This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. A $350 foldable phone named after late Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar was unveiled last month, but we won’t be seeing the Escobar Fold 1 at CES 2020. Escobar Inc. has apparently been banned from the …
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Just days before CES 2020 kicks off in Las Vegas on Jan. 7, multiple images of the rumored Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Lite phones have leaked online. According to a 9to5Google report Thursday, the more affordable phones could be announced during CES next week. The pictures show a more rounded screen, as well as a square rear camera module. The rumored …
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This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Following the Galaxy Book Flex announced in October, Samsung is launching its less expensive $830 sibling for CES 2020. The Galaxy Book Flex Alpha is slated to ship it by June. (Sorry, it’s “Galaxy Book Flex α” because we all use the …
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Samsung shipped a lot more 5G phones last year than it expected. The company on Thursday said it shipped more than 6.7 million Galaxy 5G smartphones in 2019. Samsung’s first 5G phones hit the market in May, and as of early September, it had shipped 2 million of them. At that time, it said it expected to ship about 4 …
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From phones with wireless charging and AMOLED screens to in-screen fingerprint sensors and extended battery life, you’ve never had more high-quality smartphone options than you do right now. Now that we’re in a new year (and decade !), it’s the best time to consider all the smartphone options out there from Apple, Samsung, Google and others. If you’re looking to upgrade your smartphone …
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It’s the beginning of 2019, and the hype for 5G is immense. Verizon talks about all of the different applications at a keynote at CES. A few next-generation networks had already turned on in December 2018, and after years of big promises and anticipation, it looks like the game-changing technology is finally going to show up in a big way. Then …
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If you want to play Fortnite Chapter 2, the battle-royale shooter game that follows the wildly popular Fortnite Season 10 (which ended with a devastating black hole that destroyed everything and left the game in flux), you won’t find it in the Google Play Store. The only way to access the game’s new map, mechanics like weapon upgrades and a wealth …
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Apple’s standard AirPods don’t claim to be waterproof (though the more recently released — and more expensive — AirPods Pro are sweat and water resistant), and neither do the Powerbeats Pro or Samsung’s latest Galaxy Buds. But if you’re looking for an affordable set of earbuds with some degree of protection against splashes, the Powerbeats Pro and Galaxy Buds do offer an official water-resistance rating. That’s …
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Remember a few short years ago when we were bombarded with study after study detailing how the blue light being emitted from the screens of our beloved gadgets was wreaking havoc on our sleep health? Well, a new study now claims that may not be the whole truth. The study was published in Current Biology and used mice to determine …
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Motorola’s remake of the Razr flip phone just hit some speed bumps. The foldable smartphone will no longer be available for preorder on Dec. 26, and Motorola says it’ll arrive in stores later than the Jan. 9 date the company was targeting. The phone maker, a unit of Chinese consumer electronics giant Lenovo, didn’t have a lot of specific details …
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