Matthew Miller provides you with news, commentary and in-depth reviews of the latest in mobile phones sporting iOS, Android, and Windows.
It's very satisfying to end a call by flipping the top down on a phone while a large numeric keypad is great for aging eyes. I expected longer battery life and a bit more substantial flip hinge though.
Prices are coming down while quality improves so a phone you buy today can easily last two or three years. What do you expect your smartphone to do next year that it's not doing now?
We always expect Samsung displays to perform well, which means that phones following will also have great displays since Samsung provides 90% of the OLED panels for smartphone makers. The Galaxy Note 10 Plus raised the bar yet again.
We spent a couple of hours with the Note 10 and Note 10 Plus, while also selling off the iPad Pro 11 to use a Note 9 as a home computer. It was mostly a Samsung show with some Sony and Chrome topics too.
After a short few months with no new phones, it's time to see the latest and greatest from Samsung, Huawei, Apple, Google, LG, and more. The Samsung Galaxy Note 10 was just revealed and makes an appearance in our top five.
Samsung just took the wraps off its latest flagship phone and Galaxy Note 9 users will naturally start to question if the newest Galaxy Note 10 Plus is a better option for the enterprise. If you are on the upgrade program, it's an easy choice, but for others your existing Note 9 is perfectly capable while Note 8 owners may find its time to upgrade.
Samsung just announced its yearly Galaxy Note series update with the Note 10 and Note 10 Plus. Expected internal updates were made, along with improvements to the S Pen capability and camera functionality, but a couple things were also thrown out.
Some BlackBerry Passport fans wanted to see an Android version of the Passport and Unihertz is working to bring one variation on this desire. The Titan is a behomoth of a smartphone that is also likely to do more damage to what you drop it on than the phone itself.
The leaks for the Note 10 have revealed just about everything we expect from this phone and up until August 7 Samsung is accepting reservations for the next Note. You can also get up to $600 back on a trade-in with this special offer.
Flip phones were a popular form factor for quickly answering and ending phone calls with simply movements while dialing was easy with large physical buttons. Alcatel recently released a new phone with this form factor that has modern internal specs.
LG Pay launched in Korea in 2017 and a couple years later it is now rolling out in the US. One phone and six banking institutions are supported with expansion to more phones and more banks coming soon.
When commuting in a packed train, traveling on an airplane for business, standing in lines, or working on your phone in other public areas it is important to maintain security of your information. Privacy screen protectors are a great way to protect your display and your data.
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As cinematographers look for other ways to add visual elements to movies, Moment announces support for popular drones with its fantastic anamorphic lens and more.
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