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Talking about mid-ranger phones, plenty of techies concerned about processing power, and how those phones will age over time. So, why don’t more techies really benchmark older mid-range phones?
I guess I’ll do it!
Let’s take a four year old mid-ranger, and benchmark it against a modern mid ranger! Continue reading “Using an Old Mid Range Phone in 2021? Does it still work?”
Huawei MateBook 13 Long Term Review! It sucks when political drama gets in the way of a good gadget review. I’m totally guilty of letting time pass on this laptop, when I had every intention of revisiting it sooner. How has it held up? Were too many compromises made to reach a lower price? Can laptops like this still compete against ARM powered phones and tablets? Let’s check it out! Continue reading “Huawei MateBook 13 Long Term Review: Pushing the laptop right up to the edge…”
***UPDATE 7/16/2019***
Pretty hilarious. I wanted to draw a winner live on yesterday’s podcast, but when I tried logging into Gleam, they were in the middle of a server migration and the entire site was down. You can see the carnage from the podcast here.
It took a while, but I was finally able to pick a winner. Congratulations to @warforge2004 on Twitter! And, a thank you to everyone who participated. I hope to do an international contest soon!
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I reviewed the M5 Lite a couple months ago, and now I’m partnering with Huawei to give one away!
One lucky winner (USA ONLY) will walk away with a 10″ Android slate, which includes a stylus in the box! You can get more info in the video below, or hit the Gleam.io contest widget for the full rules and list of entries! Happy summer! Good luck!
Continue reading “Huawei MediaPad M5 Lite Summer Sweepstakes! (Contest Completed!)”
When a new phone is announced, manufacturers often point to improvements like new processors and GPUs as things consumers desire. We want more powerful gadgets, but what does that really mean? What do we actually get with these generational improvements?
More gratifying benchmark scores don’t correlate with performance improvements for your favorite services.
Continue reading “What do we really get from “more powerful” smartphone processors?”
It tracks your activity. It tracks your heart rate. It tracks your location. It tracks for up to TWO WEEKS on a charge. And, it looks REAL GOOD doing it! The Huawei Watch GT looks great, but will it scratch that smartwatch itch? Let’s take it for a spin!
Continue reading “Huawei Watch GT: The prettiest fitness tracker!”
Let’s say you’re shopping for an inexpensive larger screen gadget. Tablets used to be the premier mobile solution, but now there’s more competition from PC’s, Chromebooks, larger phones, even smart speakers. Huawei has a solid all-rounder solution here, but what problem does the MediaPad M5 Lite actually solve? Let’s take a look!
Continue reading “Huawei MediaPad M5 Lite Review: A solution to what problem?”
A whole new generation of laptops pack formidable specs in sleek, premium form factors. Not only is the MateBook 13 a surprisingly snappy little machine, it’s also a surprisingly cost effective buy when weighed against a similarly priced MacBook…
The challenge is over! TK Bay and I had a debate over two of our favorite phones of 2018 so far. If we traded our top picks, would I be able to convince TK that the G7 was the superior phone? Would he convince me to switch to a P20 Pro?
Well we’ve swapped back, and I gotta say, I’m SO happy to have the G7 back…
Continue reading “LG G7 vs P20 Pro Challenge: So glad to have my G7 back…”