This story is part of CNET at 25, celebrating a quarter century of industry tech and our role in telling you its story. In 2020, it’s almost hard to remember a time before cellphones were at the center of daily life. But I recently purchased a retro relic that made me appreciate the mobile revolution …
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Samsung will unveil the Galaxy Z Fold 2 during a Sept. 1 Unpacked livestream, but its UK branch seems to have revealed the most important detail a few days early. The second-generation foldable phone will cost £1,799 (around $2,360), according to Android Authority, which took a screenshot of the since-deleted version of the product page. The UK site lists last year’s Samsung …
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T-Mobile has unveiled its new Revvl budget smartphones, the Revvl 4, Revvl 4+ and Revvl 5G. The 5G-enabled smartphone announced Thursday will be available Sept. 4 on both postpaid and prepaid, according to T-Mobile. It’s also coming to T-Mobile’s Metro wireless service. The Revvl 5G is also priced at $200 when you switch or add a line. Its low price …
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Get ready for a busy week of Samsung news. On Tuesday, the company will share more details about its new Galaxy Z Fold 2 as preorders for the foldable begin. Then on Wednesday, it will unveil news it normally would have introduced at the IFA trade show in Berlin. Instead of attending this year’s scaled-down-for-coronavirus IFA show, Samsung has opted to host its own …
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AT&T already has deals in place with a host of automakers to offer wireless connectivity in cars. Now, a new patent application seems to hint that the company has plans to take other parts of its many businesses on the road. In a trademark filing, the company seems to have reserved the name “WarnerMedia Ride.” While not much is known …
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Samsung’s latest high-end flagship Galaxy Note 20 and Note 20 Ultra phones are on sale now. You won’t find the same preorder bundle offers now that the phones are widely available, but carriers and retail partners will surely run promotions of their own in the coming days and weeks. Samsung is also planning to introduce a preorder sale for the Galaxy Z …
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The FCC netted almost $4.6 billion after auctioning off 5G spectrum to US carriers. The midband 3.5GHz spectrum will “further the deployment of 5G,” the FCC said Wednesday. More than 20,000 spectrum licenses were awarded, with the FCC to announce more details later this week. “This is a banner day for American leadership in 5G,” FCC chair Ajit Pai said. …
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AT&T prepaid service Cricket Wireless on Friday announced access to nationwide 5G on the service’s first 5G phone, the Samsung Galaxy S20 Plus 5G. At present the Galaxy S20 Plus 5G is the only phone that will work on Cricket’s network, which customers can buy in Cosmic Gray for $1,200 outright. If you buy the same phone from Samsung locked to AT&T, …
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As my colleague Jessica Dolcourt noted in her review of the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra this week, now may not be the time to spend $1,000 or more on a new phone. Alas, that’s the price tag on Samsung’s Galaxy Note 20, and the Note 20 Ultra starts at $1,300. We’ve already gathered all the ways you can buy the new …
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The coronavirus has shut down our economy, forcing us to stay at home. Tens of millions are out of work, and everyone faces the uncertainty that comes with the inevitable fallout from the pandemic, which has killed more than three quarters of a million people. It’s in this environment that carriers like Verizon are pushing 5G service. This year was …
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