The best way to sell always-connected PCs is downplaying the actual connectivity part. At least, that’s what Lenovo has found through the past year of selling computers powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon LTE processors, said Matt Bereda, vice president of global consumer marketing for PCs and tablets at Lenovo. Even though all of the devices are …
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If you want a 5G phone next year, you’re going to pay much more for it. How much more? In the case of OnePlus, it could be $200 to $300 higher than this year’s flagship OnePlus 6T, CEO Pete Lau said in an interview with CNET. That’s a whopping 36 percent to 55 percent increase. The Chinese handset maker has …
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One of the new features in the latest crop of iPhones — the XS, the XS Max and the XR, to be specific — is the ability to use eSIM to activate another line on your phone without need for a second SIM card. Now with the release of iOS 12.1.1 on Wednesday, the feature is up and running for AT&T …
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It seems like a perfect marriage. OnePlus has announced it’ll launch its 5G phone in the first half of 2019. Verizon can’t stop talking about 5G. But fresh evidence that OnePlus’ 5G phone won’t land on Verizon’s network came to light this week at Qualcomm’s annual tech summit held in Maui, HI. OnePlus has already cozied up to Verizon with the OnePlus …
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You’d never know by looking at the brick-like phone that it’s one of the fastest devices on the planet. The generic-looking handset is a prototype design that Qualcomm made to showcase 5G, but it — and another prototype made by Samsung — prove that the age of 5G phones and networks is coming fast. Qualcomm, alongside partners Samsung, Verizon and …
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If you plan to be one of the first to own a 5G phone, maybe you’d better start saving up. Samsung, Verizon and AT&T can’t stop talking about 5G’s blazing speeds and instant connection, or how you’ll be able to download the sixth season of House of Cards on Netflix in minutes. But try asking them how much owning one …
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AT&T has added another 5G device to its upcoming lineup. The carrier said Wednesday it’s working with Samsung to offer another 5G phone next year. The smartphone will support 5G mmWave and sub-6 GHz and will be offered in the second half of 2019. This comes after AT&T said Tuesday it will carry a 5G Samsung phone starting in the spring. In October, …
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Get ready for lots of 5G phones in time for the holidays next year. The first devices for the fast, next-generation network will hit the market in early 2019. Samsung, for one, said it will have a phone for Verizon, AT&T and other networks in the first half of the year. By the holidays next year, every flagship handset — …
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With all the talk about 5G at Qualcomm’s conference this week, it’d be easy to assume that you’d automatically get 5G with the company’s latest Snapdragon 855 processor. You’d be wrong. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 855 will power most high-end Android 5G smartphones next year — but the chip itself doesn’t actually provide the speedy connectivity. Instead, accessing the new network requires …
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The excitement over 5G is at such high levels that even the prospect of Apple dawdling on the technology isn’t enough to get Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg down. Asked whether he’s worried that Apple is reportedly holding off on 5G until 2020, Vestberg said he’s focused on the 5G smartphones that are coming out next year. On Monday, Verizon said …
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