“Size matters” jokes aside, the importance of the jumbo phone is no laughing matter. Korean tech giant Samsung, after all, was the first major player to wager on supersized handsets, unveiling the original Galaxy Note five years ago. At the time, critics ridiculed its 5.3-inch display as technology run amok. But a funny thing happened. …
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Now playing: Watch this: Everything Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 can do 2:03 Samsung has just unveiled its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone to the world — and it turns out all of the leaks and rumors were basically true. The news from this morning’s press conference in New York City: Samsung Galaxy Note 7 unveiled: 5.7-inch curved screen, 12MP camera, iris …
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Apple’s latest numbers are in — and while the company was quick to celebrate selling a billion iPhones, a closer look reveals a troubling trend for one of the company’s most important markets: China. Sales in the Greater China region (the mainland, Taiwan and Hong Kong) plummeted 33 percent year over year to $8.8 billion for the quarter that ended …
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Thanks to a new teaser ad posted by Samsung Mobile Korea, people curious about Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 phone get a chance to play Sherlock Holmes. The fast-moving clip (embedded below) offers clues to features that the new phone will apparently offer. Your job is to try to decipher them. We’ll play Watson and lend a hand. Posted to YouTube …
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Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Note 7 has been the subject of countless rumors, and a new image allegedly reveals what it will look like. The image — a drawing, not a photo — was tweeted by known leaker @evleaks, aka Evan Blass, and first published at blog site VentureBeat. The device features a dual curved display, which backs up previous reports …
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For the last several months the prevailing rumor about the next-generation iPhones has been that Apple would do away with the headphone jack to help make the hardware thinner. But in recent days the latest chatter has been about the size of the next iPhone’s battery. Steve Hemmerstoffer (aka @OnLeaks) of Nowhereelse.fr, who has a good track record of leaking …
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Now playing: Watch this: What to know before buying an iPhone battery case 2:37 With its new pair of iPhone 7 and 7 Plus flagships, Apple promises to deliver a longer battery life than its previous 6S and 6S Plus. In fact, the company reported that the iPhone 7 lasts up to two hours longer on certain tasks (like video …
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If the latest iPhone 7 rumors seem too good to be true, it’s only because we’ve been wishing and hoping and praying for them for so long. An alleged slide from an alleged presentation allegedly in Foxconn, Apple’s iPhone manufacturing partner in China, shows specs for wireless charging and an IP68 rating for resistance to water and dust, according to …
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If you’re spending each night sleeping with your phone, stop. But why?, you ask. You two aren’t hurting anyone, you say. And that’s where you’re wrong. For starters, your screen gives off blue light that can keep your brain awake and affect the quality of your sleep. Tablets and computers give off that light too, but you’re more likely to …
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When you think of smartphones and automation, your mind might immediately gravitate towards IFTTT or even Tasker for Android. Automation apps let you create “recipes” that enable devices and services to intermingle and act based on “triggers.” For example, you can make your smart lights pulse a certain color if you’re mentioned on Twitter or have Youtube videos you’ve selected …
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