Samsung did something crazy last October — it introduced a midrange phone with new features its top-end devices didn’t even have. It also threw two massive launch parties for that phone, one in Malaysia and another in Madrid. The 2018 version of the Samsung Galaxy A7 and A9 weren’t new by any means. Samsung’s A phones …
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The Klipsch Reference Premiere 600M might startle you. It definitely shook me up, and I’ve heard a ton of speakers at all prices this year, and sure some of them sounded better than the RP 600M. So I’m not claiming it’s the best sounding speaker I’ve heard, just that it’s the one I can’t shake loose. I kept coming back …
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A wealth of Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales for iPhones, Galaxy, Pixel 3, OnePlus, LG and Moto phones warms my heart — who doesn’t love a deal? But the holiday sales season also casts a shadow on the good — even great — phones you can’t buy from Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint, no matter how hard you beg. In some cases, …
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Although all eyes were on Samsung’s foldable Galaxy phone last week, we’re getting closer to the release of Samsung’s next true flagship: the Galaxy S10. Samsung usually reveals the next Galaxy S phone sometime in the beginning of the year. And we may be getting more clues about what to expect as that timeline draws closer. The latest leak comes …
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The worldwide smartphone slump is officially a year old. Global shipments of smartphones tumbled to 360 million units in the third quarter, an 8 percent annual decline, market researcher Strategy Analytics said Thursday. The results mark the fourth-straight quarter that smartphone shipments have declined. The smartphone market “is effectively in a recession,” Linda Sui, director at Strategy Analytics, said in …
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Europe, the continent that gave the world Nokia, Ericsson and GSM networks, did much to build the mobile phone as we know it today. But the continent’s reign as the world leader in mobile technology has come to an end with the advent of the speediest networks the world has ever seen: 5G. Though some carriers in the US, South Korea …
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Announced in Beijing Thursday at the Forbidden City, the Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 is the latest addition to Xiaomi’s line of all-screen flagship phones. Powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor, it has a 6.39-inch display like the Mi Mix with a 2,340×1,080-pixel resolution, meaning 93.4 percent of its body is screen. (The Mi Mix 2 is just 5.99 inches, by comparison.) If you’ve been keeping up …
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The OnePlus 6T has been officially announced and here’s our review. Speaking in his native Mandarin, OnePlus‘ founder and CEO Pete Lau exudes a reserved persona, despite being only weeks away from unveiling the OnePlus 6T phone. Compared to the company’s other founder, Carl Pei, Lau carries himself more formally. Though the two look unassuming in their own ways, Pei …
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Every year after Google releases the next major update of Android, there’s a week or so of excitement about the new features. Then, after the excitement wears off, there’s a realization that you will likely wait weeks or months before your phone will get the update. Heck, my friend’s Galaxy S7 Edge ($199 at Amazon) just received the Android Oreo …
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OnePlus is expected to release its next phone in October, and as we get closer the company seems eager to give us a peak at what’s coming. On Friday, OnePlus released a teaser video for the OnePlus 6T. You can take a look below: OnePlus 6T. It’s coming. pic.twitter.com/Wrdt9sCdIs — OnePlus (@oneplus) September 28, 2018 The video is quick, but …
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