There are a growing number of smartphones with foldable displays that let you quickly switch between phone and tablet modes. But Samsung may be considering a different kind of phone that supports as many as four different modes. A recent patent application shows a phone with a rollable display that can be extended from both […]
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Huawei introduces 7.2 inch Mate 20 X
Say you had your eye on the new Huawei Mate 20 Pro smartphone, but you’re disappointed that the screen is just 6.4 inches. Huawei’s got you covered. The company is also launching a 7.2 inch model called the Huawei Mate 20 X. It has the same processor and camera system as the Mate 20 Pro, […]
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ZTE Axon Multy leak suggests dual-screen phone that unfolds to become tablet
Rumor has it that Samsung and LG are working on phones with flexible displays you’ll be able to use as a tablet or fold in half to use as a phone. Lenovo’s already shown how similar technology could be used for a foldable tablet or a phone that folds around your wrist like a watch. […]
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Cube WP10 is a tablet-sized Windows 10 Mobile smartphone
Microsoft may have killed off Windows RT operating system, but the company still maintains a few different versions of Windows. There’s Windows 10 for desktop, notebook, and tablet PCs, and there’s Windows 10 Mobile for smartphones. But if you want to run Windows 10 Mobile on a tablet for some reason, all you have to […]
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Huawei launches 6.6 inch Honor Note 8 smartphone in China
Huwei has launched a new large-screened smartphone in China, and as expected, the Honor Note 8 features a 6.6 inch, 2560 x 1440 pixel display, an octa-core processor, 4GB of RAM, and other premium specs. But the price isn’t all that premium: the goes on sale in China August 9th for ¥2,299 and up. That’s about $345 in […]
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Akyumen’s phones and tablets with built-in projectors coming in September
Sure, Motorola is selling a $300 projector that you can snap onto the back of the company’s Moto Z smartphones. But every now and again we see phones or tablets that have built-in projectors. A startup called Akyumen seems to be building an entire line of products around the concept. This September company plans to begin […]
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BLU launches a phone with a 7 inch screen, $199 price tag
People sometimes use the word “phablet” to describe smartphones with nearly tablet-sized displays. But there are a handful of models that take the “nearly” out of the equation. Asus has the 7 inch Fonepad, and now BLU has the Studio 7.0 LTE. Like the Fonepad, the BLU Studio 7.0 LTE is basically a smartphone with […]
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Sharp “Mini Phablet” hits the FCC
An upcoming smartphone from Sharp showed up at the FCC recently, but what’s most interesting about this device it the phrase Sharp uses to describe it. The phone is a “Dual mode hand held Mini Phablet.” Phablet usually suggests a phone with a big display, since it straddles the line between a smartphone and a […]
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Blu Studio 7.0 is a smartphone… with a 7 inch screen
Budget device maker Blu is launching its first product with a 7 inch screen, but it’s not a tablet. The Blu Studio 7.0 is an Android smartphone with a 7 inch display. It’s not the first 7 inch phone on the market. But unlike the HP 7 VoiceTab, Asus FonePad, and most other devices in this category […]
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HP 7 VoiceTab is a budget 7 inch smartphone (for select markets)
Earlier this year HP got back into the smartphone game with the launch of a line of HP Slate VoiceTab phones with big screens. Initially sold only in India, you can now pick up some models in Europe as well. Now it looks like a new, cheaper model is on the way. The HP 7 […]