Apple is reportedly working on a watch able to run off a SIM independent of your phone, but Huawei has beaten them to the punch — at least, if you live in Australia. Huawei’s Watch 2 can run on 4G thanks to a SIM slot in the device, and will launch 16 August, or next Wednesday, Down …
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All aboard the Nintendo nostalgia train — next stop, your Android phone. That’s the plan from Hyperkin, anyway, which will soon start shipping out the SmartBoy Mobile Device attachment for $50. Slide your Android device inside and download Hyperkin’s app, and you’ll have effectively transformed your phone into a modern day remake of Nintendo’s popular handheld gaming device, the Game …
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The gap in global phone sales between Apple and Huawei is smaller than ever. Apple, the world’s No. 2 phone seller by volume, sold 41 million iPhones in the second quarter. Huawei, the No. 3 global phone brand thanks to its popularity in China and Europe, sold 38.5 million phones during the same period, Counterpoint Research said Tuesday. Related stories LG’s flagship …
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Eleven phones will support Google’s Daydream virtual reality software by the end of 2017, Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai said in parent company Alphabet’s earnings call Monday. The statement was later confirmed to CNET by a Google spokesperson. Here’s what Pichai said (via Seeking Alpha): “We continue to work on the next generation of computing platforms, virtual and augmented realty. By the …
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Now playing: Watch this: Alexa, do these things on my phone 1:42 Amazon’s Alexa is coming to phones. We’ve seen it on the Huawei Mate 9 and now it’s here for the HTC U11, the phone you can squeeze. But the Alexa voice app works a little differently on the U11. There are still some things you can’t do on the …
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Here’s one to tick off your bucket list: a KFC phone. Finger-lickin’ good KFC ‘Game of Thrones’ Hodor parody ad faces hungry horde KFC launches sandwich into space The fried chicken chain is celebrating its 30th anniversary in China with a specially-branded Huawei Android phone bearing the image of Colonel Sanders himself. Huawei was founded in 1987, the same year …
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If you’re strapped for cash or just don’t want to spend the money on Samsung‘s Galaxy S8 and larger S8 Plus, you do have options. Lots of good ones, in fact. Because at $750 and $850 in the US, £689 and £779 in the UK, and AU$1,199 and AU$1,349 in Australia, Samsung’s phones cost a pretty penny. The cheap-but-good Android alternatives cost …
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Project Fi, Google’s fledgling wireless service, which only works with Google-branded Android phones, has a new feature that may make it more attractive to a wider audience. The just-launched “Group repay” is a new automated system that makes it easy to split your Project Fi group plan bill among up to six members of that plan. Participating members get specific …
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My, my, how things have changed. The way it used to be… Any phone you wanted to buy in the US was tied to your carrier and a two-year contract. But in the last several years (prodded by T-Mobile), the marketplace has burst wide open. Enlarge Image Buying an unlocked phone has its freedoms. Josh Miller/CNET Today… Verizon, AT&T, Sprint …
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Xiaomi‘s got its eyes on expanding in the Latin American market. The Chinese smartphone maker on Tuesday said it would start selling two of its phones, the Redmi Note 4 and the Redmi 4X, in Mexico. The Redmi Note 4 will start at 5,499 Mexican pesos (approximately $296, £221 or AU$390), while the Redmi 4X will start at 3,999 Mexican …
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