The Motorola Edge is close to the home stretch. Unveiled in April, the phone is due to be released in the US on July 31 when it will set you back $700. (It’s £549 in the UK.) Starting Wednesday, however, the unlocked Motorola Edge is available to preorder for $500. You can buy the unlocked …
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The LG Velvet, a polished, midrange 5G phone that first launched in South Korea, is coming to the US on AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile. The new device, which will be priced starting at $599, will hit AT&T first and be available online at the carrier starting on July 22 before arriving in stores on Aug. 7. Verizon and T-Mobile customers will …
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This story is part of Generation China, CNET’s series exploring the nation’s technological ambition. An economic powerhouse pummeled by the coronavirus. A key trade partner. A competitive threat. An authoritarian government willing to censor its citizens and violate their human rights. China bears many labels depending on who — or when — you ask. But one thing that’s clear is …
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I turned into a photographer halfway through a press event that took place somewhere above my desk. OnePlus‘ new wireless OnePlus Buds were hovering in front of me, seen through my phone screen using augmented reality tech. I could turn and look at them from different angles. I got super close. And I started taking product shots. Screenshots, yes, but …
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Update, July 27: The OnePlus Nord is here. Read our in-depth review. Original story follows. A few weeks ago, OnePlus teased “something new” was coming. At the time, it was suspected that the Chinese phone maker was cooking up a new midrange device, following its April release of the OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro. This was later confirmed on June …
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Oppo is a hugely popular phone maker in China, but it’s far from well known in the US. A sister company to OnePlus, Oppo is hoping to change that with a stream of futuristic features, which it announces with the same amount of hoopla usually attached to the unveiling of a new phone. Last year, it was an in-screen selfie …
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Update, July 27: The OnePlus Nord is here. Read our in-depth review. Original story follows. The OnePlus Nord will have a 105-degree ultrawide selfie camera, which the Chinese phone maker said Monday will save its users from the embarrassment of using a selfie stick. The phone will come with “pretty much everything you could ask for,” according to the company. View …
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Update, Aug. 3: The Pixel 4A is here. Read CNET’s review. Original story follows. Google’s expected to soon reveal the next midrange phones in its Pixel line, possibly called the Pixel 4A and 4A XL. However, a report Friday from 9to5Google suggests the search giant could be shaking up its phone lineup this year, adding a 5G version of the Pixel 4A …
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Update, July 27: The OnePlus Nord is here. Read our in-depth review. Original story follows. With just 12 days until OnePlus is expected to unveil its new smartphone, the Nord, images of the device appear to have leaked online. Citing “renowned leakster” Evan Blass, the website XDA posted images of the front and back of the supposed Nord, showing it to …
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Update, July 27: The OnePlus Nord is here. Read our in-depth review. Original story follows. OnePlus’s new smartphone, the OnePlus Nord, will be revealed on July 21. The phone, previously dubbed the “OnePlus Z Thing,” is already available for preorder. The Chinese phone-maker said it will let people watch the phone’s launch from the safety of their own homes by holding …
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