A Tale of Three Smartphones

For the past few weeks, I’ve been evaluating three smartphones that represent some of the best choices available in their respective pricing categories. Here are some early recommendations.
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Samsung Galaxy S8+ Second Impressions: Impressive, Overwhelming

Even for a seasoned device reviewer such as myself, the Samsung Galaxy S8+ presents such a wide range of unique capabilities that trying to understand it all up front quickly becomes overwhelming.
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Samsung Galaxy S8+ Second Impressions: Impressive, Overwhelming

Even for a seasoned device reviewer such as myself, the Samsung Galaxy S8+ presents such a wide range of unique capabilities that trying to understand it all up front quickly becomes overwhelming.
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News in brief: Bose ‘spying’ on users via app; Samsung annoys users over Bixby; Microsoft raps gag orders

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News in brief: NATO cyberthreat centre launches; Yahoo ‘hacker’ denied bail; Samsung delays AI assistant

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Speechless: Galaxy S8 to Launch Without Bixby Voice in the U.S.

Samsung admitted this week that the flagship handset will not include full Bixby personal digital assistant functionality in the US. Instead, its most critical feature, voice control, will come later.
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Researcher finds vulnerability in popular microchips used in Android and iPhones

Security researchers have found a crucial vulnerability in a popular chipset used in smartphones that allows for an attacker to launch a remote, Wi-Fi delivered virus to a targeted device. Newer versions of Apple’s iPhone and many of Samsung’s flagship Android phones carry an affected Broadcom manufactured chipset. While Apple patched the vulnerability on Monday with the release of iOS 10.3.1, a variety of different Android devices remain susceptible to the proof-of-concept attack. An Apple security advisory concerning the vulnerability notes, “an attacker within range may be able to execute arbitrary code on the Wi-Fi chip.” iOS 10.3.1 fixes the issue by patching a “stack buffer overflow” problem, the advisory reads. The proof-of-concept exploit was developed by Google Project Zero researcher Gal Beniamini. Google plans to release its own patch in its April security bulletin, but the update will only be available to a “select number of device models,” according to […]

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