Britain’s 5G race is heating up following the launch of Vodafone’s 5G service in multiple cities across the country. The company is hot on the heels of EE, the UK’s largest carrier, which launched its own 5G service last month. To see how Vodafone’s new network compares, I headed out to test it at locations …
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I pick up a virtual reality headset and place it over my eyes. Before I can even blink, it transports me to a world far away from the bustling IFA electronics show. I know that I’m in the bowels of the dismal Berlin Messe convention center, but my brain thinks I’ve managed to escape. I wish I could tell you …
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The iPhone 11 doesn’t need a radical redesign to do well financially, critically or culturally, but it will take several significant improvements and upgrades for it to remain competitive in an increasingly crowded phone industry. Despite the fact that iPhone sales were down 12% in the last quarter, Apple still made $26 billion. It’s as if Steph Curry didn’t make …
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It’s tricky to cover IFA, Europe’s largest trade show, from the perspective of an American consumer. A lot of the products announced here won’t come to the US right away, if ever. That makes it hard to filter things a bit. Will readers back home care about a TV they might never have a chance to buy? We’re approaching this …
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Ever since Apple unveiled its much-loved and much-mocked AirPods, tech companies around the world from Samsung to Chinese startups have been producing their own rivals to the wireless earbuds. Huawei has its own AirPod rival, and on Friday at IFA showed off the latest version of the headphones: the FreeBuds 3. Huawei has opted for an open-fit earbud design with …
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5G phone prices are about to get a lot cheaper. Next year, Qualcomm will expand its 5G modems across its Snapdragon 8 series, 7 series and 6 series processors, the company said Friday at the IFA electronics show in Berlin. The company’s 8 series chips are aimed at high-end phones like the Galaxy S10, and it’s the Snapdragon 855, alongside …
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Samsung’s first 5G phones have only been on the market since May, but the company has already sold 2 million of them, an executive said Friday. That number should increase to 4 million by the end of 2019, he predicted. “Today more than 2 million consumers around the world can connect to 5G networks using Samsung 5G smartphones,” JuneHee Lee, …
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As Apple gears up to show off its latest smartwatch, rival Huami has developed a couple new models of its own: a square Amazfit GTS and a round sports watch, the Amazfit Stratos 3. The company showed off the new watches at the IFA electronics show in Berlin on Friday, and CNET got a sneak peak. It hasn’t yet detailed …
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If you’ve been holding out for unlocked versions of Samsung’s midrange Galaxy A Series in the US, you don’t have long to wait. The rather excellent Galaxy A50 will be available unlocked on Sept. 20 directly from Samsung, Amazon and Best Buy, starting at $350. Preorders from Amazon, where you can get a free Galaxy Fit, and BestBuy, which can …
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Update, Sept. 18: We now have a retail model of the Galaxy Fold and have begun to review it. Samsung’s officially ready for its Galaxy Fold do-over. If you’re a brave consumer, with nearly $2,000 to spare, you’ll get your chance to buy the foldable device on Friday. On Thursday at the IFA 2019 show in Berlin, Samsung said that …
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