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Qualcomm’s Quick Charge 5 can get a phone to 50 percent battery in five minutes

Qualcomm is giving its Quick Charge technology a sizeable boost, one that the company claims will be able to plug in and get a device with a  4,500mAh battery from 0 to 50% in five minutes and from empty to 100% in 15 minutes.  The new technology — which will make its first appearance in …

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Samsung’s Unpacked trailer gives a peek at its five new devices

Samsung may have a little over a week to go until its Aug. 5 Unpacked event, but with so many leaks showcasing what to expect the company on Monday decided to give another sneak peek of its own.  In a quick 30-second Vimeo video posted to its Mobile Press website, the South Korean tech giant tries to hype up its …

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How to take the best iPhone videos

The iPhone 11 ($500 at Best Buy) and 11 Pro are two of the best phones you can buy today for recording video. The iPhone has a strong history of shooting good-looking videos. While other phones like the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra, Huawei P40 Pro and Google Pixel 4 XL ($301 at Amazon) can go toe-to-toe with the iPhone in …

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Samsung’s next phones will come with scratch

Corning’s newest generation of Gorilla Glass isn’t just better at withstanding drops. It also avoids those deep scratches that mar the device’s screen and body.  The new glass, called Gorilla Glass Victus, survives drops up to 2 meters (6.56 feet) onto hard, rough surfaces. Other glasses typically fail when dropped from less than 0.8 meters, and the last generation of …

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Hands

Chinese phone-maker Vivo recently unveiled its X50 series, marking the launch of its first global flagship this year. Vivo, which is one of the top 10 phone manufacturers by market share despite being relatively unknown in the West, advertises its latest phone as a “professional photography flagship.” It introduces an internal gimbal camera system to the series, which it’s selling …

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Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Buds Live leak in app updates

Samsung has teased five new devices for its upcoming Unpacked event on Aug. 5. While the Galaxy Note 20 will likely be one of the devices, a new leak from Samsung itself may have spoiled the reveal of its upcoming wireless earbuds.  In an update to its Galaxy Buds app for iOS, as well as a new Galaxy Buds plugin for Android, …

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AT&T’s low

AT&T’s 5G network crossed an important milestone Thursday, with the telecom giant announcing on its second-quarter earnings call that its low-band 5G network is now available to 205 million people. By crossing the 200 million mark the company now meets the Federal Communication Commission’s definition of a nationwide network.  AT&T joins T-Mobile, which has had a nationwide 5G network since …

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T-Mobile is preparing to make support for Voice over LTE a requirement for all new devices, according to a report Thursday. The move was reportedly detailed in internal T-Mobile documents obtained by Android Police. The requirement won’t mean much for users at first, but as of January 2021, “T-Mobile will require all devices connecting to our nationwide 4G LTE and 5G networks …

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Galaxy Note 20 images leak ahead of Samsung event

Samsung plans to introduce five new devices at its Unpacked event on Aug. 5, likely including the rumored Note 20 and Note 20 Ultra. But we may be getting an early look at the phones thanks to some mobile tipsters.  On Wednesday, tech site WinFuture and frequent leaker Evan Blass (via a private Twitter account) both shared purported images of …

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Samsung Galaxy Z Flip adds 5G, arrives Aug. 7 for $1,450

Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip 5G, a variant of its clamshell foldable packed with next-generation cellular capabilities, will launch on Aug. 7. But that extra performance will cost you $1,450. A 4G version of the Galaxy Z Flip went on sale for $1,380 on Feb. 14 — about a month before the coronavirus pandemic caused lockdowns in the US. That device, …

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