smartphones - News, Features, and Slideshows
smartphones in pictures
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In Pictures: Best office apps for Android, round 3
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In Pictures: Don’t call it Linux! And other things that tick off Richard Stallman
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In Pictures: Best new Android & Windows smartphones at MWC 2015
News about smartphones
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Xiaomi overtakes Apple amid global smartphone sales decline
Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi pushed ahead of Apple in the smartphone stakes, settling into third place in terms of global sales during an otherwise soft September quarter.
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Google unveils Pixel 4 phones with radar, more affordable laptop
Google has unveiled new Pixel smartphones with higher quality cameras, a radar sensor to track hand gestures and faster virtual assistant, but the devices had no surprise features to set them apart from rivals and nix concerns about price.
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Huawei tests smartphone with own operating system, possibly for sale this year
Huawei is testing a smartphone equipped with Hongmeng, the company's self-developed operating system, which could potentially go on sale by the end of this year, Chinese state-media outlet Global Times reported.
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5G will be ‘killer’ and foldable phones are ‘over-hyped’: IDC
5G will be the biggest game-changer to affect a softening hardware market this year - but vendor adoption will be slow, according to a senior analyst.
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Smartphone market fights off decline to post modest Q3 growth
Huawei and Xiaomi have helped drive global smartphone sales preventing the industry as whole from declining in the third quarter of 2018.
Tutorials about smartphones
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How to change the voice on your Android phone
Changing the voice used for navigation on an Android phone from robotic to something more natural is easy, but buried in the menus.
Features about smartphones
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The 5 biggest takeaways of Apple's Q3 2015 quarterly earnings
Another quarter, another happy financial report from Apple. The company's third financial quarter is rarely the place where you expect to see records - but there was still a lot to be gleaned from the numbers, and from the following hour-long call with financial analysts.
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What's the future for Windows Phone?
Despite rumors that Microsoft is about to kill Windows Phone, some industry observers say that's unlikely for several reasons, especially the expected gains from the rollout of Windows 10, which will run on smartphones and other devices.
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The LG G4: Three things right, three things wrong
This week the G4 smartphone from LG Electronics starts shipping outside its home country, with arrivals in the U.S. and Europe expected in a couple of weeks. While the smartphone has a great screen and camera, it doesn't get everything right.
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Have we reached peak smartphone?
At the end of 2006, the cell phone landscape was awash with devices that filled specific wants and needs. If you wanted the coolest way to make calls, you got the RAZR. If you needed to email colleagues on the go, you bought a BlackBerry. If you were constantly texting your friends during study hall, there was the Sidekick.
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6 things Galaxy Note 4 does that iPhone 6 can't
I'm a two-smartphone kind of guy. My current smartphones of choice: The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 and Apple iPhone 6.
