The Verge

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Today that sounds like a ridiculous news item, but that’s the kind of thing Japan was known for back then — the country was often ahead when it came to the rollout of gadgety technology. Photography and video games are two of my biggest passions, so it’s always going to be a good place to be based in that regard.

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The Verge

MARCH 27, 2021

Bose’s sporty shades offer good sound, a steady fit, and total awareness It’s still fair to call audio sunglasses a niche category, but with Bose offering several models, Amazon in the game , and counting recent announcements from Razer and JLab , it’s certainly a growing one. Describing the sound quality of audio sunglasses can be tricky.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Jib True — available in black or this very attention-getting mix of blue, red, and yellow — manage to deliver a solid mix of specs and serviceable sound quality. As for how they sound, I found that the Jib True made for a solid seal in my ear with the included large-sized tips. I’ve been quite pleased with how the OnePlus Buds Z sound.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 20, 2020

And it checks a lot of other boxes, too The HyperX new Cloud II Wireless headset is made for people who want simple controls, barely-there comfort, and solid sound quality. If you’re shopping around for a headset, sound quality and comfort are among the biggest reasons to spring for the Cloud II. surround sound mode.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Good sound quality and best-in-class noise cancellation come in an awkwardly big case Bose’s original true wireless earbuds, the SoundSport Free, sounded fantastic but were foiled by connectivity problems and audio / video sync issues that the company never fully resolved. They still sound terrific — and now, they’ve got ANC.

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The Verge

JUNE 3, 2020

It has great sound quality, near-360-degree sound delivery, long-lasting battery life, and elegant design — everything you can expect from the company’s previous models, but far bigger in size and power. And no matter how loud you like to play your music, it sounds clear and balanced with plenty of bass, mids, and highs.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Apple has upgraded their sound, added new features like spatial audio head tracking, made them more durable with IPX4 water resistance, and lengthened their battery life. Since their design is now so similar, Apple carried over the “force sensor” controls from the AirPods Pro, with an indent on each stem that designates where to press.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

The 85t buds have a new chip dedicated to noise canceling, which allows them to cancel out a wider range of outside sounds than the 75t, where the ANC feature feels tacked on. Considering the differences in water resistance and sound quality, it’s not a straightforward answer. That’s also because of sound quality.

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The Verge

MAY 14, 2020

There’s a dedicated shortcut button on the side of the TCL 10 Pro, but it’s a little easily to accidentally press. Regardless, I found the button was far too easy to accidentally press. Photography performance doesn’t live up to the amount of hardware in the 10 Pro. You’ll find a 3.5mm headphone jack on top of the device.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

That sounds nitpicky, but it can be a nuisance when you’re using the thing every day. Again, that may not be the biggest deal for some, but it’s worth considering how many times per day you press space and backspace and how many squeaks that means you’ll be hearing. Photography by Monica Chin / The Verge.

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The Verge

AUGUST 6, 2020

The speakers are loud and sound great. The result is a loud, full experience that sounds great whether I’m watching a YouTube video, listening to some Spotify, or dialing into a Zoom call. There are four very loud, very nice-sounding speakers on the Tab S7 Plus (two on each side). Photography by Dan Seifert / The Verge.

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The Verge

MAY 5, 2021

In theory, this means the keyboard’s input lag or the time between you pressing a key and the signal being transmitted to your PC, is as minimal as possible, presumably making all the difference in a high-speed gaming situation. While this can sometimes sound rattly on other keyboards, there’s no such problem here.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

They’re consistent, they’re reliable, and they sound quite good for the price After establishing a strong reputation with great, dependable earbuds like the Elite 75t, Jabra is overhauling its whole lineup with three new models. The Elite 3s don’t sound like $80 earbuds, and I mean that in the best possible way.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The sound quality isn’t going to remotely compete with the best from Apple or Sony — there is bass, but it’s not especially pronounced, and instruments can get lost in the mix easily — but it’s average for this price point and just fine for the music or content kids might use them with. Photography by Dan Seifert / The Verge.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

It’s equipped with optical mechanical switches that can theoretically register key presses far faster than their traditional mechanical counterparts. Then, its 8,000Hz polling rate means it can report that key press to your PC nearly instantaneously. Razer’s linear optical switches now come equipped with a silicon sound dampener.

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The Verge

APRIL 6, 2021

The tiny, lightweight speaker has a ton of functionality, but don’t expect sound quality miracles The Sonos Roam is the most focused, calculated product from Sonos yet. The Roam has a curved triangle shape that naturally projects sound both forward and up when it’s laid horizontally. Now onto the main agenda: sound quality.

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The Verge

JUNE 10, 2020

Long-press a notification in the conversations section, and you can choose between three options: Priority, Alerting, and Silent. This all sounds like a lot of silly shuffling when you read about it, but actually using this new system makes immediate sense. You get to it by long-pressing the power button. (In

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The Verge

JULY 11, 2021

I ordered my review unit with Cherry MX brown key switches since I was familiar with them from my Kinesis, and they sound nice and clicky, with a tactile tick for each press. For example, I can press and hold X, C, and V to perform cut, copy, and paste, respectively. Photography by Jay Peters / The Verge.

