Virtually all of the major players in the wireless industry are scrambling to tie their fortunes to 5G. Verizon will launch its 5G Home wireless broadband service next month. Sprint and LG want to bring out the first smartphone using the next-generation technology. One company is unmoved by the hype: Apple. It’s a good bet …
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Yesterday, Apple announced the iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max and iPhone XR. These three new iPhones for 2018 officially replace the iPhone X, which Apple pulled from its store after the announcement. So if you’re looking for a new “IPhone X” this year, one of these three will have to be it. While the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max have …
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LG is bringing its next flagship smartphone to the Big Apple. The Korean consumer electronics conglomerate sent out a save-the-date note for its LG V40 ThinQ launch event, to be held Oct. 3 at 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT in New York. There’s little to the message beyond the tagline, “Take 5.” Is the smartphone going to be smart enough …
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Apple‘s newest iPhones are using recycled tin in their logic boards, and cover glass that’s 32 percent bio-based plastic, the company said Wednesday during an unveiling event for the smartphones. The news marks the company’s latest attempts to mitigate the effect its products have on the environment. Lisa Jackson, Apple’s executive who oversees environmental issues, made the announcements as she …
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Apple on Wednesday announced official pricing for its newest phones, and as expected they aren’t… cheap. At the base 64GB storage capacity, the entry-level iPhone XR starts at $749, while the highest-end iPhone XS Max begins at $1,099. As the gigabytes increase, so does the damage to your wallet. Brace yourself. iPhone 2018 US pricing iPhone XR iPhone XS iPhone …
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The OnePlus 6T has been officially announced and here’s our review. A screenshot of theOnePlus 6T lockscreen featuring the in-display fingerprint reader, as confirmed by OnePlus. OnePlus The upcoming OnePlus 6T will feature an in-display fingerprint reader, the company confirmed to CNET. This will make it not only the first OnePlus phone with the technology, but also the first phone to …
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A year after Apple made huge — but pricey — changes to its smartphone lineup with the iPhone X, it may finally have a redesigned, cheaper phone for the rest of us. The company plans to host an event at 10 a.m. PT on Wednesday at the Steve Jobs Theater on its campus in Cupertino, California. During the event, it …
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Benchmark tests can give us an idea of how fast a phone performs, but not when that phone cheats to get a higher score. Underwriters Laboratories (UL), the creators of the 3DMark benchmark test, have accused Huawei of cheating on its tests. To catch Huawei, UL ran certain Huawei phones through two different benchmark tests. The first test was the …
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Two rear cameras might be the new normal for flagship phones, but it looks like Nokia maker HMD might be looking to change that soon. A leaked image on IT Home shows a Nokia-branded phone with five camera lenses on the back. Lens-maker Zeiss seems to be involved in the project, too, as its name appears below one of the …
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Looking for a new fitness tracker? Huawei may have up to three of them on the way. The first is the Huawei Honor Band 4. Huawei announced the Honor Band 4 at an event on Sept. 5 in China. The wearable has an AMOLED display, tracks your heartrate, is water resistant down to 50 meters, and is advertised as having …
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