UK Deals of the Week: Samsung Galaxy phones on sale, half price Amazon Echo Dot https://ift.tt/2DEC2FR

Welcome to your weekly round-up of the best U.K. deals of the week for Android phones, network plans, accessories, smart home tech, and a little of whatever else is on offer in the world of mobile!

U.S. Deals:

Samsung’s 12 days of deals promotion gets you a Verizon Note 9 for $300 off

Samsung We're through Black Friday and Cyber Monday but the sales aren't stopping yet. Samsung has launched its 12 days of deals promotion, bringing you new and exclusive discounts from its online store every day for …

This week’s deals include a refurbished Samsung Galaxy Note 9 for just £599, a Samsung Fast Wireless Charger for half price, a big saving on the Fitbit Versa smartwatch, and much more.

Below are the most enticing deals we’ve seen this week hand-picked with a little help from the folks over at HotUKDeals – the U.K.’s biggest deal-sharing community.

Phone deals

Huawei P20 (SIM-free, 128G) – £399 (was £599) @ Amazon

Motorola Moto G6 (SIM-free, 32GB, single SIM) – £169 (was £219) @ Amazon

Samsung Galaxy S8 (SIM-free, 64GB) – £362 (was £609) @ Amazon

Nokia 7 Plus (SIM-free, 64GB) – £269 (was £349) @ Amazon

Refurbished Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (SIM-free, 128GB) – £599 (was £799) @ Appliances Direct

Nokia 1 (SIM-free, 8GB) – £54 (was £79) @ Amazon

Accessories

Fitbit Versa smartwatch – £139 (was £199) @ Amazon

SanDisk Ultra 64GB MicroSDXC – £9.49 (was £34.99) @ PicStop

SanDisk Extreme Pro 128 GB MicroSDXC – £26.99 (was £56.99) @ Amazon

Bose QuietComfort 35 (Series II) Wireless Headphones – £279 (was £329) @ Amazon

Samsung Fast Wireless Charger – £19.99 (was £39.99) @ Carphone Warehouse

Tech deals

Amazon Echo Dot (3rd Gen) – £24.99 (was £49.99) @ Amazon

Kano Computer Kit – £79.99 (was £99.99) @ Argos

Beyerdynamic T1 (2nd Gen) High-End Stereo Headphones – £609 (was £1,055) @ Amazon

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• Best Android UK phones you can get right now
• Where to buy phones in the UK
• Best SIM free phones under £500

Have you seen any amazing deals this week? Be sure to share your finds in the comments.

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Pop quiz: Can you name these iconic phones? https://ift.tt/2QrSmAU

Each of the 10 images in this quiz shows an iconic phone — a phone that changed the market, started a new trend, or was just extremely popular. Your job is simple: look at the image and try to figure out what the phone is called. There are four choices available for every question, only one of which is correct.

Are you up for the challenge? Press the Start button below to test your knowledge. When you’re done, make sure to share your score on social media.

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This is the 19th quiz in our regular weekly series. You can take a few of the most popular ones via the links below or check out all of them by clicking here.

• Smartphone quiz: Do you remember these gimmicky features?
• Can you name a smartphone just by looking at it?
• How much do you really know about Android?
• Which phone did it first?
• How much do you really know about Samsung?
• Name that smartphone!

Let us know which questions you thought were the hardest and share your result with others in the comment section.

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Photolemur 3 — the world’s first automated photo enhancement solution https://ift.tt/2KMF24H

We now have amazing cameras on hand at all times, and many of us snap away with reckless abandon. The problem is that you want your photos to look sensational, but you might not have hours to spend editing them.

Well, necessity is the father of invention. Photolemur 3 is the world’s first automated photo enhancement solution for Mac and Windows. It uses image recognition and artificial intelligence to effortlessly enhance your photos at the click of a button.

