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Sony isn’t letting the cancellation of the MWC phone show put a damper on its 2020 phone launch plans. The Japanese tech titan on Monday announced two new phones, including its first 5G device, the Xperia 1 II. The phone is the successor to last year’s Xperia 1 flagship and also marks a change in naming convention …

Although Sony’s Xperia 1 II was the technology giant’s first foray into 5G phones, its second won’t be far behind. On Monday the company teased its second 5G phone, the Xperia Pro, which Sony is hoping will appeal to professional video shooters.  The phone has the same triple-camera rear setup as the consumer-focused Xperia 1 II, and like its sibling …

Chinese phone-maker Realme just launched the Realme X50 5G Pro, its second 5G-capable phone in the last couple of months. Earlier this year, in January, it launched the X50 5G. With the X50 5G and X50 5G Pro,  the company is continuing to target the premium end of the market after making waves for releasing low-priced handsets that are relatively high …

Huawei’s big news from its streamed press conference Monday is the updated folding Mate XS phone, but it’s not the only thing the company would have brought to MWC had it not been canceled.  First up, there’s its new small tablet, the MatePad Pro, seen above. With a 10.8-inch display, it’s not a small tablet, but it almost feels smaller …

Update, March 26: The Huawei P40, P40 Pro and the P40 Pro Plus​ have now officially been launched. Read our first take here​. MWC might have been canceled due to coronavirus, but Chinese tech behemoth Huawei pressed ahead with its Barcelona event regardless on Monday. Along with a slew of products, Huawei used the keynote as an opportunity to announce …

I began this ongoing review of the Galaxy S20 Ultra knowing that Samsung’s redesigned camera system and its massive 5,000-mAh battery would make or break the phone. I’ve spent the past few days testing its 108-megapixel main sensor and up-to-100x AI-assisted camera zoom, looking for reasons to use these over-the-top features in real life. I finally found it. But during my day …

I admit that cellular provider Black Wireless is new to me, but it’s an AT&T MVNO (owned by Red Pocket Mobile) that’s been around since about 2011, offering an assortment of both monthly and pay-as-you-go plans. If you’re looking to save on wireless service, you might be interested in its “Unlimited Everything” plan, which features unlimited text, talk and 4G …

Google’s latest mobile OS, Android 11, dropped this week for developers. And while Google may be done naming each Android release after sweets and desserts, the search giant is still keeping to its schedule of shipping major updates to its mobile OS each year. Early prerelease versions of Android — as with any operating system — are interesting because they can …

Samsung’s new folding Z Flip has impressed us in our full review process. CNET editor Jessica Dolcourt even went so far as to call it “the best foldable phone I’ve ever used.” Big words, when the competition is heating up with the likes of the Motorola Razr, Huawei Mate X and Samsung’s own Galaxy Fold. But if you’re sold on …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. 5G networks are beginning to rollout throughout the US, but that’s not where most of the world’s 5G smartphones are being sold. Instead, China is buying most of the world’s next-generation phones.  According to a new report by Counterpoint Research, China accounted for nearly half …