A passenger’s Samsung Galaxy A21 caught fire Monday inside the cabin of an Alaska Airlines flight after landing at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, forcing the crew to deploy the aircraft’s evacuation slides to remove the flight’s occupants. The passenger’s phone “overheated and began sparking” after the flight from New Orleans landed Monday evening, an Alaska Airlines …
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Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Z Flip 3 earlier this month at its Unpacked event. The Z Flip 3, which is the successor to last year’s Z Flip and Z Flip 5G, got a nearly $400 price cut. Samsung is hoping this positions it as a foldable that the masses will lap up rather than one for early adopters with lots of cash …
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The OnePlus Buds Pro ($150, £139 or approximately AU$260) may have some chrome on their stems, but they’re pretty much AirPods Pro clones, right down to the same pinch controls. But their charging case is different, at least, and they deliver good sound quality and noise canceling, as well as top-notch ambient noise reduction for voice calling. In short, they’re …
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Samsung’s new Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Z Flip 3 are doing well on preorders, the company claims. How well? That part isn’t exactly clear. On Monday the company boasted that “preorder volume” for the new devices was already “outpacing total sales for Galaxy Z devices to date in 2021.” Samsung would not, however, disclose how many Z series devices …
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Samsung officially unveiled two new smartphones, the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3, during its August Unpacked event. Both phones feature foldable display technology, giving Samsung fans a choice between two very different approaches to a modern-day smartphone. The Z Fold 3 picks up where the Galaxy Note line left off, adding S Pen stylus support, a …
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Editor’s note, Aug. 26: Read my full review of the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 here, with impressions after two weeks of wear. Early impressions from the first two days of wear are below. Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 4 was unveiled last week at Samsung’s August Unpacked event. As the first smartwatch with Google’s newest version of Wear OS, the Galaxy Watch 4 may offer a …
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We asked and Samsung answered. The South Korean company unveiled its third generation of foldable phones this month at Samsung Unpacked . The new models are more durable and affordable than its foldables of years past. At its third event of the year, Samsung showed off the Z Fold 3 and the Z Flip 3, which are available for preorder …
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Intel’s new Alder Lake processor could boost the performance of personal computers by as much as 30% while delivering longer battery life, a breakthrough the chipmaker credits to a hybrid design that marries modules for top speed with others for efficient operation. It’s an approach that’s been used for years in smartphones. At its Architecture Day event on Thursday, Intel …
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Motorola is revealing the new Motorola Edge for 2021 Thursday, updating its higher-end phone as part of an in-person event at Yankee Stadium in New York. The Edge (not to be confused with the U2 guy, of course) will cost $700 in the US, a price that roughly converts to £515 or AU$975. For that sum, Motorola is including impressive …
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Oppo unveiled a new under-display camera tech on Thursday. The tech is set to make its way to the company’s upcoming flagships, allowing them to hide selfie cameras under their display. The third-gen imaging tech, which the company claims is the “best under-screen camera solution,” apparently delivers image quality that’s much closer to that of a regular front-facing camera. Oppo …
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