The Verge

JUNE 9, 2020

The USB-C passthrough port on the controller unfortunately doesn’t support audio, and the clever vent built to let sound from your phone’s bottom-firing speakers is only useful if your phone has speakers located there. The Pixel 2 XL and Pixel 3 that I used to test feature dual front-facing speakers, which is the ideal scenario.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Upgrading the battery, camera, and screen sounds like an iterative, yearly update; they sound like the so-called “S” updates that Apple used to do for iPhones before its naming schemes became unpredictable. Updated on October 5th, 2021 to include results from longer-term testing with the iPhone 13 Pro Max.

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The Verge

AUGUST 6, 2020

And aside from a few tweaks Sony made to how it upscales music, the 1000XM4s sound just like their predecessors — a very good thing, trust me. This also lets you find your misplaced headphones by playing a sound through them, and you’ll get low-battery notifications when that 30-hour runtime is nearly exhausted. Look familiar?

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 18, 2013

In the early days of Twoodo (not so long ago), we had little money to spend on acquiring new users but a huge need for users to visit, sign-up and test the first version of our website. Sounds familiar, doesn’t it? Here were the main stats after two weeks of testing: Number of articles commented on: 40. per comment).

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2022

Calculating TAM, SAM and SOM sounds like an existential exercise, but there’s no need to dread it “if you approach market sizing methodically,” says Marjorie Radlo-Zandi, a veteran investor and entrepreneur. Image Credits: KRICAK PHOTOGRAPHY (opens in a new window) / Getty Images.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Consequently most of the photography advancements of the last few years have been done on the computational side. The future of photography is code. It’s harder than it sounds, though — usable imagery has been generated in labs, but it’s not the kind of thing that you take to Apple or Samsung.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

I’ve put those performance claims to the test over the past week, and the results are surprising. During my testing, I found this new cooling system to be a lot quieter than what I’ve experienced from AMD’s previous cards. 1440p testing. For 1440p tests, I hooked up the 6800 XT to a 27-inch Asus ROG Swift PG279Q monitor.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Google’s latest smart speaker has good sound and an attractive price Four years is an eternity in the modern tech product world, but that’s exactly how long it’s been since Google’s first smart speaker, the Google Home , was released. Still, the Nest Audio’s shape is hard to describe without accidentally sounding pejorative.

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The Verge

AUGUST 29, 2021

In many cases, using the headphones you already love will also give you better sound quality than you’d get buying a single-purpose gaming headset. The older BoomPro used an omnidirectional mic, which allowed more ambient sound to come through. Photography by Chris Welch / The Verge. USB-C adapters work fine too.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

In my testing, I’ve found this light-up panel to be harder to see from across the room than the Echo’s glowing ring. HomePod mini sound quality. With the first HomePod, Apple prioritized sound quality above all else. I say “good” because, for its size, the HomePod mini sounds quite nice.

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The Verge

JULY 21, 2020

The OnePlus Buds have strong battery life, decent sound, and a stable wireless connection. Our goal is always to provide a great balance between high-quality sound, fast charging, comfort, and a reasonable price. Like with AirPods, the open-air design of the OnePlus Buds will limit their sound potential.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 3, 2020

In testing, the ZenBook covered 100 percent of the sRGB gamut and 100 percent of the Adobe RGB gamut, and it reached 452 nits at maximum brightness. Asus says the hinge is “durability tested” for over 20,000 open / close cycles, and it feels sturdy enough. Photography by Monica Chin / The Verge.

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The Verge

JULY 17, 2020

The most powerful configuration costs $1,199.99, which is the one that I’ve been testing. This test proves that this processor rips and tears. Games that run at 100+ frames per second look especially good since this model I’m testing has a 144Hz refresh rate FreeSync screen that displays graphics without tearing or distortion.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

At 6.3mm thick when flat (12.8mm folded), it’s not nearly as thin as the dual-screen Microsoft Surface Duo , but it sounds thinner than Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 2’ s 6.9mm frame (including the camera) and bulging 16.8mm folded hinge. There’s also a pair of stereo speakers, two SIM card slots, Wi-Fi 6 and USB-C fast charging. waterOS 2.0

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The Verge

MARCH 21, 2021

V-Moda’s first noise-canceling headphones are built well and have balanced sound, but they fall short on features Apple’s AirPods Max just might have ushered in a new norm of $500-plus wireless headphones. Out of the box with EQ settings left untouched, the M-200 ANCs have an extremely neutral sound profile.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 20, 2020

It sounds straightforward, but there are lots of ways this training can go wrong. To help root out this bias, Adobe has set up review teams and an AI ethics committee that test the algorithms every time a major update is made. “We A big one is biased data. One of the biggest challenges we have is preserving the skin tone,” says Costin.

