Asus ROG Phone II Review and Some Thoughts on How Gaming Phones are Reviewed…

What makes a phone a GAMING phone?

One part phone review. One part cranky soapbox on how no phone will ever really be “good enough” to tempt reviewers away from the most popular brands for YT SEO. If you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree…

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Smartphone Thermal Throttle Test: Pixel 4XL vs LG V50 vs OnePlus 7T vs Asus ROG II

EPIC smartphone throttle test!

If we want phones to start replacing laptops, they have to handle heavier workloads. I’ve gotten criticisms that my video rendering test is too short, so let’s REALLY drive some phones hard. What if we rendered a WHOLE MOVIE on a phone? Can our mobile gadgets hand with laptops? Will phones run too hot?

Only one way to know! We gotta do it!

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#SGGQA 036: California Net Neutrality, Huawei Leaves USA, and MORE Windows Phones? Monday Tech Chat!

Get your tech week started off right!

Yahoo sells Flickr to SmugMug. Google walking away from Allo? Asus intros a new brand for AMD GPUs. Apple cutting HomePod production. New Surface Phone Rumors surface as Windows Phone disappears. AT&T and Verizon allegedly colluded to prevent eSIM. California voting on state Net Neutrality bill. Huawei is leaving the USA? Whew… That’s a lot…


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ASUS Debuts the Biggest G-Sync Display Ever! PG65 – A 65″ Gaming Monitor (not TV)

Tired of choosing between high resolution and refresh rates and the size of your display? Now, you don’t have to. Watch JJ Guerrero as he introduces the ASUS PG65, a 65 inch, 120 Hz, 4K resolution, G-Sync capable display that will melt your brain. It’s the best of both worlds; all the features of a high-end monitor, with the 4K resolution and size of your living room TV. Is a 4K display this size with G-Sync awesome, or overkill? (Spoiler: It’s awesome.)

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From Asus to Zotac – Juan SUCKS at VR! #CES2018 Vlog 4

My last official day covering CES 2018 with the Newegg crew! Spending some quality time with Zotac and Asus, apparently I’m not super great at the VR…

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Asus Zenfone AR With Tango And Daydream Unboxing And Initial Impressions – TK Bay

The Power Off Google Project Tango in your hands with a 23 megapixel Camera on the back to keep things clear.
Checkout my unboxing and initial impressions .

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Asus ZenFone 3 Zoom Review: Now with Nougat! – Pocketnow

This review has been a long time coming. Originally announced back in January, the ZenFone 3 Zoom has been waiting for a software update to deliver Nougat, and to enable some advanced camera features. We’ve been playing with that update for the last week, so now it’s time to share our thoughts on this dual camera shooter.

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Asus ZenFone AR First Look CES 2017: Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Ready!

We’ve seen plenty of phone based Virtual Reality gear. We’ve seen some great demos of phone based Augmented Reality, but no one device that claims to be both VR and AR ready. Until now. Asus took the wraps off the ZenFone AR, a phone supporting both Google Tango AR and Google Daydream VR. Here’s out first look!