Despite the rise of TCL and the OLED-powered image quality dominance of LG, Samsung still sells more TVs than anyone, especially expensive ones. Its latest crop of QLED models, first announced at CES in January, now available for preorder and shipping soon, tries to maintain that popularity with an array of new features, designs, sizes, …
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The Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus 5G was the best-selling 5G phone in the US last year, according to market research firm Counterpoint Research. Counterpoint estimates that less than 2 million 5G-capable smartphones were sold in the US in 2019, accounting for less than 1% of overall smartphone sales. Samsung accounted for 74% of 5G phone sales, followed by LG and …
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The Galaxy Fold blew people away when Samsung showed off the device a year ago. A few days after that, Huawei added fuel to the fire with the crowd-stopping Mate X. The age of foldable phones was upon us. This year, with the Galaxy Z Flip and Motorola Razr out, there’s a modest level of interest in foldables, but not the …
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“Flagship phone” is code for “crazy-expensive phone.” Witness the latest models from the likes of Apple and Samsung, many of them priced as high as $1,000 or more. Few companies are able to effectively compete in this space, but kudos to LG for trying. The company’s G8 ThinQ arrived on the scene last year with a decidedly flagshippy price of …
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Liquid crystal displays, aka LCDs, are old. Really old. It’s been 20 years since the technology’s arrival on the TV scene, a period long enough to see the demise of CRT, plasma and rear projection. LCD is still dominating the TV market against the remaining large-screen display tech, OLED. Compared to those other technologies the main advantage for LCD is that …
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Samsung’s latest Galaxy S20, S20 Plus and S20 Ultra phones are available for preorder and will hit stores on March 6. As well as touting brilliant 120Hz AMOLED displays, 5G connectivity and a luxe design, the phones have powerful processors and cameras that can record 8K video. But one thing they don’t have is a headphone jack. Unlike their Galaxy …
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The LG V60 ThinQ 5G (pronounced “thin-queue”) is a premium phone that’s poised to compete with the Samsung Galaxy S20. Similar to the LG V50 ThinQ and the G8X ThinQ from last year, the V60 works with a Dual Screen case that essentially adds a second display to the phone. LG hasn’t announced availability dates and prices yet, but the …
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Oppo has revealed that the display on its upcoming flagship phone, the Oppo Find X2, will have a 120Hz refresh rate, the same as Samsung’s Galaxy S20 series, and a 3K screen. With Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2020 canceled due to concerns about the coronavirus, Oppo had to reschedule its phone launch, and the China-based company is now revealing details about …
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For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Update, April 22: Read our iPhone SE 2020 review. Original story follows. Apple’s next big launch event could be close, but the rumored iPhone 9 (which might be called the iPhone SE 2) might arrive in stores later than we expected. In this week’s Apple …
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LG’s next phone could be right around the corner, with a new leak potentially giving us a first look at what’s in store for the V60 ThinQ. According to a leak reported by Android Headlines, LG seems to be set to switch its lineup up with a new V-series flagship phone coming this spring, as opposed to its past pattern …
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