Let the console war begin as both Sony and Microsoft have recently unveiled their next-generation consoles, scheduled to be released in 2020. Now, I've read and seen images of what Sony has to offer with their PS5. And I must say, I'm quite impressed. But equally impressive is the Xbox Series X. Aside from the hardware, which will get to in this post. The design is fascinating, which looks very similar to a gaming desktop. Rather odd since gaming consoles often have a very compact build.
By now, you're a state probably in a state of panic and not sure what to get your friends or loved ones for Xmas. By the time this post is published, you now have one full week to get your shopping done. I'll simplify things for you by suggesting that you add tech accessories to the shopping list. I mean, who couldn't use a new thumb drive, or even a case for your smartphone. These are practical gifts I'm sure will be put to full use.
How to buy a laptop? A difficult question to answer. No matter the price point or brand, the choices are limitless. Dare I say an overly saturated market. Then again, you'll find the laptop the primary computing source in the home, classroom, and business. Now there some impressive laptops on the consumer market. But your purchase depends solely on needs and usage.
Understand this; I have no intention of being one many consumer who will participate in the torturous event known as Black Friday. If you plan on going to your local retail chain on that particular day, prepare yourself for uncontrollable chaos. Oh, there's the 50-inch screen TV I want, let me wrestle it out of the hands of an elderly lady with blue hair.
Mini PC cases, well, the technical term is mATX, which in my opinion, isn't the most appealing chassis in regards to design and spacial accommodation. But the new Montech mATX has altered my views on mini PC cases as a whole. Montech is a reputable brand based out of Taiwan. Similar to Corsair and Thermaltake, the company manufactures CPU coolers, power supply units, and yes, PC cases.
The probably the most popular listening device on the planet is the Apple AirPod. I mean, they are everywhere. If you live in New York City as I do or any other city, for every one person there are ten individuals with AirPod's. But despite its popularity, the AirPod for me had some glaring issues. No active noise cancellation, they don't securely stay in your ear canals and the audio quality is a bit bland.
Several contributing factors can cause your battery to rapidly drain on an Android smartphone. Bright OLED screens, slimmed-down form factors, a faster processor, and software that lies doormat in the background, all can take a significant toll on the phone's battery. Not surprising to find many smartphone users bring along all sorts of accessories to preserve or boost battery power. Just so you know, the charging cable, external battery brick, and charging case is currently packed away in a knapsack
I don't think anyone saw this coming, well, at least I didn't. The long-rumored noise-canceling AirPods Pro will finally come to fruition. No October product event is needed as Apple made their announcement via press release. These are premium earbuds; the price indeed dictates that at $249 and will be released on October 30th. Pre-orders for the AirPod Pro is now available.
No matter the branding home assistant Speakers are a popular gadget that’s in many homes by the millions. But if you currently own the Google Home, Mini, and Max, you may be in the majority who have non-functioning devices as a result of faulty firmware upgrades. Can you hear me shaking my head?
Ah leaks, you got to love them when it entails anything tech. The latest such leaks that caught my attention is a mysterious motherboard from Gigabyte posted on the Internet. According to reports, this motherboard carries an Auros branding. If you take a close look at the image, notice the symbol next to the socket, which further speculates that this motherboard explicitly is made for AMD's upcoming third-generation Ryzen Threadripper processor, that's set to launch next month.
Samsung Note 10, then we have Apple who just unleashed their iPhone 11 a few weeks back, now it's Google turn to raise the curtains and reveal their new smartphone. Ladies and gentlemen, I bring you the Google Pixel 4 and Pixel XL. Lot of features and specs to cover in this post. So with that said, here's what you need to know about Google's newest flagship smartphone.
In today's PC realm, 16GB of RAM is sufficient enough to get you through any PC related tasks. Anything over that capacity is considered to be overkill. But we're living in an age where some applications demand that you exceed the standard capacity in both RAM and storage drives. With that said, G.Skill is introducing a handful of new high capacity and performing DDR4 memory kits that consist of 32GB dual-modules, offering up to an astounding 256GB.
For months rumors have circulated that AMD may release entry-level based Navi Radeon graphics cards to market. Well, those rumors are now put to rest as AMD makes it official by announcing their new Radeon RX 5500 family. The new graphics cards are a level below the current Radeon RX 5700 variants that currently on the market.
By the time this post is published, it would have been a full 24 hours since Microsoft held its yearly Surface event, which took place here in New York City — living up to the hype and rumors that circulated on the Internet months before launching the Surface Laptop 3.
My hardware pick of the month is indeed a good one for those looking to upgrade to an NVMe SSD hard drive. The Kingston 500 GB M.2 2280 NVMe SSD PCIe 3.0 hard drive is an easy choice not because of its reasonable price point, which I'll get to later in this post. It's high-performance gains you'll be getting once you install this drive into your system.
I've had time to digest everything I needed to know about the iPhone 11 Pro series and came away quite impressed with what Apple has to offer. In regards to the smartphone's hardware, again, impressive. The iPhone 11 Pro now sports an A13 Bionic chip, have a bigger battery ( 3969 mAh for the Pro Max) and an XDR OLED display. Though the smartphone retains 12MP camera or cameras plural, Apple now adds a third ultra-wide camera.
The HP ZBook 14u G6 is probably the most interesting device I've profiled on Hardware Breakdown. The display in comparison to most laptops on the market is rather small at, yet packs some serious features and hardware that would classify it to be a mobile workstation.
The Logitech has just announced the Logitech G604, wireless gaming mouse which is an updated version from the G602, making it's market debut back in 2013.
The graphic card, processor and other components get more powerful and faster by the year. The PC peripherals do not follow the same blueprint pretty much staying the same. For the most part, manufacturers tend to focus on value, trends, product design, and innovation.
The thought has come to mind to purchase a Fire TV Cube. Good thing I held off from buying the device as Amazon is on the verge of releasing a second-generation model. Similar functional features to the first generation variant, the new Fire TV Cube will offer upgrades over the original version. The noticeable change is to Hardware. The Fire TV Cube will now have an octa-core processor. According to Amazon, this makes it the "fastest most powerful Fire TV" ever.
