Tag Archives: 5g

Samsung is ditching the microSD card slot on the Galaxy S21 line

Looking for a phone with a microSD card slot? You’ll want to stay away from Samsung’s new Galaxy S21 line. Having been present on earlier Galaxy S phones, Samsung is finally dropping the microSD card slot for expandable local storage on its latest devices. (Here are CNET’s Galaxy S21 review and Galaxy S21 Ultra review.) Although the move …

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All the Samsung Galaxy S21 specs, confirmed: 120Hz display, battery, price and more

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Samsung officially revealed its latest Galaxy S21 phone on Thursday, at the 2021 Samsung Unpacked event on the last day of CES. The flagship phone costs less than its predecessors, starting at $800 (£769, AU$1,249), and includes new camera and video features, along …

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Samsung Galaxy S21’s standout feature is its $200 price cut

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Samsung’s Galaxy S21 lineup boasts a ton of updated features: Better cameras, faster 5G, a new design and even S Pen support on the Ultra model. The most notable difference from last year’s Galaxy S20, however, is the lower price. It’s …

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More Galaxy S21 details leak ahead of Samsung’s Unpacked event

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Only a day ahead of Samsung’s expected Galaxy S21 launch at the Jan. 14 Samsung Unpacked event, some marketing materials have been shared online by renowned mobile tipster Evan Blass, offering a glimpse at the company’s key selling points for its newest 5G-capable …

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A CNET 2021 panel: Searching for 5G solutions to the coronavirus mess

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. The coronavirus upended our lives in ways we never imagined possible. The push to stay in our homes, all while keeping the world running and connected, exposed vulnerabilities we didn’t know existed. Patients couldn’t, or wouldn’t, see their doctors, many afraid …

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HP updates Elite Dragonfly and Folio laptops at CES 2021 for the work

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. When it comes to CES 2021 laptop announcements, it’s starting to look like a repeat of 2020 with the bulk of new PCs aimed at commercial and creative users. That’s certainly the case for HP, which has kicked off its announcements …

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Qualcomm pays $1.4B for Nuvia, a server chip designer founded by ex

Qualcomm is betting big on a company designing powerful but power-efficient chips for data centers — $1.4 billion big. The company on Wednesday said it has reached a deal to acquire Nuvia, a two-year-old startup run by former Apple chip executives.  But Qualcomm won’t just be aiming its newly acquired technology at servers. Instead, it plans to use Nuvia CPUs …

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Lenovo announced its thinnest ever ThinkPad 2

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Lenovo’s premium ThinkPad X1 laptops have been a highlight of its CES announcements for years now and it continues with CES 2021 despite being virtual. The PC maker is rolling out two new models and two updates to its ThinkPad X1 …

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Right before Galaxy S21 Unpacked, Samsung unveils new Exynos 2100 processor with improved 5G

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Samsung’s Galaxy S21 launch isn’t happening until Thursday, but that hasn’t stopped the South Korean electronics giant from already introducing new products that’ll likely tie into that event. They include a processor called the Exynos 2100, which Samsung unveiled Tuesday during …

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Our CES 2021 Day 1 recap: Rollable phones, giant TVs and tech for the coronavirus era

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Day 1 of the weirdest CES ever is complete. (Here’s how to follow along for Day 2.) Instead of hundreds of thousands flocking to Las Vegas to see the biggest tech of the year to come, companies like LG, Samsung and …

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