A Senate hearing on Wednesday was supposed to put Facebook and Twitter under the microscope, but Chinese device makers Huawei and ZTE ended up catching some of the flak, too. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg came to Capitol Hill to offer insight about how foreign governments are using their sites to …
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The brand new Galaxy Note 9 and 10-month-old iPhone X have a lot in common — especially when it comes to photography. Both have dual rear cameras, portrait mode, dual optical stabilization and cost $999 in the US. As such, photos and videos from the two phones are fantastic. Galaxy Note 9 and iPhone X prices US price UK price …
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The Apple Watch is on top. Apple captured 17 percent of the global wearables market in the second quarter, shipping 4.7 million devices, according to a report Tuesday from market researcher IDC. That slab of share kept Apple in the No. 1 slot. Now playing: Watch this: 9 rumors about Apple Watch 4 you need to know 1:48 Apple maintained its …
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Samsung’s mobile strategy has served it well over the years, making it the top phone maker in the world by no small margin. But that doesn’t mean the company is content to coast along — in fact it is shaking up its midrange phone strategy to make devices more appealing to millennials. Samsung is looking to bring more cutting-edge features …
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The OnePlus 6T is expected to launch in October, and we’re already hearing rumors about the phone’s flagship new feature: an in-display fingerprint sensor. Pictures of an alleged OnePlus 6T retail box showed up on Chinese social media site Weibo. The box includes the OnePlus 6T logo and a sketch that may show the design of the phone. In the …
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According to its latest financial report, gaming-lifestyle company Razer seems happy enough with the response to its debut gaming-oriented Razer Phone to promise investors there will be sequel. Per its Interim Results 2018 report (PDF): With the launch of the Razer Phone in late 2017, Razer has since been widely recognised as the industry forerunner with the foresight of recognising …
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High-end smartphones at a fraction of the cost of Apple’s $999 iPhone X or Samsung’s $1,000 Note 9. A phone aimed at mobile gamers. A colorful device with a physical keyboard. These are the phones that emerged at consumer electronics show IFA, typically known for appliances, televisions and other gadgets. This year, though, a handful of handset makers used the …
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Huawei will launch its next flagship phone, the Mate 20, at an event in London on Oct. 16, CEO Richard Yu announced at IFA on Friday. In an image for the event, the company teased the outline of a phone that looks as though it has almost no bezel. The Mate range is the larger of Huawei’s two flagship phone …
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For many years, Europe’s biggest electronics show, IFA, was the place Huawei chose to unveil a new Mate, the biggest of its flagship phones. That’s not the case in 2018. We won’t see the Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro, the latest in the series, until the fourth quarter. But to whet our appetites, Huawei did give us a preview of what’s …
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Never one to shy away from baffling decisions, Huawei has launched pared-back Lite version of its Mate 20 phone — before it’s actually unveiled the proper Mate 20. The Mate 20 Lite has a decent lineup of specs for a midrange handset. Beyond the 2,340×1,080-pixel 6.3-inch display, the phone packs a 20-megapixel rear camera paired with a secondary 2-megapixel camera …
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