HTC’s slightly updated Vive Pro model of its Vive VR headset can be yours for $100 off this Black Friday, for $699 at Vive.com. Or, you can save $200 on the Vive Pro Full Kit, which includes two SteamVR Base Stations 2.0, two second-generation controllers and a two-month subscription to Viveport, for $1,199. The deals run …
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iFixit does careful teardowns to figure out how repairable the iPad Pro and Apple Pencil 2 are. But watching durability tester JerryRigEverything use pliers, a box cutter his hands and other tools to demolish an iPad Pro, carve Spider Man into the back and snap an Apple Pencil 2 in half is informative in a different way. And it’s seven …
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Razer recently launched the second-generation model of its gaming phone, the Razer Phone 2, available for $800 in preorder if you buy it outright from either AT&T or Razer. Now AT&T has revealed its payment plan for the phone, starting at $26.67 per month for 30 months with $0 down under its AT&T Next program or $33.34 per month for …
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The Apple Watch supports background audio as of Watch OS 5, but music-subscription service Spotify’s eagerly anticipated debut on the Watch doesn’t yet support it. The streaming company’s app, updated on Tuesday with Apple Watch capabilities, lets you connect to compatible devices and delivers basic playback controls, such as play, pause, back/forward and rewind (podcasts), plus the ability to collect favorites …
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Apple cautioned earlier this month that it could miss Wall Street estimates for the holiday shopping season. Now that forecast is being echoed by TF Industries’ Ming-Chi Kuo. The well-known Apple analyst said iPhone XR shipments during the forth quarter of this year could be supplanted by the older, cheaper iPhone 8 and iPhone 7, and the top-of-the-line iPhone XS models, according …
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The Apple iPad Pro 11-inch and its new best friend, the Apple Pencil 2, enter the pantheon of iFixit teardowns. Published Monday, the iPad Pro teardown reveals that underneath the new gadgets’ slick surfaces lies a tap-happy array of sensors, smaller battery, the usual gluefest and a field of magnets. Once you remove the sleek white case and unroll the ribbon cable you …
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Microsoft’s most diminutive Surface tablet, the Surface Go, follows in the footsteps of its older and since-replaced brother the Surface Pro by getting an option to configure it with LTE Advanced connectivity. It’s only difference from the current model is the addition of a Nano SIM tray and the relevant antennas, which add about 0.4 oz/10 grams to the weight …
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We rejoiced when Apple’s Mac Mini 2018 brought back the ability to upgrade memory, which had been soldered in its 2014 predecessor. Now iFixit’s teardown shows that the storage is soldered to the logic board instead. If it had to be one or the other, it does make more sense to solder the storage. Since Apple doesn’t use M2 NVMe, an external …
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Trademark filings from Hong Kong and Europe indicate Apple is updating its AirPods classifications in time for a rumored new release. The filings specifically include “wellness sensors” and more for the much-anticipated updated AirPods, which the rumor mill has dubbed “AirPods 2.” They also imply a possibly imminent launch, which seems credible given the the current AirPods arrived around this time …
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Starting Friday Nov. 9, you’ll be able to pick up a couple of the latest products in Samsung’s mobile Galaxy — the midrange Galaxy A6 phone and the flagship Galaxy Tab S4 tablet — with monthly credits when you lease them from T-Mobile via its Equipment Installment Plan, using autopay and with a new line. The Samsung Galaxy A6. Samsung …
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