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Nokia 9 PureView has 5 rear cameras: *yawn*

The Nokia 9 PureView has five rear cameras and that doesn’t even seem like that big of a deal. The anticipated Nokia 9 PureView is HMD Global’s newest and boldest flagship phone under the Nokia brand the Finnish startup acquired several years ago. A word of warning: HMD says this phone is a “limited edition,” …

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World’s fastest 1TB microSD card, revealed at MWC, will cost $450

Western Digital had a tiny offering for Mobile World Congress, but it sure can hold a lot of data. The 1TB SanDisk Extreme UHS-I microSDXC card is the world’s fastest flash memory option, the company said in a release. It has read speeds of up to 160MB/s and write speeds of up to 90MB/s, much like the 400GB one Western …

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Huawei sides with Trump on 5G: ‘US is lagging behind’

Huawei Chairman Guo Ping says President Donald Trump is right about the US limping toward 5G. “I have noticed the president’s Twitter, he said that US needs faster and smarter 5G, or even 6G in the future, and he has realized that the US is lagging behind in this respect, and I think his message is clear and correct,” Guo …

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Google looks to leave passwords behind for a billion Android devices

Your Android passwords could one day go the way of the floppy disk. Google and the Fast Identity Online Alliance said Monday that Android is now FIDO2-certified, meaning its devices can use fingerprints and security keys for logging in to accounts instead of passwords. The certification was unveiled at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. The change will only affect …

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Facebook and partners collaborate to bring 5G wireless internet to California homes

At the world’s biggest mobile show, the world’s biggest social network has an important mission: To spread the word about its vision to connect the world. Facebook is a familiar face at Mobile World Congress. It puts in an appearance at the Barcelona trade show every February. On Monday show the company shared a number of updates from its connectivity …

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ZTE unveils Axon 10 Pro 5G flagship and Blade V10 with a 32

Hot on the heels of LG, Huawei and others announcing their first 5G-enabled phones at MWC 2019, ZTE announced its own 5G phone on Monday too. The Axon 10 Pro 5G is the newest device from the Chinese phone-maker, which will be able to connect to the next-gen network of high-speed mobile data. The Axon 10 Pro is equipped with …

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Why OnePlus won’t be leaping into the foldable phone craze

Foldables might be the future of smartphones, but not all companies are jumping on the bandwagon. Chinese handset maker OnePlus won’t be developing a foldable phone anytime soon, CEO Pete Lau said Monday in an interview with CNET at MWC in Barcelona. That’s largely because of price.  The first foldables unveiled from Samsung and Huawei cost about double — or …

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LG shows twinning is winning with Dual Screen attachment for its 5G V50 phone

What is better than one phone? It’s not a trick question — the answer, according to LG, is two phones. Or at the very least two phone screens. For its first-ever 5G device, the V50, LG has created a novel accessory in the form of a Dual Screen attachment, doubling the amount of display at your fingertips in a trice. …

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With Mate X, Huawei hopes to unfold new reputation as innovator

After Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei’s consumer business, unveiled the company’s foldable Mate X smartphone on Sunday, the audience ooohed and ahhhed. When he announced the price – a staggering 2,300 euros ($2,600) – the audience gasped. The price tag practically makes the $1,980 Samsung Galaxy Fold, unveiled on Wednesday, a steal. Huawei is certainly giving the attendees of MWC …

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Nokia goes retro at MWC with Nokia 210, unveils 1 Plus, 3.2 and 4.2 phones too

Nokia didn’t just bring the five-camera-toting Nokia 9 PureView to MWC. The storied phone brand also introduced a whole slew of more affordable new phones on Sunday. These are the Nokia 210, which struts a familiar old-school design, and the midrange Nokia 1 Plus, Nokia 3.2 and Nokia 4.2. With its physical number keys, brick body and limited software capabilities, …

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