Hands-on with the elephant in the room: A massive phone with an 18,000 mAh battery
We told you that the Energizer Power Max P18K Pop would come to the Mobile World Congress this year, and I did find the colossal …
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Surprise: The Galaxy S10 sold in the US is more powerful than the version sold elsewhere
Samsung fans now have just over one week to go until the company’s hot new flagship smartphones finally hit store shelves. They were officially announced …
Early Nokia 9 PureView sale shaves $100 off the regular price, but only for a week
HMD Global a few days ago unveiled the Nokia 9 PureView smartphone, the world’s first phone that features five cameras on the back. It’s the …
Motorola’s foldable RAZR is coming soon with a design we’ve never seen before
There’s been a lot of talk about foldable devices at MWC, especially following Huawei’s Mate X launch. The foldable handset stole the show when it …
A foldable phone just won ‘Best in Show’ at MWC 2019, and it’s not the Samsung Galaxy Fold
More than a week ago, we had no clear idea whether Samsung would bring its first foldable handset to the Galaxy S10 Unpacked press conference, …
Congress wants Google to explain how it forgot about the Nest Secure microphone
A week ago, we learned that there is in fact a microphone Google included with its Nest Secure home security system that the tech giant …
Steve Wozniak wants Apple to jump on the foldable phone bandwagon
If you’ve paid any attention at all to the tech press in the past week or so, you’ve no doubt been deluged with headlines touting …
Nokia 9 PureView hands-on: The 5-lens flagship Android fans have been dreaming of
The world’s only phone with five cameras on the back is the Nokia 9 PureView flagship that was unveiled a few days ago. The handset …
T-Mobile: 5G won’t be more expensive than current 4G plans
For as exciting as the roll out of 5G is, the unfortunate reality is that it’s going to be a while before most people will …
Hands-on with the Huawei Mate X, the best foldable phone so far
The best-looking foldable smartphone ever made was unveiled in Barcelona a few days ago, well before the Huawei’s press conference. Images of the Mate X …
Samsung’s Galaxy S10 doesn’t support one of Android’s most innovative new features
Six months ago back in August 2018, Google released Android 9.0 Pie to the public. The latest and greatest version of Google’s mobile platform featured …
The Galaxy Fold has an exciting new feature Samsung didn’t even announce on stage
When Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Fold last week, the company confirmed that the handset would launch with 512GB of eUFS 3.0 storage, which may not …
Galaxy S10 review: Samsung’s completely redesigned flagships live up to the hype
I’ve been covering the smartphone industry for close to 15 years now. In all that time, I’m not sure I have ever seen a smartphone …
Samsung says there’s a good reason why the Galaxy Fold and Huawei Mate X fold differently
If it wasn’t clear by now, foldable phones are finally a thing this year. They’re an expensive you-can’t-touch-the-prototype kind of thing. Samsung and Huawei have …
The OnePlus 7 won’t have wireless charging, so stop asking for it
You might be dying to use wireless charging on OnePlus but that’s not going to happen anytime soon. Certainly not this spring when the OnePlus …
Another day, another top US official blasting Huawei and warning allies to steer clear
The top US cyber diplomat brought the country’s opposition to Chinese tech giant Huawei to MWC this week, with Robert Strayer telling reporters in Barcelona …
Trusty law enforcement drone helps nab hostage taker in California
Drones have become big sellers in hobbyist circles and prices on them are now low enough that just about anyone with the desire to fly …
Motorola’s first 5G phone is a display-less device you attach to your existing 4G phone
Motorola unveiled the Moto Z3 back in August, labeling it the first 5G-upgradeable phone in the world. At the time, Motorola said that a special …
Swatch takes Samsung to court for allegedly copying its watch face designs
Samsung is back on the legal hot seat, returning to court to answer charges that it’s allegedly copied ideas from one of its competitors. The …
Apple Music support might be coming to Google Home devices soon
Apple and Google might be mortal rivals when it comes to smartphone operating systems, but sometimes, it pays to work together. To that end, we …
Hands-on with the best-looking traditional Android phone at MWC 2019
It happens every year when I swing by Sony’s booth at the Mobile World Congress: I leave impressed by its latest smartphones, especially the flagship …
Samsung is planning a super-exclusive, limited Galaxy Fold launch in April
We told you back in December that Samsung wasn’t going to be targeting the mass market with its super-expensive, ultra-luxe Galaxy Fold — the plan …
OnePlus 5G launches next quarter – will it arrive before the OnePlus 7?
OnePlus has challenged traditional smartphone makers for a few years now, evolving from a startup that surprised the world with affordable flagships to a more …
Apple will reportedly add the Apple Watch feature everyone wants by next year
Apple’s smartwatch has dominated the industry ever since it was introduced back in 2016, but despite its ubiquity, the popular wearable is still missing several …
LG G8 and V50 hands-on: 2 phones, 4 tricks, and too many questions
LG on Sunday took the stage in Barcelona, Spain to unveil the phones that will drive its immediate future. Unlike previous years, we got to …
It’s finally here: New free app lets you use iMessage on Android
A friend came to me many years ago and told me he was fed up with his iPhone. This was back in the days before …
Forget 1TB microSD cards, the next-gen products will be faster than the drive in your laptop
Image source: SD AssociationJust as expected, storage solution vendors came out with new memory products at MWC 2019. But I can’t say I anticipated the …
You’ll be able to use Google Assistant inside the Messages app, but Google isn’t reading your chats
Google made various Assistant-related announcements at MWC 2019. The virtual assistant will be available on all the new phones from LG, Nokia, and Xiaomi, as …
There’s a way to hide the Galaxy S10’s camera hole, but you’ll get a massive bezel instead
The Galaxy S10 may have not been unveiled in Barcelona at the Mobile World Congress, but the phone is still one the stars of the …
The crazy story of how Google Maps’ Satellite view was almost called Bird Mode
Practically anyone who works in an office setting and has to answer to layers of management can sympathize with a certain kind of bureaucracy. The …
