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Google Pixel 2 XL leak could show flagship phone’s front face

Google’s Pixel 2 phones will debut formally on Wednesday, but new leaks mean they’re arriving informally well beforehand. A pair of images from Evan Blass, who has a good track record showing hot unannounced phones on his @evleaks Twitter account, tweeted a pair of purported Pixel 2 XL phone images on Monday. We’ve had leaks …

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Google Pixel 2 event: What to expect on Oct. 4

Google’s next Pixel phones, a Pixelbook laptop and more Google Home speakers. These are the top devices that the tech giant is widely expected to launch at its Oct. 4 event in San Francisco. Hot on the heels of Apple’s iPhone X reveal and Amazon’s deluge of new Echo smart speakers, Google is expected to announce new versions of its …

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Which Nokia Android phone should I buy?

Read our full review of the Nokia 8 Sirocco, the latest Nokia phone from HMD Global.  Nokia relaunched into the smartphone scene this year with a whole raft of Android phones, from affordable entry-level handsets to powerhouse top-end superphones. Each phone is suited to a different sort of user, with a different budget to spend. If you’re keen on reliving your …

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Samsung waiting for Apple’s OK on its Gear Fit 2 Pro iOS app

When it was announced in August, the Samsung Gear Fit 2 Pro fitness tracker was touted as being compatible with Android phones and iPhones. It’s been on sale since Sept. 15, but there’s just one problem: The iOS app isn’t available yet. No app, of course, means no iPhone compatibility, much to the chagrin of Apple owners in Samsung’s support forums. In …

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I won’t buy a Pixel 2 without a headphone jack

This March, I declared I wouldn’t buy a Samsung Galaxy S8. I’d pick a Pixel instead. But there was one thing I wasn’t counting on, one possibility I hadn’t even considered: Google’s new phone, expected to be unveiled next week, might ditch the headphone jack. Yeah, it’d be pretty weird. After all, wasn’t Google the one who made fun of Apple for doing that …

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LG V30 available on Verizon, AT&T and T

The V30, LG‘s most premium phone of the season, will be available on the country’s three largest carriers starting Thursday, Oct. 5.  The phone will be available online and in retail stores for Verizon right on Oct. 5, without pre-order. On AT&T, you can purchase the phone online that day too, or buy it in retail stores when it will be available …

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FCC tells Apple to turn on FM chips. iPhone 8 doesn’t have one

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai has a message for Apple CEO Tim Cook: “Flip the switch” and turn on FM radios embedded in iPhones. In the wake of three major hurricanes that have wiped out communications for millions of people over the past month, Pai issued a statement Thursday urging Apple, one of the largest makers of cellphones in …

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Enter to win* a Galaxy Note 8

Looking for an upgrade? We got your back! Now is your chance to take home a new Galaxy Note 8, a phone with a 8.9 rating from our editors after some serious testing. Some of its features include a vibrant 6.3-inch OLED screen, Samsung‘s first twin-lens phone that can create pretty depth-effect portraits, a top-of-the-line processor, water resistance, expandable storage …

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Titanic VR ride at NYC Samsung store is as weird as it sounds

I looked at my colleague as we took a breather at the bathroom sink, moments after we had sat together in a boat. With VR helmets on. No, we weren’t exactly sure what just happened, either. We were right off the Highline — the elevated park and major tourist attraction –at Samsung’s flagship 837 showroom in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District. Here, …

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Nokia’s 3310 is back

Do you find the iPhone 8 or the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 too pricey and newfangled? Nokia sure has some good news for you. The company on Thursday announced a version of its famous 3310 phone that you can actually make calls from. Nokia rerelased the phone earlier in the year, but it didn’t work in the US, UK or …

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