Now playing: Watch this: The Galaxy Note 8 has 4 unique features 3:24 Turns out, Samsung’s Galaxy Note 8 olive branch to original Galaxy Note 7 owners comes with a few thorns. Samsung alerted press that the company would give US Note 7 buyers a trade-in credit of up to $425 on their current phone …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image So many hidden features. But a real challenge to Apple? Sarah Tew/CNET Last year, Samsung was kind to Apple. Its Note 7 exploded onto the market and then promptly blew the company’s brand image into shards. Why, even President Barack Obama mocked it. …
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Samsung’s newest phone looks great. But the Galaxy Note 8 has an unfortunate accessory problem: it needs a new VR headset. The Oculus-partnered Gear VR has seen several goggle iterations over the years, the last one arriving alongside the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus. According to Samsung, the new Gear VR is just like the old Gear VR… but it’s …
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The launch of Samsung’s Galaxy Note 8 was by far the biggest tech news of the week. To mark that important occasion, we wanted to offer up the extended cut of our podcast from Thursday. This edition delves deeper into the hardware and software features of the new device and includes our viewer Q&A from the postshow. The 3:59 gives …
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You heard how the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 caught fire. Maybe you even experienced it yourself. And now, a year and two massive recalls later, you’re wondering: Is the new Note 8 any safer? Well, I’ve got good news and bad news. The reality: Despite Samsung’s massive investment in safety and quality control, outlined below, there’s always a small chance …
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HTC appears to be in trouble. The Taiwanese company is exploring its strategic options, according to a report by Bloomberg. That’s business code for shopping itself around because of financial woes. The options range from selling or spinning off its VR arm into a separate business to actually selling the entire company outright, with Google as a possible suitor. It’s been …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. $1,000 is too expensive, say iPhone lovers. But many will buy it anyway. Sarah Tew/CNET Samsung has now released its new phones. Apple will soon do the same — well, at least rumors say it will (and rumors are never wrong). Could anything persuade an …
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Getting a software update pushed out to your phone, computer and other devices isn’t unusual. What’s rare is for that update to completely kill your device. For some Samsung TV owners in Europe, though, it seems that’s exactly what happened. As reported earlier by The Guardian — and evidenced by customer reports in Samsung’s UK community forums — Samsung TV owners are saying their …
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You probably know all about the two cameras and fun new messaging tool in Samsung’s new Galaxy Note 8. But dig a little deeper and there’s a world of customizations and tricks that you probably didn’t know the phone could do. Some are carryovers from the Galaxy S8 phones, some from last year’s short-lived Note 7, and some are brand …
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August marks several annual events: the end of summer, the start of school and the beginning of flagship phone season. On Thursday, Samsung announced its Galaxy Note 8 flagship. Just a week before, we got our hands on the Essential phone from Android co-creator Andy Rubin. And within the next couple weeks, it will be Apple’s turn to announce the new …
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