With rare exceptions, phones are pretty boring these days. The good news is, a boatload of those rare exceptions are about to show up at once, courtesy of Mobile World Congress. The tech industry’s biggest mobile show may not quite have the clout it once did, when the likes of Samsung, Sony, LG, and HTC […]
University of Washington researchers built a smartphone app that tracks fetal heart rate as accurately as clinic tools using only the phone’s speaker and mic, though it’s not ready for release yet.
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The Verge is heading to Barcelona, Spain, for Mobile World Congress, the biggest phone show of the year. CES may dominate the headlines when it comes to TVs, computer components, and AI inanity, but for all things mobile, MWC has it beat. Since it’s a global show, that includes all manner of announcements of phones, […]
Samsung’s COO says the company hasn’t committed to a follow-up to its pricey Trifold phone.
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Component costs are quietly dismantling the case for an affordable MacBook — and if the price lands too close to the M4 Air, Apple may have a decoy on its hands.
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iPhone and iPad are approved to handle NATO “restricted” classified information straight out of the box.
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Samsung may skip the Galaxy S26 Edge after weak S25 Edge sales, mirroring the iPhone Air’s fate in the ultra-thin smartphone market.
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This is the first Galaxy S26 Ultra deal that actually feels worth talking about. Amazon has the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra 512GB pre-order bundle for $1,299.99, and it comes with a $200 Amazon gift card. That alone is a strong launch offer, but the real …
I put Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra’s new Super Steady Horizontal Lock video mode to the test and color me impressed.
The smartphone industry could experience a record-breaking decline in 2026 as a result of the RAM shortage stemming from memory-hungry AI giants. That’s according to the latest report from the International Data Corporation (IDC), which forecasts smartphone shipments to plummet 12.9 percent this year, marking its “lowest annual shipment volume in more than a decade.” […]