This year is officially the year when foldable phones are taking the stage in earnest. At MWC 2019 for instance, which wrapped up last week, we learned about a bunch of new foldable phone ambitions from Huawei, TCL and Motorola. And while Samsung isn’t the first to release a mass-market foldable phone (that honor would …
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If I told you the phones of tomorrow will be a slab of glass with no buttons, no ports and a full-display underscreen fingerprint sensor, you’d probably tell me I was dreaming. But I’m not. Chinese phone-maker Vivo’s Apex 2019 concept is all that and more. I’ve just had the chance to try out this 5G phone, and I’m pretty much blown …
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I’ve been reviewing the Galaxy S10E since Tuesday afternoon, sharing my thoughts on photos, screen quality, the new fingerprint reader and the camera quality. So far, I see a 5.8-inch powerhouse of a device in a much smaller package than most of the phones you can buy today. (After all, the small phone is dead.) I really like the Galaxy S10E. …
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Editors’ Note, May 14, 2019: CNET’s OnePlus 7 Pro review is here. Read more about the new phone from OnePlus. The upcoming OnePlus 7 phone may’ve just been revealed in full. On Friday, serial leaker OnLeaks tweeted purported renders of the phone, along with a listing showing some specs and a $569 price. The renders and information appear to …
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Editors’ note, April 15: Our Galaxy S10 Plus review is live, as is our Galaxy S10E review. Keep reading for more about the Galaxy S10, S10 E, S10 Plus and Galaxy S10 5G. And we just went hands-on with the Galaxy Fold, Samsung’s first foldable phone. Foldable phone fever is an epidemic sweeping through the Mobile World Congress phone trade show in Barcelona. Last …
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Apple said Thursday that its star witness in a patent trial against Qualcomm doesn’t intend to appear in court anymore, a striking twist in the long-running legal battle between the two tech giants. The companies are fighting over three patents that Qualcomm says Apple infringed in the development of some versions of its iPhone. One of those patents allows a …
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Vodafone will offer 5G in 19 cities across the UK by year’s end, the carrier said Thursday. Vodafone is keen to preserve its lead in 5G, after activating the UK’s first 5G network in Salford, Greater Manchester, in October. The company has now extended coverage to Bristol, Cardiff and Liverpool and is currently preparing equipment in Birmingham, Glasgow and London. 5G, the …
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The button- and port-free Meizu Zero phone announced in January was a unique device that sadly turned out to be “a research project.” The Chinese phone maker’s new Note9, though, appears to be real and is still groundbreaking, for its price at least. Not to be confused with that other Note 9 aimed at power users who love a good stylus, …
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If you’re planning to buy a phone later this year, you may not be able to avoid 5G. Qualcomm President Cristiano Amon last week predicted that by this holiday season or the Chinese New Year in early 2020, all major flagship phones will run 5G — and there may not even be an option to buy a high-end device without …
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The latest phone in Oppo’s F series lineup is promising to dazzle you with beautiful photos. And its 48-megapixel rear camera lives up to that promise. That rear camera is paired with a 5-megapixel depth sensor. And together the F11 Pro’s cameras do a great job of capturing images with plenty of detail, letting you zoom right down to the pixels. …
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