Essential has admitted that its inaugural Essential phone failed to please Android enthusiasts and general buyers, according to Business Insider. “In general, one thing that we got hit hard with was the quality of our camera,” the company’s design lead, Linda Jiang, told the outlet. “We can say, we heard you and we’re going to do …
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FCC chairman Ajit Pai is proposing new rules that would bar telecommunications and broadband companies from using a government subsidy program to buy telecom equipment and services from “any company that poses a national security threat.” Pai didn’t specify which companies or countries would be banned as part of the proposal. Officials from the FCC said on a call with …
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When it comes to 5G, the possibilities are the stuff science fiction dreams are made of. We picture our lives inside our seamlessly connected smart homes, with autonomous cars to take us to work and the speediest, most reliable internet connectivity ensuring that our streaming video never buffers. After all, 5G has been hailed as the advent of the fourth …
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It looks like 5G deployments in the states will be getting a kick-start. The $1.3 trillion US government spending bill signed into law Friday includes a bipartisan effort to speed the rollout of 5G: the Ray Baum Act, named in honor of the late Energy & Commerce staff director who died last month. The legislation folds in language from the …
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It’s going to get harder for Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei to sell its smartphones in the US. Best Buy, the nation’s largest electronics retailer, has ceased ordering new smartphones from Huawei and will stop selling its products over the next few weeks, according to a person familiar with the situation. The retailer will also stop selling its laptops and smartwatches. …
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The Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus hit shelves today, and carriers are scurrying to lure buyers on board. Sprint is even rewarding early-bird customers with the honor of naming a star. The Galaxy S9 ups the ante on last year’s Galaxy S8 by bringing an upgraded camera with tricks like variable aperture, super slow-mo video and 3D avatars called AR Emoji. It also packs a blazing …
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Samsung wants to give you $350 off its new Galaxy S9. Sound good? All you’ve gotta do is trade in your iPhone X! (Or a Galaxy S8, but let’s focus on one phone at a time.) This might be a good time to mention that a brand new iPhone X, which came out less than four months ago, costs $999. …
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It’s been over a week since Samsung’s announced the Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus. On paper, the phones look a lot like last year’s S8 on paper. And that’s not necessarily a bad thing. But as preorders are under way, it’s good to see how the new flagships stack up against last years wonders: The Galaxy S8 and Note 8. Samsung is smart for …
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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai took to Twitter on Tuesday to praise the House of Representatives for passing the Ray Baum Act, a bill that supports development of next-generation wireless services in the US. The bill, named in honor of the late Energy & Commerce staff director who died last month, is a bipartisan agreement to reauthorize the FCC …
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