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Calling all fitness freaks: Samsung’s Gear Sport, Gear Fit 2 Pro want you

Samsung’s long appealed to the fashionistas with its smartwatches. It now wants to go after the jocks too. When Samsung first jumped into wearables three years, it took pains to emphasize the look of its Gear smartwatch. It partnered with a fashion designer to make special accessories to go with the watch, and it sought …

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BlackBerry all

The BlackBerry KeyOne will soon get a pal. BlackBerry phone manufacturer TCL will release a companion to the KeyOne in October, with at least one major difference — it won’t have a keyboard. “Two months from now, we will have a touchscreen solution to show,” François Mahieu, head of global sales for TCL, said in a briefing at the IFA tech …

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IFA 2017 preview

In between gawping over the new Samsung Galaxy Note 8 and waiting for Apple to invite us to the unveiling for its new iPhone(s), CNET heads to Berlin this week for the biggest, oldest and oddest technology show in Europe. Miss IFA enjoys technology, the color red and smiling. Messe Berlin First held in 1924 as the “Berlin Radio Show,” IFA …

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Intel bets on a big speed boost for 8th

Intel is very concerned that you may be using a five-year-old computer. The company claims there are at least 450 million computers still in service that are five or more years old. So, one of the big selling points for the just-announced 8th generation of Core i-series CPUs is that these new chips are twice as fast as those found …

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LG V30 may replace second screen with a ‘floating bar’

LG is expected to unveil its high-end V30 phone later this month during the IFA tech show, but it may look a little different than past generations. Most notably, the V30 is reported to lose the V series’ unique second screen for some sort of “floating bar,” according to Android Authority. The V series is LG’s most advanced line of phones. …

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LG’s new flagship to feature OLED display

LG‘s next flagship phone, rumoured to be the V30, will mark the company’s first OLED phone since 2015. Announced August 3 in Seoul, South Korea, the phone will come with a 6-inch screen, but unlike the company’s previous OLED phone, the LG G Flex 2, it will not be flexible. “Expertise in OLED has long been a core competency of …

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LG V30 may go on sale September 28

LG is expected to announce the LG V30 on August 31 at the IFA 2017 conference in Berlin, but you may have to wait another month before you can get your hands on the phone. The LG V30 allegedly won’t go on sale until September 28, reports Android Authority. The LG V series is the brand’s most premium line of …

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LG V30 to be unveiled August, likely at IFA 2017

It looks like LG is readying itself to reveal its next big phone. The company sent out save-the-dates for August 31 in Berlin, with an image that outlines a sleek and glowing letter V. This would be a not-so-subtle nod to LG’s series of premium V-series phones; the new phone is expected to be called the V30. Judging by the …

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LG V30 could lose its most defining feature

LG may be shaking up the look of its most premium phone. A new rumor says that the LG V30, the unannounced follow-up to last year’s LG V20, may have more in common with the LG G6 than with the V20 itself. Renderings that come from well known mobile tipster OnLeaks suggest that the V30 will lose the secondary display above …

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Galaxy Note 8 rumored to launch August 26

Rumor was that Samsung’s next big phone, the Galaxy Note 8, would launch in late August. Now we’re hearing that the Note 8 might have a launch date nailed down, August 26 in New York City, according to Korean site Naver (Korean). A date is significant because it suggests that Samsung will not repeat last year’s early August reveal of the poor Galaxy …

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