The Humane Ai Pin is a Star Trek combadge for 2024. It's a mobile phone designed to save us from our phones, a wearable computer meant to keep us in touch without putting a screen between us and the world. It’s a bold idea built on a concept that makes a ton of sense.

But it’s also arriving just as skepticism toward AI is building; tolerance for subscription-based gadgets is dropping ... and more important than either of these? It just doesn’t do enough yet – and much of what it does, it doesn't do all that well.

[ABOUT MRMOBILE'S HUMANE AI PIN REVIEW]

This video was produced following ten days with a Humane Ai Pin review sample provided by Humane.

MrMobile does not offer manufacturers the opportunity to preview, edit or approve content before publication. Neither Humane nor any other manufacturer provided compensation in exchange for this coverage.

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[CHAPTERS]

00:00 The 32nd century is here today (sorta)
01:13 Fitting a phone into a pin
04:48 LASERS!
06:43 "Hello Computer" (Voice Interface)
08:39 Burying the Dread (AI)
12:45 Camera samples
14:38 Raw in the middle

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[NOTHING PHONE (2A) REVIEW]

The last time I reviewed a true midrange smartphone was nearly two years ago, with the Google Pixel 6a. So when London-based design, tech, clothing (and phone) company Nothing announced a more affordable version of its flashy Phone (2) … I spent a few days with it between New York and San Francisco to see what $349 gets ya in 2024.

Spoiler alert: quite a bit!

[ABOUT MRMOBILE'S NOTHING PHONE (2A) REVIEW]

This video was produced following eight days with a Nothing Phone 2a review sample provided by Nothing. The device was tested on T-Mobile US between New York City and San Francisco.

MrMobile does not offer manufacturers the opportunity to preview, edit or approve content before publication. Neither Nothing nor any other manufacturer provided compensation in exchange for this coverage. The lone sponsor of this video is Surfshark.

[CHAPTERS]

00:00 It's a good year to spend $349
00:39 Depth of Design
01:52 Let there be (3) lights
03:34 Android ... but not!
04:46 Not much "mid" in this midrange
06:00 Surfshark
06:57 Even the cameras ain't bad
09:01 (Almost) Nothing to complain about
10:24 Disclosures

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[PLAUD NOTE REVIEW]

If I have a gadget weakness beyond mobile phones … it’s probably audio recorders. I came of age in that very special time of the mid-90s when Home Alone 2 was constantly playing on HBO, and I became enamored of Kevin’s Talkboy, with its famous voice-changing feature.

I was so obsessed with the Talkboy that I bought myself a little microcassette recorder from Radio Shack, which I used to document my day-to-day as a middle-school student, trade voice memos with my Dad, and record self-conscious captain’s log entries. By the time I went to college, mobile phones had already started to usurp the role of those dedicated recorders by bundling in no-frills voice memo features, which I used mainly to give my future-self advice while drunk at parties. And today, of course, those voice recorders are a standard component of most of the convergence devices that most of us carry.

But we’re also in a time when countless companies are riding the buzzy bubble of “AI” to resurrect gadget categories long ago subsumed by the smartphone. Plaud is one such company, and its debut product, the Plaud Note, is a totally-2024 upgrade to the microcassettes, MiniDiscs, Talkboys and YakBaks of yesteryear. The question is: does blending beautiful design with ChatGPT make the Plaud Note worth the premium you’ll pay for it?

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This video was produced following six days with a Plaud Note retail unit purchased by MrMobile's publisher, and a second Plaud Note review sample provided by Plaud.

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[ONEPLUS WATCH 2 REVIEW]

“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it."

But seriously: I respect anyone who comes back to the plate after striking out, and the OnePlus Watch 2 is such an improvement over the original that I'd have forgiven the company for dropping the "2" from the name entirely, and pretending the first generation never existed. This is a solid smartwatch driven by some great ideas, at a price point that makes sense.

