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The latest OnePlus leaks have me worried
'Clover' and 'Billie' need a different approach to succeed

Ryne Hager Ryne Hager
The latest OnePlus leaks have me worried

OnePlus is gearing up for two new Nord-branded phones in the US market, according to leaks from Android Central in the last month, including what might be its first entry-level phone. If the details regarding the ~$200 "Clover" and sub-$400 "Billie" are both true (and they probably are), then OnePlus might have a problem on its hands. While the company was once known for its massively disruptive influence in the flagship space, now it's settled comfortably into the market it once upset. And its usual strategies won't work here.

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I did my entire job from the Galaxy Z Fold2 for a day
Samsung's latest folding phone is also an iPad killer

Ryne Hager Ryne Hager
I did my entire job from the Galaxy Z Fold2 for a day

I really can't stress enough how game-changing folding phones are. I know they're frequently (and fairly) criticized for things like display durability and price, but once you actually use one and understand the experience, something just clicks — or, at least, it did for me. They're still not for everyone, but if you absolutely need to maintain productivity on the go, then the Z Fold2 will be as disruptive to your idea of work as the early Blackberry phones were. In fact, to prove a point, I was able to do my entire job here at Android Police from the phone for most of a whole day.

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The Surface Duo is best used as a secondary phone
The Duo isn't a traditional smartphone, and maybe it shouldn't replace yours

Corbin Davenport Corbin Davenport
The Surface Duo is best used as a secondary phone

The Surface Duo is one of the few recent examples of a new form factor in smartphones. Although it shares similarities (and some use cases) with foldable phones, such as the Galaxy Z Fold2, the choice to use two individual displays comes with its own set of advantages and disadvantages. That begs the question: is the Duo best used as a primary phone, or a secondary device to compliment an existing phone?

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Siri makes the Google Assistant look stupid when it comes to music
Maybe it's time for Google to shuffle its priorities

Caleb Potts Caleb Potts
Siri makes the Google Assistant look stupid when it comes to music

Whenever people discuss digital voice assistants, the conversation usually ends with the Google Assistant triumphing over Apple's Siri. I haven't owned an iOS device since I sold my childhood iPod Touch, but earlier this summer, I took the plunge and bought an iPhone 11 to see what I'd been missing — and to check out Siri's smarts for myself. It's much better than I expected, and in fact, there is at least one area where Siri makes the Google Assistant look like an off-key cover band: music.

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I can't believe how thin Microsoft made the Surface Duo
Microsoft found a way to make a dual-screen phone that isn't bulky

Corbin Davenport Corbin Davenport
I can't believe how thin Microsoft made the Surface Duo

Microsoft finally put the Surface Duo up for pre-order earlier this month, following a year of teases, leaks, and rumors. I received my Duo review unit earlier this week, and while I'm still getting a feel for what it's like to use, one aspect of the device has stuck out to me more than anything else: how thin it is.

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Paying extra for a Verizon UW 5G phone is just throwing money away
Verizon's in a tough spectrum spot, but that doesn't mean you should pay the price

Ryan Whitwam Ryan Whitwam
Paying extra for a Verizon UW 5G phone is just throwing money away

This story was originally published and last updated . 

2020 has been hard enough with all the political, economic, and public health crises we've had to deal with. It turns out, 2020 was also supposed to be The Year Of 5G, at least as far as our wireless carriers are concerned. We've talked about the 5G tax we're paying to get the latest mobile chipsets, but if you're on Verizon, you could be getting screwed in an even worse, and arguably much stupider way by the next generation of wireless networks. Verizon is still all-in with an expensive technology called millimeter wave (mmWave) 5G, and not all phones support it.

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The Pixel 5 might have a lower-end chipset, but we're not worried, and here's why
A performance preview, courtesy of the OnePlus Nord, Moto Edge, and Vivo X50 Pro

Ryne Hager Ryne Hager
The Pixel 5 might have a lower-end chipset, but we're not worried, and here's why

This story was originally published and last updated . 

Of the available evidence, everything points to a Snapdragon 765G powering the anticipated Pixel 5, and that's caused a lot of spec-gazers to cast a doubtful eye on Google's upcoming phone. Prior to the Pixel 5, every Pixel phone used the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 series chipset, the most powerful SoCs available on the open market. With the 765G, though, we don't necessarily think Google's made a bad move—we've been using phones with the new high-end-of-the-mid-range Qualcomm chip—like the OnePlus Nord—and we're impressed. And we think there's really no reason the Pixel 5 really needs to full-fat 865 as a result.

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What's a phone? The Surface Duo breaks our definitions
Is this a new category, and do we need to see it as one?

Ryne Hager Ryne Hager
What's a phone? The Surface Duo breaks our definitions

Microsoft's been teasing the Surface Duo for the last year, and it's finally here — well, available for pre-order, anyway. But the entire time we've been talking about it, it's been difficult to pin down what exactly the Surface Duo is. Intuitively, we want to call it a phone. It's kinda phone-sized when folded up, it runs an operating system some phones do, and you can do phone stuff on it. But is it really a phone? Have we reached the Apple "What's a computer?" moment when it comes to phones?

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Galaxy Note20 and Note20 Ultra hands-on: High end, high fashion, high price
Big phones that raise big questions

Scott Scrivens Scott Scrivens
Galaxy Note20 and Note20 Ultra hands-on: High end, high fashion, high price

This story was originally published and last updated . 

Samsung's first "Ultra" phone, the Galaxy S20 Ultra, received at best a lukewarm critical reception. Consumers didn't seem to respond, either, as sales figures have not been strong. And while some of that boils down to trying to sell an extremely expensive phone during a global economic and health catastrophe, a lot of it was just down to what you got for the money. Samsung banked big on cameras a key selling point for the S20 Ultra, and they simply weren’t up to scratch. There’s a lot riding on the Galaxy Note20 series to redeem that phone, and the Note20 Ultra in particular.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab S7+ hands-on: Android's never had a tablet this good
Handsome design, powerful performance, and useful accessories — but is the cost worth it?

Stephen Schenck Stephen Schenck
Samsung Galaxy Tab S7+ hands-on: Android's never had a tablet this good

This story was originally published and last updated . 

Android tablets have always been a bit awkward, as products. With the platform lacking the huge ecosystem of tablet-optimized apps that the iPad enjoys, or the large desktop legacy world you can access on something like a Surface Pro, many have asked the question "Why?" when it comes to an Android-powered slate. Perhaps it's not really one worth asking, though, when a company as large as Samsung is bothering to introduce an $850 tablet at all. With the Tab S7 and S7+, Samsung is bringing a capital-P "Premium" tablet hardware experience, and we've spent the last few days using the latter.

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