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All for great tech, anti BS. Have written for MacNN, Electronista, Notebookcheck and Slashgear.

Sydney, Australia
Joined April 2010
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Pixel 9 Pro features "powered by the Tensor G4" bast at AI - benchmarks warst. EveRydAY uSaBilITy
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The iPhone 14 Pro Max megapill front on and the fully revealed in bright light. 👀
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The one Apple accessory that is 100% compatible with my Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra 😂
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@formula1god You know what they say, one pole leads to another.
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Shot on the iPhone 14 Pro Max I’m about to dump for this…😅
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Yooo! To celebrate hitting 3K followers, I’m giving away these near new Galaxy Buds2 Pro!!! Just 1) follow (if you don’t already) 2) like and 3) retweet for a chance to win! Will ship globally to the winner - comp open for the next 7 days with winner revealed this time next week!
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Time for another *global* giveaway! I will be giving away each of these 3 brand new Google devices over the next 3 weeks. Wk 1 winner will get the Nest Mini, Wk 2 the Chromecast and Wk 3 the Nest Hub. To win you must follow me, like and retweet this tweet - it’s that simple! 🎉
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To celebrate 1,500 followers I'm going to give away this near-new Galaxy Watch4 Classic 44mm BT to a random person anywhere in the world who likes, retweets and follows in the next 36 hours!!!
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It's taken a while, but I'm finally at 1,500 followers! 🙌🙌 Thanks for all your interesting and fun takes on tech - keeps me coming back for more!!! 💪💪💪
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I'm switching back to Android from the iPhone 13 Pro Max to the Galaxy S22 Ultra as my daily. Love its fast, fluid UI and excellent camera system. Trading incredible battery life and the superb Watch S7 Edition, but the S22U also feels so much better in the hand.
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As usual, The Simpsons predicting the near future lol
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One of those classic Apple touches to bring in the New Year…nice.
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So after roughly two weeks of blind tests the winner of my Pixel 6 Pro, iPhone 13 Pro Max and Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra comparo is…the Galaxy S21 Ultra! It took out 9 of 16 rounds. The Pixel 6 Pro was second winning 5 rounds. Last winning just 2 rounds was the iPhone 13 Pro Max.
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First impressions of the S23 Ultra. The SD8G2 is the kind of chipset the Galaxy Ultras have been crying out for. Amazing battery life, gorgeous design and build, fast and fluid UI, great display, very good speakers, and an excellent camera system. Ticks all the right boxes. ✅
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@iupdate Do you use it as a sex toy? Asking for a friend.
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New iPhone 14 Pro Max in Space Black looks great. The stainless steel frame in black looks slick AF. Yes, the camera bump is a big boy! Will be setting up and posting some comparo picks soon!!
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Remember when Android phones only had micro-USB ports? Boy those days sucked…
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I recently cracked the 5K follower mark 🎉🎉🎉 and I though I should celebrate with a give away! Just be a follower, like and retweet this post to be in with a chance to win. This is a *global* competition. Five prizes up for grabs - let's go!
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I have to say, this is a laughable. Yes, it has great software, yes it has generally very good cameras. But it has a sub-pro chip, display, battery life, and charging speeds. Hard pass.
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iPhone 14 Pro Max time!
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Astro shot taken near Picton NSW, Australia with the Galaxy S23 Ultra this evening, local time.
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Every iPhone user the past few years: Always-on displays just suck your battery life. iPhone 14 Pro will have AOD: Awesome! Can't wait to use it with our innovative new customisable lockscreens!!!
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This is a great use case for the Samsung Galaxy Fold series paired with the Samsung Wireless Car Charger - especially if you don't have a car that supports Android Auto. So good!!
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The 14.6” Super AMOLED display on the Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra is the best I have ever seen on a tablet or laptop. It is simply stunning.
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Um, is it just me, or does the new Windows 12 look suspiciously more like macOS than ever before? Image credit: Zak Bowden.
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On the left we have the Moto Edge 30 Fusion ($599) and on the right we have the Pixel 7 Pro ($899). Despite being priced cheaper, the Moto has a 10-bit native P3 display and the Pixel 7 Pro just an 8-bit sRGB display that uses dithering to emulate P3 colour. Same wallpaper too.
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iPhone 14 Pro Max in Midnight leather MagSafe case. [Shot on Galaxy Z Fold4]
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So my Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra turned up today. This thing is huge - the size of a fully fledged laptop. My initial impression is this is the closest thing yet to a mobile-based OS tablet that can genuinely be considered as a laptop replacement thanks to Samsung DeX on this scale.
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When iPads first launched, 10 hour battery life was revolutionary. Over a decade later, battery life is still rated 10 hours. With MacBooks offering over twice that now, I’m over it. Some Samsung tabs get over 15 hours. C’mon Apple!
