The Verge

AUGUST 14, 2020

I happen to have a 2017 iMac for work, so it’s a direct comparison: The webcam isn’t just better because it has more pixels; it’s also better because Apple is finally applying some modern image processing to the video stream. It has been updated with more impressions, testing, and conclusions as a full review.

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The Verge

MAY 2, 2021

Some models will support LTE connectivity, though my test unit did not. For comparison, the Spin 513 is largely competing with Mediatek and Intel Celeron machines. The more interesting comparison is to Lenovo’s $279 Chromebook Duet, which also comes with 4GB of RAM, as well as a MediaTek chip. I just want to Zoom, man.

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The Verge

MARCH 4, 2021

The Mi 11 more than passes the “feels like a flagship” test. In use, the Mi 11 more than passes the “feels like a flagship” test. The €1,249 S21 Ultra is where the comparison gets interesting. Photography by Sam Byford / The Verge. The same goes for the S21 Plus.

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The Verge

JANUARY 26, 2021

It is equipped with an Intel Core i7-10870H processor, which on paper is a slight step down compared to the Core i7-10875H in the previous model I tested, but I didn’t notice a difference in performance. I’ve been testing the flagship configuration of the new GS66 Stealth for a week. Photography by Cameron Faulkner / The Verge.

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MAY 15, 2023

In comparison to an industry standard scale like the Fitzpatrick Skin-Type Scale designed for dermatological use, the MST offers a more inclusive representation across the range of skin tones and was designed for a broad range of applications, including computer vision.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 10, 2020

and they likely will based on my testing (more on that later). That’s the depth I tested the seat post at because it was just right for my height. Some other things to note: I managed 49km (30 miles) during my range test over mostly flat city bike paths. employees who arranged to send me the test bike.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 15, 2020

I’ve noticed the load time improvements immediately using the Xbox Series X across practically every game I’ve tested. I haven’t been able to test every game I wanted to during this preview period, though, as Microsoft has been unlocking more and more titles on a weekly basis. Photography by Tom Warren / The Verge.

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The Verge

MARCH 14, 2022

In comparison, I heard a lot about how “Studio” is a great word given Apple’s target audience. Photography studio. Our senior video director Becca Farsace says she could be interested in the Studio as an upgrade to her personal machine — but only after she sees tests proving it’s capable of long edits with 4K video.

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The Verge

AUGUST 23, 2021

They’ve also proven dependable and consistent in my testing so far, which couldn’t be said of the $99 Nothing earbuds when I looked at those a few weeks ago. OnePlus includes an audio test to personalize your audio profile based on your own hearing. Photography by Chris Welch / The Verge.

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The Verge

JULY 19, 2021

It strangely didn’t do as well as its predecessor on our Premiere Pro test, which involves exporting a five-minute, 33-second 4K video; this year’s Aero took four minutes and five seconds to complete the task, where its predecessor (the Aero 15 OLED XB) took just over two and a half — Gigabyte says this may have to do with Nvidia’s drivers.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Amazon executives told me many different form factors and designs were tested and this shape is what they’ve landed on for now. The question for all of us then, is how much do we want to be testing Amazon’s ideas and experiments in our most intimate of spaces? Photography by Dan Seifert / The Verge.

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The Verge

JUNE 14, 2021

They look downright miniature in comparison. Beats says it dynamically adapts the strength of noise cancellation based on ambient noise, but I was underwhelmed in most scenarios where I tested it. Photography by Chris Welch / The Verge. And the weight difference is also substantial: each of the Studio Buds is 5.1

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The Verge

OCTOBER 27, 2020

I’ve spent the past week testing out the RTX 3070 at both 1440p and 4K ahead of its October 29th debut, and it’s fair to say this card will give you a lot of headroom for games coming in 2021 and beyond so long as you’re playing at 1440p or below. 1440p testing. I’ve also been testing 4K performance, which you can find below.

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The Verge

MAY 23, 2021

Aside from some minor scuffs acquired in the driveway test, the DuraForce Ultra 5G merely shrugged at my efforts and kept on working just fine. Aside from some minor scuffs acquired in the driveway test, the DuraForce Ultra 5G merely shrugged at my efforts and kept on working just fine. Photography by Allison Johnson / The Verge.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

They’re small by comparison, yet capable of projecting a large image when placed just inches from the wall. By comparison, the Xgimi Aura boots cold into Android TV OS 10.0 The app can be installed via workarounds, but even this stopped working half-way through my testing (other workarounds routinely pop-up). Time to TV.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Here’s an apples-to-apples performance comparison between both cards and my original GTX 1080, all at 4K resolution and maximum settings: Not only does the Radeon RX 6800 offer double the frame rate of my GTX 1080 in practically every game, but it consistently beat Nvidia’s RTX 3070 in every title with ray tracing turned off.

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The Verge

AUGUST 6, 2020

I was afraid of putting the Galaxy down too hard on my desk while I was testing it, but I would be quite comfortable battering the Spin around in my backpack all day. I didn’t test those claims, but I’d believe it. The model I tested, which costs $629, has a Core i5-10210U processor, 8GB of RAM, and 128GB of storage.

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The Verge

AUGUST 10, 2021

inch screen is large enough to invite you to open multiple windows for side-by-side comparisons or just better multitasking. The company didn’t have pricing information for the spec tier I was able to test, but the top-tier model with 16GB of RAM and 256GB of storage will sell for $770. Photography by Dan Seifert / The Verge.

