Wonder what happened to the millions of recalled Galaxy Note 7 devices that were maybe/maybe not on the verge of exploding? They didn’t just disappear off the face of the earth after Samsung recalled the device — twice — in the wake of battery defects that caused Note 7s to burst into flames. (In fact, the same …
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Have Samsung Pay? You’ll be able to use PayPal through your Samsung phone wherever Samsung Pay is accepted, PayPal announced Monday. That’s almost everywhere, as Samsung Pay works with traditional magnetic card readers. The digital payment company has lately announced a series of partnerships to keep up with competitors such as Apple Pay. PayPal has partnered with Visa and Mastercard, and …
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Now playing: Watch this: How to hide the navigation bar on the Galaxy S8 1:46 Samsung‘s TouchWiz software on the Galaxy S8 puts tons of customization at the users’ fingertips. One customization feature that sticks out, however, is the navigation bar. By default, the layout Samsung uses is reversed from virtually all other Android manufacturers, who place the back button …
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After a lackluster start with middle-of-the-road Android phones, the Nokia brand could finally be reinvigorated by the Nokia 8, if the rumors about the high-end Android phone are true. This is the Nokia 8 https://t.co/YUUbFOgbBX pic.twitter.com/xrHBRx4H8I — Evan Blass (@evleaks) July 17, 2017 The premium Nokia 8 could get everything from dual cameras to Qualcomm’s fastest Snapdragon 835 chip (the …
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Now playing: Watch this: Galaxy Note 8 coming in late August, says Samsung exec 1:18 Samsung’s Note 7 is getting a follow-up next month. Sarah Tew/CNET Get ready for the Galaxy Note 8 to come next month. Samsung mobile chief DJ Koh told reporters in Taiwan that it’ll unveil the new Note phone at the end of August, as reported …
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Now playing: Watch this: Alexa, do these things on my phone 1:42 Amazon’s Alexa is coming to phones. We’ve seen it on the Huawei Mate 9 and now it’s here for the HTC U11, the phone you can squeeze. But the Alexa voice app works a little differently on the U11. There are still some things you can’t do on the …
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Editors’ note: Welcome to Boom With a View, a new column by Daniel Van Boom (yes, that’s a real name), CNET Australia’s Asia news editor. He’ll be doing what he grew up doing: talking about nerdom, and pretty much everything else, to strangers on the internet. “I gave up after a month,” my friend says of his new fitness exploits. …
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It looks like LG is readying itself to reveal its next big phone. The company sent out save-the-dates for August 31 in Berlin, with an image that outlines a sleek and glowing letter V. This would be a not-so-subtle nod to LG’s series of premium V-series phones; the new phone is expected to be called the V30. Judging by the …
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Samsung looks ready for a new life with its Note series after its exploding Note 7. The South Korean giant is expected to announce its Galaxy Note 8 on August 23, reports South Korean media outlet The Bell. Citing a Samsung executive, the publication added the earlier date should make the Note 8 available for purchase from “early September.” It’s not …
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LG may be shaking up the look of its most premium phone. A new rumor says that the LG V30, the unannounced follow-up to last year’s LG V20, may have more in common with the LG G6 than with the V20 itself. Renderings that come from well known mobile tipster OnLeaks suggest that the V30 will lose the secondary display above …
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