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We'll tell you everything you need to know about Apple's new Tile competitor, the device-tracking AirTag.

Apple announced the new purple iPhone 12 on Tuesday along with new iMacs, an updated AppleTV, AirTags and an iPad Pro.

You can download the public beta of iOS 14.5 now. Here's what we know about the official release, and the exciting new features it will include.

During Apple's 2021 Spring Loaded event, the company introduced a new purple color for the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Mini.

Here's what we know and think we know about Apple's next major operating system update, iOS 15.

Apple is holding its first event of 2021 today, but don't hold your breath for an iPhone 13 announcement. Here's what we know about a release date.

What's in a name? Rumors suggest Apple's upcoming flagship could be called the iPhone 12S instead.

Available today only, this is one of the best iPhone 12 deals to date. There's just one unusual thing about it. Plus: 24 nail-free hooks for $5.

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The Note 20 Ultra's camera made it easy to capture great photos and videos on a remote photography roadtrip.

The Mi 11 Ultra has a second screen on the back, but it's really just the icing on the cake.

The chip industry's largest-ever deal is under scrutiny.

Here are the best 5G phones you can buy right now in 2021, according to CNET editors.

From a bigger zoom to improved wide angle and lidar all round, here's what we might get from the iPhone 13's camera.

Korean publication ET News reports that the 3D Time of Flight (ToF) sensor will not be making a comeback next year with the Galaxy S22 series. ToF sensors were featured on recent high profile releases like the Galaxy S10 5G and S20 Ultra. However, the company swapped in a simple Laser AF system for the Galaxy Note20 Ultra launch and found that the change didn’t negatively impact user experience. So, ToF was out and Laser AF was in for the Galaxy S21 Ultra launch as well, which will carry over to next year’s S22 series. According to insiders, Samsung thought about bringing the ToF sensor...

OnePlus started rolling out the Android 11 update back in late March, but pretty quickly it became apparent that there were issues with the new firmware, so the rollout was halted. Now, nearly a month later, the company has a hotfix that resolves the “unforeseen bugs” in the original release (the bugs themselves are never explicitly listed). OnePlus 7 and 7T series receiving the OxygenOS 11.0.0.2 11.0.0.2 Here’s OxygenOS 11.0.0.2 for the OnePlus 7, 7 Pro, 7T and 7T Pro. This update has been rolling out over the weekend, but it goes in stages and only a limited number of users have...

A number of phone makers have smartphones in the pipeline with next-generation under-display cameras. Samsung, Xiaomi, Oppo, vivo, ZTE and Meizu are all expected to show phones with new under-display cameras in the second half of the year. According to popular insider Ice universe Samsung's and Oppo's devices to use an under-display camera will be foldables, while Xiaomi's will be the Mi Mix 4. We've already heard that vivo's NEX 5 is expected to bring an improved under-display camera in the second half of the year. ZTE first showed a mass market under-display camera solution in the...

Sony ushered in its new Xperia lineup last week and now it has been revealed the midrange Xperia 10 III is getting an exclusive yellow color for Docomo's online shop. The Japanese carrier usually teams up with Sony on limited edition colorways. Reservations for the exclusive Xperia 10 III are already underway while the date of the first sale is still not finalized. Docomo mentions a “mid-June 2021 or later” lauch which fall in line with Sony’s promise to bring the Xperia III lineup later this summer. Make sure to check out our Hot Take on the new Xperia lineup where we delve deeper...

Redmi is expected to launch its own gaming branch as early as this month. According to sources from China, the first phone will come with a Samsung E4 AMOLED screen with 144Hz refresh rate. On the inside, the phone is said to be powered by Dimensity 1200 chipset and will have a lovely price tag. The new phone will also excel with a large 5,000 mAh battery and 67W fast charging. What should further boost the phone's gaming pedigree, is some sort of shoulder keys that the Redmi team will borrow from the Black Shark division, also a Xiaomi brand. The selling price is said to...

Realme announced the Q3 lineup will arrive this month, and we finally know the date. The series will be introduced on April 22, as confirmed by the company on Weibo. One of the expected phones will be the Realme Q3 Pro, and it has already appeared on TENAA and Geekbench with a Dimensity 1100 chipset. We also know the lineup will have a fluorescent color option that will glow in the dark. The Realme Q3 Pro is going to arrive with a 6.43” AMOLED panel and a 4,500 mAh battery. The main camera will have a 64MP sensor, and the whole setup looks like a triple-cam one with no periscopes or...

