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Even though it’s heavy and expensive, Apple’s first foldable handset is a treat for iPhone users unwilling to switch to Android.
It’s tough times for the midrange phone.
The yardstick that all phones, including the Duo, will be measured by.
The Pixel 11 is $100 more than last year and didn't change a ton, but is still one of the best smartphones on the market.
Just because it doesn’t meet the high standard its predecessor set doesn’t mean the Pixel 11 Pro isn't a great phone.
Google’s latest foldable sports some welcome upgrades, but its lack of a major design change is disappointing.
The Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra's new processor, brighter screens and chassis tweaks are nice, but the updates don’t do enough to earn the ‘ultra’ tag.
For people who want the power of a phone that transforms into a miniature tablet, the Galaxy Z Fold 8 offers a better way to watch shows and movies.
There's a lot of impressive engineering inside Honor's Magic V6, but it's let down by software that desperately needs polish.
The Moto Razr Ultra is a top-notch flagship flip phone that’s marred by a $200 price hike that isn’t fully justified.
We put the Oppo Find X9 Ultra up against the Vivo X300 Ultra to see which telephoto smartphone reigns supreme.
It even has native stylus support, which Samsung dropped on the Galaxy Z Fold 7.
Once again, Sony doesn’t have plans to release it in the US.
The Galaxy A37 isn’t the flashiest device, but it’s got solid components and a sturdy design for a reasonable price, which is all we can really ask for.
Babies. Wiimotes. iPhones. Sure, they're all cute but how do they perform in an intense gadget-to-gadget comparison for the best accelerometer? Last month, Jason Kotkke put them to the test. The iPhone was the first to fail. A slow or oddly-angled landscape-to-portrait reorientation was enough to throw its accelerometer out of the running. That left the Wiiremote-Baby smackdown. Sure, the Wiimote showed great flexibility registering tiny movements but it lost out to the baby's Moro reflex, the bit where babies who think they are falling throw out their arms to the side. The baby won on both cuteness and fussy startle reaction.[Via Digg]
As US carriers lean harder and harder on messaging, offering a plethora of QWERTY and otherwise messaging-enhanced (case in point) phones, unlimited messaging plans, and tighter email integration, we're liking what we're seeing. Needless to say, we've come a long way from the early days when BlackBerry 850s and Nokia 9200s ruled a fairly niche market, and the Samsung Blast personifies that reality. Put simply -- and messaging capabilities aside -- this is a very attractive phone. In fact, we got a couple compliments and questions about it just walking down the street with the phone to our ear. Of course, a large part of that can likely be attributed to the Blast's screaming pink backside -- but that backside is real metal, something you don't typically see of a phone at this price point. Besides the metal, other high-end features include a fairly robust email client, an ultra thin package, and the trick SureType keypad. We've never personally been able to get used to SureType, but folks that can should have no trouble adapting to this one; we were initially worried about the size of the keys and tactility issues, but we found that we were able to feel 'em out with our fat fingers pretty easily and we had no mistypes whatsoever. The 220 x 176 display and 1.3 megapixel cam are disappointments, but only because they feel mismatched to the solidity, feature set, and attractive design of the phone -- and for T-Mobile and Samsung, that's a very good problem to have considering the reasonable price point. Check out our full gallery below!%Gallery-6653%
The silent, yet eerily palpable rivalry betwixt LG and Apple continues, secretly, growing subtlety with every new phone release (as you can see in the Windows Mobile-based KS20). Or maybe these two companies just love this design -- certainly Nokia is fond of it. It's hard to say really, but what isn't hard to say is that these phones do look alike, and there's no way around it. Please forgive the German showgirl for the upside down iPhone handling -- they haven't had the fortune of holding them here. After the break, be sure and note the UI of LG's KU990 -- the company's other widescreen touch phone -- and its familiar look. One thing's for sure: they all smudge the same.
We wanted to get down and dirty with LG's other touchscreen phone -- the KU990 (AKA the Viewty) -- a 5.1-megapixel cameraphone that also does Flash, but the company's staff would barely even let us get close. It's true: the German showgirls and Japanese press handlers were less than forthcoming with the goods, but after a round of strong drinks and some serious sweet talking, we got to demo some of the phone's functions -- though there appeared to be a lot more lurking beneath the surface. Check the gallery for some "hands-on" action, and feel free to write letters suggesting LG's people to lighten up.%Gallery-6645%
It might look a little squat at first glance, but slide her open and the SGH-i620 is ready for business. We had some tactile problems with the touch-sensitive buttons up top, but the scroll wheel is like butter. Like most keyboards, we need some more time with it to give it a fair rating, but at first touch it's certainly passable. The screen seems awkwardly tiny compared to most recent smartphones, but it's certainly sharp and bright. In all the phone is a pleasure to hold and quite small enough to pocket, but we're not quite sure how much we could get done with it -- other than the usual photo snapping that Samsung phones are known for.%Gallery-6642%
Remember the good ol' days when life was simple, global GSM phones had two or three bands, and Nokia's S60 devices had four digits? Yeah, us too -- and we've gotta admit, there's a nostalgic little piece of us that's delighted to see that Nokia hasn't abandoned S60 outside of it