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On Apple’s China website, the cost of an iPhone 8 starts at 5,099 yuan ($758) while the iPhone XR, a new handset released last fall that the company hoped would sell well in China, has a starting price of 6,499 yuan ($967). — Stella Yifan Xie, WSJ, "Apple to Chinese Consumers: Buy a New iPhone for Under $30 a Month, Interest Free," 21 Feb. 2019 Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge Lau says that millimeter wave creates its own challenges, and a nice-looking handset is one of them, likely due to the different design required to fit multiple antennas. — Sean Hollister, The Verge, "5G phones could cost $200 to $300 more, says OnePlus CEO," 6 Dec. 2018 The Samsung device may be on-trend in a world of increasingly glitzy and expensive handsets. — Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, "The Samsung Galaxy Fold Is a Thick Boy, Just Not in the Way You Actually Need," 20 Feb. 2019 Another is the use of Huawei handsets by AT&T’s discount subsidiary Cricket, the aides said. — Reuters, Fortune, "U.S. Lawmakers Are Urging AT&T to Cut Ties with Huawei Because of National Security Concerns," 16 Jan. 2018 In recent months, Samsung has stuffed its best new hardware in middle-tier handsets geared for growing markets such as India. — Timothy W. Martin, WSJ, "Apple Beware: Samsung’s Great Fall in China Was Swift," 4 Jan. 2019 Unfortunately, the company has ruled out a US release for its latest handset. — Jon Porter, The Verge, "HMD’s budget Nokia 8.1 comes with Android Pie and an HDR-equipped display," 5 Dec. 2018 The handset measures at just 91mm×55mm×5.3mm and weighs 47g. — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, "This business card-sized Japanese phone bucks the giant-phone trend," 19 Oct. 2018 All the following wearables will work with both iPhones and Android handsets. — David Lazarus, The Seattle Times, "8 great smartwatch picks (that aren’t Apple)," 7 Jan. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'handset.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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