As we complete another week we find a couple of familiar faces atop our trending chart. The Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra leads Redmi Note 10 Pro for the second time in a row, while the newly launched Galaxy Quantum 2 completes the podium. The non-Pro Redmi Note 10 takes fourth ahead of two of the newly unveiled Sony phones follow in fifth and sixth. The Xperia 1 III got a bit more attention than the Xperia 5 III, helping it just edge out its more compact sibling. The Poco F3 is seventh, followed by its X3 Pro stablemate as a couple of Samsung phones complete the top 10 - the Galaxy A72 ahead...

Sony brought its smartphone lineup for an entire year in a single announcement this week and there are things we want to talk about. So here go a few early thoughts on what we found interesting, what are the key points and what we think about them. A true band of brothers The Sony Xperia 1 III, Xperia 5 III and Xperia 10 III are very different and yet they clearly follow the same formula. You could say they have more things in common than any smartphone lineup out there. All three have 21:9 OLED screens, stereo speakers, a 4,500mAh battery, expandable storage, 3.5mm headphone...

Welcome to another week's recap. The biggest story of the week was Sony's triple announcement. The Japanese company unveiled the make III revisions of its Xperia 1, 5 and 10 smartphones, which will come to market in early summer. The Xperia 1 III and 5 III both feature identical camera systems, which include three 12MP cameras with PDAF and OIS, covering the wide, ultrawide and telephoto range. The latter is a first of its kind with a variable focal length of 70mm and 105mm from a single sensor. That translates to around 2.9x to 4.4x zoom. The Xperia 10 III is a compact device with a 6"...

When it comes to phones, Sony follows the beat of a different drummer – months after the first Snapdragon 888 flagships hit the market, the Japanese tech giant announced that it will release its own flagships in early summer. You can’t rush perfection, they say, and Sony has given up on trying to dominate the smartphone market, anyway. Unlike LG, Sony managed to eke out a small profit off its small but dedicated following and its phones make for great cross-promotion with the company’s other divisions. So, what phone do you make when you don’t care about pleasing everyone and instead...

Introduction Honor is now an independent company, launching wearables on its own, but its latest wrist band was actually developed under Huawei ownership as it initially came out in China in November 2020. It only recently hit global markets, giving us a chance to spend some time with it and produce this review. It does bring a bunch of features to get enthusiastic about, and here’s what we found them to perform in real life. The Honor Band 6 is not a smartwatch, although at this point the division lines are very blurry. It has a large display, a bunch of sensor and tracking for all...

Apple sells phones priced from as low as $399 to as high as $1,399. We're here to help you find the best one for your needs and budget.

Here's how to save MP3 tracks from up-and-coming artists, as well as old favorites, legally.

Apple tucked this useful tool away from your home screen and App Library, but well tell you where to look.

Want to get more out of your AirPods Pro? Of course you do. Read this.

Will Apple keep the familiar iPhone notch? What about the Lightning port? Here are all the rumors we've heard about the iPhone 13 design and colors so far.

The iPhone 12 Pro and iPad Pro have a new sensor that adds depth scanning for better photos, but the future points to AR glasses and more. Here's what it can do, and why it's so amazing.

Last week’s poll shows that the six new Nokia models didn’t cause excitement – and maybe they weren’t supposed to, sometimes boring is good. The X-series have a chance chance to position themselves as phones that “just work” for three years, which is exactly what some people want. Of course, few of the “just works” crowd will read this or have voted in the poll. The Nokia X20 did manage to carve out a niche for itself, so this could make a solid mom and pop phone. However, the pricing is going to be an issue. The most premium thing on the X20 is its 3-year warranty and 3-year...

The best iPhone features are always the ones you find accidentally. These are the iOS 14 tricks Apple kept hidden.

The Samsung Galaxy S10 locked to Verizon's network is receiving a new software update, which bumps up the Android security patch level on the smartphone to April 2021 and brings a couple of new camera features. Here's the small changelog of the new update: Pro Mode - Ultra Wide Ultra wide lens is now available in Pro and Pro Video camera modes. Auto Night Mode Photo, Portrait, and Hyperlapse camera modes now automatically detect low light conditions and turn on Night mode for optimal quality. The new firmware sports version...

Previously we traced the history of Sony (Ericsson)’s Xperia line of phones, from the Windows Mobile beginnings through the switch to Android to the birth of the Compact line. All of these eventually lead to the Xperia 1 and 5 series, the latest of which were announced this week. Today we wanted to look at the phone that prototyped the design language used by Sony today, the Sony Xperia Z. Before that there was the Xperia S, the first phone after the divorce with Ericsson (Sony got to keep the Xperia kids). Sony Xperia Z official photos The S featured one of the first 720p...

