6 major challenges foldable phones need to overcome to prove they’re not a fad

Foldable phones are really, finally, happening this year. But almost nobody should buy one until their many kinks are worked out.
Earlier this week, Samsung upstaged its own Galaxy S10 unveiling (all four of them) with another big announcement: its f…

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Apple is offering interest-free financing to boost iPhone sales in China

Apple is looking to get over its sales woes in China but offering prospective customers interest-free financing with a little help from Alibaba. Apple’s China website now offers financing packages for iPhones that include zero percent interest packages provided in association with several banks and Huabei, a consumer credit company operated by Alibaba’s Ant Financial […]

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Microsoft bringing Dynamics 365 mixed reality solutions to smartphones

Last year Microsoft introduced several mixed reality business solutions under the Dynamics 365 enterprise product umbrella. Today, the company announced it would be moving these to smartphones in the spring, starting with previews. The company announced Remote Assist on HoloLens last year. This tool allows a technician working onsite to show a remote expert what […]

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Global smartphone growth stalled in Q4, up just 1.2% for the full year: Gartner

Gartner’s smartphone marketshare data for the just gone holiday quarter highlights the challenge for device makers going into the world’s biggest mobile trade show which kicks off in Barcelona next week: The analyst’s data shows global smartphone sales stalled in Q4 2018, with growth of just 0.1 per cent over 2017’s holiday quarter, and 408.4 […]

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Facebook adds new background location privacy controls to its Android app

Facebook is updating its privacy settings on Android to make it easier for users to control what location data is sent to and stored by the company. In its announcement, Facebook acknowledged that Android users have expressed concern over the app’s ability to continuously log location data in the background. Due to Android’s all-or-nothing system of […]

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Samsung Galaxy S10, S10e, and S10+ take premium Android phones to the next level

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No matter how much better the camera is on the Google Pixel 3 or how fast the OnePlus 6T is, no one makes Android phones quite like Samsung.

After 10 years of iterating the Galaxy phone line, Samsung has arrived at the Galaxy S10 — easily the company’s most exciting phone in years.

There are three versions of the Galaxy S10: the 5.8-inch S10e, the 6.1-inch S10, and the 6.4-inch S10+. 

Each variant has a screen that covers even more of the front, provides better performance, and features in-display fingerprint sensors. The Galaxy S10 and S10+ even come equipped with three cameras. In short: Samsung’s latest Android phones might just be the most feature-packed smartphones ever created. Read more…

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Samsung 5G Galaxy S10 is a monster phone you’ll be able to buy this year

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As if three new Galaxy S10 phones weren’t enough, Samsung also announced a fourth version — its first phone to support 5G — at its Unpacked event in San Francisco.

The “Galaxy S10 5G” is more than just a phone that works on 5G networks. It’s the largest Galaxy S phone yet with the biggest battery and four cameras instead of three on the S10 and S10+. 

It’s an absolute monster of a phone.

With a 6.7-inch display, the Galaxy S10 5G will have the largest screen of any phone from Samsung’s Galaxy S series. Samsung says the phone’s dimensions will be about the same as the Galaxy Note 9’s. Read more…

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