Enlarge / The Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 Palace Museum Edition. Xiaomi In the last few years, we’ve witnessed a big change to the way the smartphone market works. China has become both the biggest smartphone market on Earth and home to some of the most interesting smartphone companies. Lately, all the cool and crazy smartphones […]
Samsung’s flexible phone. It starts in phone mode… And opens into a tablet mode. There are two displays on Samsung’s phone. One static phone-style display on the outside, and athe folding display on the inside. Putting the folding display on the inside of the device means putting a serious bend in the display. As you […]
Last week, a little-known company unveiled the world’s first smartphone with a foldable display, beating Samsung to the punch. Called the FlexPai, it features a 7.8-inch display that it says can bend like a wallet. But does it actually work? On Monday, we tried the FlexPai, and the phone does indeed fold and unfold. Unfortunately, […]
Prepare yourself for a foldable smartphone, Samsung fans. Samsung Mobile on Sunday changed its Facebook profile photo to an image of the Samsung logo folded in half. Many are taking that as a not-so-subtle hint that the Korean tech giant is planning to unveil the long-awaited foldable phone at its annual developer conference, which takes […]
We probably need to get off of our phones. I know I do, and I can’t; I still want to be able to take photos and call a Lyft. (Re)enter Palm, a storied mobile name that’s been resurrected by a California startup backed by big Chinese phone maker TCL. New-Palm’s first phone, a $ 349 […]
A little-known company has beaten Samsung to the punch with the introduction of the world’s first smartphone with a foldable display. The product is called the FlexPai and comes from Royole Corporation, which unveiled the handset on Wednesday in Beijing. It’s built with a flexible screen that can fold the device like a wallet. Royole […]
The Xiaomi Mi Mix 3, with its top slider portion extended. Xiaomi Here’s the whole phone when closed. Just look at those slim bezels. Xiaomi The front and back. Xiaomi If you look on the side, the black/green split is where the slider is. It looks like the top is just a display, and all […]
Have a busted Motorola mobile phone? You may be able to fix it yourself. To make that task a little easier and less intimidating, Motorola has partnered with iFixit to sell do-it-yourself repair kits for some of its smartphones, including the Moto G4 and G4 Plus, Moto X, Droid Turbo 2, Moto G5 and G5 […]
(fergregory/iStockphoto) Brian Fung Policy reporter focusing on telecommunications, media, cryptocurrencies and competition October 23 at 1:53 PM An Ohio company faces a record fine of more than $ 63 million after allegedly bilking a government aid program out of millions of dollars, some of which went toward funding the lavish lifestyle of the firm’s chief […]
Razer makes fantastic gaming PCs and accessories, but it isn’t quite there yet with gaming phones. The $ 799 Razer Phone 2 makes many of the same mistakes we saw in the original model, putting power ahead of basic smartphone functionality. There are improvements, for sure, including higher-end specs, better cooling, a customizable RGB logo […]
Research Center: Razer Phone 2 What makes a “gaming” phone? It needs the power to play the latest mobile games with ease, with enough battery capacity and cooling to keep the fun going. Throw in a great screen, spectacular sound, simple-to-use software, and you have a winner, right? Almost. That was the Razer Phone. It […]
Andy Boxall/DigitalTrends Your iPhone takes great pictures, almost regardless of the one you have in your pocket right now. If you’re fortunate enough to have the new iPhone XS or iPhone XS Max, then both represent the pinnacle of Apple’s camera technology, and you’re assured of excellent performance. We’ve been using the iPhone XS Max […]
Google’s Building 44, where Android is developed. Ron Amadeo We’re still seeing the fallout from the European Commission’s $ 5 billion antitrust fine against Google. Earlier this week, Google announced it would comply with the ruling by unbundling the Google Android app package, allowing OEMs to skip Chrome and Google Search in favor of alternatives. The […]
Plans That Pay While most Americans are signed up with one of the major carrier brands—AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, US Cellular, or Verizon Wireless—there are many more choices available to US cell phone customers looking for a bargain. Known as MVNOs (mobile virtual network operators), these low-cost carriers piggyback on the four major networks and can […]
Facebook’s headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. (Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images) Brian Fung Policy reporter focusing on telecommunications, media, cryptocurrencies and competition October 12 at 2:46 PM An online attack that forced Facebook to log out 90 million users last month directly affected 29 million people on the social network, the company said Friday as it released […]