Samsung and Huawei were among the companies making a big fuss about foldable phones at MWC back in February, but an analyst reckons they won’t take over the smartphone market for quite a while. Foldable phones will hit 30 million units by 2023, accounting for 5% of the high-end phone market, Gartner predicted Monday. Roberta …
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The future of 5G on the iPhone is getting messy. Starting in 2016, Apple used chips from both Intel and Qualcomm to power its iPhone’s modem, connecting it to 4G cellular networks. But in 2018, the company switched entirely to Intel’s wireless chips for its $999 iPhone XS, $1,099 iPhone XS Max and $749 iPhone XR. And it’s believed the …
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Samsung’s three S10 phones — the Galaxy S10E, Galaxy S10 Plus and the standard Galaxy S10 — are excellent overall. I love the screens, the design and the overall camera photography. You can read my ode to the Galaxy S10’s five best features here. But — and you knew this was coming — not every feature or design element is smooth sailing. This …
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In this week’s Apple Core rundown we’re taking a look at the latest iPhone 11 rumors and why Apple may have to wait even longer to bring 5G connectivity to the iPhone. Also: Why Apple’s new Powerbeats Pro could give the AirPods 2 a run for their money, and how the demise of the AirPower mat has spawned a new …
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It’s no secret that Huawei wants its new P30 Pro to outsell the Galaxy S10 Plus, the first great phone of 2019. In January, the CEO of Huawei’s consumer business, Richard Yu, said the company plans to snatch Samsung’s coveted title as world’s largest smartphone brand by the end of 2020, or “this year at the soonest.” That desire to displace Samsung …
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Huawei has new goals for the company, namely world domination. “[Huawei] has arrived at a brand new stage,” Huawei CEO Richard Yu said in a press release Wednesday. “Huawei and Honor are likely to become the world’s largest smartphone manufacturer this year.” To achieve its top goal of becoming the No. 1 smartphone manufacturer, the Chinese smartphone giant has to come …
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The Apple Card, Apple’s new digital and physical credit card, is a bold, brilliant move that reimagines credit card payments on the iPhone. What makes the move so gutsy has nothing to do with the service itself and everything to do with drawing you deeper into Apple’s ecosystem. The Apple Card’s benefits sound immediately appealing: Apple promises security measures designed to …
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The Galaxy S10 Plus (and the Galaxy S10 family in general) have received a ton of attention in recent months, and with good reason. However, the arrival of the Huawei P30 Pro steals some of the limelight. The two cell phones share many of the same features: water resistance with IP68 certification, wireless charging, reversible charging, Android Pie, an octa-core processor, …
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If you’re on the fence about which Galaxy S10 phone to buy, you have a tough choice ahead of you. The Galaxy S10, Galaxy S10 Plus and Galaxy S10E are all excellent phones on sale right now. Then there’s the foldable Galaxy Fold coming out April 26 and the Galaxy S10 5G that will sell some time this summer (Q2, specifically). With so many Galaxy phones, how …
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Phone prices are soaring year over year, and trends suggest they’ll only get more expensive. The OnePlus 7 Pro is the latest handset to demonstrate that phone prices aren’t just rising a little more with each model, but that they’re taking advantage of a shift in the current mobile landscape that includes 5G devices and foldable phones to boost prices. …
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