Haier showed up at Mobile World Congress 2018 eager to prove that there are still features to crank out of a wearable. The new Asu Smartwatch is boxy, bulky and hides a tiny projector. It’s not what you’re looking for if you want a sleek or stylish accessory. But the Asu is still a conversation piece. …
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Huawei is said to be gearing up to launch the next iteration of its P series phone line, which is rumored to include the Huawei P20, P20 Pro and P20 Lite. And while we’ll have to wait to see if these phones can reach the popularity of the iPhone X, there is speculation that the phones may at least resemble it. …
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Battery life will make or break any phone. But while we all say that we want a phone that will last all day, we also don’t want the battery, and the phone it holds, to be too big. To date, walking that line between a thin phone and one with marathon battery life has been a challenge. And few phones …
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I’m strapped into the shotgun seat of a Porsche Panamera, parked in a lot just outside FC Barcelona’s Camp Nou stadium. My chauffeur for the afternoon: Huawei’s Mate 10 Pro smartphone. You read that right. A phone will be driving this car. No, Huawei isn’t getting into the autonomous car business. The Chinese telecom giant set up this experiment to …
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Sprint wants to mount its comeback on the back of 5G. The fourth-largest US wireless carrier is set to roll out 5G capabilities this year to Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles and Washington, DC. With a caveat: As with T-Mobile’s own deployment this year, Sprint customers won’t be able to access 5G until the service launches in 2019. The …
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You may no longer have to shell out big bucks to get high-end smartphone features like artificial intelligence. Qualcomm on Tuesday unveiled its newest processor family, intended to bring premium features to more affordable smartphones, particularly in places like China. The Snapdragon 700 series of chips will enable on-device artificial intelligence support, improvements to the camera, and better device performance …
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On Saturday at Mobile World Congress in Spain, Alcatel announced a new portfolio of phones. If you haven’t been keeping track, Alcatel makes some wonderful Android phones that are easy on the wallet. The company’s early phones like the Idol 3, Idol 4 and 4S packed a ton of functionality at a relatively low price. Alcatel’s new phones fit into …
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Read our full review of the Nokia 8 Sirocco, the latest Nokia phone from HMD Global. HMD Global, maker of Nokia phones, laid bare its ambitions for capturing every corner of the phone market when it unveiled five new devices at its Mobile World Congress press conference in Barcelona on Sunday. Appealing to a spectrum of consumers from “The Matrix” fans and …
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It was Taiwanese tech company Asus’ turn on Tuesday to unveil its latest flagship phone at Mobile World Congress. The Zenfone 5 is a slim, sleek, attractive device, but the first thought many people had was … haven’t we seen this somewhere before? There are no two ways about it: The Zenfone 5 with its big screen and interloping notch …
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There’s no escaping the fact that the Asus Zenfone 5, and the 5Z, look almost identical to Apple’s iPhone X. There’s a copycat “notch” at the top of the screen, the edges are curved metal and the rear dual camera is in an awfully familiar portrait position. (Huawei’s rumored P20 and the Leagoo S9 will also give you iPhone X …
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