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Shot on iPhone 13 Pro Max, main lens, 4:3, no edits.
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One of the strangest things you can do on Android that you can’t do on an iPhone: - Listen to Apple Music in lossless audio over Bluetooth.
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You can only have one - which do you choose and why?
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Anyone frequently use the long press function in either Android or iOS?
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This is the No. 1 reason I switched back to the iPhone 13 Pro Max after nothing but Android for the past four years…
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New AirPods Pro 2 have landed. They sound great, as expected. Rich, full sound straight of the box, zero EQ needed. Superb!
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Almost ready for my grand experiment to immerse myself in the ‘ecosystems’ of the big three: Apple, Google and Samsung. Just waiting on October 6…
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1/ So I have been listening closely to the Samsung Buds2 Pro, Apple AirPods Pro (gen 2) and the Sony WF-1000XM4 earbuds and have some thoughts...
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The ceramic finish on the Oppo Find X5 Pro is truly stunning...😍
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Four days into using the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1-powered @Xiaomi #12sultra and I have only charged it twice so far. This includes leaving it on overnight. TSMC's process has transformed this chip. It is right up there with iPhone 13 Pro Max for battery life.
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Shot on iPhone 13 Pro Max, wide-angle, 16:9. Unedited.
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@RBR_Daily What about at least putting out a statement in support of Perez at the very least? Lame.
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An S23 Ultra moonshot taken at 8am local time in daylight. So much for the "It's all AI/fake" bullshit. You can clearly see here how dependent it's imaging of the moon at night is on *optical* light (brightest object in night sky), not AI, to get those details.
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So I ended up getting the Sky Blue Galaxy S23 Ultra 12GB/512GB model. Got a great deal on it, including getting an extra $300 AUD off the price thanks to Samsung rewards points for previous purchases. Might take slightly longer to get to me, but the wait will be worth it!
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@donwinslow For a Democrat, he makes a great Republican.
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@SamiFathi_ Looks like a shitty iOS Android rip off skin…
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Apple didn't need to pay the benchmark to favour it - Primate Labs founder, John Poole, is a self-confessed Apple aficionado. In fact, buying a Mac was why he created Geekbench before it went "cross-platform".
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Accusations that Apple paid off benchmark developers so its iPhone can beat Samsung's latest models are unfounded, and based on tribalism. Here's why.
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The iPhone 13 Pro Max truly has all-day battery life and then some…
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@Chaitanya7483 Totally. That is what I could see.
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@RBR_Daily Bye-bye Red Bull garage (RB19), hello AlphaTauri garage (ATO5).
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S22 Ultra owners - would you buy this for phone?
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Some Samsung UI screenshots from my Galaxy S7 that I took back in 2016...
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@FastestPitStop Born with a silver spoon in his mouth and expects everything to be just handed to him... 🤮
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Four of the best smartphones on the market with four of the best smartphone camera systems going. There can be only one winner - my latest megablind camera test starts tonight local Sydney time!!! Are you ready???!!!
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The Apple Watch S7 Edition in Space Black Titanium with the new Black Unity braided Solo Loop band.
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These are all the smartphones I have in my possession right at this moment. Galaxy S22 Ultra (SD8G1), Vivo X80 Pro (Dimensity 9000), iPhone 14 Pro Max (A16), Pixel 7 Pro (Tensor G2), Moto Edge 30 Ultra (SD8+G1). Feel free to ask me any questions about them...👇
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@RjeyTech The beauty of Apple customer support. Say what you want about Apple, but no other brand makes it this easy to change out devices that have issues.
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Rocking the official Samsung Galaxy Watch5 Pro titanium bracelet - really helps give it a lift in presence, style and quality. 😍
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The new Apple iPhone 14 Pro Leather MagSafe case and Watch Leather Link in the new Umber hue look 🔥🔥🔥
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Absolutely loving the AirPods Pro 2 and the Apple Watch Ultra. Just a shame I need an iPhone to enjoy them! 😅
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Smartphone of the Year: Galaxy Z Fold4 Most overrated: Pixel 7 Pro Breakthrough: Xiaomi 12S Ultra 1-inch sensor Best value: Moto Edge 30 Ultra Best budget: Pixel 6A Best OS: Android 13 Buggiest OS: iOS 16 (My phone: iPhone 14 Pro Max because, battery, Watch Ultra, AirPods Pro 2)
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Two Android flagship phones - Google Pixel 7 Pro and Motorola Edge 30 Ultra. Both are priced at around US$899. Which do you choose and why? (Key specs included for reference):
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Just grabbed a new Pixel 7 Pro for an upcoming smartphone megablind test and met this bug straight out of the box that wouldn't let me bring up the keyboard to type a password to connect to a Wi-Fi network...🤦‍♂️
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@PapaUwUx @FastestPitStop When VERS actually wins a title not tainted by scandal, get back to me.
