Category: Technologies

  • AirPods Pro 2 Return to Amazon All-Time Low With $50 Discount

    AirPods Pro 2 Return to Amazon All-Time Low With $50 Discount

    The new and improved AirPods Pro 2 earned a top spot on our list of the best wireless earbuds for 2023, and right now you’ve even got a chance to pick a set up for less. Amazon currently has them on sale for $199, which saves you $50 compared to what you’d pay if you bought direct from Apple. It also drops them back down to their lowest price to date. There’s no set expiration, but deals on Apple devices rarely last for long. We’d recommend you get your order in soon if you don’t want to miss out on these savings. You can also snag them for just $1 more at Best Buy, Target and Verizon.

    These headphones feature active noise cancelation that is twice as powerful as that of the first-gen AirPods Pro, adaptive transparency and personalized spatial audio with dynamic head tracking for immersive sound. They have four different-sized eartips and provide up to 6 hours of listening time, plus up to 24 hours extra listening time with the included case.

    Touch controls let you swipe to adjust volume, press to control media playback, answer or end calls and switch between listening modes. The earbuds and charging case are both sweat- and water-resistant, and the charging case is MagSafe-compatible with a lanyard loop to help you not lose them. Find My support is built-in if you do, though.

    Read more: Best AirPods Pro Accessories for 2023: Cases, Eartips, Wireless In-Flight Transmitters and Chargers

  • Best Xbox Deals: Save on Controllers, Headsets, Hard Drives and More

    Best Xbox Deals: Save on Controllers, Headsets, Hard Drives and More

    From consoles to controllers to headsets, there’s a lot of components that go into building a complete gaming setup. And while the costs can add up pretty quickly, there are also plenty of bargains out there that can help you build your dream setup for cents on the dollar (or at least at a nice discount). For Xbox gamers specifically, we’ve rounded up some of the best deals you can find right now so you can enjoy budget-conscious gaming.

    These deals include discounts on top-rated headsets, controllers, gaming subscriptions and much more. And if you’re looking to get your hands on a next-gen Xbox, there is even a deal on the Xbox Series S right now, though there’s no telling how long it will last. We’ll continue to update this page as offers come and go, so be sure to check back often for the best prices available. And if you’re a PlayStation gamer, be sure to check out our roundup for the best deals on PlayStation gaming gear as well.


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    If you’re in the market for a next-gen console, this discounted Xbox Series S is the most affordable option you’ll find out there at the moment. It is the more affordable of Microsoft’s two new consoles and doesn’t have a physical disk drive, but can still run all the same games as the pricier Series X.

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    Microsoft officially discontinued the Xbox One back in 2020, so it’s pretty difficult (and expensive) to find new consoles. But if you’re hoping to grab one of these previous-gen Xboxes, there are still quite a few refurbished models floating around out there at a good price. And while they won’t be able to handle every next-gen game, quite a few new titles are still playable, including recent hits like Elden Ring. This model features 500GB of storage, and is equipped with a disk drive and backwards compatibility, making it a great pick if you’re big on retro games. Plus, it comes with the original wireless controller, which saves you another $60. Though for casual gamers looking for the easiest and most accessible option, you’re probably better off opting for the Xbox Series S.

    Note: True, calling this a deal is probably a stretch as there’s no straightforward discount, but it is the best price you’ll find out there on a full-size Xbox console with a disk drive.

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    Xbox users who subscribe to Game Pass Ultimate now have access to Microsoft’s cloud gaming beta, which allows you to stream games from anywhere on a variety of devices — including smartphones. This Razer Kishi is a compact controller that holds your phone in the middle so you can enjoy your favorite console games while you’re on the go. It’s designed to be universally compatible with Android phones with a USB-C connector, and has a similar layout to the Nintendo Switch. There is an iPhone version available for $76 as well.

    You’re receiving price alerts for Razer Kishi: $43

    Power A

    If you’re looking for an extra controller to have on hand, this wired Power A model is one of the best options out there right now. It’s highly affordable at less than $30, and we named it the best Xbox controller for those who are just after the basics. It features a standard button layout, a detachable USB cable, and features two mappable buttons for custom controls.

