After about a week on the market, BlackBerry’s big comeback phone, the KeyOne, faces a stiffer challenge than just convincing people physical keys are cool again. It might have trouble simply holding together, according to some user reports, a YouTube bend test and now CNET’s own tests. A durability test from YouTube channel JerryRigEverything first …
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Months after the Galaxy Note 7 debacle, the topic remains too hot for the rest of the wireless industry to handle. With Samsung’s Galaxy S8 to launch next week, a renewed discussion of the Note 7, which had an unhealthy tendency to catch fire and which had to be recalled, is inevitable. Samsung opened that door in January when it …
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Samsung has teased a “new beginning” to go with its upcoming Galaxy S8. The company could certainly use a fresh start. This week, the Korean consumer electronics giant is set to show off the latest version of its flagship phone, the Galaxy S8. To say expectations are high for this phone would be an understatement. Samsung is hoping to wipe …
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Take a handful of budget phones. Cut their price even more. Voila — you’ve got another hit on Amazon. The online retailer said Thursday that it’s building on the popularity of its discounted phones program, called Prime Exclusive Phones, by adding two more devices to the lineup. Prime customers in the US can now preorder the Motorola Moto G5 Plus …
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The BlackBerry KeyOne may soon see some siblings. TCL isn’t wasting time building up its portfolio of phones using the BlackBerry name. The company plans to release as many as three phones this year, TCL Communications Nicolas Zibell said in an interview on Saturday. The company is working on an all-touchscreen version, a spiritual successor to the DTEK 50 and …
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The good news: The throwback Nokia 3310 candy bar phone is one of the most buzzed-about items at the Mobile World Congress trade show. The bad news: The throwback Nokia 3310 — and not the new Nokia phones — is one of the most buzzed-about items at the show. The Nokia 3310, which originally launched at the turn of the …
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Meet the BlackBerry KeyOne, the latest iteration of the BlackBerry comeback phone. Chinese phone maker TCL on Saturday pulled the curtain back on the KeyOne, previously known by its codename, “Mercury.” The company showed off an early version of the KeyOne at CES 2017, but it dived into all the details of the device today. The KeyOne is the latest …
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Reviving BlackBerry is the mobile equivalent of chasing unicorns — it’s a Sisyphean task that’s gotten only more mythical with time. Four years ago, then-CEO Thorsten Heins tried to reinvigorate the company’s flagging sales with the BlackBerry 10 operating system and the Z10, a modern phone designed to take on the iPhone and Android handsets. Eleven months and several misfires …
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It’s going to get crazy in Barcelona. Just about every heavy hitter in the wireless industry is bringing a shiny new phone to Mobile World Congress — held this time each year in Spain’s hippest metropolis — each trying to out-wow the others with its latest wares. But we won’t see any new phones from Samsung. The Korean electronics giant …
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Within the Encore Las Vegas hotel, there’s a suite adorned with the BlackBerry logo. Three podiums stand by a window, displaying BlackBerry phones. Executives are walking around, showing off the devices. One exec taps a remote, and the curtains pull back. Instead of sunlight, there’s a large BlackBerry poster plastered on the window, hawking a new phone. Wait a minute. …
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