September 26, 2019
My Galaxy Fold display is damaged after a day
Samsung’s new rebooted Galaxy arrives this week with one job: it just needs to not break. I’d already spent thousands of words breaking down the ins and outs…
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September 26, 2019
The Google Assistant can now control your Xbox One
It wasn’t so long ago that Microsoft was betting heavily on its Cortana digital assistant. That’s a bet that didn’t pay off. But because this is the new…
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OnePlus 7T arrives with Android 10 in October for $599
For the past few years, OnePlus has happily pushed into a six-month product refresh cycle. It’s a model that’s worked well for the plucky smartphone maker, and another…
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Xiaomi’s 108MP Mi Mix Alpha has a display that wraps around the back
As Samsung and Huawei double down on their foldable smartphone lineups, and other handset vendors try to hide the notch, Chinese giant Xiaomi today chalked out a different…
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Samsung Galaxy Fold, take two
The Galaxy Fold comes in a nice box. It’s a thing I rarely, if ever, mention in product write-ups, because, if done right, shipping containers are generally the…
Read articleSeptember 23, 2019
Five months later, Samsung’s Galaxy Fold arrives this week
There’s fashionably late and then there’s the Galaxy Fold. Initially scheduled for an April 22 launch, the device was delayed after multiple reviews returned broken devices. Samsung was…
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The Mate 30 is a moment of truth for Huawei
We’ve known this day would come for a long time now. Over the past several months, however, it feels like it has arrived in slow motion. Seemingly legitimate…
Read articleSeptember 11, 2019
iFixit gives Fairphone 3 a perfect 10 for repairability
Here’s something the hermetically sealed iPhone can’t do: Score a perfect 10 for repairability. Smartphone startup and social enterprise Fairphone’s latest repairable-by-design smartphone has done just that, getting…
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Fairphone 3 is a normal smartphone with ethical shine
How long have you been using your current smartphone? The answer for an increasing number of consumers is years, plural. After all, why upgrade every year when next…
Read articleSeptember 6, 2019
Xiaomi has shipped 100 million smartphones in India
Xiaomi said on Friday it has shipped more than 100 million smartphones in India, its most important market, since beginning operations in the nation five years ago. The…
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