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phone makers are trying to pry your attention away from the big Windows 10 launch Amaya's actor filling in for Bridget Carey on assignment this is your CNET update Windows 10 is available as a free download starting on Wednesday if you're wondering if you should take the plunge on the upgrade here's what you should know first up it's a free upgrade for Windows 7 and 8 users for the first year so you don't need to rush to download it the second it's available if you're dependent on older software you might not want to install Windows 10 on a mission-critical system however Windows 10 does bring back a huge feature that people have clamored for since the introduction of Windows 8 the official return of the Windows Start menu hitting that Start button on your keyboard won't take you away from a desktop into an alien wall of tiles 10 also brings Cortana a personal assistant that can take care of tasks it's like Google now or Siri but in your laptop or tablet how do you get Windows 10 you should have seen a notification on your Windows machine to reserve your free copy Microsoft has also confirmed with seeing that that you'll have one month to downgrade back to Windows 7 or eight from within Windows 10 Samsung is waving its hands wildly trying to get your attention while Windows is on your mind the company announced it is holding a press event on August 13th in New York the invite shows a series of lines that suggest a phone is coming for weeks rumors have run rampant that Samsung would introduce a new version of its Galaxy Note line in August to avoid competing with a new iPhone which is expected in September so expect a new note on the 13th and maybe a larger Samsung Galaxy s6 edge Chinese startup oneplus also announced something but much more concrete it introduced a new version of its flagship phone known as the oneplus 2 and it's going for a super phone build at a mid-range price around 330 dollars will get you a 16 gigabyte model and 390 dollars will get you a better equipped 64 gigabyte version getting the phone isn't as easy as just going into a store you'll need to get an invite that you can get at pop-up stores starting on July 31st the stores will be in a handful of cities including London New York and San Francisco meanwhile Motorola unveiled its new line of Moto X phones first the flagship Moto X is now known as the Moto X style and nationally except in the US where it's known as the Moto X pure the XP is a 5.7 inch quad HD screen with a 21 megapixel camera and will launch at September the pure name alludes to a pure Android experience without weird customization and will run on every major US carrier a new version of the budget-minded Moto G is available today at a price of 180 dollars without a contract this version of the Moto G finally includes LTE on every model Motorola also introduced a brand new phone called the Moto X play a budget version of the Moto X pure with not-so-good specs and hits in August that's it for tech news update there's more at cnet.com from our studios in New York I'm Maya Akhtar thanks for watching