Thing is: some of those great ideas came from Google (which means we’ll soon see them on other watches) and there are enough app oddities – and compelling competition – to give me a little bit of pause when it comes to this Wear OS watch.

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This video was produced following several weeks with a OnePlus Watch 2 review sample provided by OnePlus. The device was tested with a Pixel Fold, OnePlus Open and Galaxy Fold 5.

MrMobile does not offer manufacturers the opportunity to preview, edit or approve content before publication. Neither OnePlus nor any other manufacturer provided compensation in exchange for this coverage. The lone sponsor of this video is Incogni.

[CHAPTERS]

00:00 Try, try again
00:55 Beautiful beast
02:17 Welcome back, Wear OS
04:42 Incogni
05:46 Useless crown
06:53 Undercooked app
08:22 Priced right

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[MWC 2024 ROUND-UP]

How many ways can you fold a phone? Are Google smartwatches poised for a comeback? Is it time to reconsider modular accessories? And … do you even need a phone anymore?

I’m Michael Fisher and I’ve spent a week in Barcelona at Mobile World Congress 2024 with all the new mobile devices trying to answer those questions!

[ABOUT THIS VIDEO]

MrMobile's MWC 2024 Round-Up was produced following five days at the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona. MrMobile's lodgings were provided by Clicks Technology.

MrMobile does not accept compensation from the manufacturers of the products he reviews in exchange for producing content. No payment was provided and no manufacturer or carrier was afforded a preview, editorial input or copy approval rights concerning this review. The lone sponsor of this video is SurfShark.

[LINKS]

[CHAPTERS]

00:00 Welcome back to Barcelona
00:33 Humane Ai Pin
02:48 OnePlus Watch 2
04:22 Flip phones for days
07:21 HMD – Human Mobile Devices
09:35 Lenovo Transparent Laptop
10:08 Motorola Flexible Display Concept

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[WHEN PHONES WERE FUN: PALM PRE]

You know that satisfying feeling you get when you flick your apps off your screen to close them? Or when you finally get used to gestures and realize how much more fluid they feel than buttons? How’bout just typing right on your home screen to find what you’re looking for? Or, my personal favorite: the simple joy of dropping your phone onto a puck to charge it. It’s kinda like … “when you’re driving, and all the red lights ahead of you are turning green … and going ‘bing … bing … bing.'”

All those features – and so many more – can be traced back to a single progenitor: a phone that promised to think ahead … with a name to match. When it broke cover fifteen years ago, the Palm Pre captivated the press and made the still-new iPhone 3G look pedestrian by comparison.

But just two years after its debut, this phone, its acclaimed software platform and the venerable company that spawned it would all be gone. I’m MrMobile; the year is 2009; and this is the story of the Palm Pre.

[ABOUT WHEN PHONES WERE FUN – PALM PRE, 2009]

This is the 24th in a series of MrMobile videos exploring the mobile tech world's most vibrant period in design and experimentation. In “When Phones Were Fun,” Michael Fisher re-reviews cellphones from the golden age of mobile, the decade-long span from the turn of the century to approximately 2013.

When Phones Were Fun: Episode 24 was produced with Palm and HP products purchased through eBay by MrMobile's publisher, and donated by friends of the channel cited in the credits. The archive photos featured in this video were shot by Michael Fisher on his personal Palm Pre and HP Veer, circa 2009-2011.

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[HONOR MAGIC V2 PORSCHE DESIGN RSR REVIEW]

Behold: the newest “car phone” is here!

No, I don’t mean the car phone from the 80s – I’m talking about the product of the same collaborations that gave us the BMW Motorola Timeport of the 1990s; the Pininfarina Nextel i833 of the mid-oughts; and the Porsche Design BlackBerry and Huawei phones from the 20-teens!

Truth be told, I found those earlier efforts mostly forgettable – because the phones they focused on were already standouts in design and capability, from brands well-established in their respective spaces. But Honor is another story entirely: a company that’s been trying to make a splash since 2016, but which has been held back by circumstances both within and beyond its control.

