After an uneven start in 2019, foldable phones have another chance in 2020 to prove that they should exist — not just as a fad, but as a viable design for future phones. The Samsung Galaxy Fold, Huawei Mate X and new Motorola Razr all suffered from an inconvenient delay or worse. I can forgive them, at least …
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Samsung is already asking for interest in its upcoming flagship phone, which has yet to be revealed. By signing up, you’ll get a notification from Samsung of when you can preorder the next Galaxy phone. “Be the first to experience a new era of Galaxy,” the site says. Delivery will be by March 6 while supplies last, Samsung says. You just have …
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Samsung on Wednesday reported the end to a rough year — a day after its chief rival Apple posted an all-time high in revenue and earnings and reclaimed its title as the world’s biggest smartphone maker. Samsung said its fourth-quarter operating profit tumbled by 34% to 7.16 trillion won ($6 billion). Its overall revenue edged up 1% to 59.88 trillion …
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Update: As originally noted, Best Buy’s flash sale prices ended overnight. For other deals right now, check out Best TV deals for the big game and CNET’s Cheapskate page . My mom used to say that “the best surprises are the ones you don’t expect.” I always wondered if she stole that from Yogi Berra, but here’s a surprise you didn’t expect, and one …
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Preorders for the Motorola Razr have been backed up until midway through next month. According to a new notice on Motorola’s website on Monday, the expected delivery date of the foldable flip phone is now Feb. 18, 2020. It follows Motorola delaying the sale of its Razr by a month in December, as preorders for the phone finally went live on …
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This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. In exactly two weeks, Samsung is set to reveal the Galaxy S20 series of flagship phones and the Galaxy Z Flip, a foldable clamshell device whose screen folds from top to bottom down the middle. Rumors are pouring in that the …
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Huawei was the world’s top 5G phone vendor in 2019, with 37% market share (or 6.9 million devices), according to a Tuesday report from Strategy Analytics. Global 5G phone shipments reached 19 million units last year, the report says. “Demand for 5G smartphones is higher than many expected,” Ken Hyers, director at Strategy Analytics, said in a release. “Fierce …
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Samsung’s Unpacked event is two weeks away, and more details are surfacing on what could be the big surprise of the show. Leaked marketing materials for the Galaxy Z Flip appear to reveal many of the details about Samsung’s next folding phone. German tech site WinFuture published the specs and images for the Z Flip on Tuesday. The folding phone will …
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Samsung has a new folding phone in the works, and it may come out very soon. The rumored Galaxy Z Flip will reportedly be available on Feb. 14 for $1,400, according to XDA Developers’ Max Weinbach on Monday. Samsung has its Unpacked event set for Feb. 11, at which it’s expected to officially debut its next flagship phone, the Galaxy …
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Samsung’s fully embraced the “Go big or go home” mentality with its tabletlike Galaxy Fold last year. But its second foldable phone — rumored to be called the Galaxy Z Flip (internal code name Galaxy Bloom) — is almost guaranteed to be smaller. It’s also likely going to be cheaper, bend vertically instead of horizontally and be outfitted with only half the cameras its folding …
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