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Google’s new Pixel 4 represents the first time that radar has appeared on any mobile phone. On the Pixel 4, it powers a motion sensor that Google uses to drive a suite of features, including gestures to control the device hands-free, and faster face unlock (but there’s a big caveat here). Google aptly calls the …

At an Oct. 15 Made by Google event in New York, Google unveiled its new pair of smartphones: the Google Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL. The phones feature face unlock and motion sensors, a 90Hz OLED display, and two back cameras. The Pixel 4 starts at $799, and the Pixel 4 XL starts at $899. Read our in-depth Pixel …

Motorola has sent out invitations to an event on Nov. 13, where the rumored foldable Razr phone could launch. Motorola said the evening event in downtown Los Angeles will feature the “highly anticipated unveiling of a reinvented icon.” The save the date is a gif showing a device being folded and unfolded. “An original unlike any other,” it reads, also …

Motorola’s upcoming flagship phone, the Moto G8 Plus, has had some details leak, according to a report. The phone will have a triple camera with 48MP sensor and laser autofocus, German publication WinFuture reported Wednesday, saying it has official pictures and details. The phone will reportedly have a 6.3-inch IPS display, a full HD 2,280×1,080-pixel resolution, a 25MP front-facing camera …

Sony‘s latest surround sound music format, 360 Reality Audio, will be coming to iOS and Android mobile devices and the Amazon Echo Studio smart speaker in late fall. Approximately 1,000 songs will be available at launch through Amazon Music HD, Deezer, Tidal and live music service Nugs.net, with more songs coming in 2020. The format will feature music from the three major …

The hot new feature in Apple’s iPhone 11, 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max phones is its ultrawide-angle camera, which lets you zoom out to fit more in your photos. It’s a super-nifty feature, but it doesn’t come cheap. The iPhone 11 starts at $699, and Huawei’s flagship phones, which have had ultrawide-angle lenses for a year now, are similarly …

You might be thinking, “didn’t OnePlus just launch a new phone?” And you’d be absolutely right. The company unveiled the OnePlus 7T only last month, a phone that sits below the existing 7 Pro ($290 at Amazon), released in May this year, offering toned-down specs at a more affordable price. And now we have another new one: the OnePlus 7T …

We knew we’d get a bunch of new laptops at Microsoft’s Surface event on Tuesday. What we didn’t know is we’d also get a new Microsoft processor, a Qualcomm-derived chip called the SQ1. That chip in the new Surface Pro X carries a message from Microsoft: It’s time for laptops to get phone-like all-day battery life, but not if that …

We already know what the Pixel 4 will look like, what new colors it will come in, how many cameras it will have and some of the cool new gesture tricks it will be packing. Given that it’s surely the most leaked phone in recent memory, it probably wouldn’t surprise you to know that a spec sheet for Google’s forthcoming …

Good news if you’re into games or video editing: Intel is whacking the prices of its high-end i9 processors as it refreshes an aging design. For example, last year’s top-end Core i9-9980XE processor costing $1,990 at retail is replaced by the $979 Core i9-10980XE. The new chips are due to arrive in November. “People were stuck in the top part …