Over the past week, Chinese phone-maker OnePlus planted the hype seeds for its upcoming OnePlus 9 series, which will be announced at an event on March 23 at 7 a.m. PT. Last week, OnePlus sent members of the media a phone box filled with space ice cream and a photo of the Earth taken on …
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Some of the best features of Apple’s AirPods may soon come to non-Apple Bluetooth headphones, thanks to a push by Qualcomm. One of the biggest benefits of using AirPods Pro or Beats headphones with iPhones, iPads and other Apple devices, reviewers say, is that they “just work.” The earbuds pair quickly with Apple products, they automatically switch between a user’s iPhone and Mac, and …
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The launch of the rumored new OnePlus 9 may be only a week away. Taking to Twitter on Monday, OnePlus CEO Pete Lau tweeted, “Stay tuned for March 8,” linking to a “moonshot” teaser page on the phone-maker’s website. Stay tuned for March 8.https://t.co/mprr4v8UbS pic.twitter.com/CQSop6Fg85 — Pete Lau (@PeteLau) March 1, 2021 The tweet comes amid growing speculation that …
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Motorola is no stranger to creating compelling feature-packed phones that won’t empty your wallet. The new Motorola One 5G Ace is the most recent example. The Ace is the company’s second take on the Motorola One 5G phone released last summer on AT&T and Verizon. At $400 (which converts roughly to £285 or AU$500) the Ace is $45 cheaper than …
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Metro by T-Mobile is at it again. First came this killer deal: The Motorola One 5G Ace for just $20 when you sign up for service. That’s still available, but now so is this: The OnePlus Nord N10 5G for free when you sign up for service (and port in an existing number). Regular price for that phone: $300. As …
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Two weeks ago, OnePlus founder Carl Pei officially launched his new venture — a consumer electronics company called Nothing. It might not sound like much so far, but Nothing is backed by GV (previously Google Ventures), which invested $15 million in the company. This entirely financed the company’s latest funding round, according to a press release issued Tuesday. GV is …
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The Samsung Galaxy S21 lineup arrived last month with one unexpected, but welcome, surprise: lower prices. The new phones start at $800, a full $200 below the Galaxy S20’s starting price of last year. They rise sharply from there, however, and $800 is still anything but cheap. Read more: Samsung’s Galaxy S21 upgrades likely won’t spell an end to Galaxy FE or …
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The Galaxy S21 lineup is now available. Before you buy one, the biggest takeaway you need to know about the Samsung Galaxy S21 5G, along with the Galaxy S21 Plus 5G and Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G, is that Samsung cut the US price of each by $200 (the savings are less in other countries). Clearly this wasn’t done out of generosity …
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Samsung’s Galaxy S21 line has plenty going for it. The displays have been improved, the processor has gotten faster and the cameras have been upgraded to take sharper photos and videos. And at a $200 cheaper starting price than the Galaxy S20, they are once again an enticing alternative to Apple’s latest iPhones. The Galaxy S21 line hits shelves today, …
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I was expecting Anker to release a noise-canceling version of its popular Liberty Air 2 earbuds last year, but the launch apparently got delayed a few months, thanks in part to the pandemic. But the Soundcore Liberty Air 2 Pro ($130, £130), the company’s first earbuds to feature active noise canceling, are now available and except for one small but …
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