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 …
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Editors’ note, Oct. 31: Apple has announced a new version of the MacBook Air, which starts at $1,199 and features a Retina display, Touch ID and USB-C ports. The version mentioned below remains on sale, for now, and still starts at $999. The original article, published on Mar. 21, follows. Cheapskate Jr. is headed off to college in the fall. …
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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 Facebook and Twitter! Start building your 4K Blu-ray library with this excellent freebie. Best Buy I’m on record as saying 4K …
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Samsung’s latest flagship phones are already turning heads, but the prices for the new devices are all over the place. A new Galaxy S9 starts at $720, while the Galaxy S9 Plus starts at $840. But depending on the carrier you buy it on, you might pay a lot more. T-Mobile matches Samsung’s price, but for a limited time. AT&T’s …
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If you’re already in love with Samsung’s new phones, here’s how to get your hands on them. Samsung announced the Galaxy S9 ($198 at eBay) and S9 Plus at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Both phones look a lot like last year’s Galaxy S8 ($180 at eBay) lineup, but offer a handful of new hardware and software upgrades that are …
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In a sound isolation room deep within Qualcomm’s testing labs in San Diego, California, six journalists snapped into blue, antistatic smocks watched a video play on an ordinary TV screen. The 5-foot-long sound bar piping out the music and dialogue, however, was anything but ordinary. Stretching 5 feet (about 1.5m) from side to side, Qualcomm’s prototype sound bar will perfect …
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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 Facebook and Twitter! Simple mobile charge, dirt-cheap price. Poweradd I learned something yesterday: You folks are really interested in Google Pixel …
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Huawei’s Mate 10 Pro goes on sale in the US this Sunday, and it’s already getting rave reviews from customers over on Best Buy’s site. Wait, what? The company in a private Facebook group offered people the opportunity to “beta test” the premium Mate 10 Pro in exchange for five-star reviews on Best Buy, reports 9 to 5 Google. Screenshots …
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If you’re waiting for the one of the most highly anticipated TVs that debuted at CES to become available for sale, I’ve got some good news. Sony’s XBR-X900F series, successor to the X900E I liked so much last year, should arrive later this month. It’s the first major 2018 TV to get pricing and availability details, and I expect it …
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Pour one out for the shiny CD, music fans. Best Buy has told music suppliers it will pull compact discs from its stores starting July 1, according to Billboard. Declining sales were cited as the reason. Meanwhile, Target is said to have demanded that it sells CDs on consignment. That means it will pay music labels only for goods sold within …
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