Microsoft seems to be giving some extra care and attention to some of its Android apps. Both the OneDrive and Bing apps have recently received updates. The major highlight in OneDrive is Chromecast support. It works in the usual way - just open up a photo or a video from your OneDrive and a Chromecast icon should appear on to titlebar if there are any Chromecast receivers in your vicinity. There are some other smaller tweaks in OneDrive here and there too. The Home tab, for instance, now prominently features the Recent view with the last files you interacted with, so you can quickly pick up...

OnePlus has been doing pretty well with software support, taking care of its budget Nord N100 handset. Units are now receiving a new update in North America and EU regions. The packages are slightly different and have different version numbers, but should essentially contain the same changes and improvements. North America users get OxygenOS 10.5.7 – 10.5.7.BE81AA, while EU ones should look out for OxygenOS 10.5.9 – 10.5.9.BE83BA. Unfortunately, the official change log is kind of sparse and only has two entries: Updated Android security patch to 2021.03 Fixed known issues and...

The Infinix Note 10 Pro was spotted on Geekbench in February with the Helio G90T SoC, 8GB RAM, and Android 11. Now the smartphone has popped up on Google Play Console with the same Android version and RAM amount, but with a different chip - Helio G90. We've also heard rumors of the G95, so it's unclear what exactly will power the Infinix Note 10 Pro. That said, the Google Play Console tells us that the Note 10 Pro will pack a FullHD+ screen, which a leaked render revealed will have a punch hole in the center for the selfie camera. A schematic of the Infinix Note 10 Pro further...

The vivo V21 family is still shrouded in quite a bit of mystery. The only real solid bit of info we have thus far is an April 27 unveiling event in Malaysia for the regular V21 and the V21e. Beyond that, various sources have also suggested the existence on a V21 Pro, which may or may not be similar or even the same as the V21 5G, recently certified in Indonesia. Last, but not least, there is the V21 SE, officially going by its V2061 model number in a new device listing in the Google Play Console. The name and model were cross-referenced and matched using the Indian IMEI database, which is...

Before anyone gets unnecessarily excited - NO, LG hasn't gone back on its decision to leave the smartphone business. At least not officially, that is. This is just another case of unfortunate timing surrounding the rollable phone that the company teased at CES 2021. Apparently the LM-R910N, as its official designation goes, was pretty far along in the development cycle. Enough for LG to start filing for various certifications for it to go to market. The NFC certification, as seen here, is dated January 5, at which point the Rollable or LM-R910VM, mentioned in the document in particular, was...

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The phone you need right now -- hand-picked by CNET editors.

Oppo will launch two smartphones in India next week - the A54 on April 19 and the A74 5G a day later. Oppo confirmed that the A74 5G will be priced under INR20,000 ($270/€225) in the country but didn't hint at the pricing of the A54. However, a new report claims the smartphone will start at INR13,490 ($180/€150) and have three memory options. The base variant will have 4GB RAM and 64GB storage onboard, and for INR1,000 ($13/€11) more, you'll get double storage. The third model, with 6GB RAM and 128GB storage, will cost INR15,990 ($215/€180). The Oppo A54, announced last month, is...

A great lineup of specs and a more affordable price make this the OnePlus phone to buy right now.

Want to get even more out of Samsung's Galaxy S21? These hidden features will help you do just that.

Korean publication ET News reports that the 3D Time of Flight (ToF) sensor will not be making a comeback next year with the Galaxy S22 series. ToF sensors were featured on recent high profile releases like the Galaxy S10 5G and S20 Ultra. However, the company swapped in a simple Laser AF system for the

OnePlus started rolling out the Android 11 update back in late March, but pretty quickly it became apparent that there were issues with the new firmware, so the rollout was halted. Now, nearly a month later, the company has a hotfix that resolves the “unforeseen bugs” in the original release (the bugs themselves are

A number of phone makers have smartphones in the pipeline with next-generation under-display cameras. Samsung, Xiaomi, Oppo, vivo, ZTE and Meizu are all expected to show phones with new under-display cameras in the second half of the year. According to popular insider Ice universe Samsung's and Oppo's devices to use an under-display camera will be foldables,

Sony ushered in its new Xperia lineup last week and now it has been revealed the midrange Xperia 10 III is getting an exclusive yellow color Docomo online shop. The Japanese carrier usually teams up with Sony on limited edition colorways. Reservations for the exclusive Xperia 10 III are already underway while the date

Redmi is expected to launch its own gaming branch as early as this month. According to sources from China, the first phone will come with a Samsung E4 AMOLED screen with 144Hz refresh rate. On the inside, the phone is said to be powered by Dimensity 1200 chipset and will have a lovely price tag. The