Now playing: Watch this: Samsung DeX puts your Galaxy S8 phone on your desktop 2:34 Along with the Galaxy S8 ($180 at eBay), Samsung announced a few new accessories for its smartphone. Perhaps the most notable of which is DeX. Primarily a docking station for your phone, when an S8 is placed into a DeX …
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Good news for bad reception — Telstra has expanded Wi-Fi calling for Australia’s most popular handsets, bringing the technology to iPhone and flagship Samsung Galaxy phones. Rather than using a regular network connection, Wi-Fi calling lets you make voice calls over a Wi-Fi connection, either from a fixed line broadband connection or a Wi-Fi hotspot. Think Skype, but instead of …
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Do fingerprint smudges on a phone’s camera affect the quality of your pictures? Short answer: yes. Long answer: not always, at least not in ways you’d notice. But you should still keep your phone and camera clean. An iPhone, Pixel, Galaxy and Moto walk into a photo test I conducted a very unscientific test using four phones: the iPhone 7, …
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By the end of May, you’ll be able to get your hands on a Samsung Galaxy S8 or S8 Plus in the US without dealing with a carrier or their preinstalled apps. As of today, you can preorder the two phones exclusively through Best Buy, its retail site or Samsung.com completely unlocked from US carriers. Both are expected to be …
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Now playing: Watch this: Galaxy S8 Plus vs iPhone 7 Plus: Which takes better pictures? 3:51 If you compare the Galaxy S8’s camera to the S7, not much has changed. It has the same 12-megapixel resolution, f/1.7 aperture and same digital zoom. Samsung may not have changed the key specs on its rear camera (it hasn’t said whether the sensor …
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Samsung Galaxy S8 owners on the Verizon network can now get the full Bixby experience. Last month, Verizon said its customers buying the new S8 wouldn’t have access to an Amazon shopping feature through the S8’s voice assistant called Bixby. The delay created another snag for Samsung’s new digital helper, a major selling point for the S8. A Verizon spokesman …
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Both Galaxy S8 phones offer Samsung’s Edge panel feature. Think of Edge panels as an extra home screen, hidden on the side of the display, ready to spring into action with a swipe. By default, the S8’s Edge panels include app shortcuts, tasks shortcuts, and a contact panel. However, there’s another panel that turns your Galaxy S8 into a GIF …
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Now playing: Watch this: Samsung Galaxy S8: The good, the bad, the beautiful 4:41 Once again, Samsung and LG’s rival phones come face to face. And once again, we’re here to help you figure out which is best for you. Both the Galaxy S8 and G6 are excellent high-end phones with slim bezels, waterproofing and the latest Android 7.0 software. …
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Dual-cameras are quickly becoming a regular feature on smartphones. Last fall, Apple released the iPhone 7 Plus which notably had not one but two rear cameras. Other phone makers like LG, Huawei, Asus and ZTE also have phones with dual-cameras, and this makes me wonder: Will phone makers stop at two? Just the 2 of us I rolled my eyes …
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The Note 7 may not be completely, totally, 100 percent dead yet. After Samsung officially said last month the company was considering selling refurbished Galaxy Note 7 devices in select markets, more details may have come to light. A recent report from ETNews (in Korean) claims that the refurbished Note 7 may go on sale in June in South Korea …
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