    You’re receiving price alerts for Power A Enhanced wired controller: $26

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    Turtle Beach is one of the top brands out there when it comes to gaming headsets, and the second-gen Stealth 600 is one of our favorite Xbox headsets on the market. These headphones are compatible with both next-gen Xbox consoles, and the Xbox One, and are equipped with 50mm speakers for clear, immersive sound so you can hear every step and shot. They’re totally wireless thanks to the use of a USB transmitter, and the mic arm folds up into the headset so it’s out of your way when you’re not using it for voice chats.

    SteelSeries

    If you don’t feel like dropping $80 or more on a headset, there are plenty of more affordable options out there. This SteelSeries Arctis 1 headset is pretty impressive for less than $50, and boasts solid audio for the price, a detachable microphone and a durable steel-reinforced headband. This is a good entry-level pair for casual gamers and those who just want to chat with their friends.

    You’re receiving price alerts for SteelSeries Arctis 1 wired headset: $28

    Seagate

    Games just keep getting bigger, and while I’m not complaining, it does mean that your console’s storage can fill up pretty quickly. Seagate makes portable hard drives that are specifically designed to expand your Xbox’s storage so you can spend less time redownloading and more time gaming. This 2TB model uses a USB 3.2 interface, and is compatible with the Xbox Series X and S, as well as all versions of the Xbox One.

    You’re receiving price alerts for Seagate 2TB portable Xbox hard drive: $80

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    For next-gen users, Seagate also makes an expansion card that plugs directly into the back of your Series X or S console for seamless gameplay. It uses the same Velocity architecture found on Xbox consoles, so it boasts the fastest load times of any external game drive out there right now, with data transfer speeds of up to 2,400 MB/s. It’s roughly twice as expensive as the portable drive above, but it is the fastest and most convenient way to expand your Xbox storage at the moment.

    You’re receiving price alerts for Seagate 1TB Xbox expansion card: $200

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    A Game Pass Ultimate subscription is one of the best ways to get the most out of your Xbox. It includes an Xbox Live Gold membership, which allows you to play games online, and also gives you access to a massive library of Xbox titles that you can download and play for free at any time. An Ultimate membership typically costs $15 per month, but this three-month deal from CDKeys drops that down to just $8.


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  • First Android 14 Developer Preview Is Now Available

    First Android 14 Developer Preview Is Now Available

    The first Android 14 developer preview has been released, Google announced on Wednesday. It offers hints on a slew of changes coming to the next version of Android, as well as a renewed focus on high-quality tablet apps.

    Notable changes seen in this week’s release are smarter 200% font scaling for better accessibility (different sized text on the same page will now scale proportionally), passkey authentication support and the ability set different languages on different apps. The developer preview also includes changes to increase security, improve device battery life and make it easier for apps to download files over Wi-Fi only.

    “With every release, our goal is to make it easier for you to optimize your app across all Android surfaces,” Dave Burke, Google’s vice president of engineering for Android, said in a statement. “Multi-device experiences are a big part of the future of Android.”

    Google’s Android 14 release timeline indicates that the developer preview will remain open for feedback until the end of March, and its beta program should roll out in April. The developer preview is currently open to Pixel phones, but later previews will likely be available to more Android phones.

    Consumers will have to wait a little bit longer for the final release, which is expected later this summer or fall, closely following the timeline for Android 13 for Pixel phones, which was released in August 2022.

    People can expect to learn more about the coming updates for Android 14 at Google I/O in May.

  • Nintendo Is Charging $70 for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

    Nintendo Is Charging $70 for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

    Already set aside $60 for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom? You’ll have to cough up a bit more if you plan on buying it from Nintendo’s eShop.

    Following Wednesday’s Nintendo Direct presentation, the eShop displayed a price of $70 for the upcoming blockbuster.

