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LG G6 hands-on: sleek design, easy one-handed use, but no Snapdragon 835, loses removable battery for water resistance, and many apps are buggy on 18:9 screen — Cutting corners in the best way possible — With the G6, announced today at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, LG is changing its own definition of “flagship” phone.
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| Matt Humrick / AnandTech: |
LG G6: metal body, thin bezels, 5.7" 2880x1440 display, 18:9 aspect ratio, Snapdragon 821, 4GB RAM, dual 13MP rear cameras, 5MP front cam, IP68, 3300mAh battery — Today in Barcelona, LG officially unveiled the G6, the next installment of the venerable G-series that's now classified as a lower-end flagship below LG's V-series.
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Tweets: @raywongy, @andrewmartonik, @droid_life, and @gauravh1
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Google Assistant begins rolling out to non-Google devices running Android Nougat and Marshmallow, starting in the US — Google continues its march to expand its place in the mobile ecosystem, anchored by the fact that its Android OS is by far the most ubiquitous smartphone platform in the world.
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| Daniel Bader / Android Central: |
Moto G5, G5 Plus hands-on: G5's CPU slower than G4's, 5" screen not great, but still a good deal at €199; $229 G5 Plus faster than G4 but no USB-C or NFC in US — The Moto G line gets another solid update, but a few confounding choices keep it from perfection.
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| Agam Shah / PCWorld: |
Lenovo will integrate Amazon Alexa into a variety of Motorola devices including smartphones, starting with an Alexa “Mod” for the Moto Z — Lenovo and Amazon are partnering to integrate Alexa into Moto smartphones, and the first product will be an Alexa “Mod” attachment for the Moto Z smartphone
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| Brian Sullivan / CNBC: |
Source: SoftBank is close to finalizing a deal to invest more than $3B in WeWork, putting the startup's valuation above $20B if deal closes — SoftBank is close to finalizing an investment in WeWork, a source close to the transaction tells CNBC. The deal is expected to be worth over $3 billion.| Sophie Charara / Wareable: |
Samsung announces new Gear VR headset with 101-degree field-of-view, which comes with a controller that supports touch and motion — MWC 2017: Take that Daydream — Anything Daydream can do, Samsung can do clickier. Its mobile Gear VR headset now has a touchpad controller.| Cherlynn Low / Engadget: |
Hands-on with Samsung's Galaxy Book hybrids: Windows 10, Intel i5 Kaby Lake CPU, 10" and 12" screen sizes, LTE, detachable keyboard, standalone S Pen — Samsung may not be ready to unveil the Galaxy S8 smartphone just yet, but it still has fancy new hardware for us here at MWC.
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| Chris Davies / SlashGear: |
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| Nick Wingfield / New York Times: |
Sony has sold 915K PlayStation VR headsets as of February 19, four months after it went on sale, according to Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Andrew House — SAN MATEO, Calif. — There are plenty of people who are skeptical about virtual reality, a technology some have heralded …
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| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Huawei unveils €649 P10 with 5.1" display and 3200mAh battery, €699 P10 Plus with 5.5" display and 3750mAh battery; both have dual 20MP/12MP cameras — The Huawei P9 was one of my favorite phones of 2016, combining rock-solid build quality with a minimalist design and a very attractive price.
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Tweets: @dcseifert, @patrickmoorhead, @hallstephenj, @ruskin147, @greengart, and @paulobrien
| Jimmy Westenberg / Android Authority: |
| David Pierce / Wired: |
HMD announces €189 5.2" Nokia 5, €139 5" Nokia 3, global availability of €229 Nokia 6, and Nokia 3310 feature phone for €49; phones ship in Q2 — Before there was iPhone, there was 3310. After its launch in 2000, Nokia sold more than 125 million models of its indestructible candybar …
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Tweets: @natisho, @gadgetlab, @ingridlunden, @whatleydude, @rbrome, and @trendulkar
| Alex Dobie / Android Central: |
Samsung sends out invites for Unpacked event on March 29 at 11AM ET in New York, where it's expected to launch Galaxy S8 — New flagship breaks cover in just over a month. — Samsung's 2017 flagship phones are about to move beyond mere rumor and speculation — Samsung is teasing the arrival …
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