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New flagships are getting more expensive by the day, so this week we are talking about how to protect yourself when buying a used phone.
In other news, Gmail users can now change their Gmail addresses, starting in the US first but expected to roll out globally soon. Nothing is also planning AI smart glasses and earbuds, which should be interesting given their design reputation.
📊 Based on last week's community poll, screen replacement and battery swap are tied as the most common smartphone repairs you have done. Good to know we are all in the same boat.

📋What's Inside

• Featured tip: How to protect yourself when buying a used phone
• Curated Content: This Week's Must-Reads & Must-Watches
• Community Poll : Would you rather buy a new midrange device or a used flagship? 

💡Tech Tip of the Week

A Used Phone Can Be a Great Deal. Here’s How to Make Sure It Is

The situation: The fairly used phone market is not a bad place. You can find genuinely good deals there. But it is also where a lot of people have been scammed, bought stolen devices, or ended up with phones that looked fine and fell apart two weeks later. Hopefully this checklist can help you when next you are getting a phone and it happens to be a used phone

🔖This Week's Must-Reads & Must-Watches

• Nothing’s AI devices plan reportedly contains smart glasses and earbuds  📰 Source: TechCrunch
• Amazon working on new smartphone with Alexa at its core, report says 📰 Source: TechCrunch
• Is Your Gmail Username Embarrassing? You Can Finally Change It 📰 Source: CNET
• So This is Peak Foldable - Oppo Find N6 is one of the best built foldable so far🎥 YouTube: MKBHD
• Every Intel CPU Explained in 3 Minutes - Learn Something new this week🎥 YouTube: Plain Tech

🗳️Community Poll