Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says in a research note that iPhones will likely get a periscope-style telephoto camera lens in 2022 if lens suppliers Semco and Sunny Optical join the Apple supply chain this year, according to reports from MacRumors and 9-to-5 Mac. This means that a much better camera could be coming to iPhones, with …
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This story is part of Generation China, CNET’s series exploring the nation’s technological ambition. An economic powerhouse pummeled by the coronavirus. A key trade partner. A competitive threat. An authoritarian government willing to censor its citizens and violate their human rights. China bears many labels depending on who — or when — you ask. But one thing that’s clear is …
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China could retaliate against European telecom equipment makers Nokia and Ericsson if the European Union bans Huawei from member states’ 5G networks, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday. That comes after the UK followed the US in blocking the embattled Chinese company‘s gear from its next-generation wireless network. The Chinese Ministry of Commerce is considering placing export controls on Finland’s …
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This story is part of Generation China, CNET’s series exploring the nation’s technological ambition. Until a couple of years ago, if you’d heard of Huawei — and that’s a big if, depending on where you live — you probably knew it only as a maker of phones, an upstart rival to reigning phone giants Apple and Samsung. But lately Huawei …
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A blurry render of Samsung’s rumored Galaxy Fold 2 was shared Monday by mobile leakers on Twitter. The image, which is allegedly an official render from Samsung, appears to show the phone in a bronze or gold color. We can also see part of the phone’s cover display and part of its rear-camera setup. The render also appears to …
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This story is part of Generation China, CNET’s series exploring the nation’s technological ambition. China wants a shiny new internet — and you may like what the country has in mind. Its plan promises a network fast enough to show you as a live hologram in a video chat, secure enough to block data deluge attacks that crush websites, flexible …
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The Trump administration has announced US visa restrictions on Huawei workers such as the refusal or revocation of a visa. The rules will be imposed on those employees of the Chinese tech giant “that provide material support to regimes engaging in human rights violations and abuses globally,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told journalists Wednesday. “The state department will impose …
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This story is part of Generation China, CNET’s series exploring the nation’s technological ambition. China is moving full steam ahead on 5G, barely slowed down by a pandemic that has ravaged the world. This is setting up a race between the nation and the US, which led the way with 4G cellular technology and wants to keep its pole position …
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It’s official. Samsung will unveil its newest mobile devices — likely the Note 20, Galaxy Z Fold 2 and a confirmed 5G version of the Galaxy Z Flip — during a virtual Unpacked event on Aug. 5. The company on Tuesday said it will host a live, digital event at 10 a.m. ET/7 a.m. PT at www.samsung.com. The plan follows similar moves by …
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Samsung’s follow-up to the Galaxy Fold will be called the Galaxy Z Fold 2, according to report Monday from SamMobile. The small change to naming convention would put the rumored foldable phone more clearly under Samsung’s Galaxy Z line along with the clamshell Galaxy Z Flip. Samsung may reveal the Galaxy Z Fold 2 on Aug. 5 at a virtual …
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