number of high-end phones in …

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• 4 December

  In bid against Apple, Pablo Escobar’s brother launches $350 foldable phone

  

  Roberto De Jesús Escobar Gaviria, the brother of late Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar, is going toe-to-toe with the $1,500 Motorola Razr, $1,980 Samsung Galaxy Fold and $2,400 Huawei Mate X by releasing a foldable phone: the Escobar Fold 1. It’s a whole lot cheaper at $350, coming unlocked and compatible with “all networks” worldwide. The phone’s website and promotional …

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• 4 December

  Huawei calls FCC’s new restrictions unconstitutional in legal challenge

  

  Huawei has fired another salvo in its escalating battle with the US government. On Wednesday it announced it filed a legal challenge against the Federal Communications Commission’s decision last month to bar rural carriers in the US from using federal subsidies to purchase equipment from the embattled Chinese telecom giant. The FCC announced in November it had voted to prohibit …

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• 4 December

  There are some great Samsung Galaxy Note 9 deals right now

  

  I say this with all due kindness and respect: If you pay full price for a Samsung phone, you’re nuts. Every year, new models emerge with $800, $900, even $1,000 price tags. And a year later (sometimes less), those same models can be had for half as much (sometimes less). So let’s take a look at your options — keeping …

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• 4 December

  Forget the Snapdragon 865. Qualcomm’s midrange chip will spread 5G faster

  

  Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 865 processor for high-end phones may be the star of the show at this week’s Snapdragon Tech Summit in Hawaii. But it’s actually the company’s Snapdragon 765 and 765G chips for midrange phones that could supercharge the rollout of super-fast 5G networks and devices.  On Tuesday at its conference in Maui, Qualcomm unveiled its three newest processors for smartphones. …

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• 4 December

  Lyft sued by 20 more women who allege sexual assault by its drivers

  

  The number of women alleging Lyft hasn’t done enough to stop sexual assaults by its drivers is growing. Twenty more women joined together in a lawsuit Wednesday, alleging they were assaulted, kidnapped and raped while using the company’s ride-hailing service. That means at least 55 women have either filed or joined lawsuits against Lyft since August.  “There is a corporate culture …

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• 4 December

  Samsung’s flip

  

  Samsung has been hinting at a forthcoming clamshell-style phone since the release of the $1,980 Galaxy Fold. But the company apparently isn’t the only one looking to bring out more foldable phones next year. Both Samsung and LG Electronics will put new foldable devices on the market in 2020, according to a Wednesday report from the Korea Herald. The Seoul-based newspaper, citing …

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• 4 December

  Motorola One Hyper has a 32

  

  Motorola may be charging back into the premium phone game with 5G connectivity and foldable phones in 2020, but here at the end of 2019, it’s got one more midrange deal waiting in the wings. The Motorola One Hyper is a stylish new phone with a 32-megapixel pop-up selfie camera, a 64-megapixel main camera and night mode — and it’ll only …

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• 4 December

  Qualcomm’s fingerprint sensor is bigger, but not faster

  

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• 4 December

  Google co

  

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