Perhaps a two-camera setup isn’t enough to make a flagship phone stand out in 2018. Now LG is said to be releasing a phone with five cameras. The LG V40 will reportedly come with three cameras on the back and two on the front, according to Android Police. The report says that the dual-camera front …
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The elusive LG B8 series OLED TV has quietly reared its head. The TV costs $2100 for the 55-inch and $3000 for the 65-inch sizes. It’s available now at numerous retailers nationwide and online, including Best Buy and Amazon. The B8 is the cheapest 2018 LG OLED TV yet, undercutting the C8 by $200, but it’s still really expensive. Then …
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VR still has some major problems to solve — like the pesky cord that often tethers you to a PC. But Valve, the company that’s working on three full-length VR games (you may also know it from a little thing called Steam), might soon solve the problem of being able to naturally pick up, hold and squeeze objects with your …
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When it comes to choosing an Android phone, it may seem like the go-to option is the Samsung Galaxy S9 (or S9 Plus). But there are plenty of others that don’t cost as much, including the Google Pixel 2 from 2017 and the OnePlus 6, which was released in May. The Pixel 2 is Google’s marquee phone, and starts at …
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UPDATE: Read the full BlackBerry Key2 review. In my mind’s eye, I’m a savvy career phone reviewer who can fluidly pick up and use any phone without breaking stride. In reality, the BlackBerry Key2 is kicking my ass. It’s the only new choice in 2018 for a fan of physical keyboards (you could also buy last year’s BlackBerry KeyOne), but …
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You can now preorder the LG G7 ThinQ and LG V35 ThinQ on Google’s Project Fi wireless network. Through Project Fi, the LG G7 ThinQ costs $749 (or $31.21 per month for 24 months) and the LG V35 ThinQ costs $899 (or $37.46 per month for 24 months). If you preorder either LG phone between now and July 7, Google …
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The world is now officially crazy for football (aka soccer) in the month-long, quadrennial frenzy of competition known as the FIFA World Cup. Sure, hundreds of thousands of people get to see the matches in person in Russia, but hundreds of millions more will watch on TV all over the globe. If you plan to be one of them, here …
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People who buy a new 2018 iPhone may stick with a cheaper version that has an LCD screen, not the more-expensive OLED-based phones. Apple is rumored to be working on two organic light emitting diode (OLED) screen phones for its new 2018 lineup, expected in September, and just one with a traditional liquid crystal display (LCD) screen. But the LCD version …
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Technicolor has been part of the Hollywood landscape for over a century, and now it’s aiming for prominence in your home too. Its weapon is a new format called Advanced HDR. The company faces some strong competition in your living room. High dynamic range (HDR) delivers the best home video images available today, boosting contrast and pop. Done well, especially …
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Google released an app for its Google Lens augmented reality helper on Monday, directing users to a service that provides a quick link between the real world and the digital one. The software serves as a quick-launch icon for the service, according to Droid Life, similar to an earlier app for Google Assistant. Google Lens, introduced at Google’s I/O conference in 2017, uses …
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