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! The Galaxy S8 Plus is a big beauty — and the price on …
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Weeks before Apple announced the iPhone X, Samsung threw down its own top-tier challenge: the Galaxy Note 8. The Note 8 is a tremendous phone, powerful and packed with features that include a dual-camera setup, a pretty good portrait mode and the signature S Pen stylus. But it also plays it safe, blending last year’s disaster-stricken Galaxy Note 7 and this …
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The Galaxy Note 8 is a tremendous phone, but it also comes at a tremendous price — $930-$960, £869 and AU$1,499. So long as you actually use all the standout features — the dual cameras for portrait mode, and the S pen stylus to write, draw and navigate the phone — the Note 8 is worth the investment. But if …
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So far it looks like Samsung has recovered from last year’s Note 7 flameout, new US sales data from the company shows. The new high-end Samsung Galaxy Note 8 phone is the best-selling Note in the US based on preorders so far, the Korean electronics giant said Friday. It declined to share details about exactly how many have been ordered …
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Between Samsung and Apple, there are a whole bunch of shiny new toys being paraded around this month. September is smartphone Christmas. It’s also like Christmas when it comes to the price tags. Samsung this week released its Galaxy Note 8. I have held one in my hands, and it’s beautiful. I have seen the light. I have also seen …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Oh, that’s not friendly. Samsung/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET It’s almost as nasty as it used to be between Apple fans and those of Samsung. Last season, NFL stars Josh Norman of the Washington Redskins and Dez Bryant of the Dallas Cowboys showed that they’re …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. It’s not easily inflamed. JerryRigEverything/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET One of the great joys of a new phone release is the group of people who get hold of the device and immediately try to destroy it. This seems especially appropriate with the Samsung Galaxy Note …
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Now playing: Watch this: We destroyed the Essential Phone 4:36 When we drop-tested the Samsung Galaxy S8, it wound up with a cracked glass back. When we drop-tested the Moto Z2 Force, the “shatterproof” screen survived — but its shiny aluminum edges got all chewed up. Essential performed its own drop tests and claims the phone survived without blemish. That …
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The Galaxy Note 8 became Samsung‘s first phone to have dual rear cameras, but just two weeks later, the company has already taken the wraps off of two new dual-camera phones that couldn’t be less like the Note: the Galaxy J7+ and the Galaxy C8. Both much more affordable, much more basic Android phones, the presence of two lenses on the back is basically …
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The Galaxy Note 8 is a great phone, but there are some reasons for you to give it a second thought. It’s the Android phone out there, but it’s unclear if it will remain the champ, according to CNET reviewer Jessica Dolcourt in her full review of the Samsung Galaxy Note 8. It’s got a ton of features and a …
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