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Samsung Launches Galaxy S8 & S8+; Intros New 360 4K Camera
Samsung turned the page on its Galaxy 7 debacle today, introducing its newest flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+. Featuring an end-to-end...
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OnePlus Paints It Black With Limited-Edition 3T Phone By Colette
Updated!OnePlus, the upstart Shenzhen smartphone maker, is once again demonstrating its fashion sense and flair for promotions through a fourth collaboration with Parisian pop...
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Trump’s Right, Size Matters (At Least To Smartphone Owners)
Forget what your girlfriend would have you believe, size does matter — at least when it comes to smartphone displays. According to a survey by...
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Apple Joins Wireless Charging Consortium Ahead Of iPhone 8
The long-speculated addition of wireless charging to Apple’s upcoming iPhone 8 seems more than just rumor as Apple has officially joined the Wireless Power...
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Samsung Blames Galaxy Note7 Fires On Outsourced Batteries
Samsung said four separate and exhaustive investigations into the cause of fires in its ill-fated Galaxy Note7 point to the phablet’s outsourced battery, rather...
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Unlocked Phones Grow To 12% Of U.S. Market: NPD
The advent of bring-your-own-phone wireless plans and the end of carrier- subsidies is fueling double-digit growth for carrier-agnostic handsets. According to a new report...
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Samsung Bricking Remaining Galaxy Note7s
Samsung said it has collected more than 93 percent of all Galaxy Note7 phablets in the U.S. under its refund and exchange program since...
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Already? New OnePlus 3T Gets Pixel Phone Processor
Updated! Most phone makers wait a year before updating their flagships with better specs and a letter (think iPhone 6 and 6s). Not so...
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Alcatel Offering Flagship Idol 4S With Windows 10
Updated! Alcatel, a TCL Communications brand, will begin selling a more muscular Windows version of its flagship Idol 4S smartphone exclusively through T-Mobile on Nov....
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How Much Damage Has The Galaxy Note 7 Recall Done To Samsung’s Brand?
Exhale. The high-profile Galaxy Note7 recall Samsung faced this fall won’t cause any long-term damage, according to one IDC study. The market research firm...
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LG, Mobile Carriers Spicing Up V20 Pre-Sale
LG Electronics and its carrier partners are throwing in a number of added incentives on pre-orders of LG Electronics’ new flagship V20 smartphone to...
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Samsung Incentivizing Galaxy Note7 Owners To Stay With Brand
As part of its expanded recall of original and replacement Galaxy Note7 phablets, Samsung is offering a total bill credit of $100 to customers...
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Samsung Pulls The Plug On Galaxy Note7
Samsung’s Galaxy Note7 is no more. A Samsung spokesperson confirmed to TWICE that “For the benefit of consumers’ safety, we stopped sales and exchanges...
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iOS Devices Tops In Retail Traffic: Clarus
Although the majority of U.S. smartphone owners have Android devices, most of the traffic coming to Clarus Commerce’s free-shipping cash-back site FreeShipping.com originates from...
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Samsung Galaxy Note7 Recall: Replacement Devices Now Available
Consumers waiting for their Samsung Galaxy Note7 replacement need not wait any longer. Samsung released a statement that said over 500,000 new Note7 replacements...
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A Tale Of Two Sevens: Samsung Galaxy Note7 And Apple iPhone 7
Updated! It’s been the best and worst of times for two of this season’s most anticipated and, for different reasons, hottest mobile phones. Apple’s latest iPhone iterations...
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Qualcomm’s Clear Sight Wants To Be The Human Eye Of Smartphone Images
The iPhone 7 Plus and LG V20 both captured headlines for their dual cameras last week, and Qualcomm wants to make it easier for...
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Apple Drops Headphone Jack For iPhone 7; Debuts Apple Watch Series 2
Apple had several big product introductions on Wednesday, uveiling the second generation of its Apple Watch and the new iPhone 7 and 7 Plus....
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LG Formally Unveils V20 Flagship Phone
After weeks of tidbit teasers, and just hours ahead of Apple’s expected iPhone 7 announcement, LG Electronics has formally launched its latest cellular pocket...
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Samsung Announces Trade-In Program For Faulty Note7
Samsung released more details on its worldwide recall of the Galaxy Note7 phablet. The company has offered consumers two choices under its U.S....
