I Review Phones for a Living, and THIS Phone Crushes the Pixel 10 Pro!

Pixel 10 Pro XL versus Vivo X200 Pro!

Google’s newest phone is struggling to keep up with Vivo’s phone released in 2024. When we pay over a thousand dollars for a phone, what kind of expectations should we have?

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Android 16 on the OnePlus 13: OxygenOS 16 is Here!

Android 16 is on OnePlus!

Taking a quick look at the OxygenOS 16 Beta! OP is focusing heavily on AI, and that might not be a bad thing. New animations, better productivity tools, and what’s going on with this new “Mind Space”?

Let’s take a look!

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Phones Never Should Have Lost MicroSD Cards (And Tech Reviewers Should Stop Bootlicking)

Your phone is a computer.

A computer is always more useful when you can expand on its functionality.

Either through better battery managements and repair, dedicated ports for data and audio, or the ability to increase a computer’s storage, these are all ways we can use a computer longer before it falls into obsolescence.

Unfortunately for phone “reviewers”, it’s more important to validate the bias of an audience, and make more money on content by keeping positive relationships with manufacturers, than to ever criticize the cynical money grabbing schemes of said manufacturers.

It’s hilarious that even now, with most phones abandoning the ability to increase device storage, we still see hacks defend the removal of this useful feature. Me thinks they doth protest too much?

Since these defensive articles and videos CONTINUE to crop up defending bad takes on tech, let’s pick a few of those points apart.

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Vivo X200 FE: I dont think I get this phone…

Vivo X200 FE After the Buzz! I took this phone on a road trip, and it’s a charming little device. Powerful, small, and with a HUGE battery? So why did it take me so long to review it? What do we want out of an “FE” phone?

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Dear India, I Think You Can Do Better Than Cloud Computers…

Hello India!

I think you have a wonderful opportunity to bring more people online. I just dont think the plans of using cloud PC’s is the way to go.

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Of course Phone specs still matter. It’s silly to argue otherwise.

Your phone is a computer.

It’s a small computer that fits in your pocket. After years of refining, we should expect our pocket computers to be capable of accomplishing more work (and play) with every successive phone generation.

Sadly, we’ve seen a cottage industry of tech reviewing amplify a lazy refrain of “specs don’t matter”. It’s disappointing to see.
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Pixel 10 Pro Isn’t Ready to Review Yet (But Hopefully Soon?)

Pixel 10 Pro XL review update! This phone needs some work! While we wait on Google to push out those patches and bug fixes, let’s set a baseline right now for the phone.

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