Now that Razer proved it was capable of not only making a phone, but making a phone that's worth owning, AT&T said they want in. As such, the Razer Phone 2 will be made available at "select exclusive AT&T retail and mobile stores" soon. This will make it the first "gaming phone" to hit AT&T since the beginning of the smartphone. This is not, however, the first gaming phone in the United States.
Before we reach Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Motorola's decided they want to get in on the inventory clearing early. The company's headed for a future in which they have significantly fewer phones for sale at one single time - so say the rumors - so this might be the first outward sign that the switch is being made. The odd thing is, if that's true, why put on discount the smartphones that'll remain in the main lineup?
AT&T is about to crackdown on repeat pirates and the result will leave some scrambling for a new provider. According to insiders that have spoken up, the company plans to soon cut off the service of customers who have repeatedly downloaded copyrighted content despite at least nine past warnings to stop. More than a dozen customers will reportedly be notified of the service banhammer in coming days.
Those users looking for Samsung notebooks will find a couple new devices appearing on shelves today. Much as it was with each previous release of devices that run Windows and/or Chrome, there's always alternatives to the newest of the new. Today we're looking at what these newest bits of hardware provide, and we take a peek at what we might recommend you also consider before buying.
It's been a long time coming, but the RED Hydrogen One is nearly here. The phone makes some pretty big promises with its holographic 4-view display, and today we're learning which carriers are going to offer the phone on release day. Assuming its hefty price tag isn't enough to scare you off, you'll be able to pick up the Hydrogen One at Verizon and AT&T beginning later this week.
AT&T plans to launch its DirecTV NOW product on Magic Leap's system in the future. The company says it will be launching a 5G test zone on Magic Leap's Florida campus next year, as well, this making it possible for developers to test apps and devices on the faster mobile technology. The plans were revealed today at the Magic Leap conference in LA.
Samsung just announced its most "innovative" A series smartphone last week and is close to revealing its most eccentric one next week. But while all that is happening, AT&T is just now getting a Samsung mid-range phone that seems almost too little too late. While the Galaxy A6 (2018) was indeed just announced last May and became available in the US just last month, in the grander scheme of things, it might as well have launched last year.
Harman has launched Spark, a dongle that connects to a vehicle's OBD II sensor to provide both diagnostic data and in-car 4G LTE access. Spark is being offered exclusively in the US by AT&T, which offers service for the device as part of existing plans and as a standalone option. The dongle is also part of a promo that offers it at a discount for certain phone buyers.
The United States' four biggest wireless carriers -- Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile -- have teamed to launch Project Verify, a single sign-on service that reduces how many passwords someone needs. Project Verify is designed for smartphone users, existing to authenticate any apps that require logins so the user doesn't have to enter a unique password.
The new iPhone Xs, iPhone Xs Max, and iPhone XR were revealed at Apple headquarters yesterday - today come the carrier prices. Today we're running down the various costs of this smartphone collection (two of the three), for each major carrier in the United States as well as Apple proper. You also might well want to take a peek at our giant iPhone Xs and iPhone Xs Max hands-on while you're at it. Wouldn't want to buy a phone without getting up close and personal.
Verizon made their first-ever 5G NR call on a commercial network with a simulated smartphone device. Verizon's most recent test in the 5G space also tipped a hat to its side-news launch of 5G residential broadband service in four US markets. This Verizon 5G news came right on the heels of AT&T's big 5G announcement at AT&T Spark - they'll be expanding in a big way, too.
This morning at AT&T Spark, the mobile data company named a bunch of cities to which it planned to bring 5G data speeds. This comes on top of news that AT&T deployed its first mobile 5G cell site and expanded its 5G reach from its first 7 cities to an additional 5, all inside the year 2018. Come 2019, AT&T's reach with 5G will spread to a bunch more cities across the United States.