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iPhone 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max specs vs. Galaxy S10, Note 10 and Pixel 3 XL Android phones

Apple announced the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max at a presser on Sept. 10 in Cupertino, California. The phones have new features like a 12-megapixel front-facing camera and a faster A13 Bionic processor. In addition to the new iPhones, the tech company also unveiled the Apple Watch Series 5 smartwatch. Despite being one of the …

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OnePlus officially announces OnePlus 7T, available Oct. 18 for $599

OnePlus, the Chinese phone-maker known for its high-end devices that cost notably less than its Android or iOS counterparts, announced its second US flagship phone of 2019 in an event on YouTube Thursday. Known as the OnePlus 7T, it marks the company’s third phone of the year and belongs in the same family as the OnePlus 7 Pro and the OnePlus …

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Oculus Link will turn your Quest into a PC VR headset in November

Facebook has two new VR headsets released this year: one that’s standalone mobile, one that’s PC-tethered. The two look ready to dovetail a bit: the versatile self-contained Oculus Quest is now about to be a PC-connected device, too. At the Oculus Connect developer conference on Wednesday, the VR company announced Oculus Link. The software update, expected later this year, will …

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Xiaomi’s Mi 9 Pro is a 5G phone that costs only $520

On Monday, Chinese phone-maker, Xiaomi unveiled the Mi 9 Pro 5G. It’s a premium phone, with a blazing fast Qualcomm Snapdragon 855+ processor, a 6.39-inch AMOLED display and triple cameras on the back. That’s all on top of 5G, of course. The Samsung Galaxy S10 5G has similar features and costs $1,299. The good news here is that the Mi …

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Xiaomi’s Mi Mix Alpha is 180% screen, and it’s crazy

Screen-to-body ratio is used to denote the amount of screen compared to the size of the phone chassis itself. The higher the screen-to-body ratio, the smaller the bezel. The iPhone 11 Pro has a screen-to-body ratio of 82.1% thanks to its big ol’ notch. Huawei’s Mate 30 Pro’s ratio is 94.1%. The Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus? 91%. On Monday, …

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Movado’s latest smartwatch fits in a heart rate monitor

Movado unveiled its newest smartwatch, the Movado Connect 2.0, on Friday — the same day the Apple Watch Series 5 went on sale. Like the Apple Watch, the Movado Connect 2.0 includes a heart rate monitor and fitness tracking but runs on Wear OS by Google. The watches come in 15 styles for women and men, with 40mm or 42mm …

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Huawei Mate 30 has a premium camera, bigger battery and ‘horizon’ display

Huawei unveiled its latest premium smartphones — the Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro — on Thursday, at an event in Munich. The new phones, particularly the Mate 30 Pro, will compete with Apple’s new iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro, Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10 phones and the upcoming Google Pixel 4, launching on Oct. 15. The Mate 30 phones …

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Your new iPhone 11 doesn’t have 5G, but you shouldn’t care

You won’t see 5G on the iPhone 11, 11 Pro or any Apple iPhone until at least 2020. That’s because Apple and Qualcomm, which were until recently locked in a bracing legal battle, have kissed and made up, making a 5G iPhone possible — if a little late. Other Android phone makers, from Samsung to the lesser-known OnePlus, are hitching their …

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iPhone 11 Pro vs. Galaxy Note 10: Here’s what a $1,000 phone buys you today

Of the three new iPhones Apple announced last week, two of them — the iPhone 11 Pro (starting at $999) and the iPhone 11 Pro Max (starting at $1,099) — break the $1,000 price threshold that Apple itself helped create when it introduced the iPhone X in 2017. Since then, the $1,000 superphone has become the norm for high-end 4G devices, with premium …

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Apple Watch Series 5 hands

Update, Sept. 18: Read our full rated Apple Watch Series 5 review here. Apple unveiled the latest iteration of its fitness wearable, the Apple Watch Series 5, on Tuesday as it introduced the iPhone 11 at its annual September event. While the iPhone grabbed most of the attention, the new watch, which succeeds the Watch Series 4, adds a few new features. It will …

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