    Stores like Best Buy and GameStop offered the option to preorder the game for $60 before halting preorders Tuesday, as documented by Twitter user @Wario64. As of Wednesday evening, preorders are back for $60 at GameStop and $70 at Best Buy.

    Tears of the Kingdom, the sequel to 2017’s acclaimed Breath of the Wild, is scheduled to launch on May 12. Nintendo revealed a new trailer for Tears of the Kingdom during Wednesday’s presentation as well as a collector’s edition that will release on launch day.

    Other notable announcements from Nintendo Direct include Pikmin 4’s July 21 release date, the surprise reveal of Metroid Prime Remastered, and the Nintendo Online service getting a slate of Game Boy and Game Boy Advance classics.

  • Disney Plus Lost Subscribers for the First Time

    Disney Plus Lost Subscribers for the First Time

    Disney Plus lost 2.4 million subscribers in the three months ended Dec. 31, Disney said Wednesday, as the subscriber base of its flagship streaming service fell for the first time since the company launched it in 2019.

    Disney‘s deepest streaming-subscriber losses were at its Disney Plus Hotstar service, which is an Indian offering priced way lower than the company’s streaming services elsewhere. There, its member base dropped by 3.8 million accounts.

    And Disney Plus also lost 200,000 subscribers in the US and Canada. But growth internationally elsewhere offset some of the declines. Overall, Disney Plus has 161.8 million subscribers as of the end of December.

    By comparison, Netflix, the biggest subscription streaming service of its kind, has amassed more than 230 million global subscribers in the decade-plus since it started streaming. But Netflix recorded its deepest subscriber losses in a decade during the first half of last year, a sign that the competition for streaming customers was stretched to a breaking point.

    Disney also noted Wednesday that Hulu subscribers grew to 48 million and that ESPN Plus membership rose to 24.9 million, both increases of 2%.

    Early on, Disney Plus proved to be the standout success of the so-called streaming wars, a period when seemingly every major media company (and some tech ones) rolled out their own streaming-video services. Disney Plus’ growth has far outstripped that of all the new competitors from Apple, HBO, NBCUniversal, Discovery and others. One media analyst called Disney Plus “one of the greatest product launches of all time.”

    Disney has estimated that Disney Plus will have between 215 million and 245 million global subscribers by the time the service is five years old, in late 2024.

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  • Meta Completes Acquisition of VR Fitness Company Within

    Meta Completes Acquisition of VR Fitness Company Within

    As the VR headset race heats up in 2023, Meta has been slowly acquiring many of the bigger developers in the field. Now it finally has a fitness platform that it’s been trying to acquire for two years.

    Meta announced Wednesday that it closed on the acquisition of Within, maker of the subscription fitness app Supernatural. Meta originally announced its intent to acquire the developer back in 2021. The Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint to stop the deal last year on grounds of Meta building a “virtual reality empire,” but it was reported last week that Meta had won approval for the acquisition.

    “Today marks an exciting new chapter for Supernatural, as we officially join Meta,” Within CEO Chris Milk said in a statement. “We’re elated for the opportunity to bring joy, awe, wonder, and a happier, healthier life to more people around the world.”

    Supernatural pairs with smartwatches to measure heart rate, and uses video scans of trainers overlaid in game-like training settings to create workouts that can feel like a VR version of Peloton. Fitness has been a major interest of Meta for the future of its VR and AR platforms, along with subscription services. Supernatural looks like a building block to fill both needs. CNET’s Joan Solsman has given it several in-depth tests over the last few years.

    The closing of the deal happens amid a number of other VR headsets arriving in the next year, including the PlayStation VR 2, HTC Vive XR Elite and Apple’s expected mixed reality device.

    The bigger question is whether Meta enables Supernatural to work across other VR headsets and platforms, and whether the app as it currently exists will change significantly now that it’s officially part of Meta.

    The terms of the deal were not disclosed by Meta.

  • Nintendo Direct Start Time: When Should You Tune In?

    Nintendo Direct Start Time: When Should You Tune In?

