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Huawei Mate 30 Pro ditches Google Apps, keeps Android. Why it matters

Can Huawei make great phones without the full power of Google’s Android operating system behind it? We’re about to find out. The Chinese giant on Thursday unveiled the Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro, its latest flagship phones, at an event in Munich. The phones will ship with state-of-the-art hardware, including four rear cameras, but …

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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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An orange Pixel 4, confirmed

Rumors of an orange Pixel 4 were confirmed Tuesday when Google took out a massive billboard ad in Times Square to promote the phone’s Oct. 15 release. Captured by a Reddit user, the photo is the latest in an ongoing stream of leaks about the new phone’s hardware. But it’s still unclear whether the color will be available for both …

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These are the iPhone 11 camera features we care about most

The iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max are now available to preorder, bringing faster processors, a wider range of color options, including the controversial Midnight Green, and a whole slew of internal upgrades to Apple’s iPhone ($899 at Amazon) range. What really sets the 2019 iPhones apart from their predecessors, however, are the camera improvements, including a …

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iPhone 11 Pro: To upgrade or not

After months of rumors and speculation, the iPhone 11 is finally here. In this week’s Apple Core wrap, let’s see how the new phones stack up compared to last year’s models and see what extras you may get if you’re upgrading from an older iPhone. We won’t know for sure which is the “best” of the new bunch until after …

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iPhone storage: 64GB just isn’t enough anymore

Apple’s latest iPhones pack plenty of improvements. They’re more durable, they’re faster and their cameras are much more capable. At $699, the iPhone 11 is even cheaper than last year’s iPhone XR, at its $749 starting price. Yet one thing hasn’t changed: All new iPhones start with 64GB of storage space.  On the surface that’s … fine. Two years ago …

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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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Microsoft Store trade

Apple’s competitors aren’t going to sit idly by while you gaze longingly at the new iPhones released yesterday. Microsoft is hoping to catch you before you order an iPhone 11 or iPhone 11 Pro with a tempting trade-in offer that can put a big hole in the price of a new Samsung Galaxy Note 10 or Galaxy Note 10 Plus. You can …

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Dark mode for iPhone arrives Sept. 19: How you’ll use Apple’s new iOS 13 feature

In bringing dark mode to the iPhone, Apple has seen the light. The new theme touches down on your iPhone on Sept. 19, along with the rest of iOS 13. It’ll come baked into the new iPhone 11, 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max, which Apple announced on Tuesday.  Dark mode is, quite literally, a skin you can apply to your entire …

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Apple’s iPhone 11 camera packs wide

It’s time for Apple’s iPhone 11 camera to go wide. The new smartphone has an ultrawide wider-angle camera that joins the regular camera, Apple said Tuesday. And the higher-end iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max keep the telephoto lens of last year’s iPhone XS models but widen the lens’ aperture for better low-light performance, giving new photographic flexibility to serious photographers who want …

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