If you thought Samsung’s 8K QLED TVs were expensive, wait till you get a load of the first 8K OLED. LG’s OLED88Z9P, an 88-inch behemoth that’s both the largest and highest-resolution OLED TV available, is now available for pre-order at price of $30,000. TVs based on organic light emitting diode display tech deliver the best …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple is back in the computer monitor business. Today at WWDC 2019 the company announced a new monitor targeted toward pro users — the same folks who might want to buy the powerful new Mac Pro computer. Called the Pro Display XDR, it …
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The first thing you notice about the Nubia Alpha is its long, narrow, curved screen, which wraps around your wrist when you wear it. I had a number of curious strangers ask me about it, some who thought it was a house arrest bracelet and others who thought it looked like a watch Batman would wear. The Nubia Alpha has …
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After a rough start, Verizon, the top wireless services provider in the US, showed off the blazing speeds that 5G is capable of. Now it’s Sprint’s turn. In a bid to prove its 5G readiness, the country’s fourth-largest network operator turned on its network in areas of Atlanta, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston and Kansas City on Thursday. In the coming weeks, Sprint expects …
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I’m writing these words on an iPhone as I stand in line at a McDonalds knockoff in Taiwan. I’d rather be away from my phone, but alas time is short and this article won’t write itself. I just got out of Intel’s Computex keynote and in a moment I’ll have to zip across town to another convention center. Subsequent lines …
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Next week the tech world will converge in San Francisco for WWDC, Apple’s conference on all things iOS and Mac. But for the past week in Taipei, Taiwan for Computex, we’ve gotten a glimpse into the future of Windows PCs and laptops. The big, long-term takeaway is that single-screen laptops are possibly a thing of the past — or dual-screen …
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Dell’s premium XPS line showcases the company’s most innovative designs with the latest hardware like the new XPS 15. It’s the world’s smallest 15.6-inch performance laptop, Dell says, with the footprint of what would normally be a 14-inch laptop, and it has a starting weight of 4 pounds (1.8 kg). Dell also shed as much bezel around the display as …
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Apple iPhone rumors show the 2020 versions will have “significant changes,” according to a report. As well as the addition of 5G, the smartphone could also have 3D sensing via rear cameras, full-screen Touch ID and OLED screens from LG, MacRumors said Friday, citing a Barclays analyst who’d purportedly just met with Apple suppliers in Asia. MacRumors also said the 2020 …
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Have a new LG but prefer Alexa to Google Assistant? You now have a choice. LG announced Thursday that it has begun rolling out Amazon’s digital assistant to its 2019 line of ThinQ AI televisions. Those in North America will get the update this month, the company says, with European and Asia users getting it in “the weeks to come.” …
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UK mobile carrier EE announced its plans to launch 5G in the UK on Wednesday. The network will be switched on on May 30, with the first 5G phones available to preorder from today. EE’s initial 5G rollout will focus on six cities (London, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham and Manchester), with promises to expand to 19 cities by the end …
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