So as Honor begins offering its groundbreaking super-slim Honor Magic V2 foldable to European buyers, teaming up with German design legend Porsche Design makes all the sense on the continent. (It’s just a shame all its design wins are only skin-deep.)

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This video was produced following several weeks with a Porsche Design Magic V2 RSR review sample provided by Honor. The device was tested on Google Fi in the US and reviewed based on MagicOS software version 7.2.0.122(C892E6R1P2).

MrMobile does not offer manufacturers the opportunity to preview, edit or approve content before publication. Neither Honor nor any other manufacturer provided compensation in exchange for this coverage. The lone sponsor of this video is Anker.

[LINKS]

GTE carphone commercial [YouTube]:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoFLjBNr7E8

Motorola i836 launched by Nextel [MobileTracker.net]:
http://www.mobiletracker.net/archives/2005/06/02/motorola-i836-pininfarina

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[WHEN PHONES WERE FUN: SAMSUNG SPH-A900 / MM-A900 / "BLADE"]

“All of this has happened before, and all of it will happen again.” That Battlestar Galactica quote is never far from my mind, and it came to me recently as I shuffled through a folder of photos I shot over 18 years ago – on the very last feature phone I ever carried as my daily driver.

It was a time of more imitation than iteration, but also a time when traditional mobile phones were plateauing as a newer, smarter form of communicator was poised to take over. I’m Michael Fisher; the year is 2006; and Samsung is still a "fast follower." Join me for a look back at its rapid-release RAZR competitor, the Samsung Blade (aka the A900).

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This is the 23rd in a series of MrMobile videos exploring the mobile tech world's most vibrant period in design and experimentation. In “When Phones Were Fun,” Michael Fisher re-reviews cellphones from the golden age of mobile, the decade-long span from the turn of the century to approximately 2013.

When Phones Were Fun: Episode 23 was produced with an A900 purchased through eBay by MrMobile's publisher. The archive photos featured in this video were shot by Michael Fisher on his personal SPH-A900, circa 2006.

MrMobile does not offer manufacturers the opportunity to preview, edit or approve content before publication. Neither Samsung nor any other manufacturer provided compensation in exchange for this coverage. The lone sponsor of this video is Surfshark.

[LINKS]

Samsung SCH-V740 [Mobile Phone Museum]:
https://www.mobilephonemuseum.com/phone-detail/v740

Samsung SPH-A900 Review [PhoneScoop]:
https://www.phonescoop.com/articles/article.php?a=70

The History Of Us: A Sprint Story [YouTube]:
http..

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[SAMSUNG GALAXY S24 ULTRA REVIEW]

Yes, the bezels are slimmer. Yes, the screen is flat. And yes: the Pen … still has an S in front of it. But if you’re looking for excitement in smartphones (at least those without a hinge), software is where it’s at these days – and that’s why Samsung has chosen to pitch its newest, most-expensive bar-type Galaxy … as an “AI Phone.”

Yeah, the buzzword I managed to mostly avoid at this year’s CES in Las Vegas finally caught up with me at Samsung’s Unpacked event in San Jose – and here’s the thing: AI does actually make it easier to get excited about this year’s Galaxy Ultra. The only question is … for how long.

[LINKS]

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra: The First 24 Hours [GadgetMatch]:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyYUI07hXO0

Galaxy S24 Ultra Unboxing & S23 Comparison [Techisode TV]:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rH8ENcfqW8k

CONFIRMED: The S-Pen ceases to work properly when MagSafe/Qi2 accessories are attached, like wallets, mounts, etc. [M.Brandon Lee / thisistechtoday]:
https://twitter.com/thisistechtoday/status/1748039346752782830

With the Galaxy S24, Samsung is set to disappoint the Android Police podcast (again) [Android Police]:
https://www.androidpolice.com/galaxy-s24-first-take-android-police-podcast/

Podcast: Living In The Future [MediaTek]:
https://i.mediatek.com/podcast#audio_2

Jolla Hands-On [Pocketnow]:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3ehCW5svG8&t=78s

[ABOUT THIS VIDEO]

MrMobile's Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra Review was produced following nine days with a Galaxy S24 Ultra review sample provided by Samsung. The device was evaluated based on software build UP1A.231005.007.S928U1UEUAWM9.

