It’s been hard for Windows devices to break free of Intel’s gravity, but Microsoft’s giving it another shot with the new 13-inch Surface Pro X, a tablet running Windows on an Arm processor. The company announced it Wednesday at its annual Surface hardware event in New York. It incorporates the Microsoft-custom version of a Qualcomm Snapdragon …
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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 most popular phones in the …
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Motorola missed a targeted summer launch date for its first foldable phone, but the company still plans to announce its device by the end of the year, a person close to the company told CNET. It’s unclear when the device will hit store shelves, but the press and public at least will see the phone in 2019, making Motorola the …
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People in the US can finally get their hands on Samsung’s revamped Galaxy Fold. The electronics giant on Friday started selling two versions of the Galaxy Fold — one model for AT&T’s network and an unlocked variant — nine days after the foldable phone arrived in the UK and Germany, and three weeks after it launched in South Korea. The AT&T …
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Verizon’s 5G network is continuing to slowly expand. In announcing that it’s officially turned on 5G in parts of New York on Thursday, the wireless giant turned on 5G in two additional new cities: Panama City and Boise. The three new cities bring Verizon 5G network count to 13, creating some distance from Sprint’s nine 5G cities and T-Mobile’s six. …
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Already on sale in Korea and the UK, Samsung’s revamped Galaxy Fold is set to arrive in the US on Friday, after the foldable phone’s initial release was delayed because of screen problems. But the Fold’s woes might not be over. On Thursday, TechCrunch’s Brian Heater reported that a small defect appeared in the center of his Fold screen after about 27 …
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Amazon is taking on Apple’s AirPods and Samsung Galaxy Buds with the Echo Buds. These new buds have integrated Alexa support and include noise reduction technology from Bose. Using the usual wake word, Alexa, will activate the voice assistant, or by tapping and holding one of the buds, a separate voice assistant on your phone (such as Siri or Google …
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It’s a little embarrassing, actually. In my late teens and early 20s, I was Militant Anti Apple Guy. You know the type. Calls Mac users sheep, mocks people when they say they own an iPhone. I’m not proud of it, but I was that guy. “Your new iPhone 5 only has a 4-inch screen,” I scoffed at my friend Taylor …
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For anyone who wants a tablet but doesn’t want an iPad (because pricey) or an Amazon Fire (because limited), it often feels like there aren’t many options. Samsung halfheartedly offers a couple models, but they’re rarely updated or on sale. Good news: The company’s midrange tablet is on sale, for the lowest price I’ve seen to date: For a limited time, …
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Google released the Android 10 Go edition for budget-friendly phones on Wednesday. Not only will the mobile software help phones run faster than before, but it also adds more security, the company said. Android 10 Go edition is for phones with 1.5 GB of RAM or less. While it doesn’t have all the features of Android 10, the new version of …
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