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OnePlus 8T Everything you need $590 at Amazon Pros Sublime 120Hz AMOLED display Android 11 out of the box 65W wired charging Snapdragon 865 with 5G connectivity 12GB RAM and 256GB storage by default Cons No wireless charging No IP rating Average camera The OnePlus 8T delivers the latest hardware you can buy today. The phone is powered by the Snapdragon 865 chipset and has 5G connectivity, and you get a flat AMOLED display with 120Hz refresh rate, 12GB of RAM, 256GB of storage, and insane 65W fast charging. Add the fact the phone runs Android 11 out of the box and you get a great overall package. OnePlus 8 Pro All the extras $699 at OnePlus Pros Stunning 120Hz AMOLED display Exciting cameras 30W wired and wireless charging IP68 water resistance Snapdragon 865 chipset with 5G Now on Android 11 Cons No 3.5mm headphone jack The OnePlus 8 Pro takes things to the next level with a curved QHD+ AMOLED 120Hz refresh rate screen, cameras that take great ph...

The best network attached storage (NAS) for Plex lets you easily stream your media library on all devices across your home network. The DiskStation DS220+ illustrates this point perfectly — it transcodes content so that any device can play back any file without running into issues, and doubles up as a reliable solution for backing up photos and videos from your connected devices. 1. Synology DiskStation DS220+: Best Overall Right now, the DiskStation DS220+ is the best NAS you can buy for Plex streaming. The NAS is powered by an Intel Celeron J4025 chipset and comes with 2GB of RAM — with the ability to add another 4GB — and there are two drive bays that can hold 16TB of storage each, taking total storage to 32TB. The DS220+ has two Gigabit Ethernet ports at the back with Link Aggregation, and you can just bridge these ports and double data transfers. There are two USB 3.0 ports as well, and overall, the DS220+ is the best NAS for home use, particularly if you want a robust med...

Android 11 brings much-needed privacy and security features alongside exciting UI changes. Android 11 continues to push Google's vision of Android forward. With Android 11, Google is making a few tweaks to refine the platform instead of making wholesale changes. Privacy is a big focus with Android 11, with Google introducing one-time permissions and granular control over what sort of data you share. There are new features to get excited about as well — the power button menu picked up a massive overhaul, the Conversations view does a great job highlighting your messages, and there are little tweaks throughout the interface that give it an added polish. Android 11 is powering the best Android phones of 2021 , and manufacturers are doing a better job rolling out the update to their 2020 phones. So here's everything you need to know about all the new features in Android 11 and when your phone will receive the update. Jump to: Release date Custom skins Review Messagin...

Verizon wants your broken phones. What you need to know Verizon has announced a new trade-in deal that includes broken smartphones. The trade-in amount will depend on the phone model and its condition. The deal will start April 1, and Verizon assures it's not a prank. Tomorrow is April Fool's Day, although no one really has the patience for it. However, Verizon's new trade-in deal begins tomorrow, and it's a bit hard to believe. That's because the company is giving new customers up to $1000 when they trade in broken smartphones for a new one. That's right, Verizon wants your dead, cracked, water-damaged phones, and it'll give you money towards an upgrade to one of the best Android phones . To take advantage of this deal, you can be either a new or existing customer, although the offer isn't as robust if you're already on the network. For example, existing customers trading in for a new smartphone will receive up to $440 of trade-in cr...

One of the best features of Gmail is the ability to tuck away emails and messages that you don't need right now but that you might want to reference at some point in the future. Archiving messages is a feature that we take for granted now in email, but it's not necessarily something at the forefront of our minds when thinking about chat and messaging apps. If you're like most people, your favorite chat app is probably overflowing with chats and message threads that you don't need clogging up your inbox but that you may not be quite ready to get rid of either. If this sounds familiar, I'm going to show you how to archive conversations and chat threads in one of my favorite messaging apps — Telegram. How to archive conversations in Telegram Open the Telegram app on your phone. Choose which chat thread or conversation you wish to archive, and swipe left . That's it! You can always access these chats by tapping on the archived chats folder, and you can...