Apple became the world’s top phone maker in the fourth quarter of 2020, Gartner reported Monday, with the launch of the 5G iPhone 12 helping it beat Samsung for the first time since 2016. It sold 79.9 million iPhones in that period, a 14.9% increase year-on-year. Samsung sold 62.1 million phones in that quarter, a …
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T-Mobile is adding a new plan to its lineup, this time designed for its most demanding data users. Called Magenta Max, the new plan will replace the existing Magenta Plus offering and become available starting on Feb. 24. The new Max offering notably features no smartphone data throttling regardless of how much 4G or 5G data you use in a …
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The Galaxy S21 and its slightly older sibling, the Galaxy S20 Fan Edition or FE, are Samsung’s most affordable “new” flagship phones. Even though the South Korean company didn’t introduce any groundbreaking changes to the S21 line, it received a ton of praise for slashing prices of its next-gen Galaxy S line by several hundred dollars during the pandemic, allowing the …
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Back in October, Apple introduced the iPhone 12 Pro Max, along with its three siblings in the first virtual-only iPhone event. There are plenty of superlatives that could describe the iPhone 12 Pro Max: the iPhone with the largest ever screen (6.7 inches), the iPhone with the most durable screen (alongside its siblings) and possibly even the iPhone with the …
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Samsung’s made choosing a premium phone harder than ever with the Galaxy S21 Ultra and the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra, two similarly priced phones with similar specs released within six months of each other. Both have S Pen support, great zoom cameras and 120Hz refresh rate screens, and on paper it’s hard to tell which one is the better buy. …
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The iPhone 12 Pro Max and the Galaxy S21 Ultra have arrived, representing the crown jewels in Apple and Samsung’s respective flagship lines. Each device is stacked with the top-of-the-line features reserved for smartphone royalty: blazing-fast processors, crystalline displays, versatile cameras and long-lasting batteries. As expected, neither comes cheap. The iPhone 12 Pro Max will set you back $1,099 (£1,329, …
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When is a family plan not a family plan? When it comes from Visible, a Verizon-powered prepaid carrier that offers unlimited phone service at reasonable rates. How reasonable? Individuals pay $40 a month. But groups can get service for as little as $25 per person by signing up for Party Pay. Notice, however, that I said “groups,” not “families.” See …
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With less than a week to go until the Super Bowl, plans for how people will watch this year’s big game are starting to take shape. Although there are already plenty of different ways to stream the Buccaneers-Chiefs battle, Verizon is adding a few more to try and enhance the viewing experience. The telecom giant announced on Monday that it will …
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Samsung took to its virtual Unpacked stage in January to take the wraps off its next-gen Galaxy S21 lineup, consisting of the Galaxy S21, Galaxy S21 Plus and Galaxy S21 Ultra. All three are available to purchase now. So it’s a good time to revisit the company’s now last-gen flagship phones, the Galaxy S20 family, to examine what the South Korean …
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The Galaxy S21 lineup is now available. Before you buy one, the biggest takeaway you need to know about the Samsung Galaxy S21 5G, along with the Galaxy S21 Plus 5G and Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G, is that Samsung cut the US price of each by $200 (the savings are less in other countries). Clearly this wasn’t done out of generosity …
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