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Now playing: Watch this: Obsessed with Instagram? LG G6 has an app for you 1:41 LG showed off its new flagship phone at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Sunday. In addition to high-end specs, the LG G6 ($150 at Amazon) is packed full of new features. One of those features is a new camera …

Now playing: Watch this: LG G6 is water-resistant, with a whole lotta screen 2:19 The LG G6 ($150 at Amazon) brims with promise. It’s got an extra-tall display with an 18:9 screen ratio, but is narrow enough that even small-mitted people like me can use it one-handed. Dual cameras on the back, a water-resistant body and wireless charging (US-only) help …

A thin frame around a display with rounded corners, wireless charging, a dual-camera setup and a water resistant body. Sound familiar? No, it’s not the rumored iPhone 8. It’s LG’s newest flagship phone. LG on Sunday unveiled the G6 at Mobile World Congress at the packed Sant Jordi Club by Barcelona’s old Olympic venue. It will likely be one of …

Now playing: Watch this: Capture your world in super slow motion with Sony’s new… 1:32 This year’s Mobile World Congress has barely kicked off and we’ve already seen some great hardware from the likes of LG and Sony. I’ve put Sony’s shiny new flagship — the XZ Premium — up against the more affordable Xperia XZS, LG’s G6 and the …

Now playing: Watch this: LG G6 is water-resistant, with a whole lotta screen 2:19 LG’s latest marquee phone is coming to a carrier near you. A handful of US carriers will carry the LG G6, which was announced at Mobile World Congress today. The phone features premium specs and an expansive 5.7-inch display. Both Verizon and T-Mobile said that the …

The show floor for Mobile World Congress, the world’s biggest showcase for wireless technology and mobile devices, doesn’t officially open until Monday. But like all good trade shows, “day zero” is press conference day. The elephant in the room at the 2017 show is the phone that isn’t here: the Galaxy S8. But Samsung teased the phone at the end …

The pitch has always been a simple one: Place your phone down and watch it charge automatically, without the fuss of finding an outlet or connecting a power cord. The reality of wireless charging, however, has been anything but. Differing technologies and incompatible standards have hindered broader adoption of wireless charging. It was good enough to work in Oral-B electric …

5G’s coming — and it will be here faster than predicted. 5G New Radio (5G NR), a flavor of the next-generation wireless network that’s expected to be the global standard, should be available for large-scale deployments in 2019, a year earlier than anticipated, nearly two dozen companies said Sunday. The companies who’ve vowed to reach a standard for 5G for …

Nokia. Knock-ia. Know-kia. Noh-keea. However you pronounce it, few companies (other than Motorola, of course) have been so influential in creating the cell phone that we use today. Apple, LG and Samsung may get all of the glory now, but Nokia dominated the mobile industry for two decades. When I started at CNET more than 10 years ago, a week …

Editors’ Note, February 24, 2017: Official pricing for LG’s 2017 OLED TVs has been announced and it starts at $3,500, $1,000 more than indicated in the article below. Aside from the addition of this note, this article has not been updated. Looks like you’ll pay at least $500 more to own a 2017 LG OLED TV compared to the 2016 …