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The Surface Duo performs great. Full Stop.
It’s a powerful phone, with a focus on Office work and productivity. Some have been concerned about the older processor in this folding phone, so let’s REALLY take a look at what that means for HEAVY lifting. Continue reading “Surface Duo By The Benchmarks: No Performance Worries Here!”
You’ve seen all the pre-embargo “reviews”, now we start using this thing for real! Kicking off my Surface Duo coverage, what SHOULD we expect from a “Pocket Surface”, and what is it like setting one up?
I think I need to call in some help on this one! How about those crazy guys Sam and Matt from ‘Across the Pondcast‘? They should be good for a laugh! Continue reading “Microsoft Surface Duo Setup Live Stream With Guys Who ACTUALLY LIKE Dual Screen Phones!”
The highest praise I can give a new phone is that it’s so much better than last year’s, it’s worth flipping the old phone to upgrade. That’s an EXCEEDINGLY difficult metric to meet.
When working lower prices on phones like the Pixel 3a, does the new 4a have the goods to warrant a one-year upgrade? Let’s see… Continue reading “Pixel 4a vs Pixel 3a: Worthy of a One-Year Upgrade?”
One of the most requested comparisons I’ve gotten this year!
Pixel 4a has a lot of people excited about a punchy low price phone, and whether this lil Pixel can outperform more expensive phones. There’s an obvious comparison to be made with phones like the Velvet. The two phones have similar performing processors, but one costs a LOT more than the other. Let’s see why… Continue reading “Pixel 4a vs LG Velvet: How much more phone do you get?”
I’ve struggled with re-visiting the Pixel 4XL.
There’s an intangible quality to every phone that can’t quite be expressed by spec sheets and benchmarks. I can TELL you about the phone, and that still won’t properly convey how I FEEL about the phone.
With the Pixel 5 in limbo, it’s important to check back in with a phone that was pretty heavily panned by critics. For all my personal preferences on beastly hardware and mobile content creation, the Pixel 4XL is still the phone I have the hardest time taking my SIM card out of when I need to move on to a new review device.
There’s just something about the Pixel… Continue reading “Pixel 4XL: The most slighted phone of 2019 is still really good.”
LG V60 vs LG V50! Showdown time!
The toughest recommendation for ANY manufacturer, is a new phone improved enough to recommend flipping a one-year-old gadget? The V60 is a BEAST, but are there enough improvements here to out-muscle one of the most brutally powerful phones of 2019?
LG released a major update for their workhorse phone. Not only Android 10, this brings a whole new user interface, and LG polished up Google’s desktop mode!
There’s a LOT going on here. With so much custom software and a heavy skin, was performance impacted?
Let’s take a look! Continue reading “LG V50 on Android 10: New OS, New UX, AND A DESKTOP MODE!”
2019 was a strong year for Sony hardware. The Xperia 1 and Xperia 5 showed off a new skinny form factor, a bold new design which still echoed the hard-edged rectangular DNA of classic Xperias. I was very taken with this approach in my X5 review.
The other half of the phone review equation though, how well has the manufacturer updated the software for the phone?
Pretty darn well. Continue reading “Android 10 on the Sony XPERIA 5: Gestures for a Skinny Phone?”