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The Verge

JUNE 3, 2020

But as ridiculous as it sounds, the Suntable is convergence done right. Multiple Suntables can be linked together for bigger sound, but I wasn’t able to test this. The sound might only be okay, but that’s probably enough. The sound might only be okay, but that’s probably enough for the spaces it’s meant to occupy.

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Engadget

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Like the 14 Ultra before it, it looks like the 15 Ultra will be a photography powerhouse, with the phone rumored to feature a 1-inch main sensor and 200-megapixel periscope telephoto lens. The press release said that IVAS would "allows people to hear sound spatially in real-time, making conversations and interaction natural, and lifelike."

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

The speakers sound good, with very audible bass and percussion. The press required to physically click is firm enough that I ended up doing it with my thumb most of the time. Photography by Monica Chin / The Verge. While you wouldn’t want to use those for serious gaming, they’re capable of running lighter fare.

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The Verge

APRIL 19, 2021

And to round it all out, Roku throws in two customizable shortcut buttons that you can program to remember any voice command and repeat it with a press. If you switch off hands-free mode, you can still press and hold the microphone button on the front of the remote to speak commands. The new $29.99

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

On top of that, it still offers a very good 10x optical zoom, as well as some appealing updates to its photography features. Two stabilized, telephoto cameras and a 108-megapixel main camera are a key part of the S22 Ultra’s strong set of photography features. That’s disappointing from a flagship phone with a huge battery.

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The Verge

MARCH 18, 2022

If the G413 name sounds familiar, it might be because Logitech originally used the name on a keyboard it announced back in 2017. The G413 TKL SE lacks the USB passthrough of the original G413, and it’s also only got 6-key rollover as opposed to 26, which means you’re able to press fewer keys simultaneously before it gets confused.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 26, 2021

If your town looks like San Francisco, where I live, it’s a pressing question: Our once-bustling financial district is a ghost town, but even in outer neighborhoods, the number of vacant storefronts is unsettling. Image Credits: Jon Feingersh Photography Inc / Getty Images. It’s time to abandon business intelligence tools.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 10, 2020

A short press of the power button causes the D11 to spring to life. Fiido claims a range of 40 to 50km (25 to 31 miles) in electric-only (throttle) modes and 80 to 100km (50 to 60 miles) in pedal assist modes, which sounds about right. The rear wheel also rubs with a slight metal-on-metal sound.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The Astro also has Alexa Guard integration, allowing it to alert you to sounds of a broken window or smoke alarm, just like an Echo speaker. It can show you that the oven was left on, but it has no ability to press the buttons itself to turn it off. Photography by Dan Seifert / The Verge.

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The Verge

APRIL 6, 2022

The chassis of the GMMK Pro comes equipped with sound-dampening foam, and the stabilizers are pre-lubed with some heavy-duty grease. But whatever they use on the space bar stabilizers gives them a surprising amount of resistance, and the key can sometimes be slow to return to its normal state after being pressed.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 9, 2021

In practice, though, the high-megapixel count camera is not as great as it sounds, and its 5,000mAh battery can drain too quickly, but these aren’t even its worse offenses. The Moto Edge 5G UW (2021)’s 108-megapixel main camera sounds more impressive than it is. Photography by Gloria Sin / The Verge. Moto Edge 5G UW (2021).

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The Verge

OCTOBER 8, 2021

You’ve still got to press and hold the Alexa button for voice searches or smart home commands. Sound specs between Amazon’s two 4K sticks (each supports Dolby Atmos) are also supposed to be the same, but this is one area where the newer stick pulls ahead because of… Netflix. Photography by Chris Welch / The Verge.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

This does require a surprisingly firm press — I usually had to thunk it a couple times.) While the ZenBook did beat both the 1065G7-powered XPS 13 and the 4800U-powered IdeaPad Slim 7, it didn’t give them the sound drubbing the reference design led me to expect. Photography by Monica Chin / The Verge.

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The Verge

MARCH 28, 2022

That means you still have to rely on sound to find your things instead of fancy AR arrows directing you to an exact location. He also had the option to play a sound to try and find the tracker. However, you won’t get any proactive sound alerts like the AirTag. (At Photography by Victoria Song / The Verge.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

The result is a loud, full experience that sounds great whether I’m watching a YouTube video, listening to some Spotify, or dialing into a Zoom call. Those on the other end of Zoom calls said I sounded muffled and distant, despite my ability to hear them perfectly fine. Photography by Dan Seifert / The Verge.

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The Verge

MARCH 8, 2021

There’s the camera in its expected place, a built-in nightlight below that, and a round illuminated circle indicating where to press. The light is either on or off — there’s very little in the way of customization — and it is searingly bright, which is unpleasant if you’re the person walking up to the door to press the doorbell.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

You can use your face to unlock the phone (no need to press the power button first), and ask the phone to bring you to the last app or webpage that was opened (rather than the lockscreen). While this doesn’t sound like much, those extra seconds really add up over the course of a day and can make you question your sanity.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Aside from that, I write about gaming peripherals, write reviews and how-tos, and help the news team cover pressing stories. JBL doesn’t make these USB-powered speakers anymore, so they currently cost more than they originally sold for (and are worth), but I really enjoy their simplicity and sound. You can sign up here !)

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