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Zuckerberg is feuding with politicians over lies in Facebook ads! The IRS is tracking Bitcoin transactions to foil child exploitation! NordVPN might have been compromised! LG and Samsung detail Android 10 updates!
And we have to talk about all the Pixel 4 videos swarming the internet right now!
Let’s get our tech week started off right!
Continue reading “#SGGQA 119: Zuckerberg vs Politicians, NordVPN Compromised, Pixel 4 Reviews”
Pixel 4XL performance!
Benchmarking a phone is tricky. Synthetic scores only tell PART of the story. If you’re shopping a premium phone, we should be looking at MUCH more aggressive use than just “covering the basics”. Let’s run the Pixel 4 through some tests that can make decent laptops struggle!
Also, the Pixel 4XL totally destroys the competition in these tests. It’s not even close… Continue reading “Google Pixel 4XL Benchmarked! The FASTEST phone of 2019!”
Pixel 4XL First Impressions! I’m less than a day into using the Pixel 4, but I’m building a plan for how I’m going to review this phone! What are some of my early hopes for this gadget? What are some concerns worth examining? Sharing some thoughts with a preview of coverage to come! Continue reading “Google Pixel 4XL: 4 Hopes and 4 Fears for a Future Review…”
A FLIP PHONE in 2019? This is my first experience with KaiOS, and it’s surprisingly capable. While we focus on premium expensive gadgets, there’s room at the entry level to sneak in. How much should it REALLY cost to cover the basics? Not a lot… Continue reading “Alcatel SmartFlip Flip Phone Review: KaiOS in the USA?”
And the immediate reaction by consumers will likely be a shrug.
“What can you do?”
The problem is, that apathy shouldn’t be a surprise. We don’t have much room to “vote with our wallets” these days. The reality of the tech market, these supposed “upgrades” happen way too quickly for consumers to react. Gadgets sales paced out over years from individual consumers don’t guide manufacturing decisions.
The in-display fingerprint sensor can apparently be unlocked by ANY finger. I discussed this on the #SGGQA podcast while the story was fresh, and the general sentiment from Samsung fans was that this had to be a case of user error. We’re getting confirmation now that this is a flaw in the current software from Samsung. Users are starting to test this flaw, and it has nothing to do with improper setup or using Non-Samsung approved accessories. BBC confirms Samsung will release a software patch for the problem.
Here’s a video of a Galaxy S10 owner on Twitter demonstrating the problem, freshly training a thumbprint, and then bypassing the fingerprint lock with a different finger. Continue reading “Smartphone design “improvements” are not progress: Prettier is less practical”
Apparently $5 worth of cheap screen protector can defeat the fingerprint sensor on Galaxy S10’s. Facebook has been fined for inflating video view stats. NYC law enforcement has been cracking open locked iPhones for years.
And we’ll round up our favorite leaks before tomorrow’s Pixel 4 event!
Let’s get our tech week started off right!
Custom molded earbuds for NON professionals! People only seem to learn about custom molded earbuds as an option for professionals or when they’re getting fitted for a hearing aid. I really believe more consumers could benefit from custom audio hardware, so for part two of this review, we’re going to show my wife’s reaction to getting her ears scanned. Continue reading “Mee Audio MX Pro (part 2): Mrs. GadgetGuy Gets Her Custom Molded Earbuds!”
One of the most powerful phones of the year. One of the best multi-media experiences available. One of the best options for mobile content creation. All that and a 5G radio, for the same price as an iPhone 11 Pro with half the storage and an Intel LTE radio.
It’s an absolute monster of a phone. At once super underrated, and also ahead of its time.
So why aren’t more people talking about this phone? Continue reading “LG V50 Review: The Monster Sleeper Phone of 2019”