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The Verge

JANUARY 20, 2021

My test unit is 2.19 Asus says the keyboard has a lifespan of up to 10,000,000 keystrokes, per its durability testing. In my testing, it lasted an average of 10 hours and 47 minutes — and that was while multitasking with a decent load of Chrome tabs and apps at 200 nits of brightness. All this sounds great, so what’s the catch?

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The Verge

JUNE 14, 2021

Beats says it has put an incredible amount of work into how the Studio Buds sound. Now onto the sound. The Beats Studio Buds feature a new driver architecture, so while the company aimed for its signature “powerful” sound, there’s a noticeable difference when you compare these to the Powerbeats Pro. Each has its own strengths.

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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

JANUARY 21, 2021

It’s more capable, too, operating with the aptX low latency (aptX LL) codec that delivers good-sounding audio with no perceivable lag. Using the receiver, the GTW 270 Hybrid can be especially great for fast-paced games where sound cues count for success; but really, it’s nice to have for any title. But the sound isn’t too compromised.

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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. They’ve been easy to memorize in my time testing the Jib True buds. I’ve been quite pleased with how the OnePlus Buds Z sound. The $29.99 Despite their $49.99

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The Verge

JANUARY 14, 2021

If those sound similar, it’s because the hardware is virtually identical to the cameras found on last year’s Galaxy S20 and S20 Plus phones. The S20 Ultra’s camera tried to shoot for the moon, with its 108-megapixel sensor and 100x zoom mode that promised photography that could live up to the “ultra” moniker of the rest of the phone.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

So to give them the best answer, I tested nine different projectors in my apartment. For this test, I looked at DLP and LCD types, which are common for home projectors and also one laser projector, ranging in price from $530 to $2,800. But for this test, we kept the budget as reasonable as possible. there’s a lot.

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The Verge

MARCH 12, 2021

I tested the more expensive configuration, which costs $1,249 and has a Core i7-1165G7 (one of Intel’s top 11th Gen processors), 16GB of RAM, and a 1TB SSD. MSI claims the B15 has “military-grade durability,” and while that’s a difficult claim to test, there’s very little flex in the B15’s lid and keyboard. pounds and 0.67

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

as tested) the Spectre x360 is easily my new favorite 2-in-1 laptop. My test unit has an FHD option that HP says should reach 400 nits of brightness. I measured it multiple times, but it only reached 285 in my testing — which is dimmer than I’d hope to see from a device at this price point. There’s a single USB 3.2

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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

JUNE 23, 2021

To test this, I had Terry ride very quickly down busy midtown Manhattan streets. A white box comes up on the screen every time an image is captured in lieu of the sound or screen blackout of a shutter. I shot Terry with the 100-400mm Sony G Master lens, which has the latest and greatest linear XD focusing motors in it.

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The Verge

JUNE 8, 2021

Sony’s new earbuds deliver on sound, battery life, and beat all comers at noise cancellation Sony first released its WF-1000XM3 earbuds nearly two years ago, and though they offered some of the best noise cancellation and sound quality you could find at that time, a lot has changed since. WF-1000XM4 earbuds. Impressive stuff.

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The Verge

JULY 10, 2020

I attempted to run our routine video test (which involves exporting a five-minute, 33-second 4K video) multiple times using hardware acceleration, and Adobe Premiere Pro consistently crashed during the export. At the risk of sounding like a broken record, typing on it feels like typing on the Dragonfly. It’s an excellent keyboard.

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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. But I’ve been largely happy with how these sound, and they hold their own against the Amazon Echo Buds 2, Galaxy Buds 2, Jabra earbuds, and others in their price range.

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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

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. I tested the Suntable in two outdoor spaces. I also tested it at the beach. So that’s how I tested it. Dog and iPhone enjoying the shade.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

This is the second AMD system I’ve reviewed that hasn’t played nice with Adobe Premiere Pro — I wasn’t able to run our traditional export test using hardware acceleration without the system crashing. The 14-inch, 1920 x 1080 IPS panel is rated for 300 nits of brightness, but it only got up to 260 in my testing. It feels well-made.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Beats assured me that the Flex earbuds have passed the company’s usual set of reliability tests. It should come as no surprise considering the price gulf, but both of those will sound noticeably better than the Beats Flex, as well. Photography by Chris Welch / The Verge.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Great sound, full of features, but the fit might be a deal-breaker The Audeze Penrose has almost everything I want in a wireless gaming headset. Its high-end planar magnetic drivers deliver rich, balanced sound quality that’s easily superior to other models I’ve tested recently. Photography by Cameron Faulkner / The Verge.

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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. The rear wheel also rubs with a slight metal-on-metal sound.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

For the past few days, I’ve been testing the ZenBook 14 UX425EA (specifically, the UX425EA-SH74). Asus says the UX425 meets the MIL-STD-810G testing standard, which means it’s passed a barrage of drop tests, temperature tests, vibration tests, and altitude tests. The display reached 349 nits in our testing.

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