    Nintendo will tease games coming to Switch in its February 2023 Nintendo Direct on Wednesday, it said in a tweet Tuesday. The Feb. 8 livestream will include “roughly 40 minutes of information” about titles launching in the first half of the year, a lineup that includes the highly anticipated The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

    When does the Nintendo Direct start?

    The Nintendo Direct livestream starts at 2 p.m. PT (5 p.m. ET) on Wednesday, which is 10 p.m. GMT or 9 a.m. Thursday AEST.

    How to watch the Nintendo Direct

    The event will be streaming from Nintendo’s YouTube channel. We’ve embedded the YouTube link above, so you can watch right here.

    What games will Nintendo show during its Nintendo Direct?

    The majority of Switch owners are eagerly awaiting The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, the sequel to 2017’s Breath of the Wild, which got a trailer during last September’s Nintendo Direct. It’s out on May 12, so we can expect details about that game’s story and gameplay mechanics. The game briefly appeared on Nintendo’s digital eShop for $70 on Tuesday, instead of the usual $60, but that figure has since been removed.

    Pikmin 4 is scheduled for release in 2023, so Nintendo will likely give us a look at the colorful real-time strategy game and narrow down the release date.

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    The delayed Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp will probably resurface in Wednesday’s livestream.

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    Nintendo will probably announce a new release date for Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp, the remake collection featuring two Game Boy Advance turn-based strategy games. It was originally scheduled to come out last April, but was delayed due to the war in Ukraine.

    It could reveal details of an expansion or update for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, since those games are expected to add compatibility with the Pokemon Home mobile app soon. That might be held for Pokemon Day, Feb. 27, since the company typically announces something big in a livestream celebrating the series’ anniversary.

    Immediate upcoming titles include Theatrhythm Final Bar Line on Feb. 16, Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe and Octopath Traveler 2 on Feb. 24 and Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon on March 17.

    We’ll probably get hints about Mario Kart 8 Deluxe’s next batch of downloadable tracks, since wave 4 should be arriving soon, as well as updates about when Mario Party 3, Pokemon Stadium 1 and 2, 1080 Snowboarding and Excitebike 64 will be added to the N64 retro library in the Switch Online subscription service.

    It’s also possible the company will look at upcoming nongame projects: its first US Super Nintendo World theme park opens next week and the Super Mario Bros. movie hits theaters on April 7.

    People anticipating Metroid Prime 4 probably shouldn’t get their hopes up though — it’s been nearly six years since that game was announced and we have yet to see gameplay. At least we got Metroid Dread.

    Could a Switch successor be revealed during the Nintendo Direct?

    It’s unlikely that Nintendo will take the focus away from Tears of the Kingdom and other upcoming games, but we’ll likely see the company’s next console soon. The Switch will be six years old in March, and the technical issues of games like Pokemon Scarlet and Violet have highlight the hardware’s advanced age (along with Sony and Microsoft’s technically superior rivals, the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X).

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    The Switch sold 122.55 million units overall as of the end of 2022, the company announced its latest earnings report on Tuesday, putting it ahead of the PS4 and making it the No. 3 bestselling console of all time. It’s now behind only the Nintendo DS (at 154 million) and PS2 (155 million).

    Despite hitting this milestone, Bloomberg noted Nintendo missed console sales targets toward the year’s end. Company boss Shuntaro Furukawa didn’t answer questions about its next console, it noted. Last year, VGC reported that Furukawa said that a smooth transition to the next generation of hardware is “a major focus” for the company — we can expect to get a firmer sense of its plans this year.

  • Netflix’s Biggest Hit Movies and Shows, Ranked (According to Netflix)

    Netflix’s Biggest Hit Movies and Shows, Ranked (According to Netflix)

    Netflix, for years, was notoriously tight-lipped about its viewership. But after a few years of dropping stats for some of its programming, Netflix launched a website in mid-November posting charts of its most popular shows and movies from the past week, as well as a global ranking of its all-time most watched titles.

