The Galaxy S10 in Canary Yellow and Flamingo Pink. The foldable Galaxy Fold in Martian Green. OnePlus 6T in Thunder Purple. The list goes on. Every sales figure and expert tells us that people buy phones for their camera, battery and screen. But any product designer or marketer will tell you that color and finish matter, …
Google and Samsung are working together to make texting on Android a lot more like Apple’s iMessages. On Wednesday, the duo announced that they have partnered to bring Rich Communication Services (RCS) messaging to Android phones. RCS messaging brings new features to standard SMS texting. With RCS you can do things like text over WiFi, …
Apple has reduced production orders in recent weeks for all three 2018 iPhone models, a report said Monday. The iPhone XS, XS Max and XR, unveiled in September, didn’t sell as well right off the bat as analysts expected, and Apple cast doubt about sales volumes for the current quarter as well. Now The …
Another use for the fingerprint sensor on your MacBook Pro or Android phone: a password-free way to log into websites and web apps with the Chrome web browser. In the Chrome 70 beta, fingerprint web authentication is now enabled by default for Android and MacOS, according to an official Google blog post. (No word on Windows …
Days after the first reports of bulging, flickering and malfunctioning Galaxy Fold screens surfaced, my review unit is still intact, and life with Samsung’s first foldable phone continues to hum along. As I type this, the Fold is recovering from an overnight battery drain test. Later this afternoon it resumes being put through its paces. …
The cloud of legal uncertainty surrounding AT&T’s merger with Time Warner has lifted. A US Appeals Court on Tuesday rejected a bid to unwind the merger between the companies. The merger was completed last year, following a six-week trial in which the US Department of Justice failed to convince a trial judge that the $85 …
Huawei sent out invitations Tuesday for the unveiling of its next flagship phones, the P30 series. The event is set for March 26 in Paris. With Mobile World Congress only a week away in Barcelona, you might have expected Huawei’s latest phones to make an appearance as early as the end of this month. …
The Galaxy S10, S10E and S10 Plus are three of a kind in the best possible way. They’re all fast, powerful phones with great cameras and long battery life. They’re water resistant, have jacks for your wired headphones and can charge wirelessly. There’s a lot to love with all three. No phone’s perfect, of …
When Apple announced the iPhone X last September, it painted itself into a corner. With two ‘8s’ (the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus) and a ‘ten’, the iPhone 9 was passed over, and a whole new Roman numbering system was on the table. Now, with three rumored new 2018 iPhones on deck for its big September 12 unveiling — …
I’ve done my fair share of drop tests in my time at CNET, and I’ve never come out of one without a broken phone. Until now. The iPhone XS didn’t crack. I took Apple’s new iPhone XS through my typical four-drop tests, the same one that cracked last year’s iPhone X on the first …
