More details of Samsung’s rumored foldable phone for 2019 have trickled out: It may be codenamed “Winner,” and when folded have cameras on the back and a small display in front. That news comes from an unnamed source, speaking to the Wall Street Journal. The source reiterates previous rumors we’ve heard: It will be a seven-inch …
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Amazon Prime Day is winding down. The deals below will end Tuesday at 11:59 p.m. PT (Wednesday, 2:59 a.m. ET). Be sure to keep a close eye on this post for the rest of today, as we will be updating it with new deals as we find them. Also, read our overview of the best Prime Day deals from every …
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Update, July 18: Prime Day officially ended at midnight PT (3 a.m. ET). Nearly all the deals featured below have now expired. Check out our roundup of Prime Day deals still available for a curated list of the best remaining bargains. Disclaimer: CNET may get a share of revenue from the sale of the products featured on this page. Phones …
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ZTE is finally, officially free of the crippling US ban that threatened to sink the entire Chinese telecom company. It’s been a long, painstaking process, but the US Department of Commerce announced Friday that the company has deposited the final $400 million in an escrow account — and so the ban is lifted. That $400 million, which will be held …
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Now playing: Watch this: How to use Alexa on your iPhone 1:47 Alexa has started to turn up in some unusual places, from the dash of new cars, to televisions and appliances. But one of the more predictable moves is Alexa coming to phones. Amazon made a Moto Mod for Motorola’s modular Moto Z ($220 at Amazon); Huawei put Alexa on …
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So, you just got your Galaxy S9 Plus with dual rear cameras. Or maybe you went all out and got the Huawei P20 Pro with three cameras. Well, you’re about to get a case of phone-camera-envy anyway. Camera manufacturer Light is reportedly working on a prototype phone with nine rear cameras, according to The Washington Post. Light will reportedly release …
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Xiaomi reportedly plans to enter the US market in 2019, even as its competitors find themselves trapped in a political web. The Chinese phone company’s senior vice president, Wang Xiang, told Reuters Tuesday that Xiaomi is starting work on developing devices for the US. “Next year we hope we can do something there,” he said. The timeline may face challenges, …
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5G is the next tech revolution. Slated to launch around 2020, Huawei is getting a head start. The company’s first 5G phone will go on sale next year, it announced at Mobile World Congress Shanghai, sometime before the end of June 2019. It’ll follow Huawei’s first 5G Kirin chip, which it says will come in March. Earlier this year, 18 …
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If you’ve been eagerly waiting to experience photography with the Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium, your wait will soon be over. The phone is slated to ship at the end of July for $1,000 — and if you buy from Amazon, it’ll toss in the new, completely wireless Xperia Ear Duo headphones. The phone made a splash when it was announced …
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Cameras have become one of the most important features on our phones. In phones’ early days, cameras were an afterthought — the original iPhone didn’t even record video. But now phone cameras can record 4K video, slow-mo and shoot beautiful portrait photos with artistically blurred backgrounds (bokeh). Phone makers have largely improved phone photography in two ways. The first was …
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