iQOO 11 First Look! Snapdragon 8 Gen 2! EARLY Performance Tests!

iQOO 11 First Impressions! LET’S GO!

This phone is a POWERHOUSE with a GREAT screen! iQOO delivers fantastic features, and we can use this phone to start testing the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2!

2023 is looking to be a REALLY exciting year for high performance phones, and we’re getting an early start on all the fun! Continue reading “iQOO 11 First Look! Snapdragon 8 Gen 2! EARLY Performance Tests!”

Surface Pro 9 SQ3 is BAD at Gaming? Let’s Play!

Surface Pro 9 5G gaming test!

People have mentioned that this ARM powered tablet is “under-powered”, and it’s not a good solution for gaming. What does that mean?

Instead, let’s check the practical performance of the tablet, and see how hard we can drive it. It might not be great for “gaming”, but it might play YOUR favorite games just fine! Continue reading “Surface Pro 9 SQ3 is BAD at Gaming? Let’s Play!”

Ulanzi Zero F38 Carbon Fiber Tripod vs Peak Design Aluminum Travel Tripod (#SGGQA Podcast Clip)

Peak Design vs Ulanzi! Tripod battle!

A short clip from the #SGGQA podcast, let’s look at my early Christmas gift and see how it compares to my current travel tripod! Let’s geek out! Continue reading “Ulanzi Zero F38 Carbon Fiber Tripod vs Peak Design Aluminum Travel Tripod (#SGGQA Podcast Clip)”

Don’t shoot 8K on your phone! 4K 120 is WAY better!

Shoot better video!

We can make video “higher quality” in a couple different ways. We can increase resolution or we can increase frame rate. More phones are coming out with ability to shoot 8K, but is that really making our mobile video better?

I think 4k 120 is better as an EXTREME video quality… Continue reading “Don’t shoot 8K on your phone! 4K 120 is WAY better!”

LumaFusion on Android! Why I’m Dropping PowerDirector…

LumaFusion is the real deal.

I’ve been cutting video on phones for years now. My favorite app on Android has been PowerDirector, but recent changes to PD’s subscription and account verification have soured that experience. This isn’t a weak sauce comparison where I just read a list of plugins and show the UI. I’m legit dropping PD from my app drawer.

This is an airing of grievances!

LumaFusion comes at the EXACT right time. I can no longer recommend PowerDirector or Kinemaster anymore…

Pixel 7 Pro vs XPERIA 1 IV: The most important phones of the year…

Not the “best” phones of the year. Certainly not the most popular phones of the year.

I believe Google and Sony have made the most distinctly different phones from each other, and these phones are the “bookends” of the Premium Android market.

I don’t know that two phones could be more different from each other, and that’s enough for me to shoot a showdown!
Continue reading “Pixel 7 Pro vs XPERIA 1 IV: The most important phones of the year…”

BEST Dyson Deals Of All Time? | SlickDeals

We reveal the best Dyson deals of all time!

Ever wonder what the best deal ever was on any given product? At Slickdeals, we know.

In fact, we know for just about every product there is. Now we’re taking our 20+ years of historical deal data to put together a new series. We put our Slickdeals staff to the test to see how well they know the best deals on top products.

In this video, @Trisha Hershberger and @JuanBagnell go head to head to see who can Guess The Deal.

Is HBO Max Worth $14.99/Month? | SlickDeals

Is HBO Max Worth it?

HBO has always been the top name in premium television. But a lot has changed in the last 20 years. Now it is consumed as a subscription streaming service more than it is as a cable add-on. Now people have the opportunity to pick and choose streaming services, subscribe for a month or two at a time, cancel, and be more selective.

In this video, we take a look at HBO Max’s offerings, compare its service to competitors, and decide whether the average consumer should pay $14.99 per month to get the HBO Max content library without ads.

Do you have any tips for maximizing one month of HBO max service? Any watching schedules? Tell us in the comments!