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Save Up to $1,100 on the New iPhone 17 with Xfinity

Whether you’re excited about ultra-thin iPhone Air or the stunning cameras and battery life on iPhone 17 Pro Max, get up to $1,100 off when you trade in your current phone with Xfinity.

September is in the air, which means it’s back to work, back to school and…time for a new iPhone. At its «awe dropping» event last week, Apple unveiled its iPhone 17 lineup with four new models, including the long-awaited iPhone Air, which at 5.6mm thick is the thinnest iPhone ever.

Whether you’re eager to go thin with iPhone Air or all-out with iPhone 17 Pro Max, you can save up to $1,100 when you trade in an eligible phone with Xfinity before October 9. (That means your new iPhone could be completely free.) Plus, you’ll get to use it on Xfinity, America’s largest and most reliable 5G network that also gets you access to millions of WiFi hotspots.

Here are a few standout features of the new iPhone lineup to help you decide which one is right for you.

From ultra-thin iPhone Air to all-out iPhone 17 Pro Max

Better cameras, faster chips, brighter screens — Apple’s latest collection delivers improvements to hardware, design and battery life, plus some fun surprises.

iPhone 17

Available in black, white, or three pastel colors, iPhone 17 also boasts a larger (6.3 inches) and brighter (up to 3,000 nits) screen, protected with an improved scratch- and glare-resistant coating. Most exciting: the standard model now includes the ProMotion display, formerly available only on Pro models, as well as the Pro’s 48-megapixel Dual Fusion camera. Inside, its A19 chip boasts a five-core GPU. Pricing starts at $799, or get it free when you trade in your qualifying phone with Xfinity.

iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max

Available with a 6.3-inch (Pro) or 6.9-inch (Max) screen and protected with a Ceramic Shield on both sides, Apple’s top-tier iPhone sets itself apart with an 18-megapixel front Center Stage camera, as well as three 48-mexapixel lenses in its Fusion telephoto system. With updated processor cooling and thermal management, Apple says iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max will get up to 39 hours of video playback. Pricing starts at $1,099, or as low as $0 with your qualifying trade-in at Xfinity.

iPhone Air

The newsiest of Apple’s announcements, iPhone Air is a visual stunner at only 5.6mm thick, all without skimping on the specs. With the same A19 Pro processor found in the Pro models, iPhone Air incorporates neural accelerators into each of its six GPU cores. Its 6.5-inch ProMotion XDR display, 48-megapixel camera, new N1 networking chip and C2 modem make it a very powerful, compact device. And don’t let its slim profile fool you: With a new polished titanium frame and Apple’s Ceramic Shield protecting the front and back, the Air is Apple’s strongest iPhone yet. Pricing starts at $999—or free when you trade in your phone with Xfinity.

Save up to $1,100 whether you’re switching to Xfinity or not

The iPhone 17 lineup is available now, and you can save big when you trade in your qualifying phone with Xfinity before October 9. Your trade-in phone doesn’t have to be a previous iPhone model, and you can take advantage of the offer whether you’re switching to Xfinity or an existing customer looking to upgrade. If you have a phone made by a major manufacturer in the past few years, you’ll likely qualify for the full $1,100 credit, meaning you can get any new iPhone 17 model for free via credits on your monthly bill.

As an Xfinity customer, you’ll enjoy your new iPhone 17 on America’s largest and most reliable 5G network as well as millions of WiFi hotspots that bring connection to you wherever you are. Check your phone’s trade-in value today and save up to $1,100 on iPhone 17 now through October 9.

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Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Oct. 22 #598

Here are hints and answers for the NYT Strands puzzle for Oct. 22, No. 598.

Looking for the most recent Strands answer? Click here for our daily Strands hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles.

Today’s NYT Strands puzzle is a fun one — I definitely have at least two of these in my house. Some of the answers are a bit tough to unscramble, so if you need hints and answers, read on.

I go into depth about the rules for Strands in this story.

If you’re looking for today’s Wordle, Connections and Mini Crossword answers, you can visit CNET’s NYT puzzle hints page.

Read more: NYT Connections Turns 1: These Are the 5 Toughest Puzzles So Far

Hint for today’s Strands puzzle

Today’s Strands theme is: Catch all.

If that doesn’t help you, here’s a clue: A mess of items.

Clue words to unlock in-game hints

Your goal is to find hidden words that fit the puzzle’s theme. If you’re stuck, find any words you can. Every time you find three words of four letters or more, Strands will reveal one of the theme words. These are the words I used to get those hints but any words of four or more letters that you find will work:

BATE, LICE, SLUM, CAPE, HOLE, CARE, BARE, THEN, SLAM, SAMBA, BACK

Answers for today’s Strands puzzle

These are the answers that tie into the theme. The goal of the puzzle is to find them all, including the spangram, a theme word that reaches from one side of the puzzle to the other. When you have all of them (I originally thought there were always eight but learned that the number can vary), every letter on the board will be used. Here are the nonspangram answers:

TAPE, COIN, PENCIL, BATTERY, SHOELACE, THUMBTACK

Today’s Strands spangram

Today’s Strands spangram is JUNKDRAWER. To find it, look for the J that’s five letters down on the far-left row, and wind down, over and then up.

Quick tips for Strands

#1: To get more clue words, see if you can tweak the words you’ve already found, by adding an «S» or other variants. And if you find a word like WILL, see if other letters are close enough to help you make SILL, or BILL.

#2: Once you get one theme word, look at the puzzle to see if you can spot other related words.

#3: If you’ve been given the letters for a theme word, but can’t figure it out, guess three more clue words, and the puzzle will light up each letter in order, revealing the word.

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Today’s Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Oct. 22, #1586

Here are hints and the answer for today’s Wordle for Oct. 22, No. 1,586.

Looking for the most recent Wordle answer? Click here for today’s Wordle hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles.

Today’s Wordle puzzle features some letters I don’t often guess, but it’s not terribly difficult. If you need a new starter word, check out our list of which letters show up the most in English words. If you need hints and the answer, read on.

Today’s Wordle hints

Before we show you today’s Wordle answer, we’ll give you some hints. If you don’t want a spoiler, look away now.

Wordle hint No. 1: Repeats

Today’s Wordle answer has one repeated letter.

Wordle hint No. 2: Vowels

Today’s Wordle answer has one vowel.

Wordle hint No. 3: First letter

Today’s Wordle answer begins with S.

Wordle hint No. 4: Last letter

Today’s Wordle answer ends with T.

Wordle hint No. 5: Meaning

Today’s Wordle answer can refer to an action displaying spectacular skill and daring.

TODAY’S WORDLE ANSWER

Today’s Wordle answer is STUNT.

Yesterday’s Wordle answer

Yesterday’s Wordle answer, Oct. 21, No. 1,585 was DETOX.

Recent Wordle answers

Oct. 17, No. 1,581: GROSS
Oct. 18, No. 1,582: HAVEN
Oct. 19, No. 1,583: IDEAL
Oct. 20, No. 1,584: LIMBO

Quick tips for Wordle

#1: Check our list ranking the popularity of all the letters in the alphabet and choose your starter words accordingly. (TRAIN, STERN and AUDIO are good.)

#2: Don’t forget that letters can be used more than once.

#3: Many words are similar. You don’t want to use up multiple guesses that don’t advance your cause. So if the puzzle is STA_E, don’t guess STARE, STATE and STALE. Guess something that uses that R, T and L, like TWIRL.