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. Now playing: Watch this: Samsung’s Gear Fit 2 starts strong, but fades fast 2:01 There’s a bit of …
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Now playing: Watch this: Samsung Galaxy S8: The good, the bad, the beautiful 4:41 Once again, Samsung and LG’s rival phones come face to face. And once again, we’re here to help you figure out which is best for you. Both the Galaxy S8 and G6 are excellent high-end phones with slim bezels, waterproofing and the latest Android 7.0 software. …
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Both Galaxy S8 phones offer Samsung’s Edge panel feature. Think of Edge panels as an extra home screen, hidden on the side of the display, ready to spring into action with a swipe. By default, the S8’s Edge panels include app shortcuts, tasks shortcuts, and a contact panel. However, there’s another panel that turns your Galaxy S8 into a GIF …
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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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In a flash, it seemed Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green was about to come crashing into me after blocking a shot from behind. Moments later, I saw Green on the run, lobbing a basketball for an alley-oop to teammate JaVale McGee, who appeared from out of nowhere for the slam, ultimately helping the Warriors win their April 4 game …
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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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You might find it hard to wrench your eyes from the Galaxy S8‘s huge display, but this can be especially dangerous when you’re behind the wheel. That’s why Samsung announced its new In-Traffic Reply app to prevent distracted driving. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates that at any given daylight moment there are 660,000 people on their phones …
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The Note 7 may not be completely, totally, 100 percent dead yet. After Samsung officially said last month the company was considering selling refurbished Galaxy Note 7 devices in select markets, more details may have come to light. A recent report from ETNews (in Korean) claims that the refurbished Note 7 may go on sale in June in South Korea …
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Samsung’s facial recognition unlock lets you activate your Galaxy S8 just by looking at it. But it could be a more than four years before it’s secure enough to be used for Samsung Pay, reported The Korea Herald, citing a source within the electronics giant. Today, fingerprint readers (and in Samsung’s case, the iris scanner) secure mobile payment services like …
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Now playing: Watch this: 5 Galaxy S8 features you should change immediately 2:14 There’s a lot the Samsung Galaxy S8 ($180 at eBay) can do. Enough to make you spin in circles trying to figure it all out. But two things: 1) Not all the features are useful, and 2) Stop trying to figure it all out and read this …
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