Apple and Samsung are tremendous rivals. Even if they finally managed to settle their long-running patent dispute this June and continue to do other forms of business, they’re still duking it out in ads and new device announcements as they strive to eat one another’s lunch. So it’d be a little weird if Samsung were to …
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A year after Apple made huge — but pricey — changes to its smartphone lineup with the iPhone X, it may finally have a redesigned, cheaper phone for the rest of us. The company plans to host an event at 10 a.m. PT on Wednesday at the Steve Jobs Theater on its campus in Cupertino, California. During the event, it …
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Racing to make high-speed 5G networks a reality, AT&T will light up New Orleans, Houston and San Antonio, Texas; Jacksonville, Florida; and Louisville, Kentucky with the next-generation mobile technology this year. The cities will join others already announced — Atlanta; Dallas and Waco, Texas; Charlotte and Raleigh, North Carolina; Indianapolis and Oklahoma City — the company said Monday at its …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Don’t think of Apple’s AirPower as an iPhone afterthought. The wireless charging pad, which the company announced almost a full year ago, could be an important piece of Apple’s iPhone strategy for 2018. If Apple finally announces AirPower’s sale price and sale date …
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Stop teasing us with your folding phone, Samsung. It’s been years! But apparently we’re closer than ever. DJ Koh, the president of Samsung Mobile, told CNBC on Tuesday that Samsung will unveil details about its folding phone later this year. Koh hinted that the company may share more about it at its Samsung Developer Conference in November. Even though Samsung has confirmed that …
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A Wi-Fi certification record appeared in the Wi-Fi Alliance’s database, indicating that an unnamed Samsung Chromebook has passed. The model number, XE525QBBI, places it as a Chromebook; for instance, the model number for the recently released Samsung Chromebook Plus V2 is XE521QAB. Enlarge Image The Wi-Fi Alliance certificate for an unnamed Samsung Chromebook, model XE525QBBI. Screenshot by Lori Grunin/CNET Spotted by About …
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Last Wednesday, a seemingly innocuous request appeared in Google’s Chromium codebase: “Add mappings for “Hamburger” and “Assistant” keys on Hammer/Wand/Whiskers and BRYDGE keyboards.” But that single sentence may have been enough to reveal a secret — Google may be planning to bring a new wave of high-end Chrome OS tablets to market. That’s because Brydge is the name of a …
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Sony has announced final pricing for its flagship series of 4K TVs, the A9F (OLED) and Z9F (LCD) Master Series, and it’s a grand cheaper than first thought. The Master series is designed be as close to “reference quality” as possible in a consumer flatscreen. The pricing is as follows: Sony Master Series XBR-55A9F 55-inch OLED, $3,500 (originally $4,500) Sony Master …
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5G, the next generation of super-fast mobile data, is expected to take off next year. Samsung’s next flagship phone may be able to take advantage of it. Samsung will reportedly release both 4G and 5G variants of the Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus next year, according to South Korean publication The Bell. Samsung may release three different models of the Galaxy …
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Apple Watch, Apple Watch Series 2, Apple Watch Series 3. The naming convention suits Apple’s approach to its watch updates. They’ve felt like gradual iterations, not huge leaps. The basic design of the Apple Watch, and even most of its key functions, have remained largely the same, with speed and extra features added on over time: GPS, water resistance, cellular …
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