    The charts, which are updated every week and ranked by the total number of hours that subscribers spent watching them, represent an unprecedented trove of data about what’s popular on Netflix. The site details the most popular titles in the last week not only globally but also for more than 90 countries. And it’s meant to help subscribers like you get a better sense of the biggest hits on the world’s largest subscription streaming service, in the hopes you’ll discover something new to watch.

    The company updates its weekly “Top 10 on Netflix” every Tuesday, based on hours viewed from Monday through Sunday the previous week for original and licensed titles. Netflix’s rankings are broken down into top 10 charts for films in English, TV in English, films in non-English languages and TV in non-English languages.

    A ranking of all-time most watched titles also lives on the site, detailing shows that have the most viewing hours in their first 28 days of release. Netflix also has these split into films in English, TV in English, films in non-English languages and TV in non-English languages — but for our charts below, we don’t differentiate between language.

    If a new season releases its episodes in two parts on different dates, Netflix counts the watch time of the first volume’s episodes for their first 28 days, then it counts the watch time of the second volume’s episodes for their first 28 days. These all-time rankings are also updated every Tuesday, whenever any programs make it into the charts during the week prior.

    Why the all-time rankings don’t include You People (yet)

    Shows and movies need sustained popularity in many countries to crack into the all-time most watched charts. That means you can see titles with “Top 10” badges in Netflix’s app for days, but they still may not be generating enough hours of viewing to make the all-time rankings.

    For example, You People, a romantic-comedy movie, has generated 121.3 million hours of watch time in just its first 10 days. But TV shows need to eclipse half a billion hours to make it onto the all-time list, and films need more than 200 million.

    Even the most popular shows and movies need multiple weeks and enduring attention to accumulate enough.

    Netflix’s most watched films, ranked

    The following are Netflix’s most watched movies, based on Netflix’s own reporting of total hours viewed in the first 28 days of each titles’ release. Any changes are in bold text.

    1. Red Notice, an action movie starring Dwayne Johnson, Gal Gadot and Ryan Reynolds — 364 million hours.
    2. Don’t Look Up, a dark comedy with a star-packed cast — 359.8 million hours.
    3. Bird Box, a post-apocalyptic movie starring Sandra Bullock — 282 million hours.
    4. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, a whodunit sequel — 279.7 million hours.
    5. The Gray Man, a CIA action thriller — 253.9 million hours.
    6. The Adam Project, a sci-fi adventure comedy — 233.2 million hours.

    7. Extraction, an action movie starring Chris Hemsworth — 231.3 million hours.
    8. Purple Hearts, a romantic drama about a musician marrying a Marine — 228.7 million hours.
    9. The Unforgivable, a drama about a woman rebuilding her life after prison — 214.7 million hours.
    10. The Irishman, a period Mafia epic directed by Martin Scorsese — 214.6 million hours.

    Former top-ranking movies that have been bumped out of Netflix’s official all-time charts:

    • The Kissing Booth 2, a teen rom-com sequel — 209.3 million hours.
    • 6 Underground, a Michael Bay explosion-fest starring Ryan Reynolds — 205.5 million hours.
    • Spenser Confidential, an action-comedy starring Mark Wahlberg — 197.3 million hours.

    • Enola Holmes, a period detective film — 189.9 million hours.
    • Army of the Dead, a heist set in a zombie apocalypse — 187 million hours.

    • The Old Guard, an action-thriller starring Charlize Theron — 186 million hours.
    • Murder Mystery, a comedy starring Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston — 170 million hours.

    Netflix appears to have never released a non-English-language film that generated enough viewing hours to make it into an overall top-watched ranking. But additional widely watched non-English language movies on Netflix have included:

    • Troll, a Norwegian monster movie — 155.6 million hours.
    • Blood Red Sky, a German/British action horror film set during a plane hijacking — 110.5 million hours.
    • The Platform, a Spanish social commentary wrapped in a horror film — 108.1 million hours.
    • All Quiet on the Western Front, a German war drama — 101.4 million hours.
    • Black Crab, a Swedish apocalyptic war thriller starring Noomi Rapace — 94.1 million hours.
    • Through My Window, a Spanish teen romance — 92.4 million hours.
    • The Takedown, a French cop comedy — 78.6 million hours.
    • Below Zero, a Spanish action thriller about a breakout from a prison transport vehicle — 78.3 million hours.
    • My Name is Vendetta, an Italian crime/action film — 68.7 million hours.
    • Loving Adults, a Danish thriller about an extramarital affair — 67.3 million hours.

