Ok, they don't throw 1080p, but they don't cost 5 Gs either.

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It's better in a couple areas and worse in a couple others, but none of the scores are set to any sort of extreme -- in other words, the Verizon GS III doesn't stand out of the crowd for better or worse.

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The Obama ad doesn't note that the broader company, GS Industries, employed 3, 500 and that the Kansas City plant (with 750 workers) was the only one shuttered.

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Given the horsepower behind the GS III, we can't say we're shocked that it beat the pants off its Verizon competitors in all but two benchmarks: the ones focused on graphics processing and battery life.

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It wasn't until later that the Atlas built up the crushing 8 Gs that made it such a hard horse to ride.

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Merrill's individual investors business, the Private Client Services division, won't hold back its stock price when investment banking firms like Goldman Sachs (nyse: GS - news - people ) and other institutional broker-dealers snapback amid a pickup in capital markets and merger and acquisition activity.

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In fact, we'd wager that most folks out there willing to shell out a few Gs on this will prefer the subdued look over the garish -- not that we don't adore the Envy 133's flashy exterior or anything.

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