Finally, I found an Android phone with a projector that isn't a gimmick

• The V Max Play 5G is available now for $649.
• It's an absolute brick of a handset with a massive battery, and the HD projector with autofocus is surprisingly immersive.
• It's much thicker and heavier than a typical smartphone.

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There's no doubt the smartphone is the most successful convergence of technology in modern times. This one gadget has combined the functions of multiple, previously separate devices, from cameras to music players to calculators. Even keys and wallets aren't safe from being assimilated into this slab we all seemingly have in reach 24/7.

And it isn't showing any signs of slowing down, with companies adding things to the smartphone that I would have once thought both crazy and impossible. 

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