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New leak purports to show Samsung’s rumored foldable Razr rival

The upcoming Motorola Razr may be bringing back the flip phone design, but it won’t be the only one. According to new leaked images shared on China’s Weibo and resurfaced on Twitter by phone leaker Ice Universe, we now may have a first look at Samsung‘s rumored rival.  The four images appear to show Samsung’s …

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CNET Innovation Awards celebrate four products that gave us 2019 breakthroughs

CNET writers and editors strive to give you the best buying advice while keeping an eye out for technologies that will open up new possibilities for tomorrow. For two decades, our Editors’ Choice Awards have singled out the products you should spend your money on. This year, we’re fired up to launch our first Innovation Awards for the most groundbreaking …

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Here’s why the Galaxy Fold probably won’t be the phone that popularizes foldables

It’s fun to geek out over big, expensive foldable phones like the $2,000 Galaxy Fold, with its 7.3-inch bendable screen and six cameras. But the ultra-large, extra-pricey devices aren’t what most people can afford to buy. Instead, it could be the smaller, simpler foldable designs that wind up getting foldable phones into the hands of more users — not because they’re …

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Galaxy Fold vs. Mate X foldable phones: Where Samsung, Huawei win and lose

Samsung’s Galaxy Fold and Huawei’s Mate X are here, offering two different takes on foldable phones. Both were made to inspire, and to transform the way we think about phones. These aren’t yet everyday devices, but they could set the course for a move toward foldable phones instead of the large-screen models that are too big for your pocket today. …

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Galaxy Fold: Samsung dials back exec hint that it’s sold a million foldable phones

Samsung downplayed an exec’s comments that there could be as many as 1 million Galaxy Folds in the wild. A spokesperson for the Korean company told Yonhap that Electronics President Young Sohn could have been referring to the company’s initial sales target for the year. It apparently made it clear that sales of the foldable phone haven’t hit 1 million …

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AT&T turns on low

AT&T’s 5G low-band network is finally ready for consumers. The wireless giant announced Friday that it has officially turned on 5G in 10 markets across the country. The new network, which works with the $1,300 Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus 5G that is also available today, is AT&T’s first 5G network that regular people can use.  Areas for the initial …

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Better than Black Friday: The unlocked iPhone XS for $650

I can’t say it often enough: Cheap phones come to those who wait. Well, in this case, cheap-er phones, but still. On countless occasions I’ve pointed to Samsung Galaxy models that see significant price drops six to 12 months after release. iPhone prices are slower to lower; the best deals tend to be on refurbished models. But not today. For …

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Samsung to open first Bay Area store in Apple’s backyard Thursday

Samsung is expanding its store presence — right into Apple’s backyard.  The South Korean company on Thursday will open its first Samsung Experience Store in the San Francisco Bay Area. The location at the Stanford Shopping Center in Palo Alto, California, is only about 15 miles from Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino. The downtown Palo Alto Apple Store — opened long …

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CNET’s Editors’ Choice highlights the tech of 2019 worth buying

As part of CNET’s job chronicling the best tech released every year, our team of expert reviewers spends time trying out dozens of the top products in consumer technology — everything from smartphones to Wi-Fi routers to gaming systems to TVs and wearable devices. That often means putting them through a variety of tests in our labs to see if …

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One UI 2.0: 5 things to love about Samsung’s new Galaxy phone interface, now in beta

In the last year, Samsung phones like the Galaxy Fold and S10 underwent as big of a transformation on the software side as they did on hardware. That’s because Samsung redesigned its mobile interface, which is layered on top of Google’s Android OS, so that it’s easier and more intuitive to use. In October, Samsung showed off the next version …

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