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Samsung Halts Worldwide Sales Of Galaxy Note7
Samsung announced it has stopped all sales of its Galaxy Note7 worldwide because of battery cell issues. The full statement is as follows: “Samsung...
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LG Teams With B&O For V20 Smartphone Audio
LG Electronics continues to reveal details of its upcoming flagship V20 smartphone and the emphasis seems to be on audio quality. After announcing the...
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Smartphones: Galaxy S7/S7 Edge
TWICE VIP Award 2016 Winner! Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge combine sleek design with powerful performance so users can do more, faster...
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LG Will Boost V20 Smartphone Audio With Quad DAC
LG Electronics announced that its forthcoming flagship smartphone, the LG V20, will be the first smartphone in the industry to feature 32-bit Hi-Fi Quad...
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Samsung Skips Ahead To Note 7
Samsung took the wraps off its latest phablet, the Galaxy Note 7. (No, you’re not imaging things: The last Note was the Note 5,...
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New LG Flagship V20 Is First Phone To Run Android 7.0 Nougat OS
LG Electronics confirmed today that its next flagship smartphone, the LG V20, will be the first device to feature Android 7.0 Nougat out of...
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Apple Sells 1 Billionth iPhone
Milestone follows news of slipping sales Nine years after Apple revolutionized the tech industry by introducing the first-generation iPhone, CEO Tim Cook announced that...
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T-Mobile Trumps Competitors At GOP Convention
T-Mobile said it mustered the fastest data speeds at last week’s Republican National Convention (RNC), beating out archrival Verizon Wireless by nearly 50 percent....
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Chances Are Your Phone Will Have This Kind Of Screen In Four Years
OLED displays, and more specifically those employing AMOLED technology, will be the predominant smartphone screen type in four years’ time. According to global research...
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Huawei’s Honor Brand Adds Brick-And-Mortar Sales
Huawei’s millennial-focused Honor brand, which made its U.S. debut earlier this year through e-commerce channels, is coming to brick-and-mortar stores with the rollout of...
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Verizon’s Droid Franchise A Little Less Exclusive
Verizon’s Droid franchise is losing a little bit of its exclusivity in the U.S. with yesterday’s launch of the latest Motorola-made Droid phones. Verizon...
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Lenovo Attaching Its Brand To U.S. Smartphones
Lenovo will bring the first smartphones under its own brand to the U.S. to complement sales of Moto-branded phones that it has been offering...
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Google, Lenovo: It Takes 2 To Tango
The world’s first smartphone equipped with Google’s Tango technology arrives unlocked in September from Lenovo at $499 in Best Buy stores. It will come...
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Motorola Goes Modular With Moto Z Droids For Verizon
Motorola joined the short list of companies launching or planning smartphones that can be upgraded and customized via optional modules, joining LG’s recently launched...
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Unlocked Freetel Smartphones Hit U.S. Shores
Japanese cellphone maker Freetel, established in 2012, brought its first phones to the U.S. market through FreetelWireless.com, with BestBuy.com, Amazon and a third e-tailer...
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T-Mobile’s Legere Plays Santa: Giving Stock, Pizza & More To Subscribers
T-Mobile is giving away free T-Mobile stock shares and weekly gifts such as a free Domino’s pizza and a free Vudu movie to subscribers...
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Hey Verizon, Can You Hear Sprint Now?
Paul Marcarelli, who once appeared as the “test man” in Verizon commercials, has begun appearing in Sprint commercials to promote Sprint’s improved reliability and...
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Sony’s First Xperia X Smartphones Arrive Unlocked
Sony revealed price points and U.S. plans for its first Xperia X series of Android smartphones and announced a fourth model, the midrange Xperia...
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U.S. Study Finds Cellular-Cancer Link In Rats
Partial findings from a two-year U.S. government study released yesterday found a link between exposure to cellphone radiation and two types of cancers in...
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ZTE Brings VR, High-Quality A/V To Axon 7 Smartphone
ZTE is bringing virtual reality, enhanced audio and video performance, a fingerprint sensor, and a better camera to its latest unlocked smartphone, which is...
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Google’s Mix-And-Match Project Ara Phone Due In 2017
Google’s long-awaited modular Project Ara smartphone, announced in 2013 and later postponed, will be available to developers this fall and to consumers sometime in...
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Motorola’s G Series Of Smartphones Has Triplets
Lenovo’s Motorola is expanding its fourth-generation G series of affordably priced Android smartphones to three SKUs from one with the introduction of the Moto...