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1 month ago | 
phonearena.com | Daniel Petrov
What's as thin and light as the 6.9-inch iPhone 16 Pro Max and yet opens into a huge 8.1-inch display and carries a much larger battery? Why, the new Oppo Find N5 foldable phone that launches today, of course. At 4.21mm when opened, this is the thinnest phone with one hinge, and even when closed it is the slimmest foldable, beating the previous Magic V3 record-holder.
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2 months ago | 
phonearena.com | Daniel Petrov
Oppo, the perennial innovator, just took to the stage here at the Find N5's Singapore launch event to announce the world's thinnest phone, whose foldable display closes over to form the compact dimensions of a regular flagship that only offers one display.
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2 months ago | 
phonearena.com | Daniel Petrov
It is not easy to make the thinnest foldable phone after the Magic V3, but someone's got to do the impossible job, and Oppo took the task to heart with the resulting Find N5 which is the new "thinnest" king of the foldables hill. That's not all there will be to the upcoming Oppo Find N5, though, the company's only second book-style foldable.
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2 months ago | 
phonearena.com | Daniel Petrov
While the US is trying to ban TikTok and the new Trump administration is levying tariffs on Chinese goods that could see phone prices rise, especially those on prepaid brands like Motorola, China is introducing tit-for-tat measures. It responded to the US-imposed tariffs with levies of its own, both on physical goods like American fossil fuels, farm equipment, and pickup trucks, as well as on more intangible assets like starting a monopoly probe into Google or Nvidia.
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2 months ago | 
phonearena.com | Daniel Petrov
As part of its response to those Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina communities that shared the impact of the Hurricane Helene, Verizon already waived its fees for domestic calls, texts, and data usage for postpaid consumer and Verizon Small Business customers that were affected by the storm's devastation.
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2 months ago | 
phonearena.com | Daniel Petrov
After the new White House administration introduced 25% tariffs for Canada and Mexico over the weekend, and paused their execution upon the neighboring countries' reciprocation, it did the same with China and doesn't seem to be in a hurry to renege. The tariffs on Chinese goods coming into the country, however, could affect the prices of consumer electronics, most of which are made there and imported in the US.
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2 months ago | 
mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de | Daniel Petrov
Bachev, Hrabrin and Mihailova, Mihaela and Terziev, Dimitar and Georgiev, Minko and Nikolov, Dimitre and Dimova, Nadejda and Marinov, Petar and Mikova, Rosiza and Tzvyatkova, Daniela and Mitov, Anton and Asenov, Stefan and Minchev, Andrey and Petrov, Daniel (2024): Икономически анализи на договорите и договорните отношения в аграрната сфера на България.
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2 months ago | 
phonearena.com | Daniel Petrov
Verizon has detailed its partnership with AST for satellite communication services in dead zones where it doesn't have cellular network coverage. Similar to T-Mobile's agreement with SpaceX and its direct-to-cell constellation, Verizonwill first bring satellite messaging to its phones, and then roll out additional services.
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2 months ago | 
phonearena.com | Daniel Petrov
Samsung has for the first time filed a joint patent with its foldable display protective film supplier Segyung Hi Tech that details a sturdier screen assembly that will be more resistant to drops on hard surfaces and other assorted rough-ups. The patent, as unearthed by The Elec, describes the usual protective film that Segyung provides to Samsung for the ultrahin protective glass (UTG) over its foldable phone display assemblies, but adds a new impact-resistant and light-shielding layer.
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2 months ago | 
phonearena.com | Daniel Petrov
After the weekend, both Samsung and Apple iPhone users on T-Mobile started sharing first impressions of the activated satellite connectivity service provided in partnership with Elon Musk's SpaceX over its Starlink direct-to-cell constellation. On Friday, Elon teased that the Starlink satellite connectivity beta will arrive for testing on select T-Mobile phones on Monday, and SpaceX delivered. Those select phones, however, were expected to only be of the Samsung Galaxy variety.
