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Samsung is offering up to $700 off on the 1TB Galaxy S10 Plus

With the launch of the Galaxy S20 series just around the corner, Samsung is offering a pretty neat discount on the Galaxy S10 Plus. The 1TB storage variant of the S10 Plus which usually costs $1,599 is now discounted by up to a whopping $700 right now.  Samsung is offering a flat $500 off on the 1TB Galaxy S10 Plus. This takes the price of the phone down to $1,099.

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Hadlee Simons / Android Authority Oppo revived the Find flagship series in 2018 after a hiatus of sorts, launching the Find X with its unique sliding selfie camera design. The firm would then follow up with the rather slick Find X2 Pro, ticking loads of boxes for a premium flagship in 2020. Moving to 2021, and the firm delivered the Find X3 Pro, continuing the Find family’s trend of slick-looking flagship phones.

The best legacyquels, including Top Gun: Maverick

Paramount Pictures Top Gun: Maverick is a massive hit, earning great reviews and lots of love at the box office. The Top Gun sequel is part of a growing tradition of film follow-ups that come many years after their previous titles. These legacy sequels, often called “legacyquels” or “requels,” are big business. They include mega-popular blockbuster masterpieces like Top Gun: Maverick and Blade Runner 2049 as well as less impressive misfires like Ghostbusters: Afterlife and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

Apple might use older chips in its cheapest iPhone 14 models

Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority TL;DR Apple will reportedly reserve the upcoming A16 chip for its Pro iPhone 14 models. The standard iPhone 14 variants are said to stick to the A15 processor found in the iPhone 13 series. Apple generally uses a new chipset each year for its mainline iPhones, with 2020’s phones all using the A14 Bionic chip and last year’s iPhone 13 series all using the A15 Bionic processor.

Spotify is giving a Google Home Mini to literally every US Family account

Update, November 1, 2018 (9:32AM EST): Spotify updated its website with more specific information about the free Google Home Mini promotion described below. As expected, all U.S.-based master account holders with a Spotify Premium for Family subscription are eligible for a free Google Home Mini — this includes both current subscribers and new subscribers. If you are already a subscriber, click here. You’ll be told to sign in and then you’ll be taken to a page where you can request a promotional code.

Weekly Plan Spotlight: T-Mobile Buy one S8, Get one Free

We’re back once again with the Weekly Plan Spotlight, a feature where we take a look at the best plans and offers coming down the pipe from mobile carriers. This one’s pretty hot, and it’s coming to us from T-Mobile. Buy one S8 or S8+, Get Another Free That’s right. For a limited time, good old Magenta is offering both new and existing customers the opportunity to snag a Samsung Galaxy S8 or S8+ for free, provided they buy one first.

Google's wearable alliance with Samsung and Fitbit: Too little, too late?

Jimmy Westenberg / Android Authority Google’s Android operating system for smartwatches has seen multiple revamps in its less than a decade-long existence. First introduced in 2014, the software appeared as Android Wear on devices like the LG G Watch and Samsung Gear Live. In 2018, Google introduced Android Wear 2.0 with new features like LTE connectivity, Android Pay, and a more modern design. It wanted users to “make the most of every moment.

Xiaomi Mi 11 teardown shows it's easier to repair than S21 Ultra

TL;DR The Xiaomi Mi 11 has received a teardown by repair website iFixit. It’s received the same score as the base Galaxy S21 and a higher score than the S21 Ultra. Smartphones have come a long way since the early days of Android and Symbian, but one aspect that hasn’t improved in that time is the ease of repairing them. Now, DIY repair website iFixit has conducted a teardown of the Xiaomi Mi 11, and it seems like the new Xiaomi phone doesn’t drastically change things.

Google Photos can now display albums as a slideshow

Thank. God. Google Photos has finally added a capability that has long been a staple of photo organizing apps and programs. In a Google+ post today, Google Photos announced that they are adding album slideshows to the picture-storing platform’s list of robust features. Finally you can simply navigate to an album and select Slideshow from the dropdown menu to have your favorite images automatically paraded before you. This beats the pants off the old method, which saw you clicking painstakingly through each picture.

Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus vs Apple iPhone XS Max: Which is right for you?

The newly announced Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus is the latest top-of-the-line flagship handset in the Note family. It has lots of high-end features, including a huge screen, plenty of RAM and onboard storage, an embedded stylus, and much more. How does the Note 10 Plus compare to the current flagship phone from Samsung’s biggest rival? Let’s compare the specs and price of the Note 10 Plus with the Apple iPhone XS Max.