Tech events so far this year have made something clear — it’s not tough for giants like Apple and Samsung to go all-virtual with their launches. But one aspect of a typical tech event doesn’t translate to a computer or phones screen: the demo room. Samsung thinks it’s found a possible solution. The company on …
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Huawei’s P40 series of smartphones are available in Europe and the UK. The range includes the base P40, the P40 Pro and the P40 Pro Plus, and Huawei hopes they’ll take the fight to the likes of the iPhone 11 Pro, Galaxy S20 and OnePlus 8. I’ve been using the P40 Pro — the middle child of the three — and have been putting …
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After months of canceled events, the IFA trade show in Berlin is going to try something different: entertain actual attendees in person. IFA will proceed from Sept. 3 to 5 with a scaled-back in-person component and other virtual events. Mainstays like Samsung are opting to forgo IFA entirely and instead host their own digital launches. The show will only let …
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This story is part of Generation China, CNET’s series exploring the nation’s technological ambition. Apple, Samsung and Huawei have long been mainstays on the global smartphone leaderboard, but in recent years there’s been a string of new players. Xiaomi, Oppo and Vivo might sound unfamiliar to most Americans, outside a tech-savvy bubble, but they’re right up there with the world’s …
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What a world we live in when the announcement of a $2,000 price tag for a phone seems… not that bad. Samsung on Tuesday provided more details about its new Galaxy Z Fold 2 5G, which it first showed off at a virtual Unpacked event on Aug. 5. The biggest tidbit shared during “Unpacked Part 2” was the device’s price: …
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We got our first glimpse of the Galaxy Z Fold 2 at Samsung’s August Unpacked event, where the Galaxy Note 20 and Note 20 Ultra also made their debut. Tuesday, however, Samsung went all-in on the Galaxy Z Fold 2. The Z Fold 2 boasts not one but two displays, both of which are larger than what Samsung used on …
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When big technologies like mobile phones, 5G networks and e-commerce arrive, it’s important to get in on the ground floor. That’s why the US government is establishing 12 new research centers, funded with hundreds of millions of dollars, to boost artificial intelligence and quantum computing. Congress already has appropriated most of the funds for the projects. But the White House …
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CNET’s Lynn La concluded in her review that “the Pixel 4A raises the bar for how good a budget phone’s camera can be.” Big words, and no surprise, given that this $350 phone’s 12.2-megapixel camera can take the sort of shots you’d expect to see from phones more than twice the price. But how does the camera on this budget …
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Global smartphone sales dropped 20.4% in the second quarter of 2020, according to a Tuesday report by Gartner. The coronavirus pandemic continues to impact the phone industry, the research firm says, with worldwide sales dropping to 295 million units. Out of the top five smartphone vendors, Samsung saw the biggest drop in sales. The company sold around 55 million smartphone in the second …
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India will reportedly remove Huawei equipment from its mobile networks as tensions grow between India and China over the disputed territory of the Himalayan Galwan Valley. The Indian government is concerned about Chinese investment in its networking infrastructure, the Financial Times reported Monday citing government officials and industry executives. Rather than outright banning Huawei, though, the government is more likely …
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