Samsung’s newest pair of flagship phones, the Galaxy S10 and the Galaxy S10 Plus, will come with screen protectors preinstalled on the display, the company confirmed on Monday. This is a shift compared to past S-phone launches, which did not come with screen protectors. And because the Galaxy S10 and S10 Plus start at $900 …
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Wi-Fi naming is getting a makeover — and it’s not a moment too soon. Until now, Wi-Fi standards have been an alphanumeric soup with designations like 802.11g, 802.11n and 802.11ac. And if that wasn’t bad enough, the letters didn’t seem to “mean” anything. Is 11g faster than 11ac, just because it’s higher in the alphabet? Actually, no — it’s slower. That’s …
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Phones have been getting bigger for years, but rarely do they get fatter. We may want a big display for video and internet, but we still want a slim phone that’s easy to carry. Energizer, the same company that makes batteries, didn’t get that memo. At MWC 2019 in Barcelona, it showed off a new phone called the Power Max …
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The Android version of the Brave browser uses 35 percent less power than Google’s Chrome on ad-heavy websites, Brave said Wednesday, highlighting a major difference in a world where we often have to keep a close eye on our phone battery. On tests loading 20 news sites on a Samsung Galaxy S9 phone, Brave’s lower power consumption would let you …
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This year has been one of the more eventful years for the phone industry. There’s all the hoopla about 5G phones, such as Samsung’s new Galaxy S10 5G. Support for 5G will be limited in 2019, but it should be more widely available in 2020. Foldable phones, such as the new Galaxy Fold and the Huawei Mate X, made headlines, but that too …
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Cast your mind back to the heady days of 2012 when Nokia scored an award for launching the best new device at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The winner was the Nokia 808 PureView, a Symbian-powered phone that boasted a camera with 41 megapixels. Seven years later, there’s a new PureView in town, but this time it’s less about the …
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Update, Sept. 26: CNET’s OnePlus 7 Pro and OnePlus 7T reviews are now live. Read more about the new phones from OnePlus. Original story follows. The upcoming OnePlus 7 will likely rock the latest processor and upgraded cameras. One thing it won’t have, though, is wireless charging. OnePlus phones are known for packing many of the latest features found in premium smartphones like …
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If you were planning to check out the Galaxy Fold at your local phone store when it launches in April, you may not be able to. According to a Samsung exec at MWC, the “super premium” foldable phone will likely be in short supply when it goes on sale on April 26, and the company sounds like it will be closely managing …
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Foldables might be the future of smartphones, but not all companies are jumping on the bandwagon. Chinese handset maker OnePlus won’t be developing a foldable phone anytime soon, CEO Pete Lau said Monday in an interview with CNET at MWC in Barcelona. That’s largely because of price. The first foldables unveiled from Samsung and Huawei cost about double — or …
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On this podcast, we talk about: What Roma’s Oscar wins mean for Netflix. Samsung’s Galaxy Fold phone is joined by the Huawei Mate X and several concept devices, as part of the foldable phone trend. Now playing: Watch this: The foldable phones are here, and they’re crazy expensive… 5:05 The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top …
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