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Innocn 15.6″ Portable OLED review!
Portable monitors are super fun. There are MANY gadgets in a home that are more fun to use with some extra screen real-estate. Add a second screen to a laptop, play games on a Nintendo Switch, or get a better look with your camera. Innocn delivers a VIBRANT panel in a slim shell!
Let’s take a look!
Innocn on Amazon (limited sale) https://amzn.to/3RROmGF Continue reading “Innocn 15.6″ Portable OLED Monitor: So Pretty…”
EZQuest Triple Monitor Hub Review!
I love docks and hubs. We can clean up our cable mess, add more features, and we don’t have to break the bank. The EZQuest is certainly designed to match A SPECIFIC PC, but it plays nice with ANY computer!
Let’s take a look! Continue reading “EZQuest Ultimate Triple Monitor Hub for the Mac Mini: Add more ports to ANY computer!”
FCC Chair is looking to reclassify “high speed” broadband, but are the new speeds actually competitive? Google is playing another dumb game with app names. Texas is struggle to support crypto mining. Elon Musk faces a tough judge on the Twitter case. Uber faces a scary number of assault claims.
The James Webb Space Telescope’s first images are stunning.
And we’ll round up some of the Macbook and Nothing Phone review reactions!
Let’s get our tech week started right!
Axon 40 Ultra vs Magic4 Pro!
So excited to have both of these brands back in the GadgetLab! Honor vs ZTE has been a classic showdown, with both companies delivering great performance at competitive prices. Which phone takes the win?
Let’s take a look! Continue reading “Honor Magic4 Pro vs ZTE Axon 40 Ultra: Battle of the Resurrected!”
We’re more than halfway through 2022, and it’s time to take a look at premium phone performance!
The Snapdragon 8 Gen1 has been a controversial chip for expensive Android phones. Qualcomm used ARM reference designs to build a powerful System on Chip. Samsung was responsible for producing the chip on Qualcomm’s designs. Then, manufacturers build phones around those power and thermal specifications.
That thermal conversation has been a challenge to track this year. The Snapdragon 8 Gen1 is a powerful chip, but it’s a finnicky performer if thermals and battery life aren’t handled appropriately.
This SOC arrived at the same time as some significant changes to Android. The way Android 12 handles storage reduces performance for numerous apps and services. Years of my benchmarking results on older phones are no longer directly comparable to current phones with Android 12 and newer.
Phones released in the first half of 2022 are a unique group of devices.
More powerful (but hotter) CPU and GPU, balanced against performance sapping software.
The refreshed Snapdragon 8+ Gen1 is starting to ship in new phones for the second half of the year. ARM is improving the power efficiency, Qualcomm is refining the design, and TSMC is replacing Samsung for the chip fabrication.
We’ll see where these companies are improving later in the year. We’ll get to see if the 8+ Gen1 runs cooler. We’ll get to see if app developers are taking better advantage of this SOC performance.
Let’s look at some benchmark scores! Continue reading “Summer 2022 Snapdragon 8 Gen1 Performance Round Up!”
Geekom MiniAir 11 review!
I’m a big fan of little small form factor PCs. Geekom has a new low cost PC available. It’s TINY, and it’s NOT expensive.
Where does this computer fit in? Can it cover your home computing needs?
Let’s take a look! Continue reading “Geekom MiniAir 11: Tiny. Affordable. Adorable PC.”
Cooler Master 34″ Gaming Monitor Review!
The GM34-CWQ ARGB is the new top of the line option from Cooler Master! It’s A BIG curved display, and has all the important specs we care about, like FreeSync Premium, HDR400, great contrast, and a 144Hz refresh rate. Replacing my OLD 1080p gaming monitor, this is a HUGE upgrade.
Let’s take a look! Continue reading “Cooler Master GM34-CWQ ARGB: 34″ UWQHD 144Hz Gaming Monitor Goodness!”
Honor Magic4 Pro review!
I thought this brand might have been lost forever, but they’re back!
Honor phones have always been pretty powerhouse devices. The Magic4 Pro is now a proper premium tier device. While there are still some clumsy bits, are the quirks “charming” or are they deal breakers?
Let’s take look! Continue reading “Honor Magic4 Pro: I’m SO Happy Honor is Back!”