Samsung Galaxy S27 might finally introduce DC dimming

We already heard word that Samsung Display is gearing up to start Galaxy S27 display manufacturing soon. That might have already happened; hence, these new leaks might be perfectly plausible. Apparently, the S27 Pro and S27 Ultra will be the first Samsung smartphones to offer DC dimming. That sounds like it can’t possibly be true, and yet a quick search later – indeed, even the Galaxy S26 Ultra relies on traditional PWM to adjust its brightness. Simplifying things a bit, in case you don’t know what we are talking about, PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) is the traditional way of...

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Deals: Some Galaxy and Pixel phones kept their Prime Day prices - no Prime required now, though

Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days only lasted two days and there were some really good deals to be had for Prime subscribers. But that is over, so today we will look at no-Prime deals and, as it turns out, many phones kept their Prime Day prices. The good news is that these deals don’t require a Prime subscription. The bad news is that some phones did go back up in price. Starting with the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra, it goes for $1,700 for the 256GB model and $1,900 for the 512GB one. These are the exact same prices that we saw during Prime Big Deal Days, except now you don’t even need Prime....

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Deals: Some Galaxy and Pixel phones kept their Prime Day prices - no Prime required now, though

Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days only lasted two days and there were some really good deals to be had for Prime subscribers. But that is over, so today we will look at no-Prime deals and, as it turns out, many phones kept their Prime Day prices. The good news is that these deals don’t require a Prime subscription. The bad news is that some phones did go back up in price. Starting with the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra, it goes for $1,700 for the 256GB model and $1,900 for the 512GB one. These are the exact same prices that we saw during Prime Big Deal Days, except now you don’t even need Prime....

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Google starts teasing the Fitbit Edge, reveals its launch date

Google's next fitness tracker, the Fitbit Edge, leaked earlier this month, and then we also got rumored pricing for it as well as its full specs a few days later. Now, Google has finally acknowledged the existence of the device, and started teasing it on X, where it also revealed the Edge's launch date: October 12. Get an Edge on your health. 10.12.26 https://t.co/1zRU0eoAS7— Google Health (@googlehealth) October 9, 2026 That's in just a couple of days, so the wait is almost over. According to the aforementioned leaks, the Fitbit Edge has a 1.34-inch AMOLED screen, 7-day battery...

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SpaceX buys spectrum for Starlink to become a full-fledged US mobile carrier

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has just acquired up to 14MHz of paired spectrum in the 800MHz band nationwide in the US, from Grain Management. Musk says this is "the last critical piece of the spectrum puzzle needed for SpaceX to provide complete phone coverage in America". So the aim here is clear. Use Starlink satellites to provide mobile phone coverage outdoors, and this 800MHz spectrum to provide indoor coverage. Most existing smartphones already support this band. Starlink Mobile will also use its existing global 2GHz mid-band spectrum for high-speed, high-capacity coverage in the US (mainly...

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SpaceX buys spectrum for Starlink to become a full-fledged US mobile carrier

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has just acquired up to 14MHz of paired spectrum in the 800MHz band nationwide in the US, from Grain Management. Musk says this is "the last critical piece of the spectrum puzzle needed for SpaceX to provide complete phone coverage in America". So the aim here is clear. Use Starlink satellites to provide mobile phone coverage outdoors, and this 800MHz spectrum to provide indoor coverage. Most existing smartphones already support this band. Starlink Mobile will also use its existing global 2GHz mid-band spectrum for high-speed, high-capacity coverage in the US (mainly...

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Apple iPhone 18 Pro Max running iOS 27.2 beta receives AT&T carrier update

Apple has released an emergency carrier bundle update for iPhone 18 Pro Max units on AT&T running iOS 27.2 beta. The update has version 72.0.3 and comes a week after Apple released carrier update 72.1 for iOS 27.0 users, while devices running iOS 27.2 beta remained on 72.0.2. [#InlinePriceWidget,14716,1#] Some iPhone 18 Pro Max users on the AT&T network have faced multiple issues, including losing network access for calls, texts, and data, and seeing "SOS" in the phone's status bar. Apple released iOS 27.0.1 along with a carrier update, and together they were meant to prevent...

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