The spread of coronavirus around the globe has brought the mobile industry sputtering to a near halt, just as it began revving up for a potentially blockbuster season. From my stance as a CNET phone reviewer, the need to scale back is crushing but necessary given COVID-19’s serious nature and the staggering toll coronavirus has already …
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Apple released iOS 13.4 Tuesday, after testing the operating system in beta since February. It includes nine new Memoji stickers like party face, smiling face with hearts, eye rolling and huffing with anger, as well as iCloud Drive folder sharing from Files. Also released Tuesday were iPadOS 13.4, MacOS 10.15.4, TVOS 13.4 and WatchOS 6.2. After being delayed last fall, …
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Huawei unveiled its flagship phones, the P40, P40 Pro, and P40 Pro Plus, on Thursday in a livestreamed launch on YouTube. The new phones follow in the Huawei P30’s footsteps by pulling out all the stops in their cameras. But they won’t support Google services, so they won’t have access to the Google Play Store. The launch event was due to take place in Paris, …
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Now playing: Watch this: Huawei P40 Pro and Plus first impressions: CNET editors… 5:24 Huawei has just taken the wraps off its latest superphone series. It unveiled the P40, P40 Pro and the P40 Pro Plus in an event livestreamed on YouTube Thursday, and there’s no question that these phones are all about the cameras. The P40 costs 799 euros (about …
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Xiaomi has taken the wraps off its inaugural phones for 2020, kickstarting its ambitious pledge to launch more than 10 5G phones in 2020. The world’s fourth largest phone maker unveiled its best-in-class Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro on Feb. 13 to the Chinese market at an online event in Beijing, launching on the same week as the Samsung …
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The OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro are coming, and thanks to some new leaks, we now have a better idea of what will be inside the Chinese company’s forthcoming flagships. Revealed by noted Twitter leaker Ishan Agarwal, who has previously shared images and details of other then-unreleased devices such as Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip, the new OnePlus devices will continue …
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Huawei unveiled its new smart assistant on Thursday during the P40 Pro online launch event. Meet Celia. To activate Celia on your Huawei device, you’ll need to use the phrase “Hey Celia,” and the assistant will spring to life to take your requests. Celia will be able to search the internet via voice command, add items to your calendar and …
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Remember when a new phone was the big news? Seems forever ago. But it was literally just last month that Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S20 lineup, with a starting price of $1,000. As always with flagship launches, I advised either scooping up last year’s model at a discount or waiting for the inevitable price drop on the new one. I …
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If you’re wondering what to expect from upcoming AirPods competitors, one way to get an inkling is from the new chips that will power them. And the latest new silicon is Qualcomm’s new QCC514X and the QCC304X, the tech giant’s next-generation, ultra-low-power Bluetooth audio systems-on-a-chip. Designed for entry-level and midtier products, they’ll start appearing in new true wireless earbuds and …
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Regardless of the dwindling Android tablet market, Samsung remains one of the few consistent Android tablet makers. Its previous tablet, the Samsung Galaxy Tab S6, ranked on CNET’s best Android tablets of 2020 and Samsung’s new Galaxy Tab A looks like it won’t disappoint for the money, either. Priced at $280, the tablet features a premium lightweight metal design with …
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