Such is the innovation and ease of use of Photolemur 3, it won the Red Dot Award this year. Red Dot had this to say:

Photolemur 3 applies all necessary edits to each image, including color correction, white balance editing, and correcting chromatic aberrations, giving photos a vivid, natural look. The complex technology is hidden behind a simple and easy-to-use interface – the photo itself. The only button is for exporting the processed image.

Photolemur 3 at a glance:

• Analyzes and adjusts all the various elements of your photos automatically
• Makes creating beautiful photos fun and easy
• Uses 12 smart technologies including color recovery, sky enhancement, exposure compensation, smart dehaze, and much more
• Performs batch enhancement to enhance a large volume of photos
• Edits photo with drag and drop simplicity
• Integrated with popular social media platforms for quick sharing
• Features a smart slider to easily define the final look of your photos

Photolemur 3 usually retails at a reasonable $35, but right now you can get it for almost half that. This week, it’s on offer at Tech Deals for just $19. Your Instagram will have never looked better.

The offer ends this weekend, so hit the button below to take advantage.

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See the sweet new blue and white colors for the Samsung Galaxy S9 and Note 9 https://ift.tt/2RqQNjU

• Mobile industry leaker Evan Blass just tweeted a pic of a Galaxy S9 Plus and a Galaxy Note 9 in new colors.
• The Galaxy S9 Plus is in Polaris Blue and the Note 9 is in Alpine White.
• There’s no word on which markets will see these new colors or when they might arrive.

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The Samsung Galaxy Note 9 is a few months old already, and the Samsung Galaxy S9 is even older. However, Samsung is still working on new ways to sell the smartphones as it appears there are two new colors coming sometime soon.

Mobile industry leaker Evan Blass (@EVLeaks) just tweeted out an image of a Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus next to a Samsung Galaxy Note 9. The Galaxy S9 Plus is in a new color Blass calls Polaris Blue, and the Note 9 is in a color he calls Alpine White.

Check out the tweet and the image below:

Samsung GS9 and GN9 in Polaris Blue and Alpine White, respectively. [Thanks, tipster] pic.twitter.com/uEZcNGpVPW

— Evan Blass (@evleaks) November 30, 2018

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Samsung just launched a beautiful white Galaxy Note 9, but only in Taiwan

Samsung (Facebook) Samsung Taiwan has just released a beautiful new color option for the Galaxy Note 9 (via SamMobile). "First Snow White," as Samsung calls it, is the official name of the new white Galaxy …

Interestingly, Samsung launched a white variant of the Galaxy Note 9 only a week ago. However, that white is called First Snow White and is exclusive to Taiwan. Although the color schemes look remarkably similar, this Alpine White must be something different.

Blass doesn’t clarify which markets will get these as-yet-unreleased color variants, nor does he say when they will launch. However, it’s nice to know that if you were upset you couldn’t get the First Snow White variant of the Note 9 and wished the Galaxy S9 came in a color similar to the Note 9’s Ocean Blue, you might have similar options soon.

NEXT: Samsung Galaxy S10: All the rumors in one place

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Apple gives in, will allow Apple Music on Amazon Echo devices https://ift.tt/2xzGl3q

• Starting sometime in the middle of December, you will be able to stream Apple Music through Amazon Echo devices.
• This means you’ll no longer be limited to Apple’s Homepod for voice assistant integration within a smart speaker.
• Apple is likely making this move to better compete with rival Spotify. Could Google Home hardware be next?

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If you are one of the 50 million people who subscribe to Apple Music, you likely have been a bit miffed that you’ve so far been limited to Apple’s own Homepod for voice assistant integration within a smart speaker.

Well, at some point in December 2018, you’ll have one other option: Amazon Echo devices (via Deadline).

Amazon and Apple recently signed a deal together which would allow Amazon to sell more Apple products. It’s likely today’s reveal of Apple Music and Echo devices playing nice together is a by-product of that deal.

