The Galaxy S10 in Canary Yellow and Flamingo Pink. The foldable Galaxy Fold in Martian Green. OnePlus 6T in Thunder Purple. The list goes on. Every sales figure and expert tells us that people buy phones for their camera, battery and screen. But any product designer or marketer will tell you that color and finish matter, too. …
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On Friday, Google announced that the Motorola Moto G7 is available on Google Fi, the company’s phone service. If you preorder the $299 feature-packed budget phone, you can get $50 off. Read CNET’s in-depth review of the Moto G7. The Moto G7 follows in the footsteps of last year’s Moto G6 which was also on the service. The Moto G7 is …
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And just like that, MWC 2019 is over. With it, came a huge truckload of announcements. When it came to foldable phones, we saw Huawei’s Mate X, TCL’s foldable prototype that turns into a smartwatch, Motorola’s foldable phone plans and more. Beyond that there was the HoloLens 2 and the five-camera-packing Nokia 9. For the TL;DR on what you need to know from …
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When Huawei and Xiaomi showed off their first 5G phones at Mobile World Congress, the crowds at both press conferences gasped. What caused the reaction was the price — but for very different reasons. Huawei said its Mate X will cost a jaw-dropping 2,300 euros ($2,600) when it goes on sale in the middle of the year. That’s pricier than feared, …
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Good things come to those who wait. LG’s 2018 OLED TVs, with the best picture quality CNET has ever tested, have hit new all-time lows from multiple retailers. Pricing is substantially lower than the company’s Super Bowl sale, which was significantly lower than the Black Friday price. In fact the prices below, from Best Buy, mark the lowest I’ve seen …
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This year has been one of the more eventful years for the phone industry. There’s all the hoopla about 5G phones, such as Samsung’s new Galaxy S10 5G. Support for 5G will be limited in 2019, but it should be more widely available in 2020. Foldable phones, such as the new Galaxy Fold and the Huawei Mate X, made headlines, but that too …
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Although LG Electronics announced three new midrange phones a week before the world’s biggest phone show kicked off, it was only once the show began in earnest that we were able to see the phones themselves. The LG Q60, K50 and K40 feature high-end displays and a focus on artificial intelligence. All three will feature LG’s HD+ FullVision display, the …
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LG just announced an upgraded version of the G8 called the LG G8X, which among other features is compatible with a dual screen attachment, similar to the LG V50. In addition to introducing its first 5G phone, LG showed off another premium phone, the LG G8 ThinQ, at MWC. The G8 is the company’s follow-up to last year’s G7 ThinQ …
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Pretty soon, it may not take all night to juice up your phone with a wireless charger. Qualcomm on Monday said its Quick Charge technology will be coming to Qi wireless chargers, letting them quickly fill up dead batteries. Wireless charging, while convenient, has tended to be slow. Right now it takes much longer to wirelessly charge a device than …
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At MWC, it seems like everyone’s jumping into 5G phones. Except for HTC, that is. The Taiwanese electronics company on Monday instead unveiled a 5G hotspot, called the HTC 5G Hub. It will run on Sprint’s network in the US and will let 20 people access the ultra-fast connectivity at the same time. Along with 5G (and 4G) speeds, the …
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