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Honor 20 and Honor 20 Pro bring quad-lens cameras and style to the mid-range phone market

David Nield May 21, 2019

The Honor 20 and Honor 20 Pro are the latest mid-range phones with flagship aspirations to hit the market, unveiled at a press event today. A sub-brand of Huawei, Honor's mission is to find the perfect balance between price and performance – and these two new handsets may just have found it.

The Honor 20 Lite, Honor 20 and Honor 20 Pro

Health & Wellbeing

Mobile app can "hear" ear infections with just a phone and a paper cone

Matt Kennedy May 17, 2019

Ear infections are common, but conditions can be difficult to diagnose. Researchers from the University of Washington have stepped up with a mobile app that can detect fluid behind the eardrum using just a cone of paper and your phone.

Dr. Randall Bly, an assistant professor of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at the UW School of ...

Children

Novus combines kids’ smartphone, watch and smart speaker in one modular system

Matt Kennedy May 16, 2019

Smartphones and smartwatches for kids aren't exactly new, but China-based Abardeen has done things a little differently. The company has taken a modular approach with its latest offering – launched this week on Kickstarter – bringing considerable flexibility to the kids phone/watch space.

The Novus is billed as the "world's first modular smartphone for kids"

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Samsung's new 64 MP and 48 MP camera sensors look set for next year's flagship phones

David Nield May 9, 2019

Your 2020 smartphone upgrade could bring with it a substantial boost in camera quality, with Samsung unveiling new 64 megapixel and 48 megapixel camera sensors designed for use in mobile devices.

Samsung's new camera sensors feature 0.8-micrometer pixels

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Nubia Red Magic 3 gaming phone packs in liquid cooling and an internal fan

David Nield April 29, 2019

The gaming phone market is hotting up with models from Razr, Asus and others catching the eye, and now Chinese brand Nubia (part of ZTE) has launched the Red Magic 3 – the first gaming phone we've seen to include a cooling fan actually inside the phone itself.

The Nubia Red Magic 3 brings LED lights and internal cooling for your mobile gaming sessions

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LIT Flash promises a huge upgrade on your phone's built-in camera flash

David Nield April 17, 2019

We've seen smartphones cameras quickly improve in all kinds of ways in recent years, from their capacity to take wide angle shots to the optical zoom levels they offer, but the camera flash hasn't seen the same sort of significant upgrades. A new add-on called the LIT Flash could change that.

The LIT Flash works with your smartphone to get better lighting for your shots

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Samsung A80 uses a rotating, sliding camera to kill off the display notch

David Nield April 10, 2019

Making "cutting edge innovation standard for everyone," Samsung has added a new mid-range model to its A series of phones. The Galaxy A80 borrows some tricks from the top-end Galaxy S10 series, as well as adding a few new tricks of its own – including a rotating, pop-up camera.

Use the same camera front and back with the Samsung Galaxy A80

Mobile Technology

Samsung's Galaxy A70 is a tall and powerfully-built mid-ranger

Michael Irving March 26, 2019

Samsung has whipped the covers off a new mid-range phone. But don’t let the label fool you – the Galaxy A70 is kitted out with some surprisingly good hardware, including a large screen, three rear cameras, a beefier battery than most and a generous helping of memory under the hood.

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Samsung Galaxy S10e, S10 and S10 Plus vs. iPhone XR, XS and XS Max

Michael Irving February 28, 2019

Last week Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S10e, S10 and S10 Plus. So how well do they stack up against their biggest competitors – the most recent iPhones? New Atlas compares the specs and features of the Samsung Galaxy S10e, S10 and S10 Plus with the iPhone XR, XS and XS Max.

New Atlas compares the specs and features of the Samsung Galaxy S10e, S10 and S10 Plus ...

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Samsung finally unfurls its folding phone screen prototype

Michael Irving November 7, 2018

Samsung’s long-rumored folding-display phone has finally become a reality – well, almost. During the keynote for the 2018 Samsung Developer Conference (SDC) today, the company demoed a prototype of what it calls the Infinity Flex Display, which can fold from smartphone- to tablet-sized.

Samsung has shown off a prototype of the Infinity Flex Display, a device with a folding ...