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How to preorder the Samsung Galaxy S21, S21 Plus, and S21 Ultra

During Samsung’s Unpacked event, the company unveiled three new phones as part of the Galaxy S21 lineup — the Galaxy S21, S21 Plus, and the S21 Ultra — which will be available to preorder starting January 14th and will release on January 29th. As a reminder, their prices range from $999.99 to upward of $$1,379.99…. Read more

Here’s where you can buy the Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro

Samsung’s new Galaxy Buds Pro are aimed right at Apple’s AirPods Pro wireless earbuds in terms of features. They feature active noise cancellation, and Samsung claims that they’ll offer the deepest sound out of its lineup of truly wireless earbuds. My colleague Chris Welch has more details on the Galaxy Buds Pro, but I’m here… Read more

Fossil Gen 5 LTE announced at CES, along with other smartwatches: all the news

The fashion brand has formalized several wearable products, including the new Fossil Gen 5 LTE which, at about 350, combines telephone functionality with WearOS by Nino Grasso published 12 January 2021 , at 02: 01 in the Wearables channel Fossil During the keynote of Fossil on the occasion of the CES 2021 is been announced… Read more

New Fossil (with LTE), Michael Kors and Skagen (with e-ink) watches announced at CES

The Fossil Group and its subsidiary brands brought out their next generation smartwatches to show off at CES 2021. This means the watches share some hardware (but have unique designs). Note that they are split into two groups – the more capable Google Wear OS watches and the hybrid designs with longer battery life. The… Read more

Netgear’s new Nighthawk RAXE500 is its first Wi-Fi 6E router

At CES 2021, Netgear announced its first Wi-Fi 6E-ready device that takes full advantage of the 6GHz band: the Nighthawk RAXE500, a $599.99 tri-band wireless router. Wi-Fi 6E wireless routers like this one broadcast over the 6GHz band, in addition to serving the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands that most devices can use. A number of… Read more

Fossil announces Gen 5 LTE smartwatch, but with the same old processor

Fossil is making a smartwatch with LTE for the first time, the Gen 5 LTE. As you might guess from the relatively boring name, the watch is based on Fossil’s Gen 5 Wear OS platform. That means that it has many of the same features and likely performs in the same way as Fossil’s smartwatches… Read more

What to expect at CES 2021

The Consumer Electronics Show officially begins this week. Thankfully, the Consumer Electronics Association capitulated in July and switched the whole thing over to being online-only. But it’s hard to know what CES is even supposed to be without giant convention halls filled with ostentatious displays, blinking lights, and hordes of exhausted and smelly people in… Read more

Social media and telco companies urged to preserve evidence from Capitol attack

Sen. Mark Warner (D-Virginia), incoming chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, is asking mobile carriers and social media platforms to preserve “content and associated metadata” that may be connected to the attack on the US Capitol. Warner said in a statement Saturday that he contacted the CEOs of AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, Apple, Facebook, Gab, Google,… Read more

Dirt cheap Samsung Galaxy A02s is headed to the US

Samsung’s dirt cheap Galaxy A02s was announced in November of last year, and went on sale a few days ago. Now it looks like this entry-level model is actually headed to the US, and not just unlocked, but also in versions for both AT&T and Verizon. These US-bound iterations of the Galaxy A02s have recently… Read more

The ultra-cheap Samsung A02S is coming to the US, documentation suggests

Unlocked and carrier versions of the budget Samsung Galaxy A02S appear to be coming to the US, as spotted by SamMobile. Wi-Fi and Bluetooth certification documents appear to refer to unlocked as well as Verizon and AT&T carrier versions. The A02S was announced in November for European markets alongside the slightly higher-specced Galaxy A12. The… Read more

The 2021 Moto G Stylus, Power, and Play focus on big batteries, bigger screens, and low prices

Motorola is kicking off 2021 with refreshes for its midrange Moto G lineup of phones with new versions of the Moto G Power, Moto G Stylus, and Moto G Play that promise low prices and days of battery life across the board. There’s also a new member of the Motorola One family called the Motorola… Read more

Clearly White unlocked Google Pixel 4a 5G variant arriving to the US soon

Google surprised us when it launched three Pixel devices this year, but it also surprised some when it only released the Pixel 4a and 4a 5G in black models while the more expensive Pixel 5 got the Sage Green option. Eventually, a Clearly White variant would arrive as a Verizon-exclusive, and more recently a Barely… Read more

2020 Winners and Losers: LG

We won’t beat around the bush here, LG hasn’t been going so great on the smartphone scene lately. Some sort of re-imagining is definitely in order and we have already seen early signs that the Korean giant is trying to take a new course one way or another. Winner: LG Velvet 5G The LG Velvet… Read more

So you got a 5G phone, but is your plan ready?

5G in the US isn’t mind-bogglingly fast, but it is going to get betterIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Your guide to the current state of 5G carrier plans in the US, what they cost, and whether it’s worth upgrading your plan You’re the proud owner of a new 5G phone — congratulations! We’ve… Read more

Verizon’s nationwide 5G can be slower than its LTE network, tests show

Verizon’s new nationwide 5G network is reportedly slower than its LTE network, to the point that users are apparently better off just disabling 5G entirely unless they’re near a mmWave network. The results come from testing done by PC Magazine’s Sascha Sagan, who points to Dynamic Spectrum Sharing, or DSS, as the culprit. The tech… Read more