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In the months leading up to the launch of the new iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max and iPhone XR, there was the usual chatter — some of it based on potentially credible leaks — about what features we might get in Apple’s next-generation iPhones. Many of the rumors proved accurate. As predicted, we indeed got …

To get an idea of how small the electronic elements are on the Apple A12 Bionic chip at the heart of the iPhone XS, XS Max, and XR, first squint really hard at a human hair. It’s thin, obviously. But it’s still thick enough that you could fit about 10,000 of an A12’s electronic components across its width. That miniaturization …

Virtually all of the major players in the wireless industry are scrambling to tie their fortunes to 5G. Verizon will launch its 5G Home wireless broadband service next month. Sprint and LG want to bring out the first smartphone using the next-generation technology. One company is unmoved by the hype: Apple. It’s a good bet that the consumer electronics titan, …

The $1,000 phone may not be as shocking this year as it was when Apple first broke the barrier with 2017’s iPhone X, but the amount you’re asked to cough up for a premium handset is hardly chump change. The newly announced iPhone XS and August’s Galaxy Note 9 both start at a grand, and the higher-storage models go up …

If your heart’s beating faster, the new Apple Watch Series 4 will be able to tell. The latest Apple Watch packs several new features, with the most obvious change on its surface: a redesigned face to put much more screen on your wrist.  It’s about time.  The tech giant on Wednesday unveiled its new Apple Watch Series 4 from the …

With the next Apple Watch likely to debut this week, Qualcomm has launched an early smartwatch counterpunch. Qualcomm’s next-generation smartwatch chip platform, Snapdragon Wear 3100, will be in Google WearOS watches starting this holiday, starting with the Montblanc Summit 2 watch in October. The new chips were first teased by Qualcomm at Google’s developer conference in May. Along with Google’s updated …

Racing to make high-speed 5G networks a reality, AT&T will light up New Orleans, Houston and San Antonio, Texas; Jacksonville, Florida; and Louisville, Kentucky with the next-generation mobile technology this year. The cities will join others already announced — Atlanta; Dallas and Waco, Texas; Charlotte and Raleigh, North Carolina; Indianapolis and Oklahoma City — the company said Monday at its …

This is your chance to win* an unlocked Samsung Galaxy Note 9 with case included! The Galaxy Note 9 comes with a 6.4-inch screen, a 4,000-mAh battery and a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor, plus the new S Pen doubles as a wireless remote for tlong-distance selfies. According to our experts, it’s one of the best phones of the year. You can …

For many years, Europe’s biggest electronics show, IFA, was the place Huawei chose to unveil a new Mate, the biggest of its flagship phones. That’s not the case in 2018. We won’t see the Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro, the latest in the series, until the fourth quarter. But to whet our appetites, Huawei did give us a preview of what’s …

As new phones ditch the headphone jack, more people are depending on Bluetooth headphones. And Qualcomm is working to ensure that Bluetooth audio connection is just as stable as the wired alternative. On Friday, Qualcomm announced aptX Adaptive, a technology that dynamically changes the bit rate (think the file size of the audio that is being sent to your headphones) …