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You can now place and receive Android phone calls on your Windows PC

The long-sought-for holy grail for those who use a laptop and phone is a seamless handoff between the two for anyone who doesn’t want to stop what they’re doing on one screen to do something else on the smaller display. Now Microsoft helps bridge the divide by letting you make and answer phone calls right from your …

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Samsung Galaxy S20 shows up on Amazon and Sprint website before debut

Samsung’s Galaxy S20 phone likely will be officially revealed at the company’s Unpacked event on Tuesday. But even though its debut is still days away, the new flagship phone has already made an appearance on Amazon and Sprint‘s website.  A now-deleted listing for the Galaxy S20 appeared Friday on Amazon AE, the company’s site for the United Arab Emirates, for a …

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Huawei, Xiaomi, Vivo and Oppo reportedly to join forces against Google Play Store

Last year Huawei had the unpleasant experience of launching a flagship phone, the Mate 30 Pro, with no support from Google’s Mobile Services. It ran Android, which is open source. But no Google apps worked, nor did apps like Uber, which rely on Google apps (Maps, in Uber’s case). Instead of the Google Play Store, Huawei offered its own AppGallery. …

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This $5K foldable phone stars the Joker and Harley Quinn

A 24-karat-gold-encased phone with DC Universe characters Joker and Harley Quinn is now available for preorder as a “luxury edition” of Samsung’s rumored second foldable phone. The casing, reported earlier Thursday by Mashable, is made by Russian jeweler Caviar and is tailored for the as-yet-unannounced Galaxy Z Flip. The casing resembles the top halves of two playing cards, with Harley Quinn as …

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Galaxy Z Flip leak may spill details on foldable phone’s hinge

As we get closer to Samsung’s Feb. 11 Unpacked event, rumors and leaks continue to swirl around the company’s upcoming foldable flip phone, expected to be called the Galaxy Z Flip. We’ve known since last year that foldable clamshell design is coming, but a new rumor appears to offer details on the phone’s hinge. “It will have special fibres inside …

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Motorola Razr is finally on sale today. Here’s where and how to get one

Today’s the day. You can now buy a Motorola Razr foldable phone in person from Verizon and select Walmart stores starting today, its official sale date. Those who preordered might have to wait until mid-February to receive their phones, but they’re in stock at brick-and-mortar stores starting today, Feb. 6. Keep reading for sale information, and catch up on what the Motorola Razr …

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Let’s hope Moto’s new Razr holds up better than the original

While the the original Motorola Razr V3 was having its worldwide moment back in the mid-aughts, I was hunkered down over a table full of scalpel-sized tools, peering through soldering fumes in a cell phone repair shop in western Kentucky. My task? To dissect and resuscitate some hundred or so of its brethren. Having gotten to know its guts so …

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Unboxing the Motorola Razr: Take a peek inside this foldable phone’s box

Along with the hype and excitement surrounding foldable phones such as the Samsung Galaxy Fold and Huawei Mate X we’ve seen disappointment: delays, undesirable folding mechanisms and other concerns. Just when it seemed folding phones might have been nothing more than a passing fad, we were introduced to the Motorola Razr foldable phone, an updated version of the nostalgic Razr of yesteryear. Featuring a folding …

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Motorola’s Razr folds in half without a crease. The secret is in the hinge design

When I held the new Motorola Razr foldable phone in my hand, all I wanted to do was open and close it a thousand times. Not because I wanted to test the screen or durability (like we did with the Galaxy Fold and will do again with the Razr on Thursday), but because that’s what I did all the time when …

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Citing coronavirus concerns, LG pulls out of MWC 2020

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Citing safety concerns for its employees and the general public given the global outbreak of the coronavirus, LG on Tuesday announced that it will “withdraw from exhibiting and participating” at Mobile World Congress 2020. MWC is the world’s largest mobile trade show, and …

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