LG teased its V40 ThinQ on Thursday, emphasizing its five cameras, color options and texture, even though it’s not due for a full reveal until next Wednesday. The successor to the LG V30 has three cameras on the back and two on its front, though only the former can be seen in the teaser video. It’s …
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A brand-new Nokia phone is arriving next month. On Thursday, HMD Global (the company behind Nokia phones) sent out invites for an event on Oct. 4. In the invite it says it’s welcoming “the latest addition to the Nokia smartphone family.” So it seems pretty clear that the company will unveil a new Nokia phone, but which one? Perhaps we’ll …
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Qualcomm’s Toq smartwatch was so big it dwarfed my wrist. Rectangular and thick, it weighed down my arm and almost restricted my motion. I had to cut the wrist band, which contained the battery in the clasp, to precisely fit my wrist. It was a watch that only an engineer could love. And I sure wasn’t an engineer. That, in …
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Batteries are our lifeblood. Lithium-ion power cells, first commercialized by Sony in 1991, enable nearly every 21st century convenience: Phones, laptops, wireless headphones, cordless power tools — even electric vehicles. But like the other great conveniences of our modern age — automobiles and air travel — on the rare occasions lithium batteries go wrong, they can go catastrophically wrong. Just …
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Virtually all of the major players in the wireless industry are scrambling to tie their fortunes to 5G. Verizon will launch its 5G Home wireless broadband service next month. Sprint and LG want to bring out the first smartphone using the next-generation technology. One company is unmoved by the hype: Apple. It’s a good bet that the consumer electronics titan, …
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So long, small phones! It’s been real. On Wednesday, Apple announced its trio of new iPhones, and with it, the company put the final nail in the coffin for rebooting a small, pocketable iPhone. That’s because the new lineup includes the 5.8-inch iPhone XS, the 6.1-inch iPhone XR and the 6.5-inch XS Max. Suddenly, last year’s biggest iPhone is now …
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Apple reportedly chose LG Display as its second supplier for organic light-emitting diode (OLED) screens used in the upcoming iPhone XS and XS Max. Apple gave the South Korean company the thumbs-up after its OLED panels passed the iPhone maker’s quality tests, according to Reuters, which cited an article in the South Korea-based Electronic Times that used an unidentified source. The …
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LG is bringing its next flagship smartphone to the Big Apple. The Korean consumer electronics conglomerate sent out a save-the-date note for its LG V40 ThinQ launch event, to be held Oct. 3 at 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT in New York. There’s little to the message beyond the tagline, “Take 5.” Is the smartphone going to be smart enough …
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Apple on Wednesday announced official pricing for its newest phones, and as expected they aren’t… cheap. At the base 64GB storage capacity, the entry-level iPhone XR starts at $749, while the highest-end iPhone XS Max begins at $1,099. As the gigabytes increase, so does the damage to your wallet. Brace yourself. iPhone 2018 US pricing iPhone XR iPhone XS iPhone …
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In addition to the iPhone XS Max and the more affordable iPhone XR, Apple unveiled its latest flagship iPhone XS phone Wednesday at a keynote event in Cupertino, California. The new phone (pronounced “10-S”, not “excess”) features a 5.8-inch OLED HDR display, a faster and more efficient A12 Bionic chip along with improved photos and video technology. Preorders start Friday …
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