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Wow, Garmin has a lot of watches. September is the time for flagship fitness watches: Fitbit Versa 2, Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2, the Apple Watch and now Garmin. The company’s just launched a handful of Apple Watch competitors: the Garmin VivoActive 4, and a step-up Garmin Venu, which adds an AMOLED display that has an …

Note: Samsung has announced it will relaunch the Galaxy Fold in September. Even before Samsung’s mobile chief, DJ Koh, admitted that he “pushed [the Fold] through before it was ready“, massive delays to the first major foldable phone slammed the brakes on what was once billed as nothing short of a phone revolution. In the 67 days since the Galaxy Fold was initially …

In this week’s Apple Core rundown, we’ll take a look at how Apple fits into the foldable phone trend, the hurdles it has to clear to make an iPhone bend, and how soon the company could release a competitor to Samsung’s Galaxy Fold. We’ll also learn about the latest health feature rumored to be coming to the Apple Watch, the …

Apple says its continuing to expand its investments in US manufacturing. The smartphone maker spent $60 billion with 9,000 American component suppliers and companies in 2018, the company said in a post Monday. That’s an increase of more than 10 percent from the year before. Apple highlighted several of its US-made components, including touch-sensitive glass for iPhone and iPad models …

Foldable gadgets gained an unlikely new champion here at CES 2019: TCL, the company behind BlackBerry Mobile phones and budget Alcatel phones; affordable TVs; and the new, tiny Palm.  The device maker told CNET in an interview at the MGM Grand that it will introduce its first foldable product in 2020. We’re just not sure if this device will be a …

LG’s claim to fame with its Gram laptop line is light weight and long battery life — two of the most important priorities on many laptop-shoppers’ lists.  At CES 2019, the company will add two notebooks in the line to carry on that tradition: the 17-inch LG Gram 17 (model 17Z990-R.AAS8U1); and the 14-inch LG Gram 2-in-1 (model 14T990-U.AAS8U1). The 2-in-1 will cost …

When it comes to foldable devices like the the Royole FlexPai and Samsung’s unnamed foldable phone, this major question inevitably comes up: Is that screen made plastic or glass? Plastic looks cheap, but today’s glass screen are more likely to break than flex when you bend them. Maybe not for long. CNET got an exclusive look at an ultra thin …

The iPhone XS proved it can take a beating in our drop test, but is the cheaper iPhone XR just as strong? At first glance, the iPhone XR shares many of the features of its higher-end sibling: edge-to-edge display, glass on either side and a metal bumper. But it is built slightly differently. For starters, its larger 6.1-inch screen has …

I’ve done my fair share of drop tests in my time at CNET, and I’ve never come out of one without a broken phone. Until now. Try as I might, the iPhone XS would’t crack. I took Apple’s new iPhone XS phone through my typical four-drop tests, the same one that cracked last year’s iPhone X on the first fall. But …

Corning, cover glass supplier for Apple, Samsung and other device makers, announced today its ultrastrong Gorilla Glass 6 will make its debut on Oppo’s next flagship phone.  Unveiled in July, Gorilla Glass 6 is tested to survive drops from heights of 1 meter (3.28 feet) onto rough surfaces. In its tests, the glass lasted through 15 drops, double the amount of Gorilla …