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OnePlus: Our first 5G phone won’t bring in the big bucks

OnePlus isn’t making a 5G phone for the money, the company told CNET in an interview last week. Instead, its first phone to access blazing 5G network speeds is part of the cult brand’s strategy to get a foot in the door as 5G develops over the next few years. OnePlus wants to be ready, …

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As Huawei CFO faces charges, company bookends 2018 with controversy

Huawei, the second-largest smartphone maker and one of the biggest telecommunications equipment suppliers in the world, had a rough start to the year. A widely expected deal to be announced at CES that AT&T would carry the Huawei Mate 10 Pro never materialized. Then reports surfaced that Verizon Wireless had also pulled out of a deal. In March, CNET reported …

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iPhone XS Max vs. Galaxy Note 9 camera comparison

In 2018, two of the best phones you can buy are the iPhone XS Max and Samsung Galaxy Note 9. If photography is your main focus, each one is ready to meet your needs with nearly identical specs: dual rear cameras, dual optical image stabilization and nifty software that makes photos and video look extra special. According to Apple, the …

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OnePlus’ 5G phone is going to cost you much more than its predecessors

If you want a 5G phone next year, you’re going to pay much more for it.  How much more? In the case of OnePlus, it could be $200 to $300 higher than this year’s flagship OnePlus 6T, CEO Pete Lau said in an interview with CNET. That’s a whopping 36 percent to 55 percent increase. The Chinese handset maker has …

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The battle for midrange phones is going to get crazier

Samsung did something crazy last October — it introduced a midrange phone with new features its top-end devices didn’t even have. It also threw two massive launch parties for that phone, one in Malaysia and another in Madrid. The 2018 version of the Samsung Galaxy A7 and A9 weren’t new by any means. Samsung’s A phones get refreshed every year with …

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Wearables market surges as shoppers jump on low prices, new products

Consumers are snapping up low-cost wearables as basic trackers add new features that bring them closer to smartwatches. Shipments of wearable devices reached 32 million units worldwide in the third quarter this year, up 21.7 percent from a year ago, according to market research firm IDC. New products from Fitbit, Garmin and Huawei along with demand in Asia helped drive growth, …

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Apple’s 5G iPhone reportedly won’t arrive until 2020

Apple will reportedly wait until at least 2020 to release an iPhone that can connect to 5G networks, fitting what’s been rumored previously. The company will hold off for up to a year after the next generation of wireless technology is deployed, Bloomberg reported Monday, citing unnamed sources. Apple opted for a similar strategy with 3G and 4G LTE, the two …

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Huawei’s StorySign app enhances story time for deaf children

Learning to read is a time-consuming and complex process for any kiddo, but the 32 million deaf children in the world face an extra challenge. They must learn how to interpret the words they see on the page without using the sound-based phonics system that most school children rely upon or being able to hear a teacher or parent repeat …

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Samsung, Verizon will partner on 5G smartphone in first half of 2019

One of the world’s first 5G phones will be coming to the US from Samsung and Verizon.  The two companies on Monday said they plan to bring a device able to tap into next-generation cellular technology to the US market in the first half of 2019. They didn’t give details about what the device will look like, what it will …

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Samsung’s new Infinity

Samsung was never a big fan of the notch. Instead, it released its “Infinity Display” starting with the Galaxy S8. The Infinity Display is a curved display with thin bezels on the top and bottom to create more screen space on phones. Now it seems like Samsung is ready to get rid of bezels entirely with its new “Infinity-O” design. …

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