When you pick up the Note 10 for the first time, you’ll likely reach for the power button on the right side, only to find… nothing. Samsung moved the power button to the left side of the phone, just beneath the volume-down button. Wait, isn’t that the same spot the Bixby button has been? Yes! …
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In a series of tweets on Friday, President Donald Trump said US companies should “immediately start looking for an alternative to China.” The message appears to have hit tech stocks hard, with shares in Apple and several US chipmakers dropping. Shares of Apple fell about 4.1%, CNBC reported Friday. Qualcomm chips declined 2.7%, while Nvidia lost 4.8%, and Advanced Micro …
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It’s been a few weeks since Samsung announced the Note 10 and Note 10 Plus, and starting today, the phones are available to purchase. There’s even a 5G version of the Note 10 Plus that’s exclusive to Verizon Wireless (for now), should you live in an area that Verizon has 5G service. We’ve been testing the Note 10 Plus for awhile, …
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Apple and Samsung phones released over the last three years may be producing radio frequency radiation at levels higher than current Federal Communications Commission limits allow, according to a report by the Chicago Tribune. Scientists and consumers have shown increasing concern that radio frequency radiation from our devices may have adverse effects on human health, especially with 5G rolling out …
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The concept of portable battery packs that stack up one on top of the other for recharging isn’t new. But Otterbox’s new OtterSpot system appears to be the first that brings a wireless charging element to the mix. Priced at $130 for a base unit and one charge pad — no, it’s not cheap — you can use the system at …
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Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10 Plus 5G comes out on Friday, and tech repair site iFixit has already revealed the inner workings of the new flagship phone in its latest teardown. While most of the components are the standard fare for a phone, the Korean tech company made some interesting design changes with this 5G phone, including one alteration that takes …
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Enough with the doom and gloom about Moore’s Law. Computing progress charted by the famous 1965 observation, along with other chip improvements, will keep our digital devices humming ever faster, said Philip Wong, head of research at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. “Without any doubt, Moore’s Law is well and alive. It’s not dead, it’s not slowing down, it’s not even …
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At Gamescom 2019, Samsung follows up its Space Monitor with a Space Gaming brother that really sounds like an aptly named 32-inch version of the 27-inch nongaming model. They both have a 144Hz refresh rate and QHD (2,540 x 1,440) resolution, though the gaming version supports AMD FreeSync adaptive-refresh technology for synchronizing game frame rates with the display. It’s slated …
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We’d been hearing whispers that Huawei was creating its own operating system for phones, tablets and other smart devices, a precaution in case it lost access to Google’s Android software. And the Chinese company confirmed this Friday at its Huawei Developer Conference, where it officially unveiled the new operating system: HarmonyOS, a cross-device platform previously known as HongMeng. Speaking at HDC, …
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At 11:34 a.m. yesterday, the Galaxy Note 10 Plus‘ first battery drain test began. At 8:30 this morning, the phone finally shut down. That’s a 21-hour run in a test that loops a long video on airplane mode with the screen forced to stay on, and brightness and audio at the halfway point. This test doesn’t represent how we use phones …
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