After setting up and getting your Fitbit Ionic watch to your liking, there’s another feature you probably want to take some time to get to know. Now playing: Watch this: Fitbit Ionic is the most advanced Fitbit watch… but… 3:12 Fitbit Pay is the wearable company’s mobile payment platform, meaning that with a flash of …
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If you’re hoping that the Galaxy S9 will last twice as long as your Galaxy S8, you may want to lower your expectations. The batteries for the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus are rumored to stay the same size as their predecessors, according to the latest leak. If you head over to online phone component retailer Union Repair, you’ll …
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Apple has its nose in front of Samsung once more. Apple’s phone sales fell second to the Korean electronics giant for the first three quarters of 2017, but with the iPhone 8, 8 Plus and X going on sale in the fourth quarter, it’s back in front, according to IDC’s quarterly report on smartphone market share. Apple sold 77.3 million …
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There’s no shortage of alleged leaks and fan-made renders to satisfy our appetite while we await Samsung’s official Feb. 25 unveiling of its next flagship phone. We’ve heard rumors about the Galaxy S9‘s performance and features — like its potential face-scanning features and camera upgrades — but we’ve also heard murmurs about the phone’s design. At first glance, the Galaxy S9 could look …
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Looking for an excuse to finally buy that big-screen TV you’ve been coveting? Look no further than a certain upcoming football game, whose stringent trademark restrictions prevent me from naming directly. Want another arrow in your new-TV-rationalization quiver? Prices on many sets are at their lowest levels yet as manufacturers and retailers tackle 2017 inventory in advance of 2018 models. …
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Samsung is full steam ahead on making a foldable Galaxy phone. Although it isn’t clear if that means the screen itself could fold — there are other ways to make a phone “foldable” — we now know that foldable displays are a major part of Samsung’s mobile strategy. The company said in its earnings report on Wednesday that it’s developing …
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The iPhone X and Samsung Galaxy Note 8 have similar camera hardware: Dual-rear cameras, 2x optical zoom, dual-optical image stabilization (OIS), 4K video and Portrait Mode. But despite these similarities, photos and videos from each look pretty different. I compared these camera twins in a variety of locations around San Francisco. Both phones were left in Auto HDR and iPhone …
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Qualcomm, the world’s largest supplier of chips for phones, says it’s cut a deal with Samsung that could help it put a Korean antitrust case behind it and avoid a massive fine. In a statement Wednesday, Qualcomm said it had “expanded its global patent cross-license agreement with Samsung covering mobile devices and infrastructure equipment” and that as part of the …
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You’re not the only one who dreams of cashing in on cryptocurrency mania. Samsung’s right there with you. In its fourth-quarter earnings report Wednesday, the consumer-electronics purveyor and world’s largest chipmaker by revenue said it expects its foundry business to get a bump-up from “growing demand for cryptocurrency mining chips.” It also confirmed, separately, that it’s making such chips. “Samsung’s …
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At CES 2018, Sony demonstrated a prototype TV putting out a claimed 10,000 nits. That’s 10-15 times brighter than your current TV. Today’s TVs are already significantly brighter than their predecessors, which can really help the image pop, especially in bright rooms. And while high dynamic range (HDR) delivers the best home video picture quality available today, to get the most out …
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