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Mobile phones running full operating systems such as Android and iOS, including flagship and mid-range handsets.
T-Mobile is the first US carrier to support Apple's iPhone Handoff, at $5 a month, The Verge reports. Verizon plans to follow by year-end, but T-Mobile bars business accounts at launch, so for now the users are T-Mobile customers outside business accounts.
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OnePlus launched the 16 in China with a 9,000mAh battery and a price from about $850. The Verge reports the company has quit the US market, so American buyers would be importing a phone with no confirmed update policy.
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OnePlus will launch its 9,000mAh OnePlus 16 in China on Oct. 12, after ending new product rollouts in North America and Europe. Buyers in those markets will likely have to go through importers and accept the warranty limits of a Chinese-market phone.
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Apple has priced the iPhone 18 Pro from £1,199, £100 above last year's models, a rise the Guardian blames on memory costs. Its faster chip and longer battery are real gains, but they make a thin case for retiring year-old company phones early.
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Honor launched the Magic 9 Pro Max in China with an 8,800 mAh battery that The Verge reports is up to 40 percent silicon. Buyers and app teams plan around hours of use, and that figure still waits on independent battery tests.
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