Apple may be working on a new, lower-cost iPhone SE 2 with some of the same features as the current iPhone 11, such as the A13 Bionic chip. In this week’s Apple Core roundup, we take a look at the latest rumors about the spiritual successor to the iPhone SE and dissect a new patent …
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Update, Aug. 7, 2020: Google has discontinued the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL phones. This follows the launch of the Pixel 4A, which we have reviewed. Original story follows. It’s official: On Tuesday Google formally announced the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL. Finally! (Read our in-depth Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL reviews.) The Pixel 4 is one of the most …
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Earlier this week, Google unveiled its flagship Pixel 4 phone (along with the larger Pixel 4 XL). It’s a premium device with a high-end camera, radar chip for motion controls and facial recognition software (here’s how the Pixel 4’s face unlock compared to the iPhone 11’s Face ID when we tested both in four typical scenarios). It also came with a price …
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At an Oct. 15 Made by Google event in New York, Google unveiled its new pair of smartphones: the Google Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL. The phones feature face unlock and motion sensors, a 90Hz OLED display, and two back cameras. The Pixel 4 starts at $799, and the Pixel 4 XL starts at $899. Read our in-depth Pixel …
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It’s been only a few weeks since the OnePlus 7T and 7T Pro were announced but OnePlus‘ next phone is already starting to appear. Rumored to be called the OnePlus 8, a new leak from noted leaker Steve Hemmerstoffer (aka OnLeaks) and the website 91Mobiles seems to outline some of what we can expect in the next phone. For starters, …
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I’ve seen touch-sensitive areas on phones and wearable devices before. But I’ve never seen an entire phone case become a touch surface. That’s exactly what San Jose startup Sentons is trying to do, with ultrasonics that work like sonar to register touch and pressure anywhere on a gadget’s surface. The possibilities seem incredibly weird, and extremely useful. In my hands was …
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Over the last three years, Google’s Pixel phones have earned a well-deserved reputation for photographic strength. With the Pixel 4 and 4 XL, the company is flexing new camera hardware and software muscles. The new flagship Android smartphone, which the search giant unveiled Tuesday, gets a second 12-megapixel camera, a key component in an overhauled portrait mode that focuses your …
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Motorola has sent out invitations to an event on Nov. 13, where the rumored foldable Razr phone could launch. Motorola said the evening event in downtown Los Angeles will feature the “highly anticipated unveiling of a reinvented icon.” The save the date is a gif showing a device being folded and unfolded. “An original unlike any other,” it reads, also …
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Update, Oct. 24: A new dual-hinged foldable phone prototype from TCL bends into thirds like an accordion — we went hands-on. Original story follows. Huawei’s answer to the Samsung Galaxy Fold may be available very soon, after an unboxing video for its Mate X showed up on YouTube this week. The controversial Chinese company‘s foldable phone was originally due to come …
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Update, Oct. 23: The Huawei Mate X was released, but only in China so far. Original story follows. Huawei is still on shaky ground in the US, but that hasn’t stopped the embattled Chinese phone maker from shipping 185 million phones in the first three quarters of 2019. That represents a year-on-year increase of 26%, the company said in a Tuesday …
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