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Get an unlocked Google Nexus 6 for $349.99

CNET’s Cheapskate scours the Web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. Someday we’ll all look back on the two-year phone contract and laugh. Sure, we were subsidizing the sky-high price of the phone itself, but we were also severely …

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Panasonic TV chief: OLED televisions will be affordable in 2

Enlarge ImagePanasonic’s first OLED TV on show at the IFA electronics conference in Berlin. Luke Westaway/CNET OLED TVs will get cheaper, Panasonic’s TV boss says, predicting that the self-illuminating television tech will be within reach of average consumers in a few years’ time. “Probably within two or three years,” said Masahiro Shinada, director of Panasonic’s TV business division, speaking to …

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How to watch the iPhone 6S event on Windows 10

Sarah Tew/CNET The new iPhone is coming. Apple is expected to announce the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus at a special event on September 9 at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco. Just like in years past, Apple will be offering a live stream of the event for Apple TV, iPhone, iPad and Mac users. You can …

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Apple boosts lead over Samsung in US smartphone arena

Apple’s iPhone remains ahead of Samsung phones in market share, at least in the US. Josh Miller/CNET Apple continues to outshine its arch rival Samsung in the US smartphone market. For the three months ended July, Apple remained in first place in the US with a smartphone market share of 44.2 percent, up from 43.1 percent for the prior three …

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BlackBerry to buy mobile security firm Good Technology for $425 million

Enlarge ImageBlackBerry has made another acquisition to strengthen its enterprise business under the helm of CEO John Chen. Nate Ralph/CNET BlackBerry is making a new acquisition that could help it win over more business customers. On Friday, BlackBerry announced that it has agreed to purchase Good Technology for $425 million in cash. Based in California, Good Technology offers secure email, …

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Sony aims to build Xperia phones in India, including budget models

Enlarge ImageSony’s Xperia Z5 smartphones. César Salza Sony’s high-end Xperia Z5 range has been catching plenty of attention at the big IFA tech show in Berlin, but it looks like the company won’t be entirely about premium smartphones for long. According to the Economic Times, the Japanese electronics giant hopes to start manufacturing handsets in India, the country that’s pegged …

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