Samsung provided travel to and from the Galaxy Unpacked launch event in San Jose, as well as lodging for the duration of the event and content capture sessions in San Jose and Santa Cruz, California.

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[MRMOBILE'S CES 2024 FAVORITES]

You know the old saying: maybe the real CES is the friends we made along the way.

I told you at the end of last year that 2024 will not see me casting as wide a net to cover every electronic bauble that crosses my radar. Whether you’re talking tech videos or life itself, I think it’s wise to save your awe, your wonder, even your skepticism for stuff that truly gets your attention (one way or the other). That, plus the fact that I was also on the other side of the media/marketing divide this year (hawking a product I helped develop!) means my pick list from the world’s biggest tech show is shorter this time around.

Nevertheless, it was indeed a Good Year at CES 2024 – and from dual-screen laptops to AI handhelds to (yes) a recreational vehicle ... I’ve rounded up the products that got my blood pumpin.’ One of which tells me just how fast that pumpin' is going.

[CHAPTERS]

00:00 A good year (for tech)
01:25 Rabbit R1
04:32 Pebble Flow
06:39 ASUS Zenbook Duo 2024
08:39 Honorable Mentions
09:23 Clicks for iPhone
10:26 RingConn
12:06 Leaving Las Vegas

[MUSIC]

"Luxury" by Ysa [Soundstripe]:
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"Tonic" by Neon Beach [Soundstripe]:
https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/15520

"Philadelphia Bounce" by Ghost Beatz [Soundstripe]:
https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/16218

"Alive" by Lunareh [Soundstripe]:
https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/16494

"Park Pier 3" by JeesGuy [Soundstripe]:
https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/15146

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Steve Jobs was right back in 2007: if smartphones were going to evolve, their physical QWERTY keyboards had to go. But there's a lot of convenience, reassurance, and even fun that comes with keys – and looking back after 17 years, it's possible that as a society, we threw the buttons out with the bathwater.

So let’s change that. I’m Michael Fisher, and I co-founded a company that's bringing real buttons to the iPhone, with a Creator Keyboard inspired by some of my favorite phones of the past (that enhances one of the most popular phones of today). Introducing: Clicks for iPhone!

[ABOUT THIS VIDEO]

Michael Fisher is a co-founder of Clicks Technology, and as such has a financial interest in its success. That makes this video unique in the history of the MrMobile channel, as the manufacturer being covered is also the content creator producing the coverage!

Nevertheless, the script for this hands-on was developed independently by Michael Fisher, with only limited input from the Clicks Technology team for legal oversight and fact-checking purposes. The opinions contained herein are entirely those of Michael Fisher.

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[VIDEO CREDITS]

The Guild: Joseph Hofer [Lossless Creative]:
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Sprint Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE Review [Pocketnow]:
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CrackBerry Kevin Talks BlackBerry with Cheddar! [CrackBerry]:
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[CHAPTERS]

00:00 Buttons with the bathwater
00:55 MrMobile: manufacturer! (disclosure)
01:37 Clicks for iPhone: The What
04:11 The Why
06:04 The Why Not
08:09 How Much (& When)
09:12 Just because something's old ...

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[THE LEFTOVERS: 2023]

From Apple Park in Cupertino; to Ice Cream Bay in Shenzhen; to a hundred-mile ride across Long Island on an e-Bike … MrMobile has covered a lot of ground this year. And I’ve had some firsts along the way: sitting down with Rick Osterloh to talk mobile AI; being among the first to fondle the new iPhones (for the first time); and delving ever deeper into the world of foldables – first with a handful of hinges from Oppo, then deep inside the Dongguan durability dungeons of OnePlus.