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My latest smartphone camera blind test starts around this time tomorrow. This time it is the iPhone 13 Pro Max, Pixel 6 Pro and Galaxy S22 Ultra going H2H.
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Blindtest! iPhone 14 Pro Max, Galaxy Z Fold4 and Pixel 6 Pro - no edits, *photos in no particular order*. Which do you prefer? A, B, or C? Poll below!
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Something people forget, is that Apple is crushing the Android competition on SoCs with just 6 cores (only 2 of which a P-cores) versus 8 cores. Not only that, they are also more power efficient to boot. Their E-cores are incredible. Apple’s chips are just on another level.
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I know that benchmarks aren’t everything and the Android phone (Galaxy S22 Ultra) does not even run the best Snapdragon processor, but damn. The gap in CPU between Apple’s SoC and other SoCs got even bigger this time, even when compared to Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 or Dimensity 9000+.
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Why on Earth are Apple fanboys tweeting this like it's a good thing when Apple is going to exploit a loophole - at *their* own expense? 🤦
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Fun fact: Those lens element shots you see OEM's use to highlight their cameras? Most are made from plastic. Only the new Oppo Find X5 Pro, Sony Xperia Pro-I and Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra use a real glass front element. Oppo⬇️says it reduces chromatic aberration by up to 77%.
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@redbulletin It's boring because F1 is and always has been about the race to come first and you want to see a fight for first place in each race and ultimately the title. Simple.
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Look, it’s Apple’s 👁️Cloud spotted in the wild!
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The Samsung Galaxy Watch4 Classic in Silver is a pretty thing indeed.
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@wtf1official Obviously 69, duh…
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Don't know about you guys, but I prefer my hole punches on the back of the device rather than in the display... #iPhone #Apple @madebygoogle
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@FastestPitStop "New rules will bring closer racing" LOLOLOLOLOLOL
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Another day, another iOS 16 bug… #apple #ios #iphone
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the dynamic island looks like ASS in sunlight 😂☠️
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After 20 rounds we have a winner! Wide, ultra-wide, telephoto, macro cameras were all tested over a wide range of situations and lighting conditions. Just 20 points separated the field with all phones scoring at least 4 outright round wins.
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Last 3 of 20 rounds of my megablind test are live with voting closing in the next several hours. After 17 rounds, the contest is incredibly tight - two phones are currently tied 1st on 295 points, 2nd place is on 293 points and 4th place is on 289 points. It is still anyone’s!
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@FastestPitStop The mentality of a person is surely much more to do with their individual personality than their cultural influence, is it not?
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One rule I have for my new iPad Pro is that I will absolutely not use it as a laptop replacement.
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I have to say the new Google Pixel 7 series looks stunning! Can't wait for the Pixel Watch to land too!!
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So I just quickly pulled together this table looking at Engadget’s published video rundown battery test data and reviewer comments on a few phones. I…HAVE…NO…WORDS…
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My MacBook Pro w. M1 Pro running Windows 11 on Arm - looks and feels completely native. The virtualisation dream is real thanks to the power of Apple silicon.
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Locked and loaded...
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Windows laptops with touchscreens are grossly underrated.
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This is a clever touch in the Apple Watch Ultra packaging. It gives the latitude and longitude of Apple HQ in Cupertino keeping with the theme of an adventurer watch…
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So my M1 Ultra Mac Studio is humming along very nicely. Hard to believe a package this compact delivers at least the same performance as a desktop Intel Core i9-12900K paired with a desktop Nvidia RTX 3070 while consuming 200W to 300W less power at peak performance. 🤯
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iOS has been influenced by Android just as much as Android has been influenced by iOS. Fight! Sorry, I mean, discuss.
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NGL - this is what I like about using an iPhone the most…
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@SkySportsF1 Ahead of Yuki, or else...
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Anyone expecting a big leap in iPhone 14 Pro camera performance thanks to the new 48MP sensor over the 12MP sensor in the iPhone 13 Pro, prepare to be disappointed: Engadget: “basically indistinguishable” The Verge: “you have to look very closely”
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iPhone 13 Pro Max in Graphite with the Midnight leather MagSafe case looks 🔥🔥🔥
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The current 2022 list of Tom’s Guide smartphone battery life champs. These types of standardised tests are way better than some random reviewer making some casual observation. They have the phone surf web continuously over cellular with the screen set at 150 nits for fairness:
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@DimitriLyon @appltrack Except it’s not cheap - hence why it isn’t selling.
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It's taken a while, but I'm finally at 1,500 followers! 🙌🙌 Thanks for all your interesting and fun takes on tech - keeps me coming back for more!!! 💪💪💪
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Main camera comparison. Galaxy Z Fold4 and Pixel 6 Pro main camera. No edits.
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