AT&T is offering some pretty decent incentives if you’re looking to get a Galaxy S9 or S9 Plus. Starting Friday, preorder Samsung’s latest flagship phones and you’ll receive bill credit worth $150 from AT&T. There is a caveat though: You’ll need to bring in a new line from a competitor to get the credit, meaning …
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I put on a pair of smart glasses and look up at the mock living room before me. On top of a gray wall, I see a colorful bull’s-eye symbol with a “2” on it. Next to it is a bag of balls. Neither is real. I center my gaze at the target and tap a button on the right …
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Huawei is said to be gearing up to launch the next iteration of its P series phone line, which is rumored to include the Huawei P20, P20 Pro and P20 Lite. And while we’ll have to wait to see if these phones can reach the popularity of the iPhone X, there is speculation that the phones may at least resemble it. …
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The Samsung Galaxy S9 ($198 at eBay) has arrived, and by all accounts it improves on the already-pretty-good Galaxy S8 ($180 at eBay). It also comes with a higher price tag: The S9 will cost between $720 and $800 in the US, while the S9 Plus will sell for anywhere from $840 to $930. We’ve already covered how to preorder …
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The race to turn 5G from hype into reality has hit another gear. T-Mobile will deploy mobile 5G to 30 cities this year, including New York and Los Angeles, Chief Technology Officer Neville Ray said Tuesday at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The company still plans to launch the service next year and provide nationwide coverage by 2020. The move …
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The Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus have a new camera, a faster processor and features like animated emoji characters and a new purple color scheme — in other words, par for the course for a new phone. But if you’re a T-Mobile customer, you’ve got another reason to pay attention. More from Mobile World Congress Hands-on with the …
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A federal appeals court has made clear that the Federal Trade Commission is the cop on the beat when it comes to policing internet service providers, an important decision in the fight to protect net neutrality. The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in Northern California ruled Monday that the FTC could move forward with its case against AT&T, which …
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The Blackberry Key2 has been officially revealed. And yes, it has a physical keyboard. The executives behind BlackBerry Mobile are dreaming big. BlackBerry Mobile is a unit of Chinese consumer electronics maker TCL, which licenses the right to make BlackBerry phones from the original Canadian BlackBerry Ltd and also makes budget phones under the Alcatel brand. Since its launch a year …
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Android Go, a lightweight version of Android designed for lower-end devices with less than 1GB of RAM, promises a world of efficient, decent-performing budget phones with timely security and app updates. What phones can you expect with Android Go? ZTE has one of them: the Tempo Go is heading to the US for about $80. Announced in Barcelona at Mobile …
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If you’re already in love with Samsung’s new phones, here’s how to get your hands on them. Samsung announced the Galaxy S9 ($198 at eBay) and S9 Plus at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Both phones look a lot like last year’s Galaxy S8 ($180 at eBay) lineup, but offer a handful of new hardware and software upgrades that are …
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