The ad-displaying home screen on the phone, the first to accept contactless payments, provides a gateway into a portal filled with different ways to generate funds deposited to its bundled stored-value card.
As prices for the company's flagship prices have risen, so has the need for it to challenge the industry's best imaging capabilities to reach beyond its loyal core of users.
The combinations of companies known for imaging excellence and those known for covering every base in a smartphone can be a picture perfect match or ruined exposure.
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The company's two-screen device offers a different proposition than the Galaxy Z Fold II and the Surface Duo but relies even more on developer support.
Putting digital pen to screen defines the Note, but Samsung has included new wireless connection methods that could be particularly useful in the age of COVID-19.
Arriving next year, the 5G Android smartphone will take on form factor tradeoffs in pitching a physical keyboard to a world that types on glass.
Leveraging a unique hinge that bridges smartphone and desk typing modes, the reviver of the retro Psion form factor takes on the limitations of its previous products' smartphone use cases
While it will likely hold back until display technology improves, Apple could make folding phones compelling with the iPad's app arsenal.
While the latest round of folding flip phones have done little to show the technology's promise, new designs show off its potential.