Huawei may start to sell its Mate X foldable phone as soon as next month, said CEO Richard Yu in a briefing at IFA on Friday. Yu said he’d hoped the phone would be on sale already, but because of the rollout of 5G and the need to give app developers time to adapt their apps to …
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Nokia’s first 5G phone could be your affordable route to next
Nokia phone maker HMD said on Thursday at IFA in Berlin that we can expect to see its very first 5G phone make an appearance in 2020. The phone will be both “affordable” and “premium,” according to HMD CEO Florian Seiche, speaking at the company’s press event. Until now, 5G phones have for the most part been expensive, high-end devices …
Read More »Not ready to commit to foldables? LG’s Dual Screen could be an ideal compromise
At Mobile World Congress in February, LG unveiled an intriguing Dual Screen attachment for its first 5G phone, the V50. It wasn’t the sleekest, sexiest accessory we’ve ever seen, but it did transform an otherwise dull phone into a more compelling device. At IFA here in Berlin this week, the Dual Screen is back as a companion for the freshly unveiled LG …
Read More »Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 may go on sale in September
Microsoft revealed its HoloLens 2 at Mobile World Congress earlier this year, and now we know when we’ll be able to get our hands on it. During a speech at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, executive vice president Harry Shum revealed that its next-generation augmented reality headsets goes on sale in September, Reuters reported. The updated HoloLens is …
Read More »Axon 10 Pro: ZTE’s ‘comeback phone’ available in US for $549
The Axon 10 Pro, which debuted in February at MWC 2019 as ZTE’s first 5G handset, is coming to the US. But instead of having 5G connectivity, the device will be sold unlocked as a 4G phone through ZTE, Newegg and B&H Photo’s online stores. Already being sold in Germany, this variant of the Axon 10 Pro starts at $549 (8GB/256GB). There …
Read More »How 5G can save lives by aiding first responders
5G could mean the difference between night and day for firefighters. With smoke, flames and a claustrophobic mask on, running into a burning building is a leap of faith. Firefighters are taught never to leave the wall, because they could become disoriented, run out of air and die. “The way we used to look for people was almost as if …
Read More »TCL could be a new player in foldable and 5G phones, according to leaked roadmap
Ready for more 5G and foldable phones? Whether you are or not, more companies seem set to join Samsung and Huawei next year. In a set of tweets Monday, noted leaker Evan Blass shared images of TCL’s upcoming T1 phone as well as a leaked roadmap depicting the Chinese company’s phone plans through much of 2020. The TCL T1. Evan Blass …
Read More »How 5G got tied up in a trade war between Trump and China
What do 5G and the Chinese telecom-gear maker Huawei have to do with the escalating trade war between the US and China? In a word: everything. 5G, the next generation of wireless, will not only allow you to download an entire season of Stranger Things in minutes, but also serve as the foundation to support the next generation of infrastructure, including …
Read More »Microsoft is closing down its internet games on Windows
Farewell, Microsoft Internet Games. The tech giant is shutting down the internet games Hearts, Spades, Checkers, Backgammon and Reversi, as well as MSN Go on various versions of Windows including XP, ME and 7. The games will disappear from Windows XP and Windows ME on July 31 but won’t fade from Windows 7 until Jan. 22, as reported earlier by …
Read More »Europe’s 5G difference: Unlimited data without a big surcharge
We can thank Europe for building much of what made the modern mobile phone. Companies like Nokia and Ericsson built the first blockbuster devices, and the continent gave us GSM, the network technology used around the world. With the latest generation in mobile data speeds, though, Europe isn’t leading, it’s following. Over the past year the US and South Korea …
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