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iPhone XS vs. XS Max vs. XR: Buy your best iPhone for 2018

Our full review of the iPhone XR is here. How does it compare to the iPhone XS and Pixel 3? We answer that and much more in our exhaustive review.  You want the best new iPhone for your lifestyle, but which one should you buy? Great question. The iPhone XS, XS Max or iPhone XR lineup is a …

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iPhone XS, XS Max launch, drawing smaller crowds but plenty of fans

The crowds might be smaller than at last year’s iPhone X launch, but if you thought 11 years of launches would lessen the die-hard Apple fandom, think again. Apple’s newest iPhone models — the snappily named iPhone XS (that’s “ten S”) and iPhone XS Max — are hitting stores around the world on Friday (officially knocking the iPhone X out of …

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Apple lets you interact with iPhone XS and XS Max without leaving the house

If you don’t want to brave the launch day crowds to check out the iPhone XS and XS Max, no worries: Apple has a way to let you experience them virtually. You can spin it, check out colors and compare sizes. Apple/Screenshot by CNET The company’s new microsite, which only works on the mobile versions of the Chrome or Safari …

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Huawei hijacked Apple store queues to hand out its own chargers and juice

Apple isn’t known for its iPhone’s battery capacities — and Huawei wants to help.  The Chinese phone maker took to the streets outside Singapore’s Apple Store to give out power banks to buyers queuing to be one of the first to get Apple’s newest iPhones, and conducted a similar stunt in London this morning with a “juice” van offering both electricity …

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Leaked pics of Huawei’s updated Freebuds show wireless charging on Mate 20 phone

Looks like Huawei’s upcoming flagship phone, the Mate 20 Pro, might have company when it’s officially unveiled on Oct. 16.  Leaked pictures posted Wednesday on German site Winfuture.de appear to show an updated version of the company’s totally wireless earbuds, called Freebuds. The earphones, which look a lot like Apple’s AirPods, can be charged in their case by USB-C or …

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Gadget season: What Apple, Google, Samsung, Microsoft, Amazon, Razer are bringing this fall

Apple. Google. Amazon. Microsoft. Samsung. Huawei. Razer. Nokia. Facebook.  The world’s tech companies are announcing so many gadgets we don’t know where to start. We’ll be bringing you back-to-back-to-back coverage this fall — and here’s our guide to when and where it’s all going down. Apple is asking us to gather round for its latest event.  Apple (Sept. 12) This …

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Samsung’s Galaxy A7 sports company’s first triple camera

Samsung’s first triple-camera phone is ready for its close-up, err ultra-wide angle. The Korean electronics giant late Wednesday unveiled its latest Galaxy A7, a midrange smartphone with a rear triple camera that features a trio of settings, one of which is an 8-megapixel 120-degree option. The triple camera offering had been rumored to be a major feature of next year’s …

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Samsung leak suggests an affordable triple

It seems like the Galaxy S10 Plus might not be Samsung’s first triple-camera phone. Purported leaked press images of the Samsung Galaxy A7 for 2018 have been shared by Dutch blog GalaxyClub, and one of the first things you may notice is its three rear-camera setup. Phones with triple cameras are still pretty rare in 2018. The Huawei P20 Pro …

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iPhone XS and XR: What Apple didn’t give us

In the months leading up to the launch of the new iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max and iPhone XR, there was the usual chatter — some of it based on potentially credible leaks — about what features we might get in Apple’s next-generation iPhones. Many of the rumors proved accurate. As predicted, we indeed got three new iPhones, including two …

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iPhone XS’ industry

To get an idea of how small the electronic elements are on the Apple A12 Bionic chip at the heart of the iPhone XS, XS Max, and XR, first squint really hard at a human hair. It’s thin, obviously. But it’s still thick enough that you could fit about 10,000 of an A12’s electronic components across its width. That miniaturization …

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