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)”

#SGGQA 277: Pajama Podcast! A new tripod and the tech we’re thankful for this year!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

I got an early Xmas present (a fancy new tripod), and we can chat about the tech we were most thankful for this year!

Let’s kick off December with a nice chill chat about our favorite gear!

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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!”

#SGGQA 276: Twitter Woes, Disney Woes, iPhone Woes, are we doing Cyber Monday Deals?

Quite a few “bummers” happening in the news right now, but I’m back from visiting family for Thanksgiving! We’re going to have a FUN show as the internet melts down around us!

Disney+ has been a challenging monetary loss. Brazil is seizing iPhones from stores. Twitter is… Well… Twitter is just awful now…

But! We have news on a new Vivo coming out soon, and we can chat about Cyber Monday deals if you want!

Let’s get our tech week started off right!
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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…

#SGGQA 275: Android 13 on OnePlus, Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, Mastodon Rises, Ticketmaster Meltdown

Tech news is in full swing! With Twitter melting down, Mastodon servers are struggling to keep up. The FCC is redrawing Broadband maps. Ticketmaster faces an anti-trust probe.

And we can check out some of the differences in Android 13 updates courtesy of OnePlus and Vivo.

Let’s get our tech week started off right!
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