Prime Day was just last week, but it already feels like a distant memory. Truth be told, we’re already scoping out the pre-Black Friday deals coming as soon as the first weekend in November. But before you can score the AirPods for $99 at Walmart (yes, really), there may be a bit of a quiet …
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There are four different iPhone 12 models featuring a variety of new features like ceramic screen protection to fancy new cameras. However, they don’t have certain accessories that were previously included with a new iPhone: The EarPod headphones and AC power adapter. Apple is pitching this as an environmental move, one that was foreshadowed when the company announced it would pull the chargers from the Apple …
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There’s an inherent tension between sound quality and price, which is why we’re always jazzed to run into speakers and headphones that punch well above their weight. Portable Bluetooth speakers are a great example: Below a certain price, you tend to get mediocre sound quality pumped out of a housing with a cheap feel. That’s not true of the DOSS …
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It took a little longer than usual, but this year’s Apple event has come and brought new four new iPhone models, with prices starting at $799 (£799, AU$1,349). As always, there are incremental improvements to the processors and cameras, but the real news for 2020 is 5G: All the iPhone 12 models are ready for it. Do you need it? …
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Do you want a new iPhone, or a new iPad? Apple’s October product lineup is offering both at once. The new iPad Air, announced a month ago, is arriving Oct. 23, and it went up for preorder early Friday. It has a redesigned look and a new A14 processor, which should be similar to the processors on the iPhone 12 …
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Cheap phones come to those who wait, I always say. Witness the iPhone XR, which debuted two years ago at $749 and can now be had for just $499. And then there’s the Galaxy S20, the Samsung flagship that arrived earlier this year with a $1,000 starting price. You were wise to sit tight. For a limited time, and while …
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Google CEO Sundar Pichai will testify before Congress on Oct. 28. The US Senate’s Commerce committee had voted unanimously to subpoena the appearances of Zuckerberg, Pichai and Dorsey, but the CEOs agreed to appear without being subpoenaed, according to The Washington Post. The hearing will be called “Does Section 230’s Sweeping Immunity Enable Big Tech …
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It’s the rare TV that wouldn’t benefit from an audio upgrade, in part to get speakers that are actually pointed at you (rather than down) and in part to bring bass into the mix (courtesy of a subwoofer). Let’s not forget overall volume, either. Even a cheapie soundbar would improve your aural experience — though, as evidenced by today’s deal, …
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For a different kind of Prime Day, Amazon decided to offer a different measure of its success. On Thursday, the e-commerce titan’s press release about Prime Day 2020 — unlike in the four previous years — didn’t headline with how the overall sale went. For example, Prime Day 2019 was such a smashing success that Amazon said it “surpassed the …
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Update, Oct. 15: Amazon’s Prime Day sale officially ended at midnight PT. We’re keeping track of the best Prime Day deals still available, however, and we’ve identified the best Walmart “Big Save” deals, which remain available through the end of today. Amazon Prime Day has officially ended, but some deals have remained. Rivals of the retail giant, including Best Buy, Target and Walmart, also have some …
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