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Have you ever dropped a smartphone and watched in horror as it landed awkwardly on a hard surface, shattering the display in the process? That is just one of the hazards that adventurers face when climbing mountains and venturing beyond the local mall. It is also why Samsung builds rugged versions of its flagships...
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Weve seen Buy One Get One Free offers on the Samsung Galaxy S8 over the past two months, but they usually came with plenty of strings attached, require you to adhere to special rate plans, or make you wait up to two months to get your money back for the free phone. Luckily, Samsung is spearheading a new...
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Google last week released its first developer preview of Android O, the next-generation mobile operating system that will replace Android 7.0 Nougat as the latest and greatest in the Android camp. There has been plenty of buzz surrounding Android O, but Google also talked a little bit about Android Go at is Google I/O developers conference.
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Motorola is ready to unleash the second generation of its flagship Moto Z family, and luckily, were getting a glimpse at what the device has in store. Leaked renders give us a good look at the smartphone from both the front and the back, and for obvious reasons, it doesnt stray too far from the original winning...
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The newness hasnt even worn off the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835, but theres already talk of its successor. Most reports seemed to agree that upcoming flagship will be called the Snapdragon 845, but the finer details are where there are some discrepancies between the varying reports.
The latest news coming from...
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If we had a say in the matter, all smartphone displays would migrate to OLED (organic light emitting diode) panels. In our opinion, Samsung's Super AMOLED displays (as found on the Galaxy S8/S8+) are unrivaled in terms of overall picture quality, though perhaps not for much longer. Rival LG...
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Apple introduced the 7.9-inch iPad Mini in 2012 as the diminutive counterpart to the larger, 9.7-inch regular iPad. With the smaller frame came a lower price tag, which enticed many customers to embrace Apples vision of a tablet future. However, a new report suggests that Apple has had enough of the iPad Mini, and...
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Windows phone users have no need to worry about being abandoned;Microsoft recently stated that it will continue to support the platform. This announcement was in response to Microsofts increasing focus on support for iOS and Android devices.
Microsofts Joe Belfiore remarked at Build 2017, Were going to continue to...
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T-Mobile enjoys its position as an underdog in the U.S. wireless market, and CEO John Legere takes pride in throwing stones at larger rivals like Verizon and AT&T. The third-place wireless carrier is once again taking aim at the big dogs with a new Samsung Galaxy S8 promotion that comes just in time for...
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One of Google's forthcoming Pixel 2 devices has found its way to Geekbench, giving us a better idea of what specifications to expect and how it might perform. The device in question is codenamed "Taimen," named after a large fish that can tip the scales at up to 220 pounds. It is one of three Pixel 2 devices Google...
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In a perfect world, all smartphones would be able to connect to any wireless carrier's network. But we do not live in a perfect world, and as such most smartphones are tied to either CDMA or GSM networks, thereby narrowing a user's choice of wireless carrier. The exception is when a smartphone is unlocked to support...
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Sometime this year (likely in October), Apple will launch the iPhone 8. This will be an important product release not just because it is another flagship phone, but it marks the 10th anniversary of the iPhone, the handset that transformed the market for cellular devices. Apple is expected to make a splash to celebrate...
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Its easy for us to get caught up with the top of the ticket when it comes to smartphone processors. On the Qualcomm side of things, the top dog offering is most definitely the newSnapdragon 835, which powersSamsungs flagship Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ smartphones. However, there are less...
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The new G6 from LG is a really good Android phone in its own right, but if you were on the fence, T-Mobile and LG have a pair of offers that you might find too good to refuse. Starting with T-Mobile, the spunky "uncarrier," as it likes to call itself, is offering the LG 6 for $20 per month for 24 months, plus a $20...
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Lets face it, Microsofts decision to purchase Nokias Devices and Services division was an epic fail. The acquisition resulted in billions of losses, plummeting market share for Microsofts smartphone operating system, and the laying off of thousands of employees.
Its quite amazing how far Microsoft has fallen when...
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T-Mobile just vowed to launch a real nationwide mobile 5G network by 2020. The company's goal is to provide blazing fast speeds, to combat AT&Ts #Fake5G, and dispel myths surrounding 5G.
T-Mobile plans to use part of the 600 MHz spectrum it just won for 5G, and it also has 200 MHz of spectrum in the 28/39 GHz...
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Innovation is not dead in the smartphone space, folks. Perhaps no company knows that better than Samsung, which has been changing the way we think of smartphone displays over the past few generations of handsets. The curved edge design proved so popular that both the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy...
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One of the many things we like about Samsung's flagship Galaxy S8 is the premium construction with barely any bezel to speak of. A full 80 percent of the front of the of the device is screen area, leaving only very thin top and bottom bezels. That said, Samsung detracts from this a bit with persistent...
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Something fishy is going on at Google, though not in a bad way. During a discussion at Mobile World Congress earlier this year, Google's Rich Osterloh confirmed that there would be a successor to the company's Pixel smartphone in 2017. He stopped well short of offering up any sort of details, but if you go fishing for...
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Samsung today confirmed what we all knew was eventually coming. There will be a Galaxy Note 8, and it will be arriving in the latter half of the year. This confirmation was tucked inside the companys most recent earnings release:
Against this backdrop, the company will strive to maintain profitability...
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Samsung has shown itself to be the quite the resilient force. Consider that it wasn't all that long ago when Samsung's mobile strategy had grown stale, causing a major shakeup among its higher ranks. Then more recently there was the embarrassing (and costly) Galaxy Note 7 gaffe. But despite it all, Samsung is...
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Samsungs nightmarish Galaxy Note 7 saga is far from over. After an explosive launch in September of last year, numerous battery fires brought a lot of negative attention to the Samsung brand and the company lost millions as a result of the subsequent recalls and replacement smartphones and cash offered to...
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