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Tapping In To Mobile Phone Trade-Ins
Trade-in is more crucial than ever for consumers and retailers
Smartphones
Products
Supreme Court Rules Police Need Warrant To Track Cellphones
A search warrant will now be required for police to gain access to a person’s cellphone location information.
Products
Mobile Contender OnePlus Sells 1M Flagship Phones In First 22 Days
The OnePlus 6 has become the titular company's fastest-selling handset to date.
Products
Trump Helping ZTE Re-Open For U.S. Business
Says management and board will change, company pay fine
Products
AT&T & Verizon Gear Up To Sell World’s 1st Holographic Phone
The Hydrogen One will be able to display “four-view holographic content."
Products
Trump Says Make ZTE Great Again
The president has ordered the Commerce Department to reconsider sanctions against the Chinese telecom.
Products
Instagram Is Launching A Video Chat Feature
Instagram said it’s testing a new video chat feature that will allow users to chat one-on-one or as part of a group.
Products
T-Mobile, Sprint To Combine In $146B All-Stock Deal
T-Mobile CEO Legere will run new company
Products
Lenovo Looking To Lasso Mid-Tier Mobile Market With Moto G6
Lenovo looking to lasso mid-tier mobile market with Moto G6
Products
Samsung’s DeX Phone-As-Touchpad Device Goes On Sale May 13
Samsung is taking pre-orders and is offering a limited-time, free-with-purchase promotion.
Keeping Current
Apple Readying Its Largest iPhone Yet: Report
Also said to be planning a lower-cost model
Products
Samsung Pitches Imaging Crowd With New Galaxy S9 & S9+
Introduces own version of AR-powered emojis
Products
New LG Flagship V30S Phone Has Integrated Artificial Intelligence
LG wants to make AI more approachable
Products
Watch: U.S. Intel Chiefs Wary Of Huawei, ZTE Phones
Cite handsets’ potential as Trojan horses
Products
OnePlus Asks, ‘Be My Valentine’
As a small brand in a vast cellular universe, China’s OnePlus, like the Avis commercials of old, tries harder.
CES
Huawei Unlocks Mate 10 Pro Flagship For U.S. Launch In February
The iPhone and Galaxy challenger can't find a home with U.S. mobile carriers.
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Pain In The Glass: iPhone 8 Plus vs. Galaxy Note8 In Durability Challenge
“The bigger they are, the harder they fall” has never been truer than with the latest generation of bezel-free, all-glass phablets. To prove the...
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Apple’s iPhone 8 Goes On Sale Today: Who’s Going To Buy It?
The iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus go on sale today, 10 days after being unveiled alongside the new flagship iPhone X. Unlike years...
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How iOS 11 Will Improve Your Current iPhone
Apple confirmed that its new mobile operating system, iOS 11, will be available tomorrow. The new OS will bring augmented reality to existing iPhones...
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Apple Unveils ‘The Future Of The Smartphone’ In iPhone X
Apple strayed from its usual protocol today by unveiling its new Apple 8 flagship phone, and then immediately surpassing it with its top-of-line iPhone...
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Top 10 iPhone X Rumors
Apple will hold a press event tomorrow, Sept. 12, in which the company is expected to unveil the newest iPhone (widely referred to as...
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T-Mobile Adds Free Netflix In Latest ‘Un-Carrier’ Move
T-Mobile has added a major new incentive to its basket of wireless lures. Beginning next Tuesday (Sept. 12), the carrier will pick up the...
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Samsung Expands The Boundaries Of (Screen) Space With Galaxy Note8
A year after a series of exploding Galaxy Note7 smartphones ripped a hole in Samsung’s reputation and bottom line, the company today responded with...
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LG Plans Camera Upgrade For V30
LG Electronics is shifting the focus from audio to imaging for its next top-of-the-line V-series smartphone. While the current flagship, the V20, was lauded for...
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Samsung Rides Chip Sales, Galaxy S8 To Record Profit
Samsung has recovered nicely from last year’s phone debacle. The company reported a record profit of about $12.6 billion in the second quarter, with...
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Motorola Tries To Beat iPhone 8 & Note 8 To The Punch With Z2 Force & Moto Mod Ecosystem
On the heels of last month’s Moto Z2 Play and additional modular add-ons, Motorola today unveiled its new flagship, the Moto Z2 Force Edition,...
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Global Smartphone Demand Continues To Grow
Despite its maturity as a category, global demand for smartphones registered the best second quarter on record in 2017. According to GfK, smartphone demand...
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As Apple Marks A Milestone, iPhone 8 Could Be A Victim Of Its Own Success
In three days the world will mark the 10th anniversary of Apple’s first-ever iPhone. Or at least it should. Most owners don’t give their...
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Anatomy Of A Smartphone Launch: OnePlus 5 Takes Manhattan
For those not in the smartphone know, OnePlus is to handsets what T-Mobile is carriers. While neither company is undercapitalized (OnePlus is an affiliate...
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Samsung Offers Preview Of Bixby Voice-Command Assistant To Galaxy S8 Owners
Samsung announced it will offer select Galaxy S8 and S8+ owners in the U.S. early access to its Bixby artificial-intelligence-based voice-command technology. Galaxy S8...
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DxO Deal May Help The OnePlus 5 Fix Its Weakest Link
Updated! While mobile phone disrupter OnePlus has been lauded for its affordable “flagship killers,” imaging has not necessarily been one of its strong points....
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LG Hits All-Time High In U.S. Mobile Share
LG Electronics garnered a 20 percent share of the U.S. mobile phone market for the first time last quarter, reinforcing its position as this...
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iPhone 7 Sales Performance Matches iPhone 6S But Growth Is Slowing: CIRP
Although the iPhone 7 is performing comparably to its predecessor, iPhone users are still hanging on to their phones for longer periods, new research...
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T-Mobile Unveils 5G Plans
T-Mobile said it has its sights set on a rollout of 5G network technology in the U.S. by 2019, with nationwide coverage by 2020....
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Bigger Isn’t Always Better: Smartphone Transitioning As Preferred Device For Video Watching
The percentage of consumers who prefer watching TV shows on TV sets plummeted by 55 percent over the past year, said market research firm...
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Apple, Samsung, Google Dominating Mobile Payments, But Look Out For PayPal
New data from Juniper Research estimates that the number of mobile payment users, including Apple Pay, Samsung Pay and Android Pay, will exceed 100...
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Redemption Song: Why Samsung’s Galaxy S8 Is Way More Than Just A Phone
There’s an awful lot riding on the Galaxy S8. For Samsung, the stakes couldn’t be higher, as underscored by a lavish launch event yesterday...