After Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei’s consumer business, unveiled the company’s foldable Mate X smartphone on Sunday, the audience ooohed and ahhhed. When he announced the price – a staggering 2,300 euros ($2,600) – the audience gasped. The price tag practically makes the $1,980 Samsung Galaxy Fold, unveiled on Wednesday, a steal. Huawei is certainly …
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Phone launches typically run on a predictable cycle. A new Samsung Galaxy S phone launches in the first quarter, while new iPhones make their debut in September. But BlackBerry Mobile, run by Chinese consumer electronics giant TCL, is bucking its usual trend this year and won’t be launching a new flagship phone in the summer. Francois Mahieu, general manager of …
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What is better than one phone? It’s not a trick question — the answer, according to LG, is two phones. Or at the very least two phone screens. For its first-ever 5G device, the V50, LG has created a novel accessory in the form of a Dual Screen attachment, doubling the amount of display at your fingertips in a trice. …
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The flood of 5G phones continues. Xiaomi on Sunday became the latest company to launch a 5G phone, the Mi Mix 3 5G. The device — a variant of the recently released Mi Mix 3 — will cost 599 euros ($679) and will launch in May. Xiaomi’s initial 5G wireless partners include Europe-based Orange, Sunrise, Telefonica, Three, TIM and Vodafone. It …
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Oppo has officially become the next Android brand to announce a 5G phone for 2019. At an MWC 2019 press conference, Oppo said its first 5G device will use Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 855 chipset and X50 modem to latch onto 5G networks. Four carrier networks — Swisscom, Australia’s Telstra and Optus, and Singtel in Singapore — will sell the unnamed 5G Oppo phone first, …
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Although MWC 2019 officially starts on Monday, day 0, otherwise known as preview day for the press, has already kicked off in Barcelona. As the biggest conference for the mobile industry, the show is buzzing with products from big-name tech companies, including Microsoft and LG, being unveiled. That includes a variety of phones with 5G and foldable screens, AR/VR headsets, laptops …
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Update, Oct. 24: A new dual-hinged foldable phone prototype from TCL bends into thirds like an accordion — we went hands-on. Original story follows. If you want a good foldable phone, you need a good hinge. At least that’s what TCL believes. The Chinese company is best known for budget televisions but also produces phones through its BlackBerry Mobile and Alcatel brands. And on Sunday it unveiled …
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Samsung and the MWC Barcelona conference have long had an up-and-down relationship. The energy at the trade show has ebbed and flowed depending on whether the world’s largest handset maker decides to hold its big first-half phone launch in Spain. If Samsung shows up, there’s a noticeable perk in interest. On Wednesday, just days before this year’s MWC kicks off, …
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At the biggest mobile show in the world, it’s easy to be blinded by the vast array of shiny new phones. They have a tendency to hog the spotlight. But look a little closer and you’ll see Facebook at MWC 2019. No, it’s not launching a phone — HTC tried that with the Facebook button-rocking ChaCha back at MWC 2011 …
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The Samsung Galaxy S10 has an in-screen fingerprint reader, wireless charging of other devices, three cameras and an actual headphone jack. But its biggest feature is something its owners will be staring into every day: the screen. Samsung’s engineers didn’t neglect the new phone’s display. All four varieties — the Galaxy S10, Galaxy S10 Plus, Galaxy S10E and Galaxy S10 5G …
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