Apple doesn’t want to be so reliant on Samsung for its phone screens, but it’s run into a problem. The Wall Street Journal reports that LG Display, who Apple wants to use as a second source of its OLED (organic light-emitting diode) screens in its new phones, is having manufacturing issues. LG Display has fallen …
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Samsung’s Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus have come to fight for Apple’s phone crown with new features and supercharged cameras. But the iPhone X won’t go down easily, and deciding between the newest Galaxy and iPhone may prove tougher than ever. Now that we’ve reviewed both phones, we can help break down how each performs to help you decide which …
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T-Mobile is rolling out the red carpet for members of the military, veterans and their families. The nation’s third-largest wireless carrier on Wednesday launched T-Mobile One Military, a program that offers its largest discount to anyone associated with the armed forces, including current military, veterans and their families. The discount knocks 20 percent off of the standard $70-a-month plan ($55) …
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Another Star Wars movie, another opportunity to deck out your phone in a Star Wars case. As it did before last year’s release of The Last Jedi, OtterBox has introduced a new collection of Star Wars Symmetry Series cases in advance of Solo: A Star Wars Story. The three cases show the Millennium Falcon, Chewbacca and a design called All or …
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CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. Find more great buys on the CNET Deals page and follow the Cheapskate on Facebook and Twitter! Forget paying $750 or even $655. If you don’t mind a few scuffs, the Galaxy S8 can be …
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First there was the Samsung Galaxy S9 and then there was the Huawei P20 Pro. Now it’s Sony’s turn to boldly claim that its phone camera is the most advanced there is. The Xperia XZ2 Premium has the highest-reaching hardware specs of all three phones in its line. It follows the Xperia XZ2 and XZ2 Compact announced this past February. …
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In a more perfect world, your phone battery would easily last all day, wouldn’t degrade over time and, most crucially, wouldn’t explode. This might sound like a pipe dream, but researchers at the University of Maryland have developed a new water- and zinc-based battery that could go some way to meeting all three of those criteria and could end up …
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Even Samsung may not be safe from the controversial notch. Samsung filed a patent application (PDF) with Chinese patent organization SIPO that shows off a few different phone designs each with a notch above the phone’s screen. The patent application was filed on March 30 and spotted on Monday by Dutch phone blog Mobielkopen. The phone in the patent application looks …
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Galaxy S9 Plus vs. iPhone X: It’s another battle of the camera titans. Samsung and Apple are continually pushing the limits in phone photography, and with the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus, Samsung has stepped up its camera game. Galaxy S9 Plus and iPhone X specs Galaxy S9 Plus iPhone X Wide-angle resolution 12 megapixels 12 megapixels Telephoto resolution 12 …
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What’s the Galaxy S9’s least loved feature? That’s easy: AR Emoji, the Samsung exclusive that whips up 3D avatars. It’s a pretty transparent imitation of the iPhone X’s 3D animoji characters — fox, monkey, swirl-capped turd — but with one major, absolutely crucial difference: You. While, yes, you can become a character like Donald Duck, you can also make Samsung’s …
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