    Former top-ranking non-English movies that have been bumped out of the non-English top 10 include:

    • Rogue City, a French action thriller about an unorthodox team of cops — 66.6 million hours.
    • Carter, a South Korean action thriller about a man who wakes up with no memories and a voice in his ear — 65.4 million hours

    • The Forgotten Battle, a Dutch World War II film — 60.9 million hours.
    • Restless, a French action thriller — 59.1 million hours.
    • Lost Bullet, like a Fast & Furious movie but French — 58.3 million hours
    • Spoiled Brats, a French comedy about rich siblings tricked into earning their own living — 56.9 million hours.
    • #Alive, a South Korean movie about a gamer’s bid to survive the zombie apocalypse — 54.6 million hours.
    • Space Sweepers, a South Korean space western with a weaponized child-android — 53.3 million hours
    • The Last Mercenary, a French action movie starring Jean-Claude Van Damme — 52.1 million hours.
    • Just Another Christmas, a Brazilian Christmas comedy — 48 million hours.

    Netflix’s most watched TV shows, ranked

    The following are Netflix’s most watched series, based on Netflix’s own reporting of total hours viewed in the first 28 days of each titles’ release. Again, if a new season releases its episodes in two volumes on different dates, Netflix counts the watch time of the first volume’s episodes for their first 28 days, then it counts the watch time of the second volume’s episodes for their first 28 days.

    Any changes in the rankings from the previous week are in bold text.

    1. Squid Game (season 1), a Korean survival thriller — 1.65 billion hours.

    2. Stranger Things (season 4), a retro sci-fi series — 1.35 billion hours.
    3. Wednesday, a coming-of-age supernatural dark comedy — 1.24 billion hours
    4. Dahmer, a true-crime serial killer series — 856.2 million hours.

    5. Money Heist (part 5), a Spanish-language thriller — 792.2 million hours.
    6. Bridgerton (season 2), a period romance — 656.3 million hours.
    7. Bridgerton (season 1) — 625.5 million hours.
    8. Money Heist (part 4) — 619 million hours.
    9. Stranger Things (season 3), a retro sci-fi series — 582.1 million hours.
    10. Lucifer (season 5), a fantasy police procedural — 569.5 million hours.
    11. All of Us Are Dead, a Korean zombie thriller taking place in a high school — 560.8 million hours.
    12. The Witcher (season 1), a fantasy show — 541 million hours.
    13. Inventing Anna, a true-crime limited series about a fake socialite — 511.9 million hours
    14. Ginny & Georgia (season 2), a mother-daughter dramedy — 504.8 million hours.

    Former top-ranking shows that have been bumped out of Netflix’s official all-time charts:

    • 13 Reasons Why (season 2), a controversial teen drama — 496.1 million hours.
    • Ozark (season 4), a crime drama series — 491.1 million hours.
    • The Witcher (season 2) — 484.3 million hours.
    • 13 Reasons Why (season 1) — 475.6 million hours
    • Maid, a limited series about a young mother fleeing abuse — 469.1 million hours.
    • You (season 3), a psychological thriller — 467.8 million hours.
    • You (season 2) — 457.4 million hours.
    • Stranger Things (season 2) — 427.4 million hours.
    • Money Heist (part 3) — 426.4 million hours.
    • Sex Education (season 3), a British teen dramedy — 419 million hours.
    • Ginny & Georgia (season 1), a dramedy about a young mom and kids — 381 million hours.
    • Extraordinary Attorney Woo (season 1), a South Korean legal drama — 402.5 million hours.

