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Editor’s Note: Check out CNET’s in-depth review of the Motorola Moto Z4. We spent weeks testing the phone and found things we really enjoyed like the battery and stuff we didn’t like the design and camera performance. The Moto Z4 phone is an anomaly. It costs $499, which puts it in competition with the midrange …

Qualcomm’s about to see more competition in the 5G chip market.  Taiwan-based MediaTek said late Tuesday it’s built its first processor that integrates the brains of a device on the same chip as 5G, 4G and other wireless connectivity, which should improve the battery life of devices. The company’s biggest customers will get samples in the third quarter of this …

Huawei isn’t just in trouble. China’s premiere maker of Android phones and networking equipment is in the kind of trouble that could break its business and detonate its ambitions of surpassing Samsung to become the world’s largest phone brand by 2020. Despite being banned from working with US companies, Huawei is confident its phone business will continue to grow without …

It hasn’t even been officially announced yet, but the Moto Z4 seems to have already landed in the hands of some customers. Read: CNET’s in-depth review of the Motorola Moto Z4 A listing for Motorola’s next iteration in the Z family of smartphones appeared on Amazon on May 27. It was spotted by a user on the Moto Z subreddit as …

Motorola is… back?  As the rest of the smartphone industry grapples with declining sales, in its fourth-quarter earnings Lenovo revealed that its mobile business group — which houses Motorola — had a profitable year and its second straight profitable quarter.  While still nowhere near as strong as the company’s PC business, Lenovo says the mobile unit was “profitable starting from …

Verizon and Samsung are both restless to get the 5G data speeds that signify a world of ludicrously fast downloads, real-time sports streaming from every angle and pin-sharp online games off the ground. Last week’s test of the Galaxy S10 5G in Chicago planted that flag for both of them, one that wavered precariously when I first tested Verizon’s then-day-old 5G network — an experience that left …

Samsung’s Galaxy S10 5G has finally arrived at Verizon.  Samsung’s first 5G phone starts at $1,300 for a 256GB version with a 512GB model available for $1,400.  Both come in “crown silver” or “majestic black,” a Verizon-exclusive hue.  We already knew that Samsung’s fastest phone would sell with Verizon first, before coming to other carriers.  Verizon ordering info is below. Note …

Motorola thinks you’ll get on board with its vision of a budget, “pure” Google phone that seems to do it all. The Motorola One Vision comes packed with camera features like a 48-megapixel shooter, a dedicated night mode promising to take clear shots and portrait lighting modes for all your photos, including selfies. Throw in Android Pie, a headphone jack …

Google can read the writing on the wall: foldable phones and devices with selfie cameras that pop up from the body are set to pick up steam in 2019, and Android has to be ready. On Tuesday at I/O 2019, Google officially confirmed that it’s including tools in Android Q that will help keep the OS humming along on phones with moving parts. …

Google’s Pixel 3A has a lot going for it.  It has an excellent rear camera similar to the one found on the Pixel 3, strong battery life and an OLED display. And at $399 for the 3A ($479 for the larger 3A XL) there is already plenty to love about Google’s latest for those looking for a new phone but …