When it comes to the next era of phones, it seems like it’ll be fold times. Samsung unveiled a foldable device this week (called, ahem, the Galaxy Fold). Now rival Huawei looks set to unveil its own bendable buddy. A photo posted to Twitter on Friday appears to show workers at Mobile World Congress 2019 …
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Samsung kills Blu
Samsung announced last week that it was no longer producing new 1080p or 4K Blu-ray players. If you’re looking for the canary in the video-disc coal mine, it doesn’t get any bigger than this. Whether it’s the latest artist or the hip new show on Netflix, streaming media is the norm today, and owning a streaming movie is more convenient …
Read More »Facebook aims to quell controversy with connectivity vision at MWC 2019
At the biggest mobile show in the world, it’s easy to be blinded by the vast array of shiny new phones. They have a tendency to hog the spotlight. But look a little closer and you’ll see Facebook at MWC 2019. No, it’s not launching a phone — HTC tried that with the Facebook button-rocking ChaCha back at MWC 2011 …
Read More »Galaxy Fold dominated the Galaxy S10. Can it top MWC 2019 too?
When Samsung executive Justin Denison showed off the company’s concept foldable phone back in November, it was almost anticlimactic. The lights dimmed. Denison held the device with his right hand, and with his left, unfolded it for a short moment before folding it back up and putting it away. It was a brief and frustrating tease. On Wednesday, the Galaxy …
Read More »Don’t count on a 5G iPhone this year. Intel’s 5G modems will come in 2020
Intel won’t have 5G modem chips in phones until 2020, company executives said Friday, according to Reuters. That could mean Apple, which uses Intel modems, might not have a 5G phone until after some of its rivals. Sample 5G modem chips will go out to customers this year, but there likely won’t be consumer products available until 2020, said Sandra Rivera, …
Read More »Trump pushes for 5G
President Donald Trump says American companies “must step up their efforts” to establish 5G networks in the US, or “get left behind.” In a pair of tweets Thursday morning, the president said he wants to see 5G technology “and even 6G technology” in the US as soon as possible, adding that “there is no reason that we should be lagging …
Read More »New Galaxy S10 phones bring it: 4 rear cameras, 1TB of storage, in
Editor’s note, March 6: Our Galaxy S10 Plus review is now live and our Galaxy S10E review is ongoing. Keep reading for more about the Galaxy S10, S10 E, S10 Plus and Galaxy S10 5G. And here’s more about the Galaxy Fold, Samsung’s first foldable phone. With the Galaxy S10, Samsung celebrates its 10th anniversary Galaxy S phone by going big and …
Read More »New phone designs aim to shake up MWC 2019
Samsung wowed us with its foldable Galaxy Fold and four Galaxy S10 phones before MWC — the largest mobile conference on the planet — has even begun. But mark my words, this will be a busy, exciting show, and one that Samsung will use to share even more details about its amazing phone that unfolds into a tablet (even if you …
Read More »A closeup look at the Galaxy S10 Plus’ five cameras
The Galaxy S10 Plus is Samsung’s latest superphone, hoping to outdo the likes of the iPhone XS, the Huawei Mate 20 Pro and the OnePlus 6T by virtue of its slick design and cutting-edge tech. You can read all about the phone’s screen, design, battery and whatnot on this page, but here I want to talk all about its five …
Read More »If the foldable phones of the future look like this, count me in
I was once at an event with journalists and tech leaders when Nokia showed off an animated video of the most visionary concept of the foldable phone of the future that I’ve seen. Believe it or not, it was in 2008. The animation featured a ridiculously thin slab of glass that, after you were done sending messages and taking calls, …
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