Many top smartphones get unveiled at each year’s Mobile World Congress. But, for 2017, perhaps the buzziest phone at the show is a retro “dumb” feature phone that offers a healthy dose of nostalgia. With LG, Sony and Lenovo’s Motorola showing off the latest in phone tech, Nokia decided to reintroduce its 3310 and offer …
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Now playing: Watch this: LG G6 is water-resistant, with a whole lotta screen 2:19 The LG G6 ($150 at Amazon) brims with promise. It’s got an extra-tall display with an 18:9 screen ratio, but is narrow enough that even small-mitted people like me can use it one-handed. Dual cameras on the back, a water-resistant body and wireless charging (US-only) help …
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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 will likely be one of …
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Huawei on Sunday unveiled its new flagship phone at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The Huawei P10 and Huawei P10 Plus are equipped with fast octacore processors, dual cameras, big batteries and more. You can read CNET’s first impression on the Huawei P10 here. Below you will also find a chart outlining how the specs compare with some of the …
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Familiarity breeds comfort. At least, that’s the case with the iPhone 7. Apple hardly changed the body of its flagship phone, yet consumers cozied up to the device like never before. Apple sold more iPhones than ever before — 78.3 million — and snapped a three-quarter streak of iPhone unit sales declines. Analysts had expected the company to sell 78 …
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Apple is back on top. The company overtook Samsung as the world’s top smartphone vendor in the final three months of 2016, according to Strategy Analytics. The iPhone maker captured 18 percent of the global market in the December quarter, said the firm. Apple on Tuesday reported it sold 78.3 million iPhones in the fourth quarter, snapping a three-quarter streak …
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“Every once in a while a revolutionary product comes along that changes everything.” With those words Apple CEO Steve Jobs began his keynote address at Macworld San Francisco on January 9, 2007. In typical Jobs fashion, he went on to say that Apple was introducing “three revolutionary products” that day. The first was a widescreen iPod with touch controls, the …
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One of the world’s largest stages for new gadgets and devices will be in the spotlight this week — so you would expect to see a flood of innovative and high-powered phones there, right? Wrong. Phones are still coming to CES 2017, but not a laundry list of outstanding smartphones. Instead we’re expecting: Midrange devices rather than top-shelf products Phones …
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When I look back to December 2015, VR was all about mysteries and promise. Oculus Rift ($290 at Amazon), HTC Vive ($479 at Amazon) and PlayStation VR ($127 at Amazon) were all unreleased, and still shrouded in some mystery. I’d tried them, but they weren’t yet available. Now, all the VR systems have arrived. So many, in fact, that it …
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Now playing: Watch this: The best phones you can get right now 1:51 You’re up to date on everything you need to know before buying a phone, and now the time has come to actually dig out your wallet and go for it. There are tons of great phones that will fit your exact size, price and carrier needs, but …
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