Samsung may be reaching the limits of shoehorning new tech into its old designs as teardown king iFixit learned when it took its tools to the new lineup of Samsung Galaxy phones — the S10E, S10 Plus and S10. Notably, iFixit found that Samsung stuck a lot of heat-dissipating layers between you and the bidirectional wireless …
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On this podcast, we talk about: Virtual reality as a tool to build robots that stanch radioactivity leaks Samsung’s reported plans for yet more foldable phones First-person impressions of Captain Marvel The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories of the day, brought to you by the CNET News team in New York and producer Bryan …
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Like most modern tech products, phones lose their value over time. When you resell or trade in your old phone, you won’t get back as much as you paid for it. But not every phone depreciates at the same rate. Nine months after its release, the Galaxy S9 lost nearly 60 percent of its retail value, going from $720 to …
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(Fitbit’s newest smartwatch, the Versa 2, has been announced. But below is information on the budget Versa Lite that was released earlier this year, and is still available.) There used to be a ton of Fitbit trackers to choose from. But now the list is smaller: Fitbit’s streamlined its lineup and added a handful of new trackers that are aiming …
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Samsung is teaming up with the Calm mindfulness app. The app’s maker said Monday that subscribers can now access Calm content through the Samsung Health platform. To set it up, tap the Mindfulness icon in your Samsung Health app. Follow the steps to sync your account or create a new Calm account. The integration makes for better ways to track …
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Samsung’s family of foldable smartphones may be tripling soon. The South Korean electronics giant is developing a pair of new foldable handsets following its unveiling of its Galaxy Fold, people familiar with the company’s plans told Bloomberg. One of the devices would fold away from the user like the Huawei Mate X instead of inward, as the Galaxy Fold does. …
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If you’re planning to buy a phone later this year, you may not be able to avoid 5G. Qualcomm President Cristiano Amon last week predicted that by this holiday season or the Chinese New Year in early 2020, all major flagship phones will run 5G — and there may not even be an option to buy a high-end device without …
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Lego’s jumping on the foldables bandwagon along with Samsung and Huawei, but not with a phone. The Danish toymaker made a direct visual reference to Samsung’s Galaxy Fold unveiling in a Monday tweet about its “Lego Fold” pop-up story book. “A stunning 5-inch cover display unfolds into an 11-inch pop-up story book,” it wrote. “For endless creative play that never …
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The scene on the big display in front of me looks like something from Grey’s Anatomy. A team of doctors and nurses lean over a patient who’s draped with a white cloth, while a TV screen beside the operating table displays a video of the patient’s colon. Suddenly, a yellow line appears on that video, showing the doctors where to …
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Update, Oct. 23: The Huawei Mate X was released, but only in China so far. Original story follows. Last week, Samsung and Huawei announced the $1,980 Galaxy Fold and $2,600 Mate X foldable phones, respectively. I gawked along with everyone else, absorbing every detail I could, but it wasn’t until I spent a good 5 minutes playing around with the Mate X in …
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