After a whirlwind trip to New Delhi, I’m back in the States, and I have a LOT of thoughts on the conference I attended. MediaTek covered my travel and accommodations, but it was also an opportunity to test out a BUNCH of gear for travel.
From new bags, to multi-monitor setups, what tech worked? Let’s chat travel!
I’m on two hours of sleep, and that means we’re going to ramble pretty hard about travel, phone processors, and some of the recent news in the United States. This is gonna be a WACKY show, but I’m excited for this event!
What happens when a budget brand goes PRO? We get some fun gear to play with! Sporting great sound quality and a rugged build, the Ultra pack in a few tricks that audio pros will appreciate. Thankfully, these mics wont break the bank!
When I talk about camera sensor improvements, I’m mostly impressed by sensor sizes getting larger. When we increase sensor surface area, we see more dramatic improvements to photo quality. The aesthetics of a photo change with a larger sensor, and we can demonstrate things like depth of field and bokeh more easily.
That’s not to say that staying at the same sensor size, and adopting new tech at that size, can’t ALSO bring benefits. It’s just, in my time reviewing phones, I haven’t seen where the “tech” upgrade has ever been as noticeable as the “size” upgrade.
Recently, one of the few times that pattern has been challenged was while reviewing the Xiaomi 14. My expectations were REALLY low as it was another phone with a 1/1.3″ type sensor, but this time the sensor was from Omnivision.
In my experience, Omnivision made the “cheap” sensors for companies that wanted to save money on manufacturing.
With my expectations that low, it was shocking to see the Xiaomi 14 outperform the Galaxy Note 24. Had sensor tech (at comparable sizes) finally made a noticeable impact on low light performance? Did this change the whole game? Continue reading “Is the Pixel 9 Pro “Cheating” its RAW Files?”
The courts are arguing over Net Neutrality again! The DA investigating Musk over $1 Million prices is getting death threats. Russian fines Google an IMPOSSIBLE amount of money. Microsoft stock is down after earnings call, they’re delaying Recall again, and they’re already set to abandon “CoPilot” branding to copy Apple. Tidal needs more marketing, so Jack Dorsey fired the marketing team. Intel is in ROUGH shape. NVIDIA might make an ARM chip. Apple is buying a popular photo editing app.
And lets talk about those Snapdragon 8 Elite benchmarks…
This is one of the most powerful laptop hubs I’ve ever used. Not just supporting Thunderbolt 4 and multiple displays, but also acting as a portable RAID enclosure for up to 8TB of storage! Plus it’s super easy to set up!