Items tagged with 5G
The Galaxy Fold might be getting all of attention these days when it comes to Samsung's smartphone lineup -- for all the wrong reasons -- but there is a new flagship waiting in the wings. We're of course talking about the Galaxy Note 10, which probably won't be officially launched until sometime this summer (around August - September).
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The hardware lead for Apple's 5G development team appears to have been let go by the Cupertino outfit, after Apple and Qualcomm recently settled their legal dispute. By coming to a settlement, Apple can once again tap Qualcomm to build 5G modems for its mobile devices, which unfortunately for Apple's previous 5G...
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Coinciding with Verizon's exclusive preorder availability of Samsung's Galaxy S10 5G handset, the nation's largest wireless carrier on Thursday announced the expansion of its 5G Ultra Wideband network into 20 additional US cities. That's good news for people who happen to live in places like Atlanta, Boston, and...
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We are just at the early stages over the shift from 4G LTE wireless coverage to 5G. So far in the United States, only AT&T and Verizon have lit up their 5G mobile wireless networks, but coverage is limited to just a handful of cities and 4G LTE-trampling speeds are spotty at best.
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We now have a date for the official unveil of the OnePlus 7 Series of smartphones. OnePlus has been teasing the release of its next-generation flagship for the past few weeks, and now it has confirmed that it will reveal all on May 14th at 11am EST, less than a month from now.
OnePlus is promising that this will be...
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Just last week, Qualcomm introduced a new SoC that is positioned to sit near the top of the mid-range smartphone segment: the Snapdragon 730. The Snapdragon 730 is an octa-core, 8nm SoC which is also available in a Snapdragon 730G variant aimed at gamers with a higher-clocked Adreno 618 GPU.
Now we’re learning of...
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Huawei is off to a good start in 2019, in terms of its overall business. The Chinese telecommunications company generated 179.7 billion Chinese Yuan (around $26.7 billion in US currency) in revenue during the first quarter, which represents a 39 percent year-over-year increase, resulting in an 8 percent jump in...
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There is quite a bit of hype surrounding the OnePlus 7 family that is now right around the corner, and OnePlus CEO Pete Lau has added to it by talking up the display technology on the higher end variant of the two models that will be released. According to Lau, the OnePlus 7 Pro will not only be fast, but...
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The United States government and Chinese telecommunications company Huawei have a strained relationship. The US Department of Justice and various member of Congress have accused Huawei of spying on behalf of the Chinese government and committing a variety of crimes, while Huawei has accused the US government of...
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Sprint and T-Mobile announced a little over a year ago that they would be merging into one company. However, the United States Department of Justice has a few things to say about this union before the companies can ride off into the sunset. The Department of Justice has reportedly told Sprint and T-Mobile that the...
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We know OnePlus is readying a new flagship handset, and specifically the OnePlus 7, because there have been a bunch of leaks pointing to that fact. That includes leaked renders. Interestingly, however, some of the renders we have seen might actually be of a higher end OnePlus 7 Pro model that will launch alongside the...
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It looks as though the other shoe has dropped with followings Apple's surprise settlement with Qualcomm over patent licensing fees (as we predicted). Intel, which is currently the sole supplier of 4G LTE modems for Apple's current generation of iPhones and iPads, just announced that it is throwing in the towel on 5G...
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The U.S. is far behind other counties when it comes to broadband internet speeds and availability. Much of the rural U.S. lack access to broadband, or only has speeds that don't qualify as broadband. The Trump Administration wants to change that and is putting big money into a fund that aims to ensure that rural...
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We’ve been hearing for quite some time that OnePlus is not only working on a follow-up to the OnePlus 6T, but also a 5G variant that would serve as the flagship of the company’s smartphone family. Today we’re getting our first glimpse at what is allegedly the OnePlus 7 Pro, the company’s first 5G smartphone.
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When Samsung launched its Galaxy S10 family of smartphones in late February, it introduced no less than four variants (Galaxy S10e, Galaxy S10, Galaxy S10+, Galaxy S10 5G). All four models vary in screen sizes, features and most importantly, price.
With the release of the Galaxy Note 10, it appears that Samsung...
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2018 was the year of the notch, and it looks as though 2019 is the year where smartphone OEMs seek out new ways to minimize the appearance of the notch or get rid of it altogether. Companies like Samsung have gone with a punch hole cut-out for the front-facing cameras, while this new smartphone concept from one of ASUS’ designers takes a completely
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Samsung is now producing its previously-introduced Exynos Modem 5100 and a new single-chip frequency transreceiver, the Exynos RF 5500, on a mass scale, the company announced on Thursday. In addition, it is also begun large scale manufacturing of a supply modulator solution, the Exynos SM 5800, for a complete 5G...
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As we dive deeper into 2019, two of the big buzzworthy features talked about in the smartphone world have been folding displays and 5G connectivity. The former is best exemplified by the Samsung Galaxy Fold and the Huawei Mate X, while the latter will come to fruition later this week with the commercial availability...
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Earlier this morning, we reported that South Korea’s SK Telecom became the first network in the world to bring commercial 5G wireless service to customers. Sure, AT&T “technically” launched its 5G mobile network back in late 2018, but access to the network is extremely limited and only made possible with Netgear...
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What good is it to own a 5G-capable smartphone if there are no 5G networks? That is not a question owners of Samsung's Galaxy S10 5G handset will have to answer, if they live in South Korea. That's because SK Telecom is getting ready to flip the switch on its 5G network, making South Korea the first county to...
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AT&T has been in hot water with some customers and its competition over its fake 5G E branding for its mobile network. Sprint filed a lawsuit against AT&T over the misleading branding and later blasted the branding in an open letter. AT&T's CEO responded to the backlash essentially telling everyone to "deal with it."...
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Late last month, we heard reports that Samsung would make its Galaxy S10 5G smartphone available starting on April 5th. Today, Samsung confirmed that information and said that the launch is indeed on track for this Friday in South Korea.
It should be noted that the first 5G network became operational in South Korea...
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