Ahead of the iPhone 7 unveiling, there’s still a lot we don’t know for certain about Apple’s next-gen smartphone. Will it really ship without a headphone jack? Will the battery life be much improved? Will the highly anticipated dual-camera system only be available on the iPhone 7 Plus?

Yet despite the questions hovering over the iPhone 7, and despite the fact that the device isn’t slated to launch for at least another four full months, excitement and interest in the device is already greater than it was for the iPhone 6s. This is particularly noteworthy given that the iPhone 6s has arguably not performed up to expectations. As you’ve likely heard by now, Apple last quarter experienced its first year over year decline in iPhone sales in company history. As a result, many have been quick to call for Tim Cook’s head to roll while others have emphatically declared that the iPhone has finally peaked.

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One of the rumors about Star Wars: The Force Awakens that caught fire long before the movie ever hit theaters has finally been confirmed by Luke Skywalker himself. Speaking to The Sun, Mark Hamill said that the original opening scene of the movie featured a severed hand floating through space, holding a lightsaber.

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In a bit of offbeat news that seems like it could have fit right in as a humorous plot point on Breaking Bad, police in Alliance, Ohio recently confiscated a drug dealer’s phone and are now being bombarded by texts and phone calls from customers looking to pick up some product.

In fact, the sheer volume of communications being directed at the drug dealer’s phone has prompted authorities there to plead (somewhat jokingly) with customers to stop texting and calling.

“Police are trying to search through texts and contacts,” WCMH-TV News reports, “but they say that the constant stream of calls and texts is ‘really annoying.'”

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If you don’t think that a 40-inch HDTV that costs less than $300 could possibly be any good, just read the reviews on Amazon for the Upstar P40EA8 40-Inch 1080p LED TV. This $290 has a rating of 4 out of 5 stars from more than 600 customer reviews, which is a better rating than you’ll see for some TVs that cost thousands.

And what’s the only thing better than a solid HDTV for $290? How about the same TV for just $225 with free two-day shipping.

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Now that he has the Republican nomination wrapped up, doughy presidential candidate Donald Trump is determined to undergo an image makeover so you’ll hopefully forget about all the offensive and incendiary things that he’s said over the past several months. Since today is May 5th — a.k.a., Cinco de Mayo, a major holiday in Mexico that celebrates to commemorate its army’s victory over French forces in 1862 — Trump decided to do a little cultural outreach to our neighbors to the south.

Will it be effective and win over the hearts of the immigrants that he once trashed for being drug dealers, thieves and rapists? Well, we’ll let you be the judge of that…

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Netflix will now let you adjust the video streaming quality in its mobile app, so that you don’t go over your monthly data allotment when watching movies and TV shows over a cellular connection. If you’re on an unlimited plan, that’s probably not something that will affect your mobile experience. But iPhone and Android users who like to watch Netflix shows over cellular plans with limited data will surely appreciate the new settings option.

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With all due respect to Batman V. Superman and Captain America: Civil War, Deadpool has really been the breakout hit of superhero movie so far this year. The foul-mouthed gun-for-hire took the movie world by storm earlier this year and soon you’ll have a chance to add Deadpool to your Blu-ray collection when it releases on May 10th. To celebrate this momentous occasion, film star Ryan Reynolds posted a hilarious new promo video that brilliantly spoofs Viagra ads.

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Last week, Nintendo dropped a bombshell when it announced that it would only bring one playable game to E3 2016. In previous years, Nintendo has had dozens of demo stations for upcoming 3DS and Wii U games, but this year, The Legend of Zelda for Wii U will be the only Nintendo game on the show floor.

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There’s no getting around it: the first-gen Apple Watch leaves a lot to be desired. Not only can Apple’s wearable be painfully slow at times, its user interface could stand to be much more intuitive. Whereas anyone could pick up a first-gen iPhone and intuitively figure out how it works, the Apple Watch requires a bit of a (frustrating) learning curve.

What’s more, even the most ardent of Apple Watch supporters would have to concede that the device is not the revolutionary game-changer many people were anticipating in the weeks and months prior to its unveiling. Additionally, Apple has been uncharacteristically quiet about cumulative iPhone sales. Taken together, all the factors above have contributed to an increasingly popular narrative that would have you believe that the Apple Watch is a complete flop and nothing more than a failure indicative of the fact that Apple’s ability to innovate likely vanished the day Steve Jobs died.

The reality, however, is much more nuanced. In short, the success of the iPhone and the iPad have saddled subsequent Apple products with wholly unrealistic expectations. A revolutionary product like the iPhone is truly a once in a lifetime device, yet that unfairly remains the barometer by which the Apple Watch is being judged.

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Amazon’s line of Kindle e-readers is the best in the business, hands down. We’re not just talking about the new high-end Kindle Oasis that Amazon introduced, either. From top to bottom, Amazon’s Kindles offer great portability, visibility and affordability. Of course, Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablets offer the same great value with functionality that extends well beyond e-book reading, offering all sorts of great apps, games and more.

The company’s lineup of tablets and e-readers is always a terrific value, but right now there are six different models on sale through the end of the day on Saturday, May 7, somehow offering you an even better value than they normally do. Check them all out below.

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