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Verizon’s 5G Home is expanding to parts of Atlanta, Dallas, Denver and San Jose

Verizon is slowly building up its 5G Home broadband offering. On Thursday the carrier announced that it’s expanding the service on Nov. 5 to parts of four new locations: Atlanta, Dallas, Denver and San Jose. The move makes 5G Home available in parts of 12 cities.  We don’t know the exact locations where the service …

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OnePlus 8T vs. its rivals: iPhone 12 vs. iPhone 11 vs. Pixel 5 vs. Galaxy S20 FE

OnePlus boldly chose to launch its new 5G phone a day after the debut of the iPhone 12. The $749 OnePlus 8T is the Chinese phone-maker’s attempt at “raising the bar,” after it launched the OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro in April. (The OnePlus 8T’s UK price of £549 converts to about AU$1,000.) Although the timing seems curious, it follows OnePlus’ usual …

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iPhone 12: The biggest reason to buy a 5G phone right now is FOMO

Apple has given people plenty of reasons to want a new iPhone 12, much as it does every year when it refreshes its phone lineup. The camera is better, and so’s the processor. The display, with its “ceramic shield” technology, is more durable, and there’s even a Pacific blue iPhone 12 Pro. There are now four new models to choose from …

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T-Mobile’s TVision, a newly announced bundle of live streaming channels, gives the company’s traditional wireless customers another reason to stick with the carrier. And just around the corner is a 5G-based home broadband service that could make leaving T-Mobile a much more complicated task.  Phone. Television. Home internet. Sound familiar? T-Mobile is in effect resurrecting a 2.0 version of the …

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T-Mobile has nearly doubled its midband 5G coverage area, and plans to offer 5G coverage to 100 million people by end of the year, the company said Wednesday. Following the expansion, T-Mobile midband 5G now reaches nearly 410 cities and towns across the country. The mobile carrier said areas with midband 2.5-gigahertz 5G are currently averaging downloads speeds of around …

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Samsung posts highest

The pandemic-caused lull in demand for phones appears to be over, at least for Samsung. The company on Wednesday reported its highest ever quarterly revenue, thanks to “significant increase in consumer demand” for its smartphones, computers and other products.  The company reported its third-quarter operating profit soared 59% from the previous year to 12.35 trillion won ($10.9 billion), while its …

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5G phone prices are falling. Verizon’s cheapest now starts at $400

Verizon has a new, cheap 5G phone. TCL, which is known for selling Alcatel phones, on Tuesday introduced its $400 TCL 10 5G UW. It’s available exclusively on Verizon’s network starting Thursday.  The device sports a 6.5-inch LCD display, a triple-camera array on the back and the Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G processor. Unlike pricier phones, it lacks wireless charging, waterproof ratings …

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AMD to acquire chipmaker Xilinx for $35B as chipmakers race to be the biggest

AMD has entered an agreement to acquire Xilinx for $35 billion, AMD said Tuesday. It’s an effort to make AMD “the industry’s high-performance computing leader,” according to Lisa Su, the company’s chief executive. The two firms would focus on producing a variety of chips and software for PCs and gaming, as well as products and software across the automative, communications, …

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TCL’s 10 5G UW hits Verizon for $400 on Oct. 29

Verizon’s first phone with 5G built-in was the $1,300 Samsung Galaxy S10 5G in April 2019. Over 18 months later, the nation’s largest carrier now has its most affordable 5G phone, the $400 TCL 10 5G UW.  First announced back at CES in January, the TCL 10 5G UW offers decent specs for its price. It has a 6.53-inch full …

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5G is here. Now what?

5G wireless technology promises to change the world. And it might! Millions of people expect to experience the new superfast wireless tech on smartphones this fall, but the reality is that 5G is complex and might change business sooner than it improves your phone’s download speed. Even as more 5G-ready phones are arriving, we’re still watching as networks get set …

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