    • Café con Aroma de Mujer (season 1), a Colombian telenovela — 326.9 million hours.

    • Lupin (part 1), a French heist show — 316.8 million hours.
    • Elite (season 3), a Spanish teen drama — 275.3 million hours.

    • Who Killed Sara? (season 1), a Mexican mystery thriller — 266.4 million hours.
    • Elite (season 4) — 257.1 million hours.
    • The Queen of Flow (season 2), a musical Colombian telenovela — 230.3 million hours.

    • Lupin (part 2) — 214.1 million hours.
    • Dark Desire (season 1), a Mexican dramatic thriller — 213 million hours.

  • Galaxy S23 vs. iPhone 14: Comparing Samsung and Apple’s Newest Flagship Phones

    Galaxy S23 vs. iPhone 14: Comparing Samsung and Apple’s Newest Flagship Phones

    This story is part of Samsung Event, CNET’s collection of news, tips and advice around Samsung’s most popular products.

    Last week at its Samsung Unpacked event in San Francisco, Samsung revealed the new Galaxy S23 line, introducing the S23, S23 Plus and S23 Ultra. The new phones, the latest in Samsung’s popular Galaxy S line, have a host of features and camera improvements, and on paper they seem poised to be among the top phones of the year.

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    Samsung’s all-new Galaxy S23 flagship lineup is now available to preorder, with devices shipping on Feb. 17. You can save on the latest devices with several Galaxy S23 preorder deals already available at Samsung, Best Buy, all the major phone carriers and more.

    Though the line is one of the first major tech launches of the year, the phone space is quite competitive. Apple and Google just refreshed their respective flagship lineups last fall, with Apple unveiling the Phone 14 and Google touting the Pixel 7. And new devices, including the OnePlus 11 5G, are right around the corner.

    Samsung’s devices are often directly compared to Apple’s, so we’re going to take a look at how the base S23 and the base iPhone 14 stack up when it comes to specs.

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    Samsung Galaxy S23 specs vs. Apple iPhone 14

    Galaxy S23 iPhone 14
    Display size, resolution, brightness 6.1-inch AMOLED; FHD+ (1,080×2,340 pixels); 120Hz Adaptive Refresh Rate; 1,750 nits 6.1-inch OLED; 2,532×1,170 pixels; 1,200 nits
    Pixel density 425 ppi 460 ppi
    Dimensions (Inches) 2.79 x 5.76 x 0.3 inches 5.78 x 2.82 x 0.31 inches
    Dimensions (Millimeters) 70.9 x 146.3 x 7.6mm 147 x 72 x 7.8mm
    Weight (Ounces, Grams) 5.93 oz.; 168.1g 6.07 oz.; 172g
    Mobile software Android 13 iOS 16
    Camera 50-megapixel (wide), 12-megapixel (ultra-wide), 10-megapixel (telephoto) 12-megapixel (wide), 12-megapixel (ultrawide)
    Front-facing camera 12-megapixel 12-megapixel
    Video capture 8K at 30 fps 4K at 60 fps
    Processor Galaxy-optimized Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Apple A15 Bionic
    RAM/Storage 8GB RAM + 128GB8GB RAM + 256GB 128GB, 256GB, 512GB
    Expandable storage None None
    Battery/Charging speeds 3,900 mAh (25W wired charging) Undisclosed; Apple claims 20 hours of video playback (25W wired charging)
    Fingerprint sensor In-display None (Face ID)
    Connector USB-C Lightning
    Headphone jack None None
    Special features 5G, 120Hz display, water-resistant (IP68), wireless PowerShare to charge other devices 5G enabled; MagSafe; water-resistant (IP68); wireless charging; dual-SIM capabilities (e-SIM)
    Price off-contract (USD) $800 (8GB/128GB) $799 (128GB), $899 (256GB), $1,099 (512GB)
    Price (GBP) 769 (8GB/128GB) 849 (128GB)
    Price (AUD) AU$1,249 (8GB/128GB) AU$1,399 (128GB)
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