Few surprises remain about the upcoming LG V30, following a tweeted image from leakster Evan Blass which shows the phone off from all sides. From the front, the phone looks similar to the flagship G6, launched at MWC earlier this year, with a very narrow bezel on all sides. The back of the handset looks …
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YouTubers, influencers and habitual sharers, listen up. Nokia has a new phone designed specifically for you. With the newly unveiled Nokia 8, you can livestream your breakfast, lunch, dinner and everything in between straight from the camera to either Facebook or YouTube. Not only that, but you can use split-screen (or “dual sight” in Nokia parlance) to show your own …
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Now playing: Watch this: It’s real: Vivo phone scans fingerprints under the screen 1:07 First came fingerprint-enabled buttons. Next, expect screens with fingerprint sensors included. Qualcomm unveiled its own under-screen fingerprint-sensing technology at Mobile World Congress 2017 in Shanghai, and Chinese phone maker Vivo is the first to use the technology in a phone. A video, released by Vivo, shows …
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The idea of tracking kids or older loved ones with a wearable band isn’t new, but the devices out there don’t have great battery life. Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon Wear 1200 chips aim to fix some of these problems by riding a middle ground between high-end smartwatch and regular fitness band. The new chip, announced at Mobile World Congress Shanghai, uses …
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Your fingerprint scanners are going down next summer. As in they’re going below the glass and behind the back of your phone, according to Qualcomm. At Mobile World Congress Shanghai on Tuesday, the chipmaker announced new fingerprint sensors that can work underneath your phone’s display, through metal and glass, and underwater. Qualcomm expects the first commercial devices using fingerprint sensors …
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Rumor was that Samsung’s next big phone, the Galaxy Note 8, would launch in late August. Now we’re hearing that the Note 8 might have a launch date nailed down, August 26 in New York City, according to Korean site Naver (Korean). A date is significant because it suggests that Samsung will not repeat last year’s early August reveal of the poor Galaxy …
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Now playing: Watch this: New earpiece can translate eight languages 1:10 Aussie startup Lingmo is farewelling language faux pas with an earpiece that can translate eight languages, taking seconds, and it could be yours within a month. Lingmo’s Translate One2One earpiece translates spoken conversation across English, Japanese, French, Italian, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, German and Chinese, all without the need for …
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After splashing down at Mobile World Congress 2017, the Nokia 3, 5, and 6 will finally release worldwide in June. Nokia Mobile said on Twitter that eager shoppers should expect the phones by the end of next month. The new handsets represent a rebirth of the Nokia brand under its new parent company HMD Global. After Microsoft sold off Nokia …
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Global tech giants Google, Apple and Amazon have all developed their own voice assistants, and South Korea’s biggest search engine is following in their footsteps. Today, South Korean tech giant Naver announced the launch of its AI-powered “cloud voice assistant” app Clova. It was developed with its Japanese subsidiary Line, one of the world’s most popular messaging apps. Clova will …
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Livestream It’s finally happening. The Samsung Galaxy S8 was officially unveiled this morning in New York. For Samsung, the stakes are huge: After the Galaxy Note 7 battery fire fiasco, this was the company’s chance to show off its comeback phone, and it pretty much has to be a home run. The press conference just ended, but we’ve toggled back …
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