Tag Archives: 5g

5 things to know before you buy a Huawei P40 Pro phone

Huawei’s P40 series of smartphones are available in Europe and the UK. The range includes the base P40, the P40 Pro and the P40 Pro Plus, and Huawei hopes they’ll take the fight to the likes of the iPhone 11 Pro, Galaxy S20 and OnePlus 8. I’ve been using the P40 Pro — the middle child of the three …

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Huawei, OnePlus and beyond: China’s biggest smartphone brands you should know about

This story is part of Generation China, CNET’s series exploring the nation’s technological ambition. Apple, Samsung and Huawei have long been mainstays on the global smartphone leaderboard, but in recent years there’s been a string of new players. Xiaomi, Oppo and Vivo might sound unfamiliar to most Americans, outside a tech-savvy bubble, but they’re right up there with the world’s …

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Samsung Unpacked Part 2: Everything announced, Galaxy Z Fold 2 launch and more

Update, Sept. 23: Samsung is holding a third fall virtual event, called Samsung Unpacked for Every Fan. Samsung today held its Unpacked part 2 event for its new Galaxy Z Fold 2. The event follows last month’s Unpacked event where the new foldable phone was announced alongside the Galaxy Note 20 and Note 20 Ultra. Keeping to a similar formula for product launch events by …

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Galaxy Z Fold 2 preorders are live now: When, where and how to get Samsung’s latest foldable

We got our first glimpse of the Galaxy Z Fold 2 at Samsung’s August Unpacked event, where the Galaxy Note 20 and Note 20 Ultra also made their debut. Tuesday, however, Samsung went all-in on the Galaxy Z Fold 2. The Z Fold 2 boasts not one but two displays, both of which are larger than what Samsung used on …

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Why Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 5G’s $2,000 price tag isn’t actually that bad

What a world we live in when the announcement of a $2,000 price tag for a phone seems… not that bad. Samsung on Tuesday provided more details about its new Galaxy Z Fold 2 5G, which it first showed off at a virtual Unpacked event on Aug. 5. The biggest tidbit shared during “Unpacked Part 2” was the device’s price: …

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Galaxy Note 10 Plus vs. Note 9: How to pick between Samsung’s older Note devices

The Galaxy Note 10 Plus was the best Galaxy phone in years when it launched, even edging out the latest Galaxy S20 Ultra in some areas. With Samsung having recently launched the Galaxy Note 20 and Galaxy Note 20 Ultra, I thought it would be a great time to compare the Note 10 to the Note 9 to see how they hold up against each …

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Apple preps 75 million 5G iPhones along with new iPad Air, Apple Watches, report says

Apple’s holiday season should be a busy one, with several new 5G iPhones, multiple Apple Watches and a new iPad Air all on the way.  According to a new report from Bloomberg detailing the company’s fall plans, four new iPhone models will arrive in October and all will support 5G. The new iPhones will have a “different design and a wider …

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iPhone SE vs. Android budget phones: Pixel 3A, Galaxy S10E, Galaxy A51

Apple‘s latest iPhone SE for 2020 is a budget phone that serves as a sequel to its sleeper hit from 2016, the first iPhone SE. For the most part, the new iPhone SE follows Apple’s original recipe. But it also added new upgrades like wireless charging and the A13 Bionic processor. At $399, the device is the most affordable iPhone in Apple’s lineup …

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OnePlus reportedly has a smartwatch and an entry

OnePlus is reportedly working on a smartwatch as well as a new, entry-level phone, according to two reports. First up, a OnePlus Watch is now in the works, according to a TechRadar report on Thursday citing a former OnePlus employee.  [OnePlus] has “actively been looking into a smartwatch for the last year,” the former employee reportedly told TechRadar, which added …

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Xiaomi to include invisible under

Xiaomi teased its under-display phone camera last year, and this week the company said the camera will be available in one of its 2021 phones. The version we’ll see — or not see, since it’s invisible — will be the third iteration of the technology, the Chinese phone maker said in a blog post. “In the third-generation of Under-Display Camera …

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