It’s the last Monday of August, and we’re letting the chat take the wheel!

Some sobering news on phone shipments, but good news for EV owners. Facebook weasels out of taking responsibility for destroying society, but at least there’s more AI backlash than ever before!

And we’ve got a trio of stories of tech brands doing it right!

Let’s get our tech week started off RIGHT!

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Stories This Week:

• Take Better Photos 10th Anniversary! https://somegadgetguy.com/2026/07/24/take-better-photos-smartphone-photography-for-noobs-tenth-anniversary-update/
• Vivo X300 Ultra Longer Term Review https://somegadgetguy.com/2026/08/28/my-summer-with-the-vivo-x300-ultra/
• Pixel 11 Pro By the Benchmarks https://www.patreon.com/SomeGadgetGuy/posts/google-pixel-11-167886009
• 8849 Tank 5 Pro Review https://somegadgetguy.com/2026/08/21/8849-tank-5-pro-rugged-phone-review-one-important-update/
• Pixel 11 Pro Camera does NOT take better close up photos https://somegadgetguy.com/2026/08/20/no-pixel-11-pro-does-not-take-better-close-up-photos-than-the-pixel-10-pro/
• Pixel 10 Pro XL One Year Later https://somegadgetguy.com/2026/08/07/the-worst-expensive-phone-ive-ever-spent-money-on/
• Unused Pixel 10 Pro XL script https://www.patreon.com/SomeGadgetGuy/posts/unused-script-10-165768045
• Venmo gets paid by scammers! https://somegadgetguy.com/2026/08/04/venmo-makes-money-on-scams-even-if-you-dont-fall-for-one/
• Two years later, which BT Tracker Tag survived? https://somegadgetguy.com/2026/08/06/two-years-later-which-android-tracker-tag-survived-chipolo-vs-pebblebee/
• Why doesn’t AI SLOP ever work for me... https://www.patreon.com/SomeGadgetGuy/posts/why-doesnt-ai-me-165400832
• Venmo makes money on scams https://www.patreon.com/SomeGadgetGuy/posts/venmo-makes-on-165393318
• Two years later, did these BT location tracker tags survive? https://www.patreon.com/SomeGadgetGuy/posts/two-years-later-165327979
• Audeze MM-520 Pro headphones review https://somegadgetguy.com/2026/07/01/audeze-mm-520-pro-headphones-what-does-1700-sound-like/
• IDC – Smartphone Shipments to Drop 16.7% in 2026 as Memory Crisis Bites
• Meta agrees to pay $18 billion to settle US lawsuits over children’s social media addiction | Reuters
• A study of nearly 10,000 battery tests found used EV batteries hold up far better than feared, with the Kia e-Niro still at 97% capacity after 62,000 miles – ECOticias.com
• Sam Altman admits Americans hate what he’s wrought as his own data centers head quits | Fortune
• Panic passes Trump tariff refunds back to the Playdate customers who paid them – Ars Technica
• Alleged vivo X500 Pro Max photo and hands-on video reveal a massive camera island – GSMArena.com news
• Flagship tablet with Xiaomi’s new chipset and Android 17 appears on Geekbench – Notebookcheck News
• Juan rambles on about whatever the chat wants to talk about…

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