Now playing: Watch this: Why 5G may seem underwhelming at first 17:06 Verizon has been told to discontinue some of its TV ads about 5G availability and speed claims. Angela Lang/CNET Verizon has been told to stop using two TV ads that make claims about the speed and availability of its 5G network. The recommendation, …
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Update, July 22: Samsung announced the Galaxy Z Flip 5G will be released Aug. 7 for $1,450. Original story follows. Samsung sent out invites for its next (virtual) Unpacked event earlier this week. The Aug. 5 event is expected to feature a host of new devices, and a new leak seemingly gives us a peek at one of the new products …
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This story is part of Generation China, CNET’s series exploring the nation’s technological ambition. China is moving full steam ahead on 5G, barely slowed down by a pandemic that has ravaged the world. This is setting up a race between the nation and the US, which led the way with 4G cellular technology and wants to keep its pole position …
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T-Mobile has almost 20 times more 5G cities than AT&T and Verizon combined, according to a new analytics report by Ookla. T-Mobile is sitting on 5,013 cities with 5G — and that’s before adding in the former 5G sites of Sprint after the carrier’s $26.5 billion merger with Sprint — while AT&T has 237 5G cities and Verizon has 39. Verizon was …
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Samsung’s Galaxy A71 5G has another home at a US wireless carrier: Verizon’s joins AT&T and T-Mobile in bringing Samsung’s midrange 5G phone to its shelves. The new phone, available for preorder July 9 before being released on July 16, will be Verizon’s most affordable 5G phone yet at $650. Like the AT&T and T-Mobile variants, Verizon’s A71 5G (which it calls …
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AT&T is updating its first responder discount program, expanding the savings to now include teachers, nurses and physicians. The new update, which goes into effect on July 10, offers those who work in on one of those fields a monthly discount of 25% on the company’s latest unlimited plans (known as Unlimited Starter, Extra and Elite). This discount would extend …
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Hello freedom, goodbye tethering. That’s what I thought when I first opened the box for the new Lenovo Flex 5G, the first 5G-powered laptop we’ve been able to test, and the first most consumers will be able to purchase. Now I can go anywhere, do anything, and not be at the mercy of coffee shop Wi-Fi systems or tethering to …
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T-Mobile has switched off Sprint’s 5G network, three months after the carrier’s $26.5 billion merger with Sprint was completed on April 1. It’s redeploying the airwaves as part of its own 5G service, but unless Sprint’s 5G customers have a Samsung Galaxy S20 5G, they’ll need a new phone to use T-Mobile’s 5G network. Though T-Mobile already made this move in …
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Telephone engineer David Snowdon was just returning to his van after an assignment repairing a cell site when a car sped past him, spun around and stopped right in front of him. Two men got out of the vehicle and asked him if he had anything to do with 5G masts. “You better not be or there will be fucking …
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Dish is officially a wireless carrier. After being brought in by the Department of Justice to help allay competition concerns with T-Mobile’s merger with Sprint, Dish on Wednesday said that it has completed its purchase of Boost Mobile, Sprint’s prepaid service. With the deal completed, Boost users are now Dish’s first wireless customers as it begins to build out its …
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