It’s hard to believe the iPhone has been around for a decade. Geez, where did the time go?! Over the years iPhone refinements have been made, the phones’ sizes have changed and features have been added as well as removed — the list is huge. And next Tuesday, on Sept. 12, the highly anticipated new …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Oh, that’s not friendly. Samsung/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET It’s almost as nasty as it used to be between Apple fans and those of Samsung. Last season, NFL stars Josh Norman of the Washington Redskins and Dez Bryant of the Dallas Cowboys showed that they’re …
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So far it looks like Samsung has recovered from last year’s Note 7 flameout, new US sales data from the company shows. The new high-end Samsung Galaxy Note 8 phone is the best-selling Note in the US based on preorders so far, the Korean electronics giant said Friday. It declined to share details about exactly how many have been ordered …
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Between Samsung and Apple, there are a whole bunch of shiny new toys being paraded around this month. September is smartphone Christmas. It’s also like Christmas when it comes to the price tags. Samsung this week released its Galaxy Note 8. I have held one in my hands, and it’s beautiful. I have seen the light. I have also seen …
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Now playing: Watch this: We destroyed the Essential Phone 4:36 When we drop-tested the Samsung Galaxy S8, it wound up with a cracked glass back. When we drop-tested the Moto Z2 Force, the “shatterproof” screen survived — but its shiny aluminum edges got all chewed up. Essential performed its own drop tests and claims the phone survived without blemish. That …
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Now playing: Watch this: Nokia finally has a flagship Android phone to get excited… 1:43 The Nokia 8 is generating a lot of hype for good reason. The company’s flagship phone has a blazing fast processor, custom camera software and, perhaps most importantly, the Nokia brand name. What it won’t have? American buyers anytime soon. “We are not planning to bring …
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The Galaxy Note 8 became Samsung‘s first phone to have dual rear cameras, but just two weeks later, the company has already taken the wraps off of two new dual-camera phones that couldn’t be less like the Note: the Galaxy J7+ and the Galaxy C8. Both much more affordable, much more basic Android phones, the presence of two lenses on the back is basically …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Yes, she plays with her cat. AT&T/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET As I understand it, the old Taylor Swift is dead. The new Taylor Swift is, on the other hand, taking names and settling scores. At least that was the impression given by her recently …
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When Apple unveils its new high-end iPhone on Sept. 12, it’s widely expected to do away with the most iconic part of its handset: the home button. If the rumors are true, the all-screen design of the so-called iPhone 8 means no room for a bottom bezel, and thus no room for a physical home button (and its Touch ID fingerprint …
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