OnePlus is dropping the price on most of its OnePlus 8 phones Friday, though those interested may want to wait. On Amazon and the company’s website, the 128GB OnePlus 8 is now $599 (down from $699) while the 256GB version is $699 (down from $799). T-Mobile’s OnePlus 8 5G is similarly down to $600, though …
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Chinese phone-maker Royole put itself on the map when it beat Samsung and Huawei to the punch in releasing the world’s first foldable phone last year. Never mind that it was a spectacular failure. This week the company launched a next-generation version of that phone, the Flexpai 2, during an online event streamed from the Chinese city of Shenzhen on …
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Mobile World Congress, the world’s biggest mobile show, takes place every year in Barcelona, Spain — every year except this year, that is. The 2020 show, which was scheduled for late February, was one of the first major tech events to be canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. But while MWC 2020 didn’t take place at all, the expectation now …
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AT&T is bringing its 5G network to three more US Air Force bases, the company announced Wednesday. The faster mobile network will be added to Buckley Air Force Base in Colorado, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska and Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska. There are more than 24,000 personnel serving on those Air Force bases, AT&T said. They can use …
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And now for something completely different: not the phones, just Samsung’s presentation of them. In what feels like the company’s nth Galaxy Unpacked event for 2020 — the last was less than a month ago for the Galaxy Z Fold 2 — Samsung took a more lifestyle approach to unveil its new $700 (£699, AU$1,149) Galaxy S20 Fan Edition, a model designed …
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The specs of Google’s upcoming 5G phone have been leaked online, with the Pixel 4A 5G to reportedly come with a 6.2-inch display. The 5G version of the Pixel 4A will sport a 8MP front-facing camera, German publication WinFuture reported Wednesday. The Google Pixel 4A 5G will reportedly be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G, but it won’t have wireless or …
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Looking to get the new Note 20 5G or Note 20 Ultra 5G? You’ll be pleased to know that once you’ve bought your $1,000-plus new phone, you won’t need you to go shell out extra cash for a charger. After announcing the new phones last month, Samsung began allowing for early reservations which detailed some of the new bundles it …
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The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit system is getting hooked up with 5G connectivity, the agency announced Tuesday. BART is working with wireless company Mobilitie to bring 5G mobile connections to the train system’s tunnels, stations and rail cars by 2023. Enlarge Image BART connects much of the San Francisco Bay Area. BART Currently, mobile network reception is patchy throughout …
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Dish may not have made many major moves since acquiring Boost Mobile from T-Mobile and Sprint earlier this year, but that may change as the calendar turns towards 2021. On Tuesday the carrier publicly named Stephen Stokols, the former founder of wireless venture FreedomPop, to be Boost Mobile’s new executive vice president. Stokols will report to John Swieringa, who oversees …
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With its premium specs, gorgeous high refresh-rate screen and top-of-the-line multicamera setup, the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra is a beast and has all the features you could want in a phone. But it’s pricey, originally starting at $1,300 (£1,179 and AU$1,999) even though Samsung has now discounted it to $1,100 a month after release. Meanwhile, the Galaxy Note 10 Plus …
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