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Apple Music vs Spotify vs Google Play Music

For well over a decade, the music industry has been trying to figure out the Internet and they have failed more often than they have succeeded. Declining music sales and the rise of free sources …

Apple’s main rival in the music streaming space is Spotify, which has over 30 million more subscribers than Apple Music. People who use Spotify can stream the service through all the major smart speaker platforms, including Google Home hardware. In fact, if you subscribe to a Spotify family plan before the end of the year, Spotify will literally give you a Google Home Mini.

Apple knows that if it wants to truly compete with Spotify, it’s going to need to broaden its horizons.

Does this mean Apple Music will eventually come to Google Home? It’s too early to tell for now, but it’s not completely out of the realm of possibility. If Apple starts to treat Apple Music as a standalone product and not something that is intrinsically linked to the Apple ecosystem, it would be crazy to not allow the service on as many platforms as possible.

However, this is Apple we’re talking about, so who knows whether or not the company will expand to other smart speakers. For now, just look forward to sometime in the middle of December for Apple Music to work with your Echo gear.

NEXT: Apple already telling suppliers to cut down expectations for iPhone XR orders

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Google Hangouts might finally shut down in 2020 https://ift.tt/2DVFYT8

It’s been a long time coming, but Google might finally put the kibosh on Hangouts in 2020. According to 9to5Google, citing sources familiar with Google’s roadmap, the legacy messaging app will shut down for consumers after next year. No specific timeframe was mentioned.

This shouldn’t really come as a surprise — in March 2017, Google announced Hangouts would split into two enterprise-focused apps: Hangouts Meet and Hangouts Chat. Ever since that announcement, the company began winding down support for the consumer version of Hangouts. It removed SMS support from the app in May 2017, urging users to instead use Android Messages. Hangouts also hasn’t received any notable updates for awhile, and many die hard users have been reporting bugs as of late.

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Google isn’t giving up on consumer-facing chat apps though (let’s face it, it never will). Following the underwhelming push to make Google Allo catch on, the company announced its continued efforts to bring RCS features to as many carriers and smartphones as it can. The RCS standard is designed to improve messaging functionality that’s installed on smartphones by default. Down the line when RCS is widely adopted, you’ll be able to see read receipts, chat with multiple people without it being a horrible experience, and send media messages up to 10MB from your standard texting app.

If you’ve yet to wean yourself off Hangouts, now may be the time to do so. Feel free to check out our best messaging apps list if you need a replacement.

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AT&T offers free Samsung 50-inch 4K TV again with Galaxy Note 9 or S9 purchase https://ift.tt/2Q1VbFw

• The AT&T deal which gets you a free Samsung television is back.
• You need to start a new line or account and also buy a qualifying Samsung Galaxy device to get the deal.
• You can get your free TV directly from Samsung using a promo code delivered to you by AT&T upon meeting the terms.

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If you’re an AT&T customer (or would like to become one) and would also like a free television, do we have the deal for you! Back by popular demand, the AT&T deal from Cyber Monday is alive again, which gets you a free Samsung 50-inch UHD television with qualifying purchase.

Surprisingly, there are few caveats to this deal. Sure, you’re going to have to buy a new phone and sign up for the usual service agreement to fulfill your obligations, but other than that it’s pretty straightforward. All you need to do is sign up, buy a phone, and then get your free TV!

If that’s all you need to know, go ahead and click the button at the bottom of this article and start up the process. If you want to know more, allow us to explain.

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To get the free TV, you’ll need to buy one of four Samsung devices: the Samsung Galaxy Note 9, Samsung Galaxy S9, Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus, or Samsung Galaxy S8 Active. To be clear, you can’t buy the devices outright — you must buy one on either an AT&T Next or AT&T Next Every Year installment agreement.

In addition, you’ll need to start a new line of service as a new AT&T customer or add a new line to an existing AT&T account.

After you perform those two steps, keep an eye on your email: you’ll receive a promo code within 14 days to use on Samsung’s website to get your television. Be quick, though! You’ll only have 30 days from receipt of the code to get your free TV.

This deal has a time limit — the end of the day today. If this appeals to you, we suggest you get on it right now!

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