From phones with wireless charging and AMOLED screens to in-screen fingerprint sensors and extended battery life, you’ve never had more high-quality smartphone options than you do right now. Now that we’re in a new year (and decade !), it’s the best time to consider all the smartphone options out there from Apple, Samsung, Google and others. If you’re …
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When you think of what you love most about your phone, what comes to mind? Its brilliant screen, perhaps, which makes movies and games a joy to watch. All the cameras on the front and back that capture your memories. Maybe it’s the all-day battery life that keeps your phone humming along so you can enjoy all of the above. …
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Next year’s best Android phones from Samsung, LG, OnePlus and Google may be different, but they’ll have one thing in common — the Snapdragon 865 processor inside, which Qualcomm announced in early December at its third-annual Snapdragon Summit. While the Galaxy S11 is still months away, we already have an idea of some of the features we could see inside, including some …
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T-Mobile’s launch of its broader 5G network on Friday, which includes the sale of the $900 OnePlus 7T Pro 5G McLaren and $1,300 Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus 5G, marks a big step for the next-generation wireless technology in the US, the first to cover a majority of the nation. Unfortunately for most people, that big step is right now …
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Two digital pinballs roll slowly across the screen, one a dull grey blob, the other a dynamic orb with light and shadow dancing off its surface as it rolled. This is one demo Qualcomm used this week to show off how its new 5G chips for 2020 — the Snapdragon 865 and 765G — will upgrade gaming on your future …
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“Macro photography” is taking a photo of a subject in extreme close-up so it appears life-size or larger in the resulting image. Close-up photos are popular especially for nature photography, because they can capture details of insects, flowers and more with incredible clarity. And you can achieve this effect even with your phone camera. Using a macro lens with almost …
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OnePlus is beloved among Android enthusiasts. It hasn’t got the mass appeal of Samsung or Apple, but its phones are excellent and almost always a fantastic deal. You may know that OnePlus’ parent company BBK Electronics is also behind Vivo, a brand mostly only used in China, and Oppo, a brand that’s expanded out of China and into the UK …
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Motorola may be charging back into the premium phone game with 5G connectivity and foldable phones in 2020, but here at the end of 2019, it’s got one more midrange deal waiting in the wings. The Motorola One Hyper is a stylish new phone with a 32-megapixel pop-up selfie camera, a 64-megapixel main camera and night mode — and it’ll only …
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Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processor has long been a staple in modern Android phones (plus recently expanding again to Windows PCs). After announcing its next generation of chips on Tuesday, today we get to find out what exactly will be changing in the new Snapdragon 865 and 765. In addition to making the processors, Qualcomm is responsible for making most of …
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Motorola publicly announced a return to premium phones on Tuesday, at Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Tech Summit in Maui, Hawaii. Advances in 5G and camera prowess, supported by the just-unveiled Snapdragon 865 and 765 chips, will help give the struggling brand an way to put its foot in the door for 2020 among intense competition. With the foldable Razr launch in November, Motorola’s …
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