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Right now, you can sign up for one line of unlimited 5G coverage for just $25 a month when you enroll in autopay, and bring over your own phone. And that price is guaranteed for five years. The fine print: The first month costs $30, and when you enroll in autopay, it's $25 a month after that, which includes taxes and fees.

The Los Angeles Dodgers are headed back to the National League Championship Series after an unexpected ending in Game 4 against the Philadelphia Phillies. The dichotomy of emotions was on full display on the field as the winning run crossed home plate on Orion Kerkering's errant throw. The Dodgers' dugout stormed the field in utter disbelief at what just happened, while the Phillies walked off in dismay. The Dodgers gathered for a team photo in their new NLCS shirts and continued the celebration in the batting cage once again.

While the upcoming Honor Magic8 and Magic8 Pro have been the subject of numerous leaks, details about the higher-end Magic8 Ultra have remained scarce. A new rumor out of China claims that the Magic8 Ultra will stick with a triple rear camera setup, similar to the Magic7 Pro. Tipster Smart Pikachu also reiterated that the Ultra variant will come with a new 200MP sensor for the telephoto camera.

According to a new investor note by Jeff Pu, a rather prolific source of Apple-related information, the iPhone Fold will use a combination of titanium and aluminum in its frame. That's interesting because the Pro iPhones had recently gone from stainless steel to titanium a while ago, and then switched back to aluminum, the original iPhone frame material, this year in the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max.

According to a new report today, Apple and Meta's regulatory woes in the EU are almost over. Both companies are allegedly close to settling their antitrust cases with the European Commission (EC), which will definitely be good for them as they'd avoid some additional hefty fines that the EC might impose otherwise. This information isn't official yet, the report says it comes from "officials briefed on the discussions" between the EC on one side, and Apple and Meta respectively on the other.

Satisfaction is improving markedly among business wireless customers, according to a new report from J.D. Power. More specifically - according to the J.D. Power 2025 U.S. Business Wireless Satisfaction Study - the satisfaction for the cost of service increased 19 points (on a 1,000-point scale), while the satisfaction of offerings and promotions increased from 682 to 699. Among telecom providers, T-Mobile placed first in the medium business segment with a score of 746, with Spectrum Business (723) second and AT&T (722) third. AT&T topped the small business segment at 688, followed by Verizon Wireless (686) and T-Mobile (681).

Samsung has confirmed the launch of its next Galaxy M series budget phone in India. The Galaxy M17 5G will succeed the Galaxy M16, which was unveiled in February this year. The Galaxy M17 5G is coming to India on October 10, the company confirmed via social media. Alongside revealing the launch date, Samsung has also shared some key specs of the upcoming M series phone.

The 17 domination continued in week 40, Xiaomi and Apple's latest flagships remaining as the most popular phones in our database. The Xiaomi 17 Pro Max retained its crown, joined by its 17 Pro sibling and the iPhone 17 Pro Max on the rostrum. Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max The 15T Pro and the vanilla 17 make it four Xiaomi phones in the top 5 - quite the achievement for the Chinese maker.

The Doogee Fire 5 Ultra has dual camping lights of 1,200 lm brightness on its rear panel. In addition to camping, these lights, which have an illumination distance of up to 8m, can also be used as a flash or for SOS purposes, as they have three SOS modes. Doogee Fire 5 Ultra The Doogee Fire 5 Ultra's main camera uses a 48MP OmniVision OV48B2Q sensor, and the smartphone has 8GB RAM and 256GB of storage onboard, which is expandable by up to 2TB via a microSD card.

The Lava Agni 3, unveiled last October, is due for a successor. The Indian handset maker hasn't announced the launch date of the Agni 4 yet, but it has teased the smartphone on its website, revealing that the Agni 4 is scheduled to arrive in November. The teaser shared by Lava confirms that the Agni 4 won't feature a secondary display on its rear, like its predecessor, Agni 3, and it will also have a different rear camera layout.

Huawei's upcoming Mate 80, Mate 80 Pro, and Mate 80 Pro+ have been certified for sale in China. The Mate 80 has the model number VYG-AL00, the Mate 80 Pro is SGT-AL00, and the Mate 80 Pro+ is SGT-AL50. The Mate 80 has support for 66W wired charging, the Pro and Pro+ go up to 100W. One of these devices will introduce a whole new range of Kirin SoCs, if rumors from China are to be believed,

Samsung estimates that OpenAI's memory demand will reach up to 900,000 DRAM wafers per month, and the Korean company will "contribute toward meeting this need with its extensive lineup of high-performance, energy-efficient DRAM solutions", the official press release says. Samsung is also bringing to the table "differentiated capabilities in advanced chip packaging and heterogeneous integration between memory and system semiconductors", which enables it to provide "unique solutions for OpenAI", whatever any of that means.

