Apple’s new iPad Pro not only ditched the home button, but it also made the switch from the company’s proprietary Lightning connector to the far more common USB-C connector. Through that USB-C connection, you can use a wide range of accessories and peripherals with the iPad, including external monitors. This was something Apple talked about …
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In the moment everyone at Samsung’s annual developer conference was waiting for, SVP of Mobile Marketing Justin Dennison reached into his interior jacket pocket and pulled out Samsung’s first foldable phone. Rumored to be called the “Galaxy X” or “Galaxy F” — Samsung didn’t disclose the device’s name — this foldable phone for 2019 represents Samsung’s best chance of maintaining its position as …
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Black Friday is packed with deep discounts on TVs, and I predicted sweet sale prices on the best-performing televisions of all: LG’s OLED TVs. I was wrong. The good news is that LG’s official Black Friday sale is going on now, and its 2018 OLED TVs are at their lowest prices yet. That includes the best TV I’ve ever tested, the OLEDC8P …
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When Apple announced Tuesday that its iPad Pro had ditched the proprietary Lightning port in favor of USB-C, my eyes lit up. Lightning has had a good run, but I’d be happy to toss my collection of Lightning cables into my junk drawer alongside the ones for Firewire hard drives, VGA video and printers that perversely used those weird squarish …
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Sprint is in the midst of a “lame duck” session as it awaits a takeover by bigger rival T-Mobile. And it’s been keeping itself busy with an upgrade to — what else? — 5G . The smallest of the four national wireless carriers, which earlier this year struck a deal to be acquired by T-Mobile to create a larger No. …
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Europe, the continent that gave the world Nokia, Ericsson and GSM networks, did much to build the mobile phone as we know it today. But the continent’s reign as the world leader in mobile technology has come to an end with the advent of the speediest networks the world has ever seen: 5G. Though some carriers in the US, South Korea …
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Sprint is taking another step toward a nationwide 5G network. The carrier said Wednesday that its LTE Advanced network is now available nationwide. This upgraded form of 4G means that internet speeds are up to twice as fast as before. In addition, the company said that Gigabit-class LTE is available in more than 225 cities for phones capable of running …
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The new OnePlus 6T has already made waves by delivering a premium phone experience for close to half the cost of many premium phones. It’s not $1,000 or even $800 — it’s just $549 (about £499 or AU$774) for the 128GB model with 6GB of RAM, or $30 more for the 8GB model. Want to get the latter for just …
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OnePlus launched the next version of its flagship smartphone, the OnePlus 6T, today at a press event in New York. The phone will feature an in-screen fingerprint scanner, a Snapdragon 845 processor and a 6.41-inch display. It goes on sale Nov. 1 and starts at $549 and £499 (Australia pricing has not been announced, but that converts to about AU$774). In …
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Get ready for some sweet bargains on TVs. No, I’m not talking about no-name 32-inch junkers for $99 that require 5 a.m. fisticuffs at Wal-Mart. I’m talking about TVs that are actually good. On sale for the best prices of the year. No matter how much you’re looking to spend on a new TV — and whether you prefer going …
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