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Fans of Samsung’s lower-cost phones may have an early look at next year’s Galaxy A3 and A7, thanks to some alleged renderings leaked by well-known mobile tipster OnLeaks, in conjunction with Indian tech blog MySmartPrice. Samsung’s Galaxy A line is a cheaper alternative to its premium phones, and competes against budget buys from other phonemakers, …

The Un-carrier wants to unlock your phone number. T-Mobile on Wednesday launched a program called Digits, which will let customers apply their phone number to multiple devices, or create and combine multiple numbers onto a single device. T-Mobile is the latest carrier to free up your phone number to multiple devices — AT&T and Verizon offer similar capabilities — a …

Apple says it’s not to blame for a spate of iPhones apparently catching fire. The Shanghai Consumer Council, a watchdog group in China, reported last week that eight iPhone 6 devices had spontaneously combusted. Apple’s response is that “external damage” was to blame for these “thermal events” with the phone batteries. “We have been in touch with the customers and …

People scoffed and moaned when the iPhone 7 ditched the headphone jack, but it seems like the trend could continue. The upcoming Samsung Galaxy S8 may become the next popular phone to forgo the headphone jack, according to SamMobile. A lot is riding on Samsung’s next Galaxy S flagship. After this fall’s Galaxy Note 7 went up in flames, all …

Apple CEO Tim Cook said the Apple Watch had a record week of sales during the first week of holiday shopping. But it’s hard to know just what that means — Apple doesn’t report sales numbers for the wearable. Cook talked up the smartwatch in a Tuesday email to Reuters as technology research firm IDC noted that Apple shipped 71 …

Now playing: Watch this: Samsung wins in Supreme Court battle against Apple 1:14 The US Supreme Court on Tuesday handed Samsung a victory in its long-running patent dispute with Apple. The nation’s highest court said in a unanimous opinion that damages for design patent infringement can be based only on the part of the device that infringed the patents, not …

Now playing: Watch this: Galaxy Note 7 fires may be to blame on tight battery 1:31 Samsung is having some trouble identifying what went wrong with the Galaxy Note 7, which earlier this year was recalled due to a high number of battery explosions, but someone else believes they have the answer. Manufacturing engineering company Instrumental has performed a teardown …

Your phone is about to die, but you need to leave the house within the next 15 minutes. You’re screwed, right? Not necessarily. A fast-charging phone like the Google Pixel, Motorola Moto Z, OnePlus 3 (and 3T), LG G5 and HTC 10 could be clutch in time-sensitive situations. To fully charge a phone normally takes 1 to 2 hours, but …

These iPhoneys are going to need a jailbreak. The New York Police Department raided two storefronts in Brooklyn on Thursday night, seizing up to 11,000 fake iPhones and Samsung devices, as well as counterfeit phone accessories. Police said the counterfeit phones were valued at $8 million. Officers executed a search warrant for “Phone Traders” on Coney Island Avenue at about …

One of wearable tech’s biggest names may be buying one of its most inventive upstarts. And the rumored combination could well be a mutually beneficial move in an increasingly competitive category. Fitbit, the No. 1 fitness tracker brand, is said to be buying Pebble. The news, first reported by The Information, is not confirmed. But Techcrunch is reporting that Fitbit’s …