You may have seen those privacy screen protectors that limit the viewing angles of the phone's (or laptop's) screen so that you can see it head on, but people off to the side can't peek over your shoulder. Samsung seems to have figured out how to achieve the same functionality without a special screen protector - and, more importantly, the feature can be toggled on or off as desired. Initially spotted inside One UI 8.5 code, the Privacy Display feature is described as such: "Limits screen visibility from side angles to protect your privacy in public."

Battery anxiety is the worst, and Battery Saver is a no-brainer feature that helps at just the right time. Standard Battery Saver steps in at the 20% mark, dims the interface, drops the screen refresh rate, and pauses some non-essential background data that might normally eat away at the battery over time. Calls, texts, and mapped navigation still break through, but almost everything else waits until you plug in again. It's an easy and effective solution.

The Kindle Scribe has a thin design at just 5.4mm with 400g weight. It has an 11-inch matte textured e-ink display. The display has custom miniaturized LEDs for fitting inside the thin bezel. A texture molded glass improves friction to provide the same texture as paper. A new display stack reduces parallax so the stylus feels like it's writing directly on the display with no gap.

Starting with the Echo Dot Max, it features a dual-driver design consisting of a woofer and a tweeter. The new design integrated the speaker directly into the device housing instead of a separate module, which doubles the internal air space for fuller sound. The device can also tune the sound to your surrounding and Amazon claims it can produce 3x the bass of the 5th gen Echo Dot.

vivo recently started teasing the V60e, and today, the brand's Indian branch announced that the V60e will be unveiled in India on October 7 at noon local time. The vivo V60e will be available in Elite Purple and Noble Gold colors. The brand hasn't detailed the V60e's specs sheet yet, but it has confirmed a few features of the V60e, including a 6,500 mAh battery, 90W charging, and an IP68/IP69 rating.

The Honor Magic V Flip 2 is a high-end clamshell coming one year after the original V Flip and improving on every aspect of the pioneer - design, screen, performance, cameras, battery. In addition to its mainstream colorways - purple, silver, and gray - it can also be found in our striking limited Prof. Jimmy Choo Yeang Keat OBE edition in shimmering Blue, featuring an exclusive design, bundle perks, and a custom UI theme.

Samsung has not introduced many significant upgrades to the camera hardware of its flagship Galaxy S series since the Galaxy S21 series, and it appears that the Galaxy S26 family will be no different. According to a Korean news outlet, the company isn't planning any major changes to all three upcoming Galaxy S26 phones next year. A quick reminder that according to the latest rumors, just like Apple, Samsung is planning to replace the Plus model with the Edge,

Following its recent AnTuTu test run, the Honor Magic8 (BKQ-AN80) has now emerged on Geekbench. The device is equipped with the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip and scored 3,463 single-core points and 10,268 multi-core score. The unit from the test run features 16GB RAM and boots Android 16, presumably with MagicOS 10 on top. Honor Magic8 (BKQ-AN80) Geekbench run In related news, the Honor Magic8 Pro (BKQ-AN90) also emerged in China's 3C certification database.

The Redmi K90 was spotted in a certification database earlier this month, and now it's seemingly been tested on Geekbench, as it has appeared in the benchmark's online database.

Samsung has now started mass production of the Exynos 2600 SoC, according to a new report from its home country of Korea. This was expected seeing as how the chip was deemed to be ready for its mass production journey to start at the beginning of this month. Contrary to a recent report saying the Galaxy S26 Ultra would use the Exynos 2600, today's news says it will be inside the base model, which is expected to be called Galaxy S26 Pro.

The upcoming Oppo Find X9 Pro is getting a Hasselblad branded camera kit, which will extend its zooming capabilities by a factor of 3.28. Thus, the 70mm telephoto lens of the phone will go all the way up to 230mm. The add-on lens will be dubbed the Oppo Hasselblad Professional Teleconverter Kit, and will include the lens itself and two adapters. There's also a magnetic case.

The Honor MagicPad 3 Pro is expected to launch next month in China alongside the Magic8 series. Ahead of the official unveiling, specifications and design of the upcoming tablet have been leaked. Honor MagicPad 3 Pro is confirmed to be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SoC. A new leak suggests that the tablet will offer similar specifications as the base MagicPad 3. According to tipster Digital Chat Station, the MagicPad 3 Pro will come with a 13.3-inch LCD display that will offer a refresh rate of 165Hz and a 3200 x 2136 pixels resolution.

The brand has started teasing the Moto X70 Air, and it's all very obvious from that name, isn't it? In case you still had doubts about how this device is meant to be positioned in the market, take a look at the official teaser image below. That's clearly a shot meant to emphasize its thinness. If you're intrigued, thankfully you won't have a lot longer to wait to find out all the details about the X70 Air,