Most handset makers don’t even have one foldable phone on the market, but Chinese vendor Royole is gearing up for its second FlexPai phone, which’ll use its new third-generation display. Now playing: Watch this: Royole reveals FlexPai 2 next-gen foldable display 5:36 The company late Tuesday unveiled its new Cicada Wing display, saying it’s 50% …
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Update, March 26: The Huawei P40, P40 Pro and the P40 Pro Plus have now officially been launched. Read our first take here. Huawei isn’t letting the last-minute cancellation of Mobile World Congress stand in the way of its 2020 launch plans. Amid the extraordinary circumstances stemming from the novel coronavirus, Chinese telecom giant Huawei is pushing forward with plans to …
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Last month, Samsung announced the Galaxy S20, Galaxy S20 Plus and Galaxy S20 Ultra. Out with the old, in with the new, right? Actually, Samsung is keeping the S10 lineup, but lowering prices across the board. Result: Yesterday’s flagships are today’s deals. You stand to save $150 on each of the three models. Read more: Motorola Edge Plus is a worthy Samsung …
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I’ve watched the spread of folding-screen devices from a distance. I’ve been curious. But with high prices and weird construction and compromises, I often haven’t seen the point. That changed when I took a close-up look at some of the 2020 products boasting folding screens. The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip, and even the new folding Moto Razr, made sense when …
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Nokia’s first 5G phone will be unveiled on March 19 in London. HMD Global, which makes Nokia phones, said Thursday it’s the official phone partner for the upcoming James Bond film, No Time To Die. As part of the Bond tie-in, a new ad launching Sunday will feature Lashana Lynch’s character Agent Nomi using the Nokia 5G phone as “the …
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The Galaxy Fold blew people away when Samsung showed off the device a year ago. A few days after that, Huawei added fuel to the fire with the crowd-stopping Mate X. The age of foldable phones was upon us. This year, with the Galaxy Z Flip and Motorola Razr out, there’s a modest level of interest in foldables, but not the …
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If you’re a fan of foldable phones, February has been a good month. Motorola launched its new Razr foldable phone, with retro looks, a clamshell design and a tall folding screen. On Tuesday at the Samsung Unpacked event in San Francisco, the Galaxy Z Flip debuted, which also has a flip-phone design with a foldable screen. The Razr and Galaxy …
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Is there a hotter item right now than the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip? OK, sure, there are other folding phones, including the Motorola Razr, Galaxy Fold and Huawei Mate X — but those all cost money. CNET is giving you the chance to win a Galaxy Z Flip for zero money. (Once again, I find myself insanely jealous of you, dear readers, because I’m not …
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On Friday, the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip foldable phone went on sale just days after it was formally announced at the Samsung Unpacked Event in San Francisco. It comes out a week after the Motorola Razr — another foldable-screen clamshell phone — hit stores. The Razr and Galaxy Z Flip have a lot in common, but they’re also very different phones. …
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Last year was a tough one for foldable phones. It didn’t matter who made the devices or where they went on sale. They all saw delays, had manufacturing problems, cost a lot of money to buy and raised questions about why anybody actually would need them. Welcome to 2020. Foldables have taken a big leap forward with new clamshell designs …
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