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Huawei P30, P30 Pro credible leaked photos reveal 7.8x

Probable marketing renders of Huawei’s P30 and P30 Pro would seem to have leaked into the universe in advance of the phones’ launch at the end of March, revealing notable information about the camera setup: the P30 Pro jumps to 7.8x zoom from the 3x of the P20 Pro, and the P30 bumps to a …

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Why OnePlus won’t be leaping into the foldable phone craze

Foldables might be the future of smartphones, but not all companies are jumping on the bandwagon. Chinese handset maker OnePlus won’t be developing a foldable phone anytime soon, CEO Pete Lau said Monday in an interview with CNET at MWC in Barcelona. That’s largely because of price.  The first foldables unveiled from Samsung and Huawei cost about double — or …

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Qualcomm’s new 5G phone chips can power your AR, VR glasses

Qualcomm’s next wave of Snapdragon 855-powered 5G phones have a clever trick inside: They can power VR and AR headsets via USB-C. This could mean we’re not only looking at a whole bunch of lighter-weight tethered headsets, but a lot more affordable ones, too. At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Qualcomm announced a new initiative to connect 5G phones with …

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Oppo unveils 5G phone, 48

Oppo has officially become the next Android brand to announce a 5G phone for 2019. At an MWC 2019 press conference, Oppo said its first 5G device will use Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 855 chipset and X50 modem to latch onto 5G networks. Four carrier networks — Swisscom, Australia’s Telstra and Optus, and Singtel in Singapore — will sell the unnamed 5G Oppo phone first, …

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After Huawei and OnePlus’s success in the US, Oppo wants in

Another Chinese phone maker wants to take a crack at the US market. But this one already has a foot in the door in a roundabout way.  Oppo, one of the biggest smartphone players in China, intends to enter the US market, Alen Wu, head of the company’s overseas business, said in an interview through an interpreter. Wu wasn’t specific …

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Samsung kills Blu

Samsung announced last week that it was no longer producing new 1080p or 4K Blu-ray players. If you’re looking for the canary in the video-disc coal mine, it doesn’t get any bigger than this. Whether it’s the latest artist or the hip new show on Netflix, streaming media is the norm today, and owning a streaming movie is more convenient …

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New phone designs aim to shake up MWC 2019

Samsung wowed us with its foldable Galaxy Fold and four Galaxy S10 phones before MWC — the largest mobile conference on the planet — has even begun. But mark my words, this will be a busy, exciting show, and one that Samsung will use to share even more details about its amazing phone that unfolds into a tablet (even if you …

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Vivo’s new V15 Pro is a mixed bag of mostly good tricks

In a bold move, Vivo’s introducing its newest flagship, the Vivo V15 Pro just hours before Samsung will officially unveil its highly anticipated Galaxy S10. Based in China, Vivo is hoping to one-up the Korean giant, and from where I stand, there’s a chance it’ll actually do it, maybe not in sales, but in terms of making a more covetable …

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Xiaomi Mi 9 comes with three rear cameras and a teardrop front camera

Chinese phone maker Xiaomi’s latest flagship will stand out from the competition thanks to a few cool tricks. The phone will come with a triple rear-camera set up, for starters, and its specs already show a lot of promise. Now playing: Watch this: Xiaomi Mi 9 hands-on 2:51 The rear triple-camera set up includes a 48-megapixel main camera, a 12-megapixel …

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Samsung to stop making Blu

Samsung appears to be following the lead of Oppo and exiting the Blu-ray player market in the US. Samsung has elaborated on an earlier report that it was no longer making 4K players and has confirmed that it will also halt production on new 1080p models. “Samsung will no longer introduce new Blu-ray or 4K Blu-ray player models in the US …

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