Samsung’s Galaxy A71 5G has another home at a US wireless carrier: Verizon’s joins AT&T and T-Mobile in bringing Samsung’s midrange 5G phone to its shelves. The new phone, available for preorder July 9 before being released on July 16, will be Verizon’s most affordable 5G phone yet at $650. Like the AT&T and T-Mobile variants, Verizon’s …
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For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. This was supposed to be the year 5G went mainstream. Huge swaths of the world would be blanketed with coverage. Every major handset maker — including Apple — would offer a wide variety of 5G phones. After years of hype and last year’s …
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The next iteration of Motorola‘s revived Razr flip phone will support 5G and feature a 48-megapixel camera and a 6.2-inch screen, according to specs leaked late Wednesday by noted leaker Evan Blass. The much-rumored sequel to the revival of the iconic phone was widely expected to come to North America as early as this September. When 2019’s Razr went on …
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Update, July 27: The OnePlus Nord is here. Read our in-depth review. Original story follows. OnePlus has a new phone set to hit Europe and India shortly. After spending much of the last week teasing the device on social media, the company has posted an IGTV video on its dedicated Instagram page confirming the name OnePlus Nord and reiterating that its …
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OnePlus has a new phone coming. The company has already taken to teasing its next device on Twitter and Instagram, with CEO Pete Lau posting on Tuesday that the phone will arrive first in Europe and India. Now, we have some more details on the front cameras, with a new report indicating the forthcoming phone will have two selfie cameras. According …
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In a development that oddly enough bodes well for Apple Macs, a Fujitsu machine has been named fastest in the world. The system, called Fugaku and installed at the Riken Center for Computational Science in Japan, features processors that are members of the Arm family that Apple will use in its Mac personal computers later this year. Fugaku uses Fujitsu …
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OnePlus has a new phone coming. After ramping up its teases Monday with posts about “New Beginnings” on Tuesday Pete Lau, CEO of the Chinese smartphone maker, posted an update on the company’s forum confirming a new “affordable” smartphone from the company is coming soon. “Today, I’m very excited to announce that we are bringing the premium, flagship experience that …
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5G’s not just for phones. Now, with Qualcomm’s new RB5 system, it’s also for robots and drones. The San Diego mobile chipmaker on Wednesday introduced the first 5G system with hardware, software and tools for advanced robots. The Qualcomm Robotics RB5 platform uses the company’s new QRB5165 processor for robots, and it has a companion module for 4G LTE and …
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Qualcomm on Tuesday introduced the newest 5G chip in its lineup, and this one’s targeted at cheap smartphones. The processor, called the Snapdragon 690, marks the first time Qualcomm has offered 5G toward the lower-end of its smartphone chip lineup. It’s had 5G modems for premium smartphones since 2016 (though they didn’t start appearing in devices until a couple of …
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Back in September, in a period I like to call “the before,” I tried out a prototype virtual reality headset from a Taiwanese company called XRSpace. I strapped bulky orange goggles over my eyes and stepped into another world without actually leaving the hectic Berlin conference hall that housed the IFA consumer electronics trade show. Eventually, the unit would run …
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