Unlocking the Galaxy S9 might be faster — but that doesn’t mean it’s more secure. Samsung’s newest smartphones, the Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus, include a new feature the company calls Intelligent Scan. The technology combines Samsung’s secure iris scanner with its less-secure facial recognition unlock technology. When unlocking your phone, it first will scan …
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Battery life will make or break any phone. But while we all say that we want a phone that will last all day, we also don’t want the battery, and the phone it holds, to be too big. To date, walking that line between a thin phone and one with marathon battery life has been a challenge. And few phones …
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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! Andrew Hoyle/CNET The Galaxy S9 has arrived — or, at least, been announced — and although it’s not …
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On Saturday at Mobile World Congress in Spain, Alcatel announced a new portfolio of phones. If you haven’t been keeping track, Alcatel makes some wonderful Android phones that are easy on the wallet. The company’s early phones like the Idol 3, Idol 4 and 4S packed a ton of functionality at a relatively low price. Alcatel’s new phones fit into …
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The Samsung Galaxy S9 ($198 at eBay) has arrived, and by all accounts it improves on the already-pretty-good Galaxy S8 ($180 at eBay). It also comes with a higher price tag: The S9 will cost between $720 and $800 in the US, while the S9 Plus will sell for anywhere from $840 to $930. We’ve already covered how to preorder …
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There’s no escaping the fact that the Asus Zenfone 5, and the 5Z, look almost identical to Apple’s iPhone X. There’s a copycat “notch” at the top of the screen, the edges are curved metal and the rear dual camera is in an awfully familiar portrait position. (Huawei’s rumored P20 and the Leagoo S9 will also give you iPhone X …
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You already know about the Galaxy S9 ($198 at eBay) and S9 Plus‘ headliner improvements, like a dual aperture camera and shifted fingerprint reader on the back, a second camera lens for the S9 Plus and AR Emoji. Now playing: Watch this: Seven Galaxy S9 tricks you’ll want to know now 2:38 But you may not know about these hidden features, …
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Per the norm, Samsung just announced the latest iteration of its wildly popular flagship line of phones, the Galaxy S9 ($198 at eBay), at Mobile World Congress. Save for some larger storage options, dual-aperture camera and AR emoji, there’s not a lot to set it apart from the Galaxy S8. Maybe you’re long overdue for an upgrade, you can’t afford …
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Hankering for the new Galaxy S9 after yesterday’s announcement? In the US, UK, Australia and China, Samsung has a trade-in program that will help you pay for it. You either take the old phone to the store, or ship it back when you get your new one. Trading in an old phone will net you up to $350, which you can …
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It’s probably not a surprise anymore when a Chinese company blatantly clones other companies’ phones to catch eyeballs, but you have to give it to Leagoo for having the gall to do that at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, where Samsung is showing off its new Galaxy S9. The phone in question, the Leagoo S9, basically is a $150 (around …
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