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A different take on a buyer’s guide!
Instead of declaring a handful of phones “winners”, let’s start categorizing phones better. We really need to change how we talk about different phones for different consumers.
Here’s my take on what kind of phone might be right for you! Let’s start with more specific categories… Continue reading “Which Phone is the Right Fit for You?”
TCL 10 5G UW first impressions!
This year, 5G started out as a wallet busting tech. Closing out 2020, we’re finding more options for 5G at more reasonable prices. TCL is a really interesting brand to follow, and their new phone is the least expensive option currently on Verizon for a decently powerful mid-ranger with 5G support.
Let’s take a look! Continue reading “TCL 10 5G UW: The Most Wallet Friendly 5G Phone on Verizon!”
This is an interesting position for me to be in. As an overall brand, I’m not the biggest fan of Samsung these days.
I feel they buy their market position more than they earn it. They pour advertising dollars into media to sway consumer behavior and manipulate search engine popularity algorithms. They set a toxic tone of mocking rivals in their ads, but quickly copy those same rivals when it benefits their profits. They were one of the higher profile phone manufacturers caught cheating benchmarks back in the day, and likely copied Apple’s update policy of slowing down older phones. As a corporation, they’ve abused their market position to inflate prices on components. Their PR has been the most punitive I’ve ever worked with (and failed to work with), over several media publications.
While I appreciate individual products, I don’t like Samsung as a company.
Which is why it feels funny writing a defense for one of their most expensive phones. I’m not the guy for this job, but I’ll try my best.
The Note 20 Ultra is a great phone at a very good price. Continue reading “Galaxy Note 20 Ultra: The case for SPECIALTY Hardware”
OnePlus is back at it with the 8T!
A refresh from the phones released earlier in 2020, how does the 8T stack up against the 8?
This ONE design change makes me REALLY happy!
(Spoiler: It’s the screen!) Continue reading “OnePlus 8T: One small change makes me SO happy!”
It’s fun playing with experiments!
Over the course of a year, LG has blazed a trail for folding dual screen cases, and the Wing is another radical step for expanding on phone features. Which might be the right fit for you?
Let’s twist these phones up for a showdown! Continue reading “LG Wing vs LG V60: Fold or Swivel? Which phone is for you?”
The Galaxy Note 20 Ultra is a beast of a phone.
For 2020, we can call this slab “Peak Samsung”. A prime example of a company pushing its current manufacturing to the limits, and delivering the absolute best “standard” form factor smartphone it can. The Note has a rich history of being the crown jewel enthusiast and productivity device.
We can’t overlook however, the Note 20 Ultra also starts at $1299.99 for 128GB of storage. For that price we should expect the bleeding edge of technology, and a spec sheet packed full of premium-tier exotic options.
Samsung doesn’t disappoint for spec sheet junkies in the United States. Including a Snapdragon 865+ chipset, UFS3.0 storage, and 12GB of RAM, the Note should be leading most of our performance testing.
And it does. But it doesn’t always win…
Performance testing is more involved than running a synthetic bench and comparing who’s number is bigger. Let’s dig a little deeper than that. Here’s the Note 20 Ultra: By The Benchmarks! Continue reading “Galaxy Note 20 Ultra By The Benchmarks: Samsung’s Fastest is PRETTY Good for the Price…”
TECHTOBER IS IN FULL SWING!
In the Gadget Lab, I’m scrambling to review the Pixel 5, the LG Wing, and I have this BEAUTIFUL red box from OnePlus! It’s time for a chill chat about a BUNCH of different phones!
Let’s get our tech week started right!
Continue reading “#SGGQA 177: Pajama Podcast! Chill chat about the Pixel 5, LG Wing, and unboxing the OnePlus 8T!”
We can FINALLY wrap up the Sony XPERIA camera reviews!
Because the 5ii is so similar to the 1ii, we can also combine TWO reviews in ONE! Here’s the final word on Sony’s hardware this year, as I see it.
NOTHING shoots like a Sony, but does that mean it’ll be the right fit for your photo needs? Let’s dig in! Continue reading “Sony XPERIA 1ii and 5ii Camera Conclusion! A PROPER Camera in Your Pocket!”