Lenovo is launching two new Android tablets with 11 inch, 2000 x 1200 pixel LCD displays and MediaTek Helio G90T processors. First announced in June, the new Lenovo Yoga Tab 11 and Lenovo Tab P11 Plus are now available for purchase for $320 and $310, respectively. While both models have similar base specs, they differ […]
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F(x)tec Pro 1 smartphone with slide-out keyboard coming in July for $649
There was a time when QWERTY keyboards were a must-have feature for smartphones. These days your real option is to buy a BlackBerry device. But that’s set to change this summer. A startup called F(x)tec is introducing a new Android phone called the F(x)tec Pro 1. The company is showing the phone to reporters at […]
Samsung’s doubles the speed of its flash storage chip for smartphones
Samsung has begun mass production of eUFS 3.0 storage chips for smartphones and other devices that the company says offers data transfer speeds that are twice as fast as eUFS 2.1. 128GB and 512GB eUFS 3.0 versions should be available this month, and Samsung says it’ll begin shipping 256GB and 1TB eUFS 3.0 products in […]
Energizer P18K Pop smartphone sports an 18,000 mAh battery… and it’s ridiculously thick
Earlier this month the company that produces phones sold under the Energizer brand name announced plans to show off a phone with a massive battery at MWC. It’s called the Energizer Power Max P18K and it sports a 6.2 inch display and the company says it offers “weeks of battery life on a single charge” […]
HTC 5G Hub is a mobile hotspot, battery, and Android entertainment device
HTC didn’t bring any new smartphones to Mobile World Congress this year. But the company is jumping on the 5G bandwagon with a new multi-function device that… does a lot of things, honestly. At it’s most basic level, the HTC 5G Hub is a hotspot/router/hub that you can use to connect up to 20 users […]
Nubia Alpha is a wearable phone with a flexible display (or a fancy smartwatch)
Most of the smartphones with flexible displays that have debuted so far take advantage of the new technology to transform from a phone into a tablet. The Nubia Alpha… doesn’t. Instead it’s basically a smartwatch with a display that wraps around your wrist. But since it can make phone calls, snap photos, and shoot video, […]
Sony Xperia 1 smartphone features a 6.5 inch, 3840 x 1644 pixel display
As expected, Sony latest flagship smartphone is the first phone to feature a 4K HDR OLED display with a 21:9 cinematic aspect ratio. The Sony Xperia 1 features a Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 processor, 6GB of RAM, 128GB of storage, three rear cameras, and a 3,300 mAh battery. But its most distinctive characteristic is its 6.5 […]
ZTE Axon 10 Pro 5G smartphone coming this spring
Chinese phone maker ZTE had a rough year in 2018 after getting hit by US trade restrictions that limited the company’s supply to components (like Qualcomm processors). But the ban was lifted in June and the company quickly got back to producing new smartphones. Now ZTE is unveiling three new phones at MWC: the ZTE […]
Oppo’s folding smartphone protoype looks awfully familiar
Smartphones with foldable OLED displays are still pretty new, and so far all of the companies that have unveiled one have taken different approaches to how their phones should look (and even how they fold). But I guess that was too good to last. Oppo VP Brian Shen has posted some images to Chinese social […]
Qualcomm paves the way for 5G PCs with Snapdragon 8cx 5G processor
There are already a handful of Windows PCs powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon chips, and a key selling point for those systems is their always-connected capabilities, thanks to the integrated 4G LTE modem. This year you may be able to buy Windows on ARM computer that can connect to 5G networks. Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 8cx 5G […]