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It’s only January, but Sprint’s already feeling those summertime vibes. The wireless carrier on Monday said it plans to debut a 5G smartphone from Samsung in summer 2019. The phone will be able to connect to Sprint’s 5G network and its existing LTE network, the carrier said in a release. Sprint said device specifications and …

Amid all the hype for 5G cellular tech at CES this year, the cable industry unveiled its own push for better internet speeds here too. They call it [raises eyebrows] “10G.”  After all, if 5G is so great, can you imagine what 10G can do?  5G is the talk of Las Vegas as CES 2019 again. This year, however, 5G’s high-speed …

It’s crazy, is it not, to spend $1,000 for a phone when you can pay a fraction of the price for one that’s… well, maybe not exactly as good, but still very good? I posed that very question about a year ago (almost to the day, in fact), when the Motorola Moto X4 was on sale for $280. That was …

Samsung’s phones last year weren’t quite what you’d call earthshaking. Its Galaxy S9, S9 Plus and Note 9 didn’t have many noticeable changes from 2017’s Galaxy S8, S8 Plus and Note 8. Sure, they had faster processors and other souped-up components. But they kept the same design, something that reportedly has hurt demand for the smartphones. After all, why buy …

Huawei has set a record for itself by shipping more than 200 million smartphones in 2018, the company said in a statement Sunday. The Chinese phone maker said the numbers were largely driven by the success of products like its P20, Honor 10 and Mate 20 series.  Huawei’s smartphone shipments have grown from 3 million units in 2010, it added. Last year, it …

After more than 16 years reviewing several hundred phones for CNET, only a handful burn brightly in my memory. Mobiles like the first iPhone, the Nexus One and the Motorola Razr V3 will forever rise above a churning sea of black rectangles that have blended into each other. My relationship with the Razr is particularly complicated. I remember it not …

If the Galaxy S10 comes out with superfast 5G connectivity and an in-screen fingerprint reader, you can likely thank Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 855 processor. Qualcomm is the world’s largest supplier of mobile chipsets, and its latest 855 will drive major Android devices in 2019, a roster that’s likely to include flagship handsets from Samsung, Google and LG. At Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Technology …

If you live in one of a dozen US cities, you can tap into AT&T’s 5G network this week. The carrier, locked in a race with Verizon and other network operators to move to the next-gen wireless technology as fast as possible, is turning on its network on Tuesday. But until 5G phones arrive in the first half of 2019, …

Phone manufacturers and carriers alike have promised to make 5G mobile data a reality in 2019. But when will we actually get 5G-compatible phones? Perhaps as soon as February. Both Samsung and LG are reportedly announcing their 5G phones at Mobile World Congress (MWC), according to The Korea Herald. MWC is the industry’s largest annual trade show, and it’s currently …

Following in the footsteps of AT&T and Verizon, T-Mobile now supports Apple’s eSIM technology, which lets customers activate a phone plan remotely and maintain two active lines simultaneously.  T-Mobile customers can now activate a second line on the iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max or iPhone XR through the T-Mobile eSIM app. They’re restricted to one of three prepaid phone service …