Samsung hasn’t officially said the Galaxy Note is gone for good, but it doesn’t have to. Just take one look at the Galaxy S22 Ultra, Samsung’s new premium phone, and you can see it’s the spitting image of the Note. The Galaxy S Ultra line has been inching towards Galaxy Note status for years. It …
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The stakes are higher than ever for Samsung’s Galaxy phones. The new Galaxy S22 and its siblings are its most advanced flagship devices ever, but the company’s slice of the premium phone market continues to shrink. If Apple’s growing dominance of expensive handsets goes unchecked, brands could back out, leaving consumers with fewer options when buying top-tier phones. You’re already …
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Motorola unveiled the 2022 version of its popular Moto G Stylus phone that has welcomed features like a high refresh rate display, a bigger battery and a higher resolution main camera. But it also comes with a less impressive processor, lacks NFC for contactless payments and runs on Android 11. All this makes for a curious hardware upgrade but the …
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Companies shipped 1.35 billion smartphones in 2021, a 5.7% increase over the previous year, market researcher IDC said Thursday. However, supply chain issues meant that fewer phones were shipped in the fourth quarter of 2021 than in the same period a year earlier. “The supply chain and component shortages started to have meaningful impact on the smartphone market as we …
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The Sony Xperia 5 III is further proof that the Tokyo-based company is heading in the right direction, delivering utilitarian phones with amenities best appreciated by photographers, audiophiles, filmmakers and creative types. None of Sony’s phones will fold or bend. They don’t have trendy finishes or a menagerie of colors. The Xperia 5 III comes in black and green, which …
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This story is part of The Year Ahead, CNET’s look at how the world will continue to evolve starting in 2022 and beyond. New phones for 2022 are already debuting left and right, and it’s barely been two weeks. During CES 2022, Samsung announced the Galaxy S21 FE, the follow-up to its popular 2020 phone the Galaxy S20 FE. OnePlus …
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For years, luxury fashion houses have strived to bridge the gap between fashion and consumer technology. Although a number of products from these brands tend to fall into the fashion side of the spectrum rather than the function, their ambitions live on. (Understandably so.) This week, Louis Vuitton launched a new consumer tech product in its latest attempt to connect …
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Editors’ note: This story was originally published on Jan. 7, 2017. In 2007, Nokia was the world’s largest phone maker. Microsoft was gearing up to launch Windows Vista. And the best new products at CES included a wireless TV and an MP3 player that streamed internet radio. Then, on Jan. 9, 2007, Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled a device that …
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Apple’s iPhones and Samsung’s Galaxy S line remain top buying choices, but they’re not the only phone-makers that are releasing fantastic handsets of their own. The industry is innovating and evolving faster than ever, from 5G connectivity to foldable screens, and all of the competition benefits us. Verizon subscribers can choose from excellent phones at a range of prices and we did some …
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The race to the top of the mobile phone market has brought fantastic handsets from companies that continue to chase the leaders that are many people’s top choices, like Samsung’s Galaxy line and Apple’s iPhones. From 5G connectivity to foldable screens, phone companies are innovating and evolving faster than ever, unveiling solutions to problems that we didn’t even know existed. And …
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