Prices

A typical pre-order perk for Galaxy S pre-orders is a free storage upgrade and this year it even lasted into the first weeks of sale. But then it came to an end and you had to pay full price for extra storage. Well, not anymore – the S24 series is discounted to below the pre-order prices. The Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra starts at $1,150 for the 12/256GB model. That wasn’t part of the pre-order, of course, but it is the cheapest way to get the new Ultra. The 12/512GB model is $1,270 (this was $1,300 during the pre-order).…

The dream of streaming — watch what you want, whenever you want, for a sliver of the price of cable! — is coming to an end. With all the price increases for video streaming apps like Amazon Prime Video, Netflix and Hulu, the average household that subscribes to four streaming apps may now end up paying just as much as a cable subscriber, according to research by Deloitte. To name a few of the price jumps for streaming video (without ads) in just the past year: Amazon’s ad-free Prime Video is now $12 a month, up from $9;…

General Motors has resumed sales of the Chevrolet Blazer EV — and at a cheaper price — more than two months after the automaker pulled the vehicle over software problems. The company temporarily halted sales of the Blazer EV in December after early customers reported problems with the SUV’s infotainment screen and charging at DC fast charging stations. GM said in a statement that the company “made significant software updates that will improve features and functionality to deliver on the high…

I’m a longtime Apple Watch user who is starting to see the appeal of smart rings after ignoring them for years. It’s not because Samsung’s Galaxy Ring might be the first such product from a big tech giant. Or the rumors that Apple is working on its own Apple Ring. The way I use the Apple Watch makes me consider smart wearables that do not have displays but can offer detailed health and fitness tracking features. Smart rings might help with that, though I will also admit I’m not fully ready to ditch the Apple…

The Chevy Blazer EV stop-sale finally ended Friday after almost three months. With drastically lower starting prices, the Blazer EV now starts at just over $50,000 and qualifies for the full $7,500 federal tax credit. Chevy Blazer EV stop-sale ends with lower prices General Motors issued the stop-sale on the Chevy Blazer EV in late December, just four months after opening orders. The company confirmed it was temporarily pausing sales to fix a software quality issue. Scott Bell, VP of Chevy…

All told, the law sparked a national innovation renaissance that continues to this day. In 2002, the Economist dubbed it “possibly the most inspired piece of legislation to be enacted in America over the past half-century.” I consider it so vital that after I retired, I joined the advisory council of an organization devoted to celebrating and protecting it.  But the efficacy of the Bayh-Dole Act is now under serious threat from a draft framework the Biden administration is currently in the process of finalizing after a…

Samsung Galaxy A55, Galaxy A35 prices revealedThe Galaxy A55 and Galaxy A35 prices were revealed on German retailer Otto’s website. According to this listing, the Samsung Galaxy A55 is priced at EUR 479 (Rs 43,100 approx) for the base model with 8GB RAM and 128GB storage. The 8GB + 256GB variant has a retail price of EUR 529 (Rs 47,700 approx). The smartphone will come in three colour options of Navy Blue, Lemon, Lilac, and Ice Blue.The Galaxy A35 has a starting price of 379 Euros (Rs 34,100 approx) for the 8GB + 128GB…

The bout continues as Nvidia and AMD butt heads in the arena of “Graphics Card Supremacy” (it’s painfully obvious I know nothing about boxing). I mean, they’re both huge tech conglomerates, so it’s not as if Dr. Lisa Su and Jensen Huang fight it out school playground-style. Still, we’re seeing an ongoing battle as the price of mid-range GPUs takes a dive. As reported by Tom’s Hardware, a number of products from Team Red and Team Green are becoming cheaper, to the point of being quite affordable, finally. In particular,…

Sometimes we let excitement get the better of us – and someone over at German retailer Otto must have been quite excited about the launch of the Galaxy A55 and A35 since the online store is already selling both phones. They weren’t supposed to go official until March 11. That’s the date for the launch in India, anyway, but it’s the only launch date that Samsung has announced. The Samsung Galaxy A55 starts at €480 for the base 128GB model, the 256GB version costs €50 more. As Otto helpfully notes, there is a microSD…

Hope you didn’t just trade your iPhone 14 Pro Max in yesterday — Apple just raised the amount you’d get for it today. This is amongst a number of different trade-in value rises (and drops, alas) that the firm has processed today.The first few days of March saw the trade-in values for the Mac line change following the announcement of the M3 MacBook Air, and while these raises and drops aren’t as impressive as those seen on the likes of the Mac Studio, there are some to pay attention to.Apple trade-in value changesThese…