A thin frame around a display with rounded corners, wireless charging, a dual-camera setup and a water resistant body. Sound familiar? No, it’s not the rumored iPhone 8. It’s LG’s newest flagship phone. LG on Sunday unveiled the G6 at Mobile World Congress at the packed Sant Jordi Club by Barcelona’s old Olympic venue. It …
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This is not the Nokia flagship phone you’ve been looking for. Startup HMD, which owns the license to build Nokia phones, on Sunday launched a raft of handsets in a bid to once again be a leading light in the mobile world. HMD will need to turn up the wattage. The highest end phone unveiled is the Nokia 6, a …
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Now playing: Watch this: Capture your world in super slow motion with Sony’s new… 1:32 This year’s Mobile World Congress has barely kicked off and we’ve already seen some great hardware from the likes of LG and Sony. I’ve put Sony’s shiny new flagship — the XZ Premium — up against the more affordable Xperia XZS, LG’s G6 and the …
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Now playing: Watch this: Pixel XL vs. iPhone 7 Plus: Battle of the cameras 2:41 Editors’ note, Feb. 25: After this article published, Google released a software update for the Pixel that addressed a lens flare issue that appeared when taking photos in direct sunlight. Once the update has been installed, the camera uses Google’s HDR+ processing software after you …
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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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This April, the BlackBerry KeyOne will come into the market as a high-end phone — the first with both Android 7.1 Nougat software and a QWERTY keyboard. But when it does, it’ll face staunch competition from a bevy of Android phones that have large touchscreens and premium hardware, from all-metal bodies to powerful processors and cutting-edge camera tech. So how …
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The man behind the Android operating system is apparently building a new company to take on Apple with, and it seems his dream team just added a new member. Jason Mackenzie, HTC‘s former global executive vice president, said in a Tweet that he’s joined Rubin’s “stealth startup.” It comes around two months after Mackenzie ended his 12-year tenure at HTC. …
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In an Instagram post Friday morning, days before the start of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Leica teased that Huawei will be releasing two new phones featuring the German company’s cameras. The photo is a simple black and white image of a man wearing a flannel coat in profile. Overlaid on the image is: Huawei P10 | P10 Plus + …
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The owner of an Apple iPhone 7 Plus got a surprising wake-up call earlier this week. Her smartphone was on fire. A video posted on Twitter on Wednesday by Brianna Olivas, an 18-year-old college student in Tucson, Arizona, shows the rose gold iPhone in a clear, melted plastic case sitting on a bathroom basin and billowing smoke. Olivas’ boyfriend captured …
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It’s no secret: The last few years have been rough for HTC. After paving the way for Android by making the first Android phone years ago, the Taiwanese company lost its groove. While Apple and Samsung have locked in as the premium phone makers and Chinese companies like Xiaomi and OnePlus have become go-to brands for affordable, quality devices, HTC …
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