Samsung’s just-announced answer to Apple’s insanely popular AirPods: The Samsung Galaxy Buds, wire-free earphones that can charge wirelessly. Better still, they can charge wirelessly via one of Samsung’s new Galaxy S10 phones, which is pretty freakin’ cool. At $130, the Galaxy Buds are also cheaper than AirPods — and today they’re even cheaper than that. …
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Samsung’s Galaxy Buds don’t look much like Apple’s AirPods ($165 at eBay), but they share a lot of the same functionality, including some of that magic that the AirPods are known for. Pairing the Galaxy Buds with a Galaxy phone, for example, is incredibly simple. Check this out: Jason Cipriani/CNET That’s it! The process is nearly identical to pairing AirPods …
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Samsung’s newest Galaxy S10 phones allow other devices to charge off the back of the phones via the wireless Qi standard. That means, yes, even other phones. But it also allows Samsung’s new, wireless Galaxy Buds and Galaxy Watch Active to charge up, too, turning the phone into a big charging pad. That’s the part that I love. And it …
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The rumored Motorola Razr resurrection may take 2019’s red-hot foldable phone trend in a new direction, XDA Developers reports. Taking a decidedly different tack than Samsung’s Galaxy Fold or Huawei’s Mate X, Motorola’s foldable phone is said to resemble the iconic Razr but with a new interior folding display in addition to a smaller exterior screen. The phone’s interior display, which can be …
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Samsung not only announced new smartphones and wireless earbuds at last month’s Unpacked event, but the company also unveiled two new wearables: The Galaxy Fit and Galaxy Watch Active. Samsung’s Galaxy Watch Active has the looks and the features to match. It has blood-pressure-monitoring capabilities (app available on March 15), workout auto-detection, and a svelte housing around the 40mm display. …
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Samsung’s new Galaxy S10 phones hit store shelves Friday morning, and Verizon Wireless is offering a buy-one-get-one-free promo. When you buy any one of the three new models — the Galaxy S10E, Galaxy S10 or Galaxy S10 Plus — you’ll get an entry-level 128GB Galaxy S10E for free, or $750 off a more expensive model. Read: Galaxy S10, S10 Plus, S10E, S10 5G: Who they’re …
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When the Samsung Galaxy S10, S10E and S10 Plus go on sale Friday, they’ll already come with some updates. Support pages from Verizon and T-Mobile cite software updates to improve the camera and in-screen fingerprint sensor on the phones. The update will also include new security patches. Sprint and AT&T didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on whether …
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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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Last year, phones like the iPhone XS, Google Pixel 3 XL incorporated a notch into the front display to maximize screen space while reducing bezels. OnePlus released the 6 and 6T each with their own variation of the notch for a selfie camera. The OnePlus 6 followed in Apple’s footsteps with a wide-flat notch while the 6T had a less …
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Like most modern tech products, phones lose their value over time. When you resell or trade in your old phone, you won’t get back as much as you paid for it. But not every phone depreciates at the same rate. Nine months after its release, the Galaxy S9 lost nearly 60 percent of its retail value, going from $720 to …
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