Samsung has unveiled its 2018 flagship phones, the Galaxy S9 and S9+. How much of an improvement are they over last year's models? If you’re lugging around a 2017 Galaxy and wondering if it’s worth the upgrade, New Atlas compares the specs and features of the Samsung Galaxy S8, S8+, S9 and S9+.
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We’ve cut the cord for communication, thanks to Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, but charging our little pocket supercomputers still takes a tether. Now a team from the University of Washington has demonstrated how lasers could be used to charge a device from across the room.
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With phablets boasting huge Ultra HD screens, it’s hard to remember a time when mobile phones were racing to be the smallest. That long-forgotten race might now have a winner, as UK phone company Zanco has unveiled the Zanco tiny t1, the smallest – and probably least practical – phone ever made.
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Another year, another fleet of powerful flagship phones. Those looking to start 2018 with an upgrade are spoiled for choice, so New Atlas compares the specs and features of 10 of the year’s best phones, as the gap between high-end and mid-range closes.
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The name “Nokia” packs plenty of nostalgia, and now almost 20 years on, parent company HMD has rebooted one of its most iconic models – the Nokia 3310 – as a simple phone with a few modern concessions. But does it stand the test of time, or is it better left in the past?
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The high-end smartphone scene has more options than Apple and Samsung: Google’s second generation Pixel phones pack a solid punch in an understated skin, and LG’s V30 is decked out for multimedia on the go. New Atlas compares the specs and features of the Google Pixel 2 and 2 XL against the LG V30.
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The second generation of Google’s Pixel phones is about to launch, boasting top-end specs with software smarts. But where does it fit on the 2017 flagship phone landscape? New Atlas compares the Google Pixel 2 and 2 XL to their main Android competitors, the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+.
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Back in February, HMD Global managed to send a slight tremor of excitement through the mobile tech world with the announcement of an updated version of Nokia's much-loved workhorse, the 3310, at Mobile World Congress. Now the nostalgic novelty is being made available with 3G cooked in.
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Apple's 2017 iPhones have been grabbing a lot of attention lately, but there are plenty of good options for those not wanting to commit to the Apple ecosystem. With LG about to launch its multimedia-focused V30, how does it stack up against the iPhone 8, 8 Plus and X?
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The brains of most phones are a CPU and a GPU, but Huawei is looking to cram a third type of processor in there: what it calls a Neural Processing Unit (NPU). The company’s new flagship chip, the Kirin 970, will include a dedicated AI processor, and offload some of the work to the cloud.
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