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Infinix Note 11 Pro first look!
It’s a LOT of hardware for the cash! BIG screen with 120Hz. BIG battery with a low power SOC. BIG camera numbers. Let’s take a look at a phone that has the BIG numbers for not a lot of cash! Continue reading “Infinix Note 11 Pro: Budget Beauty”
There’s an interesting thing happening in phones, a quiet trend of product differentiation. Likely a factor influenced by component shortages, and at the same time, a more competitive market than many enthusiasts might assume.
In the gadget lab, I have two phones from Vivo. They’re both called “X70 Pro”, but one is a “Pro” and the other is a “Pro+”. There are numerous small differences between the two phones, but one significant difference, SOCs from two completely different chip suppliers. The Pro+ is using the best Qualcomm has to offer, a Snapdragon 888+. The Pro is equipped with the best chip available from MediaTek, the Dimensity 1200.
Vivo has accomplished something impressive, that these two phones “FEEL” like members of the same family. That said, we do get to take a look at how these kinds of hardware differences can impact performance.
Here are the Vivo X70 Pro and X70 Pro+ by the benchmarks! Continue reading “vivo X70 Pro+ and Pro By the Benchmarks: An Exercise in Restraint?”
Smartphone camera gimbal or a gimbal INSIDE your phone?
An impressive feature to include on a phone camera, let’s see how smooth we can shoot when on the go!
vivo includes sophisticated hardware, so let’s see how that footage stacks up against an LG gimbal camera! Continue reading “DO YOU Need a Gimbal INSIDE Your Phone? vivo X70 Pro vs LG Wing!”
MY FIRST vivo PHONES!
X70 Pro and Pro+ are in the GadgetLab! We’re doing this!
I LOVE premium phones that deliver a specific focus. Vivo’s partnership with Zeiss delivers one of the most feature complete camera platforms I’ve ever used on a smartphone.
It’s a video FULL of firsts! My first vivo! My first phone with a Snapdragon 888+! My first phone with a Dimensity 1200!
Thankfully, no matter which SOC you choose, you’re going to get a monster performer built for content creation. We’re only just starting. Let’s dig in! Continue reading “vivo X70 Pro+ vs X70 Pro: Zeiss Cameras LET’S GO!”
A camera isn’t the same thing for every consumer.
Even though standalone cameras have become less popular for consumer point and shoot use, we still see an incredible variety of hardware and form-factors. There is no universal agreement on what a camera “is”. People still have entirely unique needs where those differences matter to the individual.
This isn’t just some oblique idea of specialty or “pro” use. At a basic level, someone’s specific needs will be better fulfilled by a tool designed for those needs.
Yet in the world of smartphone camera reviewing, we crouch a significant portion of the conversation behind some idea of “The Avuraj CunZoomer™”. We build phone camera conversations around a fallacy that there is some common or objective agreement on what a camera SHOULD be.
It’s only at the most regressively basic level that we might find some agreement.
You should be able to push a button that results in an image being captured.
Beyond that, cameras should specialize. We should see different pros and cons. That’s what makes cameras exciting. Continue reading “How techies get phone camera reviews wrong…”
Camera conversations love to focus on new features and listing all the hardware specs, but trying to describe WHY one camera might be better than another requires a LOT more nuance. It’s not as simple as which camera has “the gooder colors”, we gotta dig deeper than that.
Let’s chat about how a camera FEELS in the hand. 👍
Continue reading “WHY is the Pixel 5A camera SO good? It’s not what you think!”
While some of the most expensive phones of the year are shipping out to people who pre-ordered, I thought it would be kinda fun to chat about the LEAST expensive phone I could get my hands on this year!
Question for you. When is a cheap phone TOO cheap? I’m spending some time with the Nuu X6 Plus, and it’s interesting taking an inexpensive phone for a spin.
Let’s chat. Continue reading “Budget phones: When is Cheap, TOO Cheap? (Feat. Nuu X6 Plus)”
We love phone showdowns. People cheer their “team”. We get emotionally invested in the products we buy and use.
It’s surprisingly difficult to properly divide up phones into categories where those comparisons are fair. It’s casually easy to look at a landscape of phones under $500 and pick a few for a fight. If you’ve followed my videos and reviews, you know I really like to get more specific about what KIND of device a phone might be.
I don’t think price is the decider as much as functionality or the target consumer demographic.
We should compare “communicator” phones against other communicator phones. Content creation phones should be compared against other creator phones. Gaming phones should be compared against gaming phones (and the Nintendo Switch).
With all that said, allow me to be a hypocrite as I purposely select two phones to fight based on price! Continue reading “Google Pixel 5A vs iPhone SE: What real competition looks like!”