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TCL’s BlackBerry experiment was always doomed to fail With the news that TCL has ended its licensing agreement with BlackBerry, once again the tech world can mourn. It’s a shame but how surprised can we be? The issue is not the licensing of smartphone brands given the success of HMD’s Nokia range and the continued existence of TCL’s own Alcatel handsets. It is because BlackBerry is a brand forever linked with the past, with dead platforms like BBM and the dreaded ‘app gap’ that plagued its older phones....

TCL’s BlackBerry experiment was always doomed to fail With the news that TCL has ended its licensing agreement with BlackBerry, once again the tech world can mourn. It’s a shame but how surprised can we be? The issue is not the licensing of smartphone brands given the success of HMD’s Nokia range and the continued existence of TCL’s own Alcatel handsets. It is because BlackBerry is a brand forever linked with the past, with dead platforms like BBM and the dreaded ‘app gap’ that plagued its older phones....

The best Galaxy S20 isn’t the one you’d expect Samsung just unveiled the Galaxy S20 range at its Galaxy Unpacked event, with threenew phonesculminating in the absurdly over-specced S20 Ultra. But for my money, it’s the regular S20 that would, well, get my money. Omitting the S11s through 19, Samsung is keen to push the S20 range as the start of a new age for the company – it’s a whole 10 better than last year’s phone, after all – touting headline features like 100x zoom, a 120Hz refresh rate display, 8K video recording, and 5G support across the range....

The best Galaxy S20 isn’t the one you’d expect Samsung just unveiled the Galaxy S20 range at its Galaxy Unpacked event, with threenew phonesculminating in the absurdly over-specced S20 Ultra. But for my money, it’s the regular S20 that would, well, get my money. Omitting the S11s through 19, Samsung is keen to push the S20 range as the start of a new age for the company – it’s a whole 10 better than last year’s phone, after all – touting headline features like 100x zoom, a 120Hz refresh rate display, 8K video recording, and 5G support across the range....

The Galaxy Buds+ don’t add much So Samsung has announced the Galaxy Buds+ wireless earbuds but are they really deserving of their name? I mean, I’m playing spot the difference here and not coming up with much at all. The originalGalaxy Budscame along with the S10 range as Samsung’s rival to Apple’s AirPods – and all the otherwireless earbudsout there. They were and are a decent option for those looking for a well-rounded option....