It was Taiwanese tech company Asus’ turn on Tuesday to unveil its latest flagship phone at Mobile World Congress. The Zenfone 5 is a slim, sleek, attractive device, but the first thought many people had was … haven’t we seen this somewhere before? There are no two ways about it: The Zenfone 5 with its …
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The Samsung Galaxy S9 ($198 at eBay) has arrived, and by all accounts it improves on the already-pretty-good Galaxy S8 ($180 at eBay). It also comes with a higher price tag: The S9 will cost between $720 and $800 in the US, while the S9 Plus will sell for anywhere from $840 to $930. We’ve already covered how to preorder …
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Read our full review of the Nokia 8 Sirocco, the latest Nokia phone from HMD Global. HMD Global, maker of Nokia phones, laid bare its ambitions for capturing every corner of the phone market when it unveiled five new devices at its Mobile World Congress press conference in Barcelona on Sunday. Appealing to a spectrum of consumers from “The Matrix” fans and …
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The race to turn 5G from hype into reality has hit another gear. T-Mobile will deploy mobile 5G to 30 cities this year, including New York and Los Angeles, Chief Technology Officer Neville Ray said Tuesday at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The company still plans to launch the service next year and provide nationwide coverage by 2020. The move …
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You may no longer have to shell out big bucks to get high-end smartphone features like artificial intelligence. Qualcomm on Tuesday unveiled its newest processor family, intended to bring premium features to more affordable smartphones, particularly in places like China. The Snapdragon 700 series of chips will enable on-device artificial intelligence support, improvements to the camera, and better device performance …
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Smartphone fans are getting a sneak peak at two upcoming devices thanks to Evan Blass, Venture Beat’s mobile reporter, who posted photos of what appears to be prototypes on Twitter. Screenshot of Evan Blass Twitter account On Monday Blass tweeted images of what he identified as Lenovo Moto E5 Plus and Huawei P20 prototypes. The images come ahead of the phones’ launches. …
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Mobile World Congress is always the biggest phone show of the year, but 2018 has been different. Rather than counter Samsung’s announcement of the Galaxy S9 — the phone that’s all but certain to dominate sales charts for the first half of the year — rivals like LG and Huawei are aiming for standalone announcements later in the year. That …
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Hankering for the new Galaxy S9 after yesterday’s announcement? In the US, UK, Australia and China, Samsung has a trade-in program that will help you pay for it. You either take the old phone to the store, or ship it back when you get your new one. Trading in an old phone will net you up to $350, which you can …
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Western Digital came to Mobile World Congress hoping to prove that great things do come in small packages by unveiling a new 400GB SanDisk Extreme UHS-I microSDXCT card. But that card isn’t just large, it’s also tipped to be fast with read speeds of up to 160MB/s and write speeds of up to 90MB/s. Western Digital says that makes it more …
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The Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus have a new camera, a faster processor and features like animated emoji characters and a new purple color scheme — in other words, par for the course for a new phone. But if you’re a T-Mobile customer, you’ve got another reason to pay attention. More from Mobile World Congress Hands-on with the …
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