I picked up the folding Galaxy Z Flip from Samsung’s Edinburgh store the minute the doors opened. You can read my early thoughts on what the phone is like to use, how it bends and so in my ongoing review, but here, I want to give some early impressions of the camera. With a 12-megapixel …
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Samsung’s Galaxy S20 and Galaxy Z Flip are joining the iPhone 11, Pixel 4, Galaxy Fold and the new, foldable Motorola Razr as the small handful of phones that use a new technology called eSIM. What that means depends on the phone. For some, like the Razr, you can ditch your plastic SIM card altogether. For others, like the iPhone 11 and Galaxy S20, you …
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For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. After the coronavirus canceled Mobile World Congress 2020, many attendees still held out hope for something to take place in Barcelona, Spain. Some companies already had executives in Europe, and many others had nonrefundable travel plans. But on Thursday, the possibility for a sort of …
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With the Galaxy Z Flip, Samsung takes on the Motorola Razr with two unique traits that the Razr just doesn’t have: a foldable glass screen — this is an industry first — and a hinge that can stay open at a number of angles before snapping fully open or closed. The Z Flip also costs less than the Razr as well ($1,380 versus …
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Qualcomm is back in a courtroom, this time making the case for why it didn’t hurt competition in the smartphone chip business. The company, represented by attorney Thomas Goldstein of the firm Goldstein & Russell, on Thursday appeared before the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in downtown San Francisco. Qualcomm is hoping the appeals court will overturn …
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Motorola’s new Razr has had a long opening week. It’s been open and closed a whole bunch, early reviews have been mixed and now Samsung has a new cheaper and more impressive rival in the Galaxy Z Flip coming out on Friday. Are you still thinking of ponying up $1,499 for the new foldable? You may want to keep in …
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One of the coolest-sounding features of Samsung’s new Galaxy S20 line of phones is the ability to capture video in 8K resolution. That’s four times the capture resolution of the Galaxy S10 and the Apple iPhone 11 for example, which both max out 4K video, and 16 times as much as HD. Sounds like a lot, right? Maybe you’re thinking …
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Last year, 5G phones were just getting started. This year, it will be hard to avoid them — and you’re going to pay more for the superfast technology, whether you actually want it or not. At least, that was the message from Samsung at its latest Unpacked event, held Tuesday in San Francisco. If you want one of the company’s …
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Samsung on Tuesday finally revealed details of its new flagship phone, the Galaxy S20, and its next folding device, the Galaxy Z Flip, at its Unpacked event. The Korean tech giant also talked up partnerships with companies such as Google, Netflix and, on the gaming front, Microsoft. David Park, Samsung’s director of strategy, said on stage that the company is working with …
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Update, July 22: Samsung just announced the forthcoming release of the Galaxy Z Flip 5G for $1,450. Original story follows. Why stop at one foldable phone when you can have two? Following on last year’s much-anticipated Galaxy Fold, Samsung is back this week with the Galaxy Z Flip, a foldable device that uses a clamshell design similar to the Motorola Razr. …
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