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Score a $50 Best Buy gift card when you preorder the Galaxy Watch 4 (Update: Deal expired)

Samsung’s latest wearable gear, the Galaxy Watch 4, was just announced last week — and there’s already a $50 bonus hanging out there to sweeten the deal. Right now (as first spotted on Slickdeals), you’ll get a $50 Best Buy digital gift card with the preorder purchase of a Galaxy Watch 4 for $280 or Watch …

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Samsung discontinues Galaxy Buds Plus earbuds

Samsung’s Galaxy Buds Plus were released two years ago and earned a lot of fans thanks to their comfortable fit, good sound and impressive battery life (up to 11 hours). But with the arrival of the new Galaxy Buds 2, available for preorder now and set to ship on Aug. 27, the Buds Plus are apparently being discontinued. While Samsung …

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Galaxy Z Fold 3 has one true killer app. The pandemic took it away

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Samsung pulled out all the stops with its new foldable phones, the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3. The South Korean electronics giant waxed poetic about the engineering that ensures the phones are water resistant, and lauded apps that take …

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Galaxy Z Flip 3 and Z Fold 3: What’s in the box? Everything included

The new Galaxy Z Flip 3 and Z Fold 3 (like the Galaxy S21 series) come in a relatively empty box. Wired headphones and a wall charger are no longer included accessories. The same goes for free cases. You don’t get any. The absence of so many extras is one of the ways Samsung is trying to reduce its impact on the environment. …

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Galaxy Buds 2 add new features: 8 must

Samsung unveiled a whole bunch of new hardware at its Galaxy Unpacked event this week. The Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Z Flip 3 are finally official, and there are two new smartwatches — the Galaxy Watch 4 and Watch 4 Classic — that run Google and Samsung’s hybrid wearable OS, and then there are the Galaxy Buds 2. These …

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Ocean plastic is a major problem. Samsung may use it in future phones

This story is part of Tech for a Better World, stories about the diverse teams creating products, apps and services to improve our lives and society. What if your future Galaxy phone was made of reclaimed ocean plastic? That’s one possible future Samsung has in mind. The consumer electronics titan became the most recent Big Tech company to embrace a …

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With Z Fold 3, Z Flip 3, Samsung’s doing all the right things. But it may still struggle

Samsung has its newest foldables ready for buyers. Now, it has to see if buyers are actually ready for them.  The South Korean company unveiled its $1,000 Galaxy Z Flip 3 and $1,800 Galaxy Z Fold 3 on Wednesday during a virtual Unpacked event. Both feature tweaks in materials and design that make them more robust than their predecessors. Both …

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Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3: Is it the foldable phone for the masses?

Fundamentally, the new Galaxy Z Flip 3  is a phone that folds in half to get smaller, whereas the new Galaxy Z Fold 3 is a phone that opens up to make the screen bigger, like a tablet. The two latest additions to the Galaxy Z foldable line were announced at a virtual Unpacked event Wednesday. Samsung showcased durability improvements made …

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Galaxy Unpacked: Everything Samsung announced, from Z Fold 3 and Z Flip 3 to Watch 4 and Buds 2

Samsung’s third Unpacked of 2021 is over, and like all events since the coronavirus spread around the world, Samsung’s latest launch was all-virtual. Foldables are the big phones of the day: Samsung launched the Galaxy Z Fold 3, which expands outward from a phone into a tablet, and the Galaxy Z Flip 3, a clamshell design. New Galaxy Buds 2, Galaxy Watch 4 and …

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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3: Can the upgrades win over foldable skeptics?

After what seemed like an endless string of rumors and leaks, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 is finally a reality. Samsung announced the third-generation folding phone along with the Galaxy Z Flip 3 at a virtual Unpacked event on Wednesday. Both phones prove that Samsung hasn’t given up on foldables. In fact, the Z Fold 3 angles to be the …

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