This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. Sony’s flagship WH-1000XM4 noise-canceling headphones have continued to keep their Black Friday price of $248, a $102 discount. That deal, available on Amazon and other retailers such as Best Buy, matches the lowest price the headphones have ever fallen to. This …
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This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. Both Black Friday and Cyber Monday have come and gone, but the 2021 holiday shopping season is far from over. (Check out the best holiday deals that are still available here.) In fact, we are only a few weeks away from Christmas, one of the …
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Between the clogged supply chain and chip shortage, many products have become so hard to find lately. For instance, the highly sought-after PS5 has been so hard to find in stock that CNET has been intensely tracking it. And now that we’re in the thick of the holiday shopping season, it’s not likely to get better any time soon. It’s tiring …
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Dec 2021 Editor’s note, Dec. 4: The Bose SoundLink Flex now has a CNET Editors’ Choice Award. The original review, published Nov. 11, follows. When it launched, Bose made some bold claims about the sound quality of the SoundLink Flex, particularly its bass performance. The exact quote was that it has “astonishing bass … that you can feel in your …
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As phones have grown larger over the years, Apple took the opposite approach by launching another small iPhone in 2021. The $699 (£679, AU$1,199) iPhone 13 Mini is the cheapest device in Apple’s iPhone 13 lineup, and it comes with a 5.4-inch screen just like last year’s iPhone 12 Mini. Here’s CNET’s review of the iPhone 13 and 13 Mini, and our …
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Dec 2021 When I first reviewed Sony’s WF-1000XM4 noise-canceling earbuds back in June 2021, I noted they were pricey at $280 (£250, AU$500) but still serious AirPods Pro competitors and worth considering if you were willing to pay the premium. We’ve since seen the release of some impressive competing and less expensive products such as the Beats Fit Pro, Sennheiser …
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From the best TVs to game consoles like the Sony PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, to cameras like the GoPro Hero 10s and the one on the shiny iPhone 13 Pro, fps matters. But what does fps mean, and why should you care? The short version is that fps stands for “frames per second.” In other words, fps is the exact number of individual still …
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Sony took the wraps off its first drone — the Airpeak S1 — back in January and it’s finally going on sale. The company says you can preorder the drone directly from its website, although at time of writing it’s only possible to put in your email address for more information. The drone will start at $9,000 and comes with …
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Verizon is expanding from internet and TV service and into… expensive soundbars? On Wednesday the telecom giant announced two new soundbars in its lineup: the $400 Stream TV Soundbar and the $1,000 Stream TV Soundbar Pro. Both devices are made in partnership with luxury Danish audio brand Bang & Olufsen, suggesting the company is planning to play in the higher-end side …
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This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. The Vizio M7-Series Quantum TVs can produce a solid picture thanks to full-array local dimming and a variable refresh rate for gaming. And during Cyber Monday (that’s today) you can save up to $350 on sets from 50 to 75 inches. Full disclosure: The Vizio MQ7 doesn’t perform as well …
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