In a reversal nobody expected in February when Samsung announced its first-ever foldable phone, it could be the rumored Note 10 and not the Galaxy Fold that becomes the highlight of Samsung’s six Galaxy phones for 2019. After Samsung delayed the Fold after five early review units malfunctioned, the Fold is no longer the brightest star in Samsung’s galaxy. The …
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Google’s yearly I/O developer conference is next week, but the company announced an update to its smartwatch software ahead of the big show. The feature may seem familiar if you’ve ever used a Samsung Galaxy Watch. Wear OS, Google’s five-year-old smartwatch software platform, got its last big update in the fall. That update added swipable access to new fitness features …
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The Galaxy Fold is now weeks away from launch and it’s already up to its hinge in quicksand. By the fifth breakdown in the Fold’s Infinity Flex screen, many onlookers had lost faith in Samsung’s brave new foldable phone design. Samsung’s one saving grace in the embarrassing, sensationalized debacle is that the issues — three in all — were discovered on early …
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Samsung is defusing worries that its first 5G Galaxy has an exploding battery problem. After a report circulated Tuesday that Samsung denied reimbursing a South Korean customer whose Galaxy S10 5G exploded, the company has explained why. In a statement provided to CNET, the company says that the cause of the damage wasn’t a malfunction but rather the result of …
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So you’ve got your hands on a new Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus ($190 at Walmart), Google Pixel 3 ($250 at Amazon) or Huawei P30 Pro ($575 at Amazon), and you’ve got the keys to the incredible Aston Martin DBS Superleggera. Of course you have, you lucky bastard. To document this wonderful event, you’re going to need to take some truly …
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I said in my full Galaxy Fold review that Samsung’s new foldable phone lives and dies by its screen. Nothing could be truer. On your typical phone, screen quality is more a given than anything else. If it’s large enough, bright enough outdoors and pin-sharp, then you’re probably not going to think about it as much as you are everything you use …
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Verizon’s 5G rollout is spreading to more markets. And with the expansion comes the launch of Samsung’s Galaxy S10 5G. On Thursday, the largest wireless carrier in the US said it will begin taking preorders for Samsung’s first 5G phone, with pricing starting at $1,300 for the 256GB Galaxy S10 5G. A 512GB option will also be available for $1,400, and both …
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Google slashed the prices off its marquee phones today, discounting the Pixel 3 to $599 and the Pixel 3 XL to $699 on its online store. Launched in October 2018, the phones may not be as new as their Samsung Galaxy S10 series rival, but a savings of $200 is a hefty chunk of change for anyone considering these devices at …
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Review units of the highly anticipated Samsung Galaxy Fold began malfunctioning last week — right before its official (and now-delayed) release. An iFixit teardown, released Wednesday, found some possible explanations for what’s going wrong with the $1,980 foldable phone. Now those findings are gone. The site on Thursday said it’s pulled its Galaxy Fold teardown, at the request of Samsung. You can still read …
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Samsung should be taking a victory lap right now for its innovative Galaxy Fold. Reviewers should be singing the praises of the first major foldable smartphone, which was supposed to launch Friday. The only controversy should be whether that $1,980 is really worth it. But we don’t live in that reality. Instead, all we can talk about is its potential to …
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