PCMag editors select and review products . If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing.It looks like flexible smartphones aren't a flash in the pan. Qualcomm today inked a deal with flexible screen maker BOE to include in-display fingerprint sensors in bendable screen panels, which says more about the future of bendable devices than anything else.The deal commits Qualcomm and BOE to working together to integrate sensors into a variety of products with BOE's flexible displays.Right now there are only two screen makers for bendable smartphone...…PCMag editors select and review products . If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing.It looks like flexible smartphones aren't a flash in the pan. Qualcomm today inked a deal with flexible screen maker BOE to include in-display fingerprint sensors in bendable screen panels, which says more about the future of bendable devices than anything else.The deal commits Qualcomm and BOE to working together to integrate sensors into a variety of products with BOE's flexible displays.Right now there are only two screen makers for bendable smartphone...WW…

PCMag editors select and review products . If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing.Samsung's Galaxy S20 line faced sales troubles even before the coronavirus crisis hit, with sales down compared to the Galaxy S10 launch, according to a plurality of carrier store reps surveyed by . The main problem is price: the $1,500 Galaxy S20 Ultra and $1,200 Galaxy S20+ just seem too rich for many shoppers' blood, with the $999 Galaxy S20 becoming the line's most popular model.Wave7 surveys wireless carrier dealers each month to see how sales are...…PCMag editors select and review products . If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing.Samsung's Galaxy S20 line faced sales troubles even before the coronavirus crisis hit, with sales down compared to the Galaxy S10 launch, according to a plurality of carrier store reps surveyed by . The main problem is price: the $1,500 Galaxy S20 Ultra and $1,200 Galaxy S20+ just seem too rich for many shoppers' blood, with the $999 Galaxy S20 becoming the line's most popular model.Wave7 surveys wireless carrier dealers each month to see how sales are...WW…

PCMag editors select and review products . We may earn affiliate commissions from buying links, which help support our testing. .(Image credits: Shutterstock)With millions of Americans during the COVID-19 crisis, there are plenty of tech and knowledge-industry workers looking around their tiny apartments in hot hub cities and saying, could I do bigger and better than this?According to , a consultancy that helps firms design work-from-home strategies, 56 percent of the US workforce could work from home, and the number of regular work-from-home folks is likely to jump from 3.6 percent to...…PCMag editors select and review products . We may earn affiliate commissions from buying links, which help support our testing. .(Image credits: Shutterstock)With millions of Americans during the COVID-19 crisis, there are plenty of tech and knowledge-industry workers looking around their tiny apartments in hot hub cities and saying, could I do bigger and better than this?According to , a consultancy that helps firms design work-from-home strategies, 56 percent of the US workforce could work from home, and the number of regular work-from-home folks is likely to jump from 3.6 percent to...WW…

PCMag editors select and review products . If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing.It came. You saw. Planes did not fall out of the sky.AT&T and Verizon recently turned on their C-band 5G networks after with the airlines and FAA. And, knock on wood, so far we've seen neither major flight disruptions nor any danger to air safety. After two years of AT&T's and Verizon's "nationwide 5G" networks feeling much like 4G, C-band could finally majorly multiply speeds. But what is C-band, and what does it mean for 5G? Do you need a C-band...…PCMag editors select and review products . If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing.It came. You saw. Planes did not fall out of the sky.AT&T and Verizon recently turned on their C-band 5G networks after with the airlines and FAA. And, knock on wood, so far we've seen neither major flight disruptions nor any danger to air safety. After two years of AT&T's and Verizon's "nationwide 5G" networks feeling much like 4G, C-band could finally majorly multiply speeds. But what is C-band, and what does it mean for 5G? Do you need a C-band...WW…

The Best Work-From-Home Cities for 2021https://www.pcmag.com/news/the-best-work-from-home-cities-for-2021The COVID-fueled remote work boom is driving many North Americans to find new, more affordable homes. In November, rents for studio apartments in San Francisco plummeted by 35% year over year, ; rents on high-priced apartments in New York City are also falling, . If you can work anywhere, though, where should you go? We gathered data from Ookla Speedtest, , and to find 50 US and 10 Canadian towns and cities with affordable housing, fast gigabit, reasonably priced internet...…The Best Work-From-Home Cities for 2021https://www.pcmag.com/news/the-best-work-from-home-cities-for-2021The COVID-fueled remote work boom is driving many North Americans to find new, more affordable homes. In November, rents for studio apartments in San Francisco plummeted by 35% year over year, ; rents on high-priced apartments in New York City are also falling, . If you can work anywhere, though, where should you go? We gathered data from Ookla Speedtest, , and to find 50 US and 10 Canadian towns and cities with affordable housing, fast gigabit, reasonably priced internet...WW…

PCMag editors select and review products . If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing.Verizon expanded its high-speed, short-range millimeter-wave service to 55 cities and launched a "nationwide" 5G system using 4G channels today, in tandem with the launch of the new line. All four of the new iPhones have all forms of 5G used in the US."You can be assured there's no faster 5G on Earth," Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg said at the iPhone launch. In our tests, Verizon's UWB 5G system—also known as high-band or nationwide 5G—has shown spectacular...…PCMag editors select and review products . If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing.Verizon expanded its high-speed, short-range millimeter-wave service to 55 cities and launched a "nationwide" 5G system using 4G channels today, in tandem with the launch of the new line. All four of the new iPhones have all forms of 5G used in the US."You can be assured there's no faster 5G on Earth," Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg said at the iPhone launch. In our tests, Verizon's UWB 5G system—also known as high-band or nationwide 5G—has shown spectacular...WW…

PCMag editors select and review products . If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing.(Photo by Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)Verizon is buying Tracfone, the oldest and largest virtual wireless carrier in the US, in a that the companies say will probably close in the second half of 2021.Tracfone has been offering service since the 1990s on all the major carrier networks and operates service for 21 million subscribers under a slew of names including its own, Straight Talk, Simple Mobile, Net10, Walmart Family...…PCMag editors select and review products . If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing.(Photo by Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)Verizon is buying Tracfone, the oldest and largest virtual wireless carrier in the US, in a that the companies say will probably close in the second half of 2021.Tracfone has been offering service since the 1990s on all the major carrier networks and operates service for 21 million subscribers under a slew of names including its own, Straight Talk, Simple Mobile, Net10, Walmart Family...WW…

PCMag editors select and review products . If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing.(BlackBerry Key2 LE)BlackBerry's back—all right! After its partnership with BlackBerry in February, wireless watchers worried that the storied name—and keyboarded smartphones in general—would vanish from the market. Today, a new company called OnwardMobility says it has made a deal with the BlackBerry software company to use its name and intellectual property to create a new keyboarded Android smartphone, coming to the US and Europe in 2021."We really see a...…PCMag editors select and review products . If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing.(BlackBerry Key2 LE)BlackBerry's back—all right! After its partnership with BlackBerry in February, wireless watchers worried that the storied name—and keyboarded smartphones in general—would vanish from the market. Today, a new company called OnwardMobility says it has made a deal with the BlackBerry software company to use its name and intellectual property to create a new keyboarded Android smartphone, coming to the US and Europe in 2021."We really see a...WW…