The Galaxy Fold, Samsung’s first foldable phone, is reportedly already having screen problems. It doesn’t go on sale in the US until April 26, but some review units have reportedly broken after just a few days of use. Bloomberg’s Mark Gruman tweeted on Wednesday that the interior, folding screen of his Galaxy Fold review unit …
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It can be incredibly convenient to use Android to download files and forgo a computer for things like editing a document for work, adding to a presentation for class or downloading a photo that you want to use as a wallpaper. The problem is, it’s not always clear where the file you just downloaded was saved on your phone or …
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New rumors are sketching in the detail of our expectations for the next iPhone’s camera technology. Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who has a good track record with these types of predictions, has released a new report suggesting that all three 2019 iPhones will have a 12-megapixel front-facing camera. Information from the report was earlier published by MacRumors. If true, this would …
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What if the Galaxy Note 10 or next year’s Galaxy S11 had a slide-out camera with lenses that take your selfies before swiveling around to snap a portrait of your dog? Thanks to Samsung’s launch this week of the Galaxy A80, which has just that camera setup, the possibility is no longer the stuff of pure fancy. After all, if Samsung …
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The frenemies have made up. Apple and Qualcomm settled a two-year-old battle over patent licensing on Tuesday, a reconciliation that ended a trial that had started just a day earlier. The companies, which had been fighting in courts in China, Germany and other countries, in addition to the US, will end all worldwide litigation. Cupertino, California-based Apple will make an unspecified payment …
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On this podcast, we talk about: CNET’s first tests of the Samsung Galaxy Fold foldable phone. The best laptops for battery life. A defense of Apple’s MacBook butterfly keyboard. Now playing: Watch this: What it’s like trying out the new Samsung Galaxy Fold… 6:23 The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories of the day, brought to …
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Apple and Qualcomm have settled their patent licensing battle, ending a two-year dispute the day after their trial kicked off in San Diego. The two sides announced the surprise agreement through a joint press release Tuesday at the same time lawyers were presenting their opening arguments in a courthouse in Southern California. Apple and its contract manufacturers had given their …
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Processor progress is harder to come by these days, but Samsung says it’ll build chips next year that will give you a bit more battery life or a little more speed. Through improvements charted by Moore’s Law, chip electronic components called transistors get steadily smaller. On Monday, Samsung said it’s taken the next step along the Moore’s Law path, shrinking …
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Samsung’s Galaxy Fold phone was available for preorder Monday for people who managed to get a reservation. For the rest of us, the Galaxy Fold will be on display and available to buy in the US starting April 26 in select AT&T, T-Mobile, Best Buy and Samsung Experience stores. However, Samsung has warned that supplies of its first foldable …
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Samsung has revealed a few more details about the Galaxy S10 5G, its first 5G phone. Namely, that it’ll come to the US in May, with preorders starting “soon”. We found out a few months ago that it will sell first with Verizon. I had seen the most advanced member of the Galaxy S10 lineup about a week before Samsung’s big reveal, but the …
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