But despite seeing and doing all that, my ever-narrowing range of interests … and my ever-ascending age meant that I just couldn’t get to every product that I wanted to. I’ll explain why that’s not likely to change in 2024 – but first, let’s close the book on 2023 with all the best tech I missed (or skipped) in MrMobile's latest episode of The Leftovers!

[ABOUT THE LEFTOVERS 2023]

MrMobile’s “The Leftovers” 2023 edition was produced following extended testing of the review samples and purchased items included in this episode:

Ecovacs Deebot X1 Omni [Review unit]:
https://www.ecovacs.com/us/deebot-robotic-vacuum-cleaner

Sony Xperia 1V [Review unit]:
https://electronics.sony.com/mobile/smartphone/all/p/xqdq62-b

Montblanc MTB-03 [Review unit]:
https://www.montblanc.com/en-us/in-ear-headphone_cod1647597320769348.html

teenage engineering TP-7 [Purchased]
https://teenage.engineering/products/tp-7

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 [Review unit]
https://www.samsung.com/us/smartphones/galaxy-z-fold5

MrMobile does not accept compensation from the manufacturers of the products he reviews in exchange for producing content. No payment was provided and no manufacturer or carrier was afforded a preview, editorial input or copy approval rights concerning this review. The lone sponsor of this video is dbrand.

[CHAPTERS]

00:00 A year of firsts
00:58 Eecovacs Deebot X1 Omni
03:09 ..

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[MOTOROLA RAZR 2023 REVIEW]

It is, for better or worse, that time of year. To take in the holiday decorations; to celebrate the milestones of the past three hundred-some-odd days; to share a good meal, a few drinks, and a round of pool with friends new and old. In other words, it’s time to be present. To stay in the moment, instead of in your messages; to feed your soul instead of scrolling the feed. And if you don’t have the will to do that yourself, Motorola has just the phone for you – with an app to help you unplug; a design to help you shut down; and a camera … well, a camera so bad you’ll almost never want to use it. Join MrMobile for the Motorola Razr 2023 Review!

[LINKS]

WESTCLOX Travel Alarm Clock [Antique and Vintage Clocks]:
https://antiquevintageclock.com/2018/05/17/the-travel-alarm-clock-by-westclox/

Vintage WESTCLOX Gold Tone Windup Travel Alarm Clock [Sustainable Deco]:
https://www.sustainabledeco.com/products/vintage-westclox-gold-tone-windup-travel-alarm-clock-in-brown-case-made-in-taiwan

Can Foldable Phones Become Lifeline for the Declining Global Smartphone Market? [TrendForce]:
https://www.trendforce.com/news/2023/11/07/news-can-foldable-phones-become-lifeline-for-the-declining-global-smartphone-market/

[ABOUT THIS VIDEO]

MrMobile's Motorola Razr 2023 Review was produced following several weeks with a Razr 2023 review sample provided by Motorola. The device received one software update during the review process, and was evaluated based upon version T2TV33.45-83-2.

During the review process, Motorola hosted a holiday dinner for media and press in New York City, which MrMobile attended. Food, drink and travel provided by Motorola.

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[GOOGLE PIXEL 8 PRO REVIEW / GOOGLE PIXEL WATCH 2 REVIEW]

It took me seven weeks and two trips to tropical microchip conferences to figure out what to say about the new Google Phone … and even then, I had to rope in its sibling smartwatch and earbud buddies to summon anything of substance. Why? Well, as Daniel Bader said on a recent episode of the Android Police podcast about those microchips:

“Talking about these things is the equivalent of talking about drying paint.”

It’s not because they’re not impressive – in fact he was making the opposite point: that mobile silicon has gotten so good across the board that comparing it is ultimately futile if you’re talking to a mainstream audience. And folks: with smartphone reviews, we’re getting to the same exact point!

The Google Pixel 8 Pro lasts all day. Its display is bright. Its speakers are loud. It “feels good,” as they say, “in the hand.” It’s nearly everything a high-end smartphone should be, offered at a competitive price. To quote the Dismemberment Plan: "WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO SAAAAYYYYYY?"