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The Verge

AUGUST 10, 2021

I tested a more expensive 2-in-1 model listed at $2,926.75 For a more modern comparison, both the XPS 13 and the XPS 13 2-in-1 (both with a Core i7-1165G7) took over 10 minutes to complete the task. During both Premiere Pro tests, the CPU spent a worrying amount of time around 99 degrees Celsius. That’s quite a delta.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 22, 2021

My family hates having them in the house and only grudgingly lets me set them up to test as long as I take them down as soon as possible. Granted, it was $200 more expensive and quite large and bulky in comparison to the diminutive newer model, but I’m not usually a fan of making smart home devices dumber or less capable.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Needless to say, I haven’t observed any buzz or rattling while testing the Nest Audio, even at full volume. I had the opportunity to test two Nest Audio speakers in a stereo configuration, and as expected, this provides an even louder, fuller sound than a single unit can. Photography by Dan Seifert / The Verge.

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The Verge

AUGUST 12, 2021

It’s not an apples-to-apples comparison since the Surface Pro uses Microsoft’s custom Qualcomm chips, but there aren’t too many Arm-based Windows devices at this price point for comparison.). Photography by Monica Chin/The Verge. I remember trying out the first Surface Pro X in 2019, when Windows on Arm was painfully slow.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

And let’s get this out of the way: it is the best consumer drone for video and photography you can buy right now. In my testing, the difference in loudness is -3.6 I have only been testing the Cine version. ISO comparison from 200 — 6400. But that doesn’t mean it’s the drone for everyone. The new camera module is big.

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The Verge

JANUARY 26, 2021

I gave it a good amount of touchscreen use throughout my first day of testing, and I never noticed any kind of fingerprints or smudges left behind. To illustrate why, I’ll pull out a few comparisons. Photography by Monica Chin / The Verge. Even so, my overall reaction here is “Meh.”

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

It really only looks worse when you do a side-by-side comparison, so just don’t do that if you’re leaning toward the 11-inch model. Sometimes in-screen scanners can be finicky, but I had no issues using it in my tests. Photography by Dan Seifert / The Verge. Performance. Battery life, though, is a mixed bag.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

HP’s ZBook Studio G8 is a versatile laptop, but it invites comparisons to other gaming laptops in a few major ways, the most noticeable one being its backlit RGB keyboard with custom per-key backlighting. We’ve seen some less pricey laptops perform just as well in this test as the ZBook Studio G8, if not better, though this is a good result.

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The Verge

MAY 21, 2021

You can see a more in-depth comparison between the two on Garmin’s site.) Android users (like me, I tested it with a Pixel 5) can quick reply to messages from the watch (unfortunately Apple has blocked this feature on the iPhone for any device except the Apple Watch, which seems pretty anti-competitive if you ask me). It has a 1.4-inch

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The Verge

JULY 10, 2021

There are simply fewer people in the US with Galaxy phones than iPhones, so it can’t quite compete with the AirTag, but that’s a moot point anyway since nobody is likely to be comparison shopping between the two. We didn’t test it in this batch, but it does include separation notifications without an annual fee.

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MARCH 1, 2022

inch screen, while the S22 feels downright petite in comparison with its 6.1-inch When I tested the S22 Ultra , the battery drained faster than I expected, though I was able to get through even a day of heavy use. The night photography additions aren’t particularly impressive, but in any case, the S22 has a very good camera system.

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MARCH 22, 2022

Meanwhile, computational photography is great, but there’s only so much it can do — stacking a few images to get better dynamic range or depth information is good, but you reach a point of diminishing returns pretty quickly. But a technique first tested in the ’20s soon solved the problem. Image Credits: Glass.

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The Verge

APRIL 13, 2021

Those are the questions I’ve been asking over the past week-plus as I’ve been testing the new OnePlus Watch , a $159 smartwatch and the first wearable from the smartphone company. I tested it on both OnePlus and Samsung smartphones and the experience was the same. The OnePlus Watch only comes in one size: a large 46mm face.

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The Verge

APRIL 15, 2021

For comparison, the Mavic 2 Pro’s max ISO in standard color profile is 6400. In my testing, the drone was a bit more hesitant than I anticipated. Photography by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge. Also, you can’t use the digital zoom at all while taking photos, which is a bit perplexing.

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The Verge

JUNE 25, 2021

If the Z4 Aurora I tested back in 2016 was a work in progress, then Xgimi’s new Horizon Pro flagship is the culmination of those efforts. In my testing, the AI generally found the gap on my living room wall above the TV, but only with the projector mounted to a tripod in order to first aim it upward.

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The Verge

APRIL 20, 2021

To see how our test system stacks up, I ran various synthetic benchmarks as well as a 5-minute, 33-second 4K video export in Premiere Pro. But the more interesting comparison is to the M1 machines. Photography by Monica Chin for The Verge. inch model comes in Platinum, Ice Blue Alcantara, Matte Black, and Sandstone.

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JUNE 10, 2021

as tested, which means it’s priced far below all kinds of convertible Chromebooks. I’m not the first to make this comparison, but it’s a slightly more expensive, and slightly fancier version of the $269 Lenovo Chromebook Duet (currently listed at $269 ) that impressed me so much last year. It’s $389.99 is pushing it.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The Fold 3 packs in a 4,400mAh battery, which, in our testing, lasted a full day with roughly four hours of screen time. We’ll have a better sense of how far that battery capacity will get you once we’ve tested the device, but the increased capacity on this year’s Duo should help it compensate for the 90Hz display and added 5G support.

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AUGUST 17, 2021

The new Pixel 5A on the other hand, is kind of a boring update by comparison. I got better results in my real-world testing — a day of moderate use including around three hours of screentime typically drained it down to only 70 percent. Photography by Allison Johnson / The Verge. That’s about it.

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