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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!”
It’s here!
Pixels are updating like crazy with the first public release of Android 11! This isn’t an earth-shaking, radical update from Google. There are some nice quality of life improvements though.
Here are my five favorite new features on my Pixel 4a! Continue reading “Top 5 New Features in Android 11!”
We get really excited about the new shiny. It’s always worth looking back to see if a gadget lived up to our early expectations. Getting on two years, I’m saying goodbye to my iPhone XS. Did I REALLY get $999 worth of performance out of this phone?
Well… No…
Not really… Continue reading “Goodbye iPhone XS: Two years and a thousand dollars later…”
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?”
I know I started with the Velvet comparison, but you know I had this video ready to go too!
Apple made a less expensive mid-ranger. Google made a less expensive mid-ranger. Aside from a similar price, these two phones couldn’t be more different if they tried.
This is good for competition. Let’s discuss! Continue reading “Pixel 4a vs iPhone SE: The Best Budget Battle of 2020”
It’s a little bit brilliant.
I’ve written several editorials voicing my concerns about popularity algorithms and the responsibility of reviewers. We can’t escape the fact that online content creators need to be compensated for their work, but YouTube and Facebook style algorithms are designed to manipulate viewers into staying on a platform as long as possible. When those two objectives meet, it creates an echo chamber, a reinforcing cycle of confirmation bias which highlights and celebrates the most popular options. Any product outside the algorithm zeitgeist is dismissed as efficiently as possible.
Precious few smaller-volume sellers have successfully broken through this popularity trap.
What’s a manufacturer to do? Play the influencers against themselves! Continue reading “How Microsoft is Gaming Influencers and Algorithms with the Surface Duo”
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?”