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. Find more great buys on the CNET Deals page and follow the Cheapskate on Facebook and Twitter! The Verizon Wear24’s few flaws are a lot easier to overlook when it’s …
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In 2016, NBC streamed the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade for the first time. This year the parade is once again available to watch online. Here’s what you need to know: When Now playing: Watch this: Black Friday 2017 survival guide 2:11 The parade starts at 9 a.m. ET, 6 a.m. PT, in New York. For those watching the parade outside …
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If you’re a T-Mobile customer, now is the best time to nab the Moto Z2 Force. The carrier is currently knocking $125 off the phone, bringing the full retail price to $375 (not including any sales tax you have to pay). That’s the lowest any carrier is currently offering it. On Verizon, AT&T and Sprint, the phone is still $756, …
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Ah, Black Friday: The time of year when carriers and retailers fall all over themselves to outdo each other’s phone deals. It’s also the time of year when you see some of the hottest phones available with killer deals and discounts, and midprice phones that get even cheaper. Here are the best deals for AT&T, Cricket, Sprint, T-Mobile, US Cellular …
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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. Find more great buys on the CNET Deals page and follow the Cheapskate on Facebook and Twitter! US Mobile can get you onto Verizon’s network for a lot less than Verizon charges. US Mobile Remember …
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Chances are, you’ve probably never heard of OnePlus. But ask an Android aficionado and you’ll likely get a smile. That’s because OnePlus has spent the last three years creating a company almost exclusively catering to savvy and hardcore Android users. It’s done so by packing premium features and specifications into smartphones that are significantly cheaper than traditional flagship offerings from the likes …
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Intel’s years-long effort to supply the processor brains for our phones was a flop, but the company is working hard to bring its communication chips to our phones. A series of developments the company announced Thursday could help its mobile prospects and perhaps improve next year’s iPhones with a faster version of today’s network technology called gigabit LTE. Even if …
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T-Mobile now offers 1-gigabit-per-second mobile networks in 430 markets, an expansion it hopes will help it woo subscribers away from Verizon and AT&T. Today’s mobile networks are powered by a technology called LTE (Long Term Evolution), and T-Mobile has brought an updated version called LTE Advanced to 920 US markets, it said at a press conference Thursday. In nearly half …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. He has better things to do with his hands than hold a phone. Google/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET You can’t just sit there. If you have a phone to sell, especially a new one, you have to at least try and capture some attention. Even …
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There will be no happily ever after for T-Mobile and Sprint. The nation’s third- and fourth-largest wireless carriers, respectively, said on Saturday that they have ceased discussions about a possible merger. Up until a week ago, people in the industry and on Wall Street assumed the two would get together, forming a potentially stronger combined company to take on larger …
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