May 24, 2019
Best Buy cancels Samsung Galaxy Fold pre-orders
Samsung is taking its time bringing the Galaxy Fold back to market. And frankly, that’s probably for the best. The Note debacle from a few years back was…
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May 21, 2019
Mid-range flagships like the Honor 20 Pro are giving premium phones a run for their money
Phone sales have been trending downward for some time now. There are a number of reasons for this — many of which you can read about in this…
Read articleMay 20, 2019
Trump’s Huawei ban also causing tech shocks in Europe
The escalating U.S.-China trade war that’s seen Chinese tech giant Huawei slapped on a U.S. trade blacklist is causing ripples of shock across Europe too, as restrictions imposed…
Read articleMay 16, 2019
Asus’ $499 ZenFone 6 has a flip-up camera and a giant battery
Premium smartphone manufacturers have moved the needle on pricing, but 2019 may well go down as a kind of golden age for budget flagships. Apple, Google and Samsung…
Read articleMay 16, 2019
Samsung’s 5G phone hits Verizon, Sprint getting two 5G devices this month
With 5G, when it rains, it pours. A few hours after Verizon officially started selling the Samsung Galaxy S10 5G, Sprint announced that it will be offering two…
Read articleMay 16, 2019
Samsung reportedly readying Galaxy Fold for release after finding ‘fix’
Samsung’s been mostly quiet on the Fold front after recalling review units and indefinitely delaying the phone’s release. Understandably so. It couldn’t have been easy going back to…
Read articleMay 14, 2019
OnePlus redefines premium with the 7 Pro
OnePlus has never been particularly beholden to industry trends. Nowhere is that better demonstrated than with the 7 Pro. In the face of a stagnated smartphone market, Apple,…
Read articleMay 9, 2019
Smartphone shipments hit a five-year low in North America
More dismal news from the smartphone number crunchers. New figures out of Canalys put the North American smartphone market at five-year low for the first quarter of 2019.…
Read articleMay 9, 2019
Samsung’s CEO says Galaxy Fold launch news is arriving soon
Samsung has been understandably silent about the Galaxy Fold for the last couple of weeks. The company’s been reassessing issues with the foldable’s display after initially chalking up…
Read articleMay 8, 2019
What Pixel 3a tells us about the state of the smartphone — and Google
Announced yesterday at Google’s opening I/O keynote, the Pixel 3a arrives at a tenuous time for the smartphone industry. Sales figures have stagnated for most of the major…
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