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I’ve spent most of the last couple weeks using an otherwise unexceptional midrange Android phone with one amazing feature: a matte OLED display. That screen is by far the best thing about the TCL P80 Ultra, and weirdly, it’s made me more excited for the iPhone Duo and its matte inner display.2023’s TCL Nxtpaper 40 first brought matte displays to the company’s phones, after they appeared on tablets in 2021. Nxtpaper is more than a simple matte finish on a panel: it also includes a paperlike feel and low-power, monochrome modes that create a reasonable facsimile of an E Ink…

It could offer a seven-day battery life, altimeter and limited support for apps like Google Maps. Android Headlines We knew that Google was likely coming out with a mid-range Fitbit model that slots between the Fitbit Air and the Pixel Watch 5, thanks to ads that surfaced earlier this year. Now we’re seeing the first leak of the upcoming fitness tracker called the Fitbit Edge thanks to Android Headlines. It could be a replacement for the Fitbit Charge last seen in 2023, as it’s equipped with a similar small screen and expected to have features like a GPS and…

AWIN Group of Dealerships has appointed Reiner Braun as chief operating officer to lead daily operations and execute its growth strategy. Braun brings more than 25 years of international automotive executive experience to the role. He previously served as president and CEO of BMW Group Latin America and as president and CEO of BMW Group Canada starting in 2020. In his new role at the Vaughan, Ont.-based automotive retail group, Braun will focus on integrating new acquisitions, building scalable operational systems, and driving performance across AWIN’s network of over 30 dealership locations in the Greater Toronto Area.

UPDATE: 2026/10/05 06:30 EST BY DAN CLOUGHER DIY Maintenance Keeps The Bills Down We’ve included a section which focuses on the benefits of learning how to carry out car maintenance from home. Ford’s EcoBoost engine lineup has a few naysayers who claim that the direct-injected, twin-turbocharged V6 is too complicated to convincingly do hard work in a pickup truck. YouTuber Eric Berg, the man behind the channel I Do Cars, might have the wherewithal to disprove that in his latest video, where he tears down a third-generation EcoBoost V6 that’s clearly seen some hard duty under the hood of a…

We’ve been hyping up the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N from the start. With 601 horsepower on tap, it’s essentially an electric supercar at an accessible price, and now that price is even more accessible, thanks to some attractive incentives being offered through October. Check it out… You Can Lease The Ioniq 5 N For Just $699 A Month Hyundai has a few offers available for the Ioniq 5 N right now, but our favorite is a $699-per-month lease deal. Here’s what you need to know on that one. $699 per month for 36 months. $4,999 due at lease signing. Option…

This toolless modular lever-action wallet is the coolest I’ve stuck to my phone.Pull the integrated springy lever, and your cards fan out. Want a thicker or thinner wallet? Press in the right place and it comes apart without tools, letting you swap in a 3, 5, or 7-card “core” that grips your cards so they don’t fall out.Want an ID card, work badge, elastic band for more cards, or a money clip on the end? You can change out the front or back magnetic plates for any of those. Or, change out both for ultra-thin aluminum covers if you don’t…

Graphics chips could draw but not compute, until the Xbox arrived. Robtek/Getty Images Console graphics came from bespoke, fixed-function chips for more than two decades, until the original Xbox burst onto the scene in 2001 with a PC GPU inside. Those of us who played on early consoles like the NES will have come across some familiar quirks with those fixed-function chips: When too many Goombas lined up on the same row in Super Mario Bros., for example, some of them would start to flicker. That’s the NES’s graphics chip hitting its hard limit of eight…

The compact SUV segment has never been short on contenders, but few entries have had a stranger arc than the Dodge Hornet. Conceived as a genuine disruptor — a compact crossover with real performance credentials, Dodge attitude, and a plug-in hybrid powertrain — the Hornet arrived with serious ambitions and an Alfa Romeo-derived chassis to back them up. It also arrived with growing pains that proved impossible to shake. Now discontinued after just three model years, the Hornet has left behind a glut of unsold inventory and, for the right buyer, some genuinely compelling deals. The idea was, more or…

Dropping $30,000 on a highly depreciated used Volvo S90 instead of a sensible new Subaru Forester isn’t a smart move for everybody. Still, for those willing to mitigate the challenges and risks, choosing to travel in a slightly used luxury flagship can be an excellent way to elevate motoring satisfaction to world-class levels on the relative cheap. Of course, that’s provided you understand how to mitigate a few risks and challenges, and that shockingly low prices don’t tell the full story. 2020 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Sedan side angle while parkedMercedes-Benz Here’s the thing: luxury resale value is on the collective decline,…

Tesla says its new “Emergency Drive Away” feature can do up to $25,000 in damage to a Supercharger every time someone uses it, and the car needs a mandatory service visit too. Tesla has since released more details about the feature in response to owner questions. But Tesla hasn’t said who gets that bill. Yesterday, Tesla launched Emergency Drive Away, which lets drivers shift into Drive and pull away while still plugged into a Supercharger. It arrived two months after a gunman shot three people in Teslas at a Supercharger station in Twin Falls, Idaho. Tesla was upfront that the…