The first wave of 5G phones have been on sale now for well over a year. That means HMD, which makes Nokia phones, is late to the party — but oh, what an entrance it’s making. The company announced the Nokia 8.3, its first 5G device, at a virtual launch event from London on Thursday, …
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Montblanc’s high-end smartwatch, the Summit 2 Plus, is beautiful. It has a lovely curved sapphire dome crystal and the materials are top-notch. The Summit 2 Plus has eSIM tech, which is something still pretty new to Google’s Wear OS watches, even if odds are you’re not going to pay $1,170 for one of them. (Huawei had the first Wear OS …
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Fooling a face-scanning phone camera may be a lot more challenging in 2021. Live-skin-sensing technology is coming to phones, promising a way to 3D scan your face — and also check to see if your face is made of actual living flesh. Trinamix, a subsidiary of German chemical company BASF SE, promises it could work with a variety of affordable …
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Standing in a holographic office space half-layered into the real room I was in, back in February, I lifted my hand to a wall full of faces of myself, pulled from Google. I dragged one across the room to where a group of people stood — some real and standing with me, others were avatars. Dragging my finger across a …
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Samsung’s Galaxy S20, S20 Plus and S20 Plus Ultra hit stores on Friday, March 6 and with it, the first big 5G launch gets underway. While the Galaxy S10 line from last year was largely 4G-focused, Samsung’s S20 phones are the first major family of devices to incorporate 5G on every US carrier, and they’re ready from the get-go to tap into …
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After Samsung’s launch event in February, preorders for Samsung’s three new Galaxy S20 phones have kicked off. The phones are set to ship out today and of the three, the Galaxy S20 Ultra is Samsung’s most premium. Its hardware includes monster camera specs, a generously sized 6.9-inch display and a 5,000-mAh battery. The phone also has a high price tag, starting at $1,399. …
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Nokia’s first 5G phone will be unveiled on March 19 in London. HMD Global, which makes Nokia phones, said Thursday it’s the official phone partner for the upcoming James Bond film, No Time To Die. As part of the Bond tie-in, a new ad launching Sunday will feature Lashana Lynch’s character Agent Nomi using the Nokia 5G phone as “the …
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More than 70 5G devices that use Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 865 processor are in the works, the chip giant said Tuesday. The tally includes already announced 5G devices like Samsung’s new Galaxy S20 lineup and Sony’s Xperia 1 II. But it also includes newcomers like Vivo’s Apex 2020 concept phone, Oppo’s Find X2 and Nubia’s Red Magic 5G. Other Snapdragon …
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Standalone VR headsets like last year’s Oculus Quest are impressive, but the next generation of hardware that looks to push far past that. Blazing-fast 5G networks are what new smartphones are using to show off crazy download speeds, and the potential on future VR and AR headsets is even greater. Qualcomm has some new details on its 5G VR reference …
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Sony isn’t letting the cancellation of the MWC phone show put a damper on its 2020 phone launch plans. The Japanese tech titan on Monday announced two new phones, including its first 5G device, the Xperia 1 II. The phone is the successor to last year’s Xperia 1 flagship and also marks a change in naming convention for Sony. The company is …
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