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Just wanted to say that this is one of the most interesting articles I have ever read on Arstechnica! Really enjoyed it!

Why does this article make repeated comparison references to the last-gen Snapdragon 845 (as used in the Pixel 3), but not the current-gen Snapdragon 855? The Snapdragon 855 uses TMSC's 7nm process, and has a much better GPU than the Snapdragon 845. I'm interested in how the Exynos 980 compares...

I really think this should have been organized as three tiers: "best", "mid-tier", and truly "budget". This list seems to be lacking that latter category - for people on a true budget, or for younger kids (<=15 years old), I can think of many more budget technology products that might be...

I left the Apple ecosystem behind a year ago (Macbook Pro 2011 which I loved, iPhone 6) and moved to Windows and Android. Overall, pretty happy with the move since I really don't like Apple's "pro" laptops anymore and Android offers far more customization. But yesterday I checked out the Apple...

I made the jump from a 2011 Macbook Pro 15 to a high-spec Dell XPS 15 in the past year, and am overall happy I did. Apple still makes the best trackpads (I do miss that), but the XPS wins on almost all other points, especially price and performance with a gorgeous 4k display. Most importantly...

I pay for Spotify, and know many people who do so (including non-tech people). To me, it's one of my very best monthly purchases, because I listen to music for several hours each day. Think about how much money many people spend on Starbucks or lunches every month... just skip 2-3 Starbucks...

I am usually the first to buy new tech. I also own a watch collection of traditional mechanical and quartz watches (mostly Japanese; nothing too expensive), so I should logically be the target audience for this product. And yet I haven't yet felt the need to buy a smart watch. The offerings...

I think the real advantage of these new processors is that they offer a compelling budget gaming/graphics experience while holding off on buying a proper GPU until GPU prices are closer to MSRP and/or the new GPU architectures are released in a few months. Before these processors, it didn't...

Feature idea: add an OLED theme option (using true blacks, which is darker than the current "White on Black" theme which uses dark gray). This would be particularly nice on mobile.

Ars, have you ever considered including a small Canadian deals section? You have a significant Canadian userbase, and I would love to take advantage of deals on the north side of the border.

I have a 15" early-2011 Macbook Pro with the high-resolution screen option (pre-retina days!), 8GB of RAM, and a 500GB SSD upgrade. It feels very zippy with this SSD, even if the screen and battery life are wanting. I was really looking forward to upgrading to this generation, but it just...

The iPhone 5SE sounds exciting, but what I'm really looking for is an update to the MBP's. My early-2011 15" Macbook Pro suffers from the logic board display issue, the replacement program for which expired last month (and it was replaced twice under that program... would have cost me $1200...

I am temporarily working in Europe right now, and I really appreciate that facebook made it a separate app. Cell data and wifi that I get travelling between countries is limited, and I don't want to use my limited foreign data minutes for the main facebook app to inadvertently load images and...

I am writing this from an ASUS EeeBook X205ta, with a quad-core Atom and 2GB Ram. I currently have Spotify playing, Word open with a report I'm working on, and Chrome open with 12 tabs! It's handling it all pretty flawlessly, with 73% of RAM consumed. Oh, and I get a solid 10.5 hours of battery...

What timing! I am sitting at an Apple Genius Bar right now, to have my logic board replaced for the SECOND TIME because of a failed GPU on my early-2011 Macbook Pro 15"! I had it replaced 11 months ago, and then it failed again a few days ago. Apple replaces the entire logic board for $600, or...

Thankfully, this doesn't apply in almost all jurisdictions outside of the United States. Countries operating under so-called "English rule" of attorney's fees (England, Canada, pretty much every Western democracy) have the "loser pays" system. I find it incredible that the US still clings to...

The video of record-breaking achievement can be seen here on youtube -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syJq10EQkog

With these draconian laws, the US government effectively has powers that many users would only likely associated with a country such as China or Iran. The fact that American police and the FBI doesn't appear to be abuse the existing laws is not an excuse for rendering these laws acceptable. In...

I am SO disappointed. I've been waiting to buy a tablet that can deliver a useful experience and had planned on purchasing the Surface for the Christmas. However, no Windows 8 Surface tablet is worth $499 with those types of specs and currently next to no apps to suport it. At the very least...

Maybe it's time to go buy some Apple or Google stock after all... I was (and still am) holding out for confirmed prices on the Surface tablets instead of buying the Nexus 7 because I do want a 10" ARM tablet, but there is absolutely no way that I am paying more than $300 for an RT tablet. If...