With CES 2019, the Detroit Auto Show, the Chicago Auto Show and the Sundance Film Festival all in the rearview mirror, this year’s calendar of tech, automotive and cultural events are already well underway. Just like last year (you remember last year, right? The good and the bad), CNET will be covering news and announcements from …
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It looks like “Galaxy Fold” has gone to the head of the line as the name for Samsung’s forthcoming foldable phone, which passes the previous contender, Galaxy X. That’s according to a cryptic tweet by reliable leaker Evan Blass: Samsung Galaxy Fold — Evan Blass (@evleaks) February 19, 2019 What’s in a name? That which we call a Galaxy Fold …
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The Galaxy S10 and S10+ may not be Samsung’s best kept secrets. An ad for the S10+ was reportedly aired accidentally by Norwegian broadcaster TV 2 a day ahead of Samsung’s Wednesday launch event. The video was posted to YouTube and appears to confirm rumors that the phone will feature a hole-punch notched screen, triple cameras on the back and a …
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The first 5G phones haven’t even hit the market yet, but Qualcomm’s got a new processor ready for future devices. The company on Tuesday unveiled its new Snapdragon X55 5G modem, which can run on 2G, 3G and 4G networks along with the new, ultrafast 5G networks. The 7-nanometer, multimode processor is the second 5G chip Qualcomm has made but …
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It looks like Samsung’s got a pair of lemon-drop Galaxy Buds to go with its banana-yellow budget Galaxy S10E. WinFuture has posted purported renders of the upcoming headphones — we’ve previously seen them in white — and while we’ll probably struggle to decide exactly what shade of yellow the new Galaxy ensemble is, they’re certainly appealing. We’ll find out for sure whether or not …
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As we await the release of the Galaxy S10 on Wednesday, the Galaxy S name represents the top of the Android world. It’s a reputation Samsung is proud to own for its flagship phone, and rightly so. But when Samsung introduced its first Galaxy S phone nine years ago, it was a different world altogether. In 2010, the Galaxy S was just another Android …
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Huawei sent out invitations Tuesday for the unveiling of its next flagship phones, the P30 series. The event is set for March 26 in Paris. With Mobile World Congress only a week away in Barcelona, you might have expected Huawei’s latest phones to make an appearance as early as the end of this month. But like its biggest rivals, Samsung and …
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I place my thumb on the display of a dummy smartphone. A tiny, imperceptible wave of pressure shoots out of the device and maps the ridges and valleys of my finger, verifying my identity. In an instant, another phone that’s connected to the dummy flickers to life as the home page appears. It’s a sunny summer day in July, and …
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The Galaxy S10‘s Snapdragon 855 chipset could dominate with up to 45 percent faster performance speeds compared to the Galaxy S9 when Samsung unveils its next flagship phone this Wednesday in San Francisco. This isn’t just Qualcomm talking. At CES last month, we got a chance to test Snapdragon 855 on a prototype phone. So far, the benchmarking results paint the picture …
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Feel like your Samsung phone’s a little boring? That’s about to change. Samsung’s phone lineup will take a huge leap this year. Among the advances: fingerprint readers, super-fast 5G connectivity and even foldable phones that expand into tablets. We’ll get a glimpse of those new features and more on Wednesday, when the company hosts its Unpacked event at San Francisco’s …
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