The Federal Communications Commission named New York City and Salt Lake City as its first two “Innovation Zones” on Wednesday. The two metro areas will act as city-scale test-beds for advanced wireless communications and network research and experimentation, including 5G, according to a press release. Both cities already have licensed experimental programs under way. The …
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OnePlus already sells its phones through T-Mobile and Sprint, and now it appears the company is set to add Verizon next year. Citing “sources familiar with the companies’ plans,” Android Police reported Monday that the two companies have signed a deal that will have Verizon offer a OnePlus phone next year. The report doesn’t detail exactly when the new phone will …
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You won’t see 5G on the iPhone 11, 11 Pro or any Apple iPhone until at least 2020. That’s because Apple and Qualcomm, which were until recently locked in a bracing legal battle, have kissed and made up, making a 5G iPhone possible — if a little late. Other Android phone makers, from Samsung to the lesser-known OnePlus, are hitching their …
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Of the three new iPhones Apple announced last week, two of them — the iPhone 11 Pro (starting at $999) and the iPhone 11 Pro Max (starting at $1,099) — break the $1,000 price threshold that Apple itself helped create when it introduced the iPhone X in 2017. Since then, the $1,000 superphone has become the norm for high-end 4G devices, with premium …
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Huawei founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei is willing to share his company’s 5G technology with a Western buyer, creating a rival, he told the Economist. He reckons it’d level the playing field in a climate where many countries are nervous about giving the controversial Chinese company access to their next-generation wireless networks. Ren’s deal would let the buyer access Huawei’s …
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Apple refreshed its line of iPhones for 2019 at an event on Tuesday, announcing the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max. The phones start at $699, $999 and $1,099, respectively — perhaps a surprising price in a world where we’re used to paying $1,000 for an iPhone. These new iPhones pick up a fresh palette of …
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The next batch of new iPhones may carry a new number in their names, but make no mistake — this is another “S” year. If the rumors hold true, Apple will unveil phones with essentially the same design for a third year in a row. The question is whether Apple fans will buy the case that these new phones are a …
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The checklist of new features in Apple’s iPhone 11 Pro reads like a rundown of been there, done that. Three cameras? Huawei put them on the Mate 20 last year. A special low-light mode? Google’s Night Sight for the Pixel 3 did it first a year ago. Then there’s 5G, or the lack thereof. While Samsung, Huawei, OnePlus and a …
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Apple’s phone shipments are forecast to continue dropping this year, with market research firm International Data Corporation predicting that 2019 will be “challenging” for the tech giant if it doesn’t introduce a 5G iPhone. But once an iPhone can use the next-gen networks being launched worldwide, shipments will pick up again thanks to Apple’s advantage of better understanding the 5G …
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With just 24 hours until Apple’s next big launch event, the iPhone 11 already faces some fierce competition from its biggest rival. Samsung’s latest Galaxy Note 10 phones debuted a few weeks earlier with a nearly bezel-less and almost notch-free display, an in-screen fingerprint scanner, 3D camera sensors on the back of the Note 10 Plus and 5G connectivity. These are features rumored to take …
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