Now playing: Watch this: Samsung Note 8 will try to win back burned Note 7 fans 3:32 On Wednesday, August 23, Samsung will reveal its most hotly anticipated phone in years — partly because the Galaxy Note 8 will almost certainly be the company’s highest-end flagship device and partly because the previous version had a …
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Now playing: Watch this: OnePlus 5 is the best, cheapest premium phone 2:45 The new OnePlus 5 has one of the best cameras you can get for its reasonable price. It can hold its own against the Apple iPhone 7 Plus and other top Android flagships. With a standard 16-megapixel shooter and a secondary 20-megapixel telephoto lens, this phone is …
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My, my, how things have changed. The way it used to be… Any phone you wanted to buy in the US was tied to your carrier and a two-year contract. But in the last several years (prodded by T-Mobile), the marketplace has burst wide open. Enlarge Image Buying an unlocked phone has its freedoms. Josh Miller/CNET Today… Verizon, AT&T, Sprint …
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Now playing: Watch this: The definitive Galaxy S8 ringtone review 2:08 Samsung‘s Galaxy S8 is one of the best phones ever made, and it took a lot of scrutiny on our part to determine that. In addition to our general review, we tested its camera against the iPhone 7 Plus and we dropped it on the sidewalk in a durability …
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Now playing: Watch this: iPhone SE: Get now, or wait? 1:31 The iPhone SE may not have all the bells and whistles of the iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus, but that doesn’t mean people aren’t happy with it. A recent survey conducted by the American Consumer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) ranked the iPhone SE as the no. 1 smartphone based …
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Samsung is back on top. Even before the Galaxy S8 went on sale, the Korean electronics giant took back its place as the No. 1 smartphone maker, ahead of Apple, according to IDC’s quarterly report on smartphone market share. Samsung dominated the charts at 22.8 percent. That was despite the disastrous setback of its worldwide Galaxy Note 7 recall, which …
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Dual-cameras are quickly becoming a regular feature on smartphones. Last fall, Apple released the iPhone 7 Plus which notably had not one but two rear cameras. Other phone makers like LG, Huawei, Asus and ZTE also have phones with dual-cameras, and this makes me wonder: Will phone makers stop at two? Just the 2 of us I rolled my eyes …
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Samsung’s new flagship phone is undoubtedly beautiful. But beauty comes at a cost. The Galaxy S8 costs $307.50 to build, which includes the cost of materials and manufacturing, according to an estimate released Thursday by analytics firm IHS Markit. That’s more than Samsung’s previous Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge, which cost $255.10 and $271.20 to make respectively, said IHS …
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On March 29, Samsung will announce its latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S8. I won’t buy one. But not for the reasons you’d think. It’s not because I’m scared it’ll catch fire. It’s not because I’m disappointed by all the photos and specs that have leaked. (They look pretty great.) It’s not because I generally prefer a different brand like …
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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. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Happy Friday, friends! In case you didn’t know, I’m on “the Twitter” (so dubbed because it drives my kids nuts), where I occasionally …
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