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. The Samsung Gear IconX employs a carrying case that also recharges the ‘buds. Samsung You’ve heard of Apple‘s …
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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. Enlarge Image A 60-inch smart TV for under $600. I’m listening! Samsung Sorry for the delay with yesterday’s newsletter. It was your garden-variety …
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Familiarity breeds comfort. At least, that’s the case with the iPhone 7. Apple hardly changed the body of its flagship phone, yet consumers cozied up to the device like never before. Apple sold more iPhones than ever before — 78.3 million — and snapped a three-quarter streak of iPhone unit sales declines. Analysts had expected the company to sell 78 …
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Apple is back on top. The company overtook Samsung as the world’s top smartphone vendor in the final three months of 2016, according to Strategy Analytics. The iPhone maker captured 18 percent of the global market in the December quarter, said the firm. Apple on Tuesday reported it sold 78.3 million iPhones in the fourth quarter, snapping a three-quarter streak …
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Samsung’s got a secret weapon for its Galaxy S8 with Qualcomm’s latest chip, but will it work? The Galaxy S8 will be the first phone to feature the Snapdragon 835. Qualcomm has boasted about new features like longer battery life, faster charging and gigabit LTE speeds. But maybe there’s a reason why Samsung’s competitors are choosing to stick with the …
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Now playing: Watch this: Sorry, no Galaxy S8 yet from Samsung — but look at this… 1:24 We already know that Samsung’s next landmark phone, the Galaxy S8, won’t make its debut at the Mobile World Congress tech show in late March, but that doesn’t mean Samsung will come empty-handed. Samsung will officially host an event at the annual conference …
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Samsung‘s upcoming Galaxy S8 will launch with something that competing phones won’t have: the latest Qualcomm powerhouse chip inside. Samsung’s foundry made the chip, which is likely why it gets first dibs. And in theory, that tiny processor could bring the Galaxy S8 a huge advantage. The Snapdragon 835 is rumored to bring its smaller, faster, battery-saving, megapixel boosting powers …
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Looking for an excuse to finally buy that big-screen TV you’ve been coveting? A certain upcoming football game is the perfect justification. And now is the perfect time. Prices on many sets are at their lowest levels yet as manufacturers and retailers tackle 2016 inventory in advance of incoming 2017 models. If you want a new TV now, and don’t …
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LG is looking to play it safe with its next flagship phone. The company’s upcoming G6 phone, which will be unveiled next month at the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona, will have a sealed battery like the iPhone and Galaxy S phones, according to a person familiar with the company’s plans. LG opted to skip the removable battery …
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Samsung could introduce its upcoming Galaxy S8 and S8 Edge phones to the world as soon as March 29, according to Evan Blass, a tech writer also known for reliably leaking upcoming products under his Twitter handle @evleaks. The two new flagship phones could feature larger screen sizes than even the supersize 5.7-inch Galaxy Note 7 did (before Samsung recalled …
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