Huawei’s ambitions to unseat Samsung as the world’s largest phone brand by 2020 came crashing to the ground this week following a report that Google will pull support for Huawei’s Android phones. Sidelining its most enthusiastic rival could prove to be a windfall for Samsung — assuming the blacklist status lasts. The measures are already …
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After a wobbly 2018 where the company had to address a US government ban, ZTE seems to be finding its balance with the new Axon 10 Pro, a beautiful 4G flagship phone now available in Germany. Announced in February at the Mobile World Congress, the Axon 10 Pro is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 processor and comes with three rear-facing …
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The Galaxy Fold phone is grabbing all the attention because Samsung is delaying the launch of its foldable phone to figure out why many review units are failing. But Nubia, an associate company of Chinese phone-maker ZTE, announced today that it plans to launch the Nubia Alpha, a different kind of foldable phone, later this week. The Nubia Alpha is a 4-inch smartphone with …
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Update, Sept. 18: We now have a retail model of the Galaxy Fold and have begun to review it. The Galaxy Fold, Samsung’s first foldable phone, blew the top off the mobile industry when we first heard of it in February. Since then, this foldable device, which we’ve never seen in person (this YouTube video might be it), has been beset …
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Phone prices are soaring year over year, and trends suggest they’ll only get more expensive. The OnePlus 7 Pro is the latest handset to demonstrate that phone prices aren’t just rising a little more with each model, but that they’re taking advantage of a shift in the current mobile landscape that includes 5G devices and foldable phones to boost prices. …
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Most recent headlines adorned with the Huawei brand haven’t borne good news. On Monday night, however, Huawei mobile boss Yu Chengdong had something to crow about. Huawei’s Mate 20, an acclaimed phone that boasts three rear cameras and an in-screen fingerprint sensor, has shipped 10 million units after four-and-a-half months on the market, Yu said. He made the announcement on …
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If you’re planning to buy a phone later this year, you may not be able to avoid 5G. Qualcomm President Cristiano Amon last week predicted that by this holiday season or the Chinese New Year in early 2020, all major flagship phones will run 5G — and there may not even be an option to buy a high-end device without …
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The scene on the big display in front of me looks like something from Grey’s Anatomy. A team of doctors and nurses lean over a patient who’s draped with a white cloth, while a TV screen beside the operating table displays a video of the patient’s colon. Suddenly, a yellow line appears on that video, showing the doctors where to …
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5G has been the favorite buzzword at MWC here in Barcelona for the past few years, but 2019 is when it truly arrived. Now that it’s here, all anyone can talk about are foldable phones. The next-generation network technology promises blazing speeds, smooth and stable connections and new possibilities for VR, self-driving cars and robotics. This being the big new thing …
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Smartphone design just got taken to another level. Nubia, an associate company to Chinese telecommunications company ZTE, just unveiled the world’s first wearable smart phone at MWC 2019. The smartphone, (or is it a smartwatch?), named the Nubia Alpha, looks like something out of a sci-fi novel, and it’s a first step toward the wearable tech of the future. The …
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