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 Facebook and Twitter! Sarah Tew Which would you rather have: a cheap speaker that sounds like …
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You’d think that after launching the Huawei P20 Pro, a high-end phone with muscular specs that challenge the Galaxy S9, the world’s third-largest phone maker would bask in the glow and wait for preorder sales to rush in. Huawei’s P20 Pro, left, has three cameras on the back. Josh Miller/CNET But for the China-based Huawei, those preorders from the all-important …
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The new 2018 iPad arrived yesterday, with much fanfare from Apple. It’s $329 in the U.S. ($299 for schools), and adds a faster A10 processor and compatibility with the Pencil stylus. Other than that, though, it’s pretty much identical to the 2017 iPad, which previously sold for the same price. If that’s still too expensive for you — and if …
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Best Buy is in the midst of a one-day flash sale featuring some pretty sweet discounts. Until 7:59 p.m. PT (10:59 p.m. ET) tonight, the retailer is offering aggressive pricing on a range of products including laptops, HDTVs, headphones, vacuums and more from brands including Apple, Bose, Dell and Beats by Dre. In many cases, we haven’t seen these kinds of …
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It’s time for the Galaxy S9 to watch its back. Huawei’s new P20 and P20 Pro are coming up fast, with enough camera tricks and hardware specs to put Samsung’s premier phone smack in the middle of the Huawei P20’s target. With a total of three camera lenses on the back, the Huawei P20 Pro deserves your attention. A triple-camera array is …
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If you thought Huawei’s P20 Pro brought the heat with three cameras on the back, the Porsche Design Huawei Mate RS ups the ante with a fingerprint reader built into the display. That makes this mouthful of a phone the second to boast a trio of cameras on the back (after the Mate P20 Pro) and the first non-Vivo device …
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Heading into this year, Huawei’s prospects for finally gaining a foothold in the US appeared to be brightening. The world’s third-largest smartphone maker had just launched its latest flagship, the Huawei Mate 10 Pro, and it was garnering favorable reviews. Speculation had bubbled up that Huawei was poised to announce a partnership with AT&T, the second-largest carrier in the US …
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FCC chairman Ajit Pai is proposing new rules that would bar telecommunications and broadband companies from using a government subsidy program to buy telecom equipment and services from “any company that poses a national security threat.” Pai didn’t specify which companies or countries would be banned as part of the proposal. Officials from the FCC said on a call with …
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It’s going to get harder for Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei to sell its smartphones in the US. Best Buy, the nation’s largest electronics retailer, has ceased ordering new smartphones from Huawei and will stop selling its products over the next few weeks, according to a person familiar with the situation. The retailer will also stop selling its laptops and smartwatches. …
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On this podcast, we talk about: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg breaks his silence and apologizes over the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Best Buy decides to stop ordering new Huawei phones. Etsy’s new CEO talks about his vision for the specialty e-retailer. Now playing: Watch this: Is Facebook’s apology over Cambridge Analytica enough?… 4:32 The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis …
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