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iPhone SE review: Requiem for a truly competitive mid-range Android phone [Video]

Straight up, the 2020 iPhone SE is a good phone. It probably won’t replace the phone in your pocket unless you happen to own a old device, but it really is impressive — even if it does run iOS. We’ve reviewed a number of affordable Android phones but, like anything, things need to be omitted to help keep down costs. Apple is no stranger to this but hasn’t really offered anything that…
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Leaked Samsung Galaxy A21s render shows a familiar design

The Samsung Galaxy A21s has been popping-up in the rumor mill from time to time, over the last couple of months. Now, a new leak claims to showcase a render of its front side. It’s a slightly odd, yet totally believable development, since the front of the phone, as shown…
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Vivo iQOO Z1 earns its 3C certification

MediaTek and vivo have been entangled in a rather quickly-developing plotline, during the last couple of days. It revolves around the announcement of the Dymensity 1000+ chipset, followed immediately by various hints from vivo of an ambassador phone for said chipset – the iQOO Z1. Merely hours later, a mysterious vivo phone, bearing the model number V1986A, has popped-up on the 3C certification…
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LG Q70 lands at Verizon starting at $239.99

Today Verizon has launched the LG Q70, and it’s already available to order online from the carrier. If you want to get it outright, you’ll have to pay $349.99, which is the full retail price. However, if you don’t mind choosing Verizon’s installment…
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Feature Request: How iOS 14 should take iPhone multitasking to the next level

I’m a longtime iPhone user, back when iOS was called “iPhone OS” and had no homescreen wallpaper or multitasking at all. In 2010, iOS 4 brought multitasking to the iPhone for the first time and it was a massive addition, but 10 years later, things haven’t evolved much since then in this aspect. So I think it’s time for Apple to finally take multitasking on iPhone to the next…
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Samsung’s Galaxy A51 has two good things going for it: the screen and the price

Last year, three of the top five bestselling phones worldwide were Samsung phones, according to Counterpoint Research, holding the number three, four, and five spots after the iPhone XR and 11. If you live in the US, when you think of Samsung, you probably think of the Galaxy S or Note — but the Samsung phones that sold so well were midrange Galaxy A-series phones. Samsung is making a big push…
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