Now playing: Watch this: The Galaxy Note 8 has 4 unique features 3:24 The Samsung Galaxy Note 8 has arrived, and you can preorder it now. Just be prepared to break open the piggy bank. The Note 8 will cost at least $930 if you purchase it outright. Ouch! Fortunately, there are ways to get …
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Now playing: Watch this: Verizon redefines unlimited by adding limits 1:56 Verizon is taking the unlimited data battle straight to T-Mobile. The nation’s largest wireless carrier by subscribers on Tuesday introduced new unlimited data plans to replace its original plan, which was priced at $80 for a single line or $180 for four lines. Now there’s the “gounlimited” plan, which …
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Now playing: Watch this: Everything we know about the Note 8 and Samsung’s Unpacked… 4:20 Samsung and its wireless partners will begin taking preorders for the Note 8 on August 24, with shipments expected to arrive on September 15. Orders open up at 12:01 a.m. EST. Below is a list of various carriers and retail locations you can preorder Samsung’s …
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The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a recall Wednesday on certain Galaxy Note 4 batteries. These batteries have a tendency to overheat, which poses risk of burns and fire hazards, according to the US commission. It doesn’t take much to see the parallels between this and last year’s Galaxy Note 7 recall. Last year there were multiple reports of Note 7 …
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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. Find more great buys on the CNET Deals page and follow the Cheapskate on Twitter! Enlarge Image The Fitbit Blaze counts a heart-rate monitor among its many tricks. Jason Cipriani/CNET Quick update regarding yesterday’s …
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I just upgraded to gigabit broadband at home. But being able to download a 2GB episode of “Game of Thrones” in 16 seconds isn’t what gets me excited. It’s the ability to upload data at 1 gigabit per second — not just download it — that helped me decide to cancel Comcast and sign up for AT&T Fiber. Downstream data …
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Despite a number of leaks, Samsung has yet to officially announce the Galaxy S8 Active, the more durable and rugged cousin of the Galaxy S8 flagship. However, the US carrier AT&T may not have gotten the memo. For a brief moment, AT&T included the GS8 Active in the FAQ section of one of its promotions. Mention of the phone was later taken down, …
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Sprint is finally back in black. The nation’s fourth-largest wireless carrier has posted a quarterly profit for the first time in three years. The company also added a net 61,000 new customers in its fiscal first quarter, although that was a significant drop from a year ago. “This represents the progress of a turnaround journey that has delivered improvements in …
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The last thing you want to come home to after a once-in-a lifetime family vacation abroad is a $2,000 phone bill. We’ve all heard the nightmare stories of people who travel internationally and then get a ridiculous cell phone bill upon their return. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Here’s some advice on using your smartphone while traveling …
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This is part of our Road Trip 2017 summer series “The Smartest Stuff,” about how innovators are thinking up new ways to make you — and the world around you — smarter. Tiny drops of rain hit my face as I run through the sleepy residential neighborhood of Littleton, Massachusetts, about an hour’s drive north of Boston. There’s a slight incline to …
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