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    It’s a lovely morning in Las Vegas and you are a horrible goose.

    We are descending on the LVCC from all directions and trading the gorgeous Nevada sunshine for the glow of digital screens. There will be robots. Screens that bend. Glasses with screens. And if we’re very lucky, lunch. Stay tuned.

    CES entrance
    It’s happening.
    Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge
    OnePlus 13 review: finally, a flagship that can hang

    8

    Verge Score

    After several attempts, OnePlus made a great high-end phone.

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    Allison Johnson
    Allison Johnson
    Plus one hundred dollars.

    That’s how much more the OnePlus 13 costs compared to the 12 — it’s $899, up from $799. It goes on sale today in the US. The OnePlus 13R is up for preorder now, too, with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset, a 6,000mAh battery, and an updated 50-megapixel main camera. It’s $599, which is also 100 bucks more than last year’s model.

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    Allison Johnson
    My other solar-powered cloak is at the dry cleaner.

    Anker is showing off a concept that it calls the “world’s first wearable solar panel.” Like its solar umbrella product, the cloak uses perovskite solar cells, with 30W maximum input and USB-C output to charge your phone. The LED strips make it very Blade Runner chic, and I can confirm that it’s quite warm. Not sure how much use I’d get out of it in Seattle though...

    A person wearing a cloak with built-in solar panels for charging devices.
    Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge
    Allison Johnson
    Allison Johnson
    We are experiencing digital experiences!

    We’re at Pepcom’s annual Digital Experience showcase on CES Eve! The takes will be hot but this ice sculpture is cold. We verified this with rigorous in-person testing (Vee touched it).

    Ice cold.
    Ice cold.
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