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In the early days of smartphones, the easiest way to get one in the United States was simple: visit your carrier outlet of choice and buy whichever device the salesperson convinced you was best.

Google has recently unveiled an unlocked version of the Android T-Mobile G1, which is available exclusively to developers. This move is seen as a significant step in encouraging more developers to ...

Just a few years ago, a sub one hundred dollar smartphone would most likely make you miserable and unhappy with your purchase. Luckily, times have changed, and it’s now possible to get a great ...

Metalenz and UMC’s Polar ID mass-production deal marks the dawn of next-gen, ultra-thin, polarization-based face biometrics ...

A couple of weeks back, Samsung released the Android 12-based One UI 4.0 update to the carrier-locked variants of the Galaxy Z Flip in the US. Today, the big Android update has started rolling out to ...

The Nexus 5 is a Nexus. Of course I’m sure you figured that out. But what that means is that the device was meant to be easily hackable. This also means that you don’t have to go the OEMs website to ...

Luke Westaway is a senior editor at CNET and writer/ presenter of Adventures in Tech, a thrilling gadget show produced in our London office. Luke's focus is on keeping you in the loop with a mix of ...

Securing your smartphone is a must, but there’s no denying that we all unlock our phones dozens of times a day when it simply isn’t necessary. Google’s hoping to solve that problem with a new Android ...