And that’s good news for the Pixel 8 Pro! Two years after the risky reinvention of the Pixel line, Google has blended boring iteration with buzzworthy innovation to produce a phone that’s easy to recommend. But when you zoom out to include the Pixel Watch 2 and Pixel Buds Pro that complete the Google mobile ecosystem in 2023 … well, the Pixels get a bit fuzzier. Join me for the MrMobile Google Pixel 8 Pro Review / Pixel Watch 2 Review!

[ABOUT THIS VIDEO]

This review was produced following approximately two months with Pixel 8 Pro, Pixel Watch 2 and Pixel Buds Pro review samples, all provided by Google.

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[HP SPECTRE FOLD REVIEW]

The first laptop computer hit the market over forty years ago, and ever since then, we’ve been shackled to the slow evolution of the same core conceit: screen up top; keyboard down low; hinge in between. Yahoo.

Well, it only took one encounter with a flexible display to convince me that the future of computing would be foldable. The Lenovo X1 Fold and ASUS Zenbook Fold pioneered the notion of a laptop that could become a portable desktop, and today, HP is flexing its own multi-modal PC that’s sleeker and more mature than anything that’s come before – at a price that guarantees you’ll never see one out in public. This is MrMobile's HP Spectre Fold Review.

[ABOUT THIS VIDEO]

This review was produced following five weeks with a Spectre Fold review sample provided by HP.

MrMobile does not accept compensation from the manufacturers of the products he reviews in exchange for producing content. No payment was provided and no manufacturer or carrier was afforded a preview, editorial input or copy approval rights concerning this review. The lone sponsor of this video is DeleteMe.

[CHAPTERS]

00:00 The future is foldable
00:55 The future is ... $4,999?
02:04 Sweating the small stuff
03:09 Keeping compromise to a minimum
04:52 DeleteMe
05:56 More Windows, more problems
07:18 Power! LIMITED powerrrrr!
08:52 "HP is having fun again"

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[META SMART GLASSES BY RAY-BAN REVIEW]

Some might say there are already too many cameras out in the world, that adding a camera to a set of sunglasses is at best superfluous, and at worst creepy.

But the first time I put these Ray-Bans on, I was reminded of a quote that Parts Unknown producer Tom Vitale shared from the late Anthony Bourdain, who “often talked about how, in an ideal world, he wouldn't be in [his own] show. It would [instead] be his point of view, like a camera moving through space, without having to see him at all.”

To be clear: I'm not sure Bourdain would have given up his beloved Persols for anything, let alone a Meta-made piece of wearable tech. But these smart glasses offer such a refined experience that even the Facebook-fatigued should give them a gander. They're a hybrid of wearable camera and open-ear headphones, blended into a body a little bigger (and pricier) than your regular Ray-Bans, powered by an augmented-reality chipset from Qualcomm called the Snapdragon AR1 Gen 1. The company gave me a review sample at its annual Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii, and after just a few hours wearing them, I didn’t wanna take ‘em off.

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[ONEPLUS OPEN REVIEW]

In the rarefied, near-$2000 air of the ultra-high-end US foldable market, Americans have only ever had two options: the super skinny Samsung Galaxy Fold … or the pudgy, peculiar Google Pixel Fold.

Today, into that obvious “Opening” comes the most compelling device from OnePlus I’ve ever covered: a large-format foldable that rides like a regular phone when it’s closed, with a refreshing take on multitasking when it’s open … and a camera that finally lives up to its colossal casing.

I’m Michael Fisher and I’ve been daily-driving a Galaxy Fold since … well, since the first one! But I think the OnePlus Open may well be my next phone.

[ABOUT THIS VIDEO]

This video was produced following three weeks with a OnePlus Open review sample provided by OnePlus. Pre-production sample running pre-release software. The device received one software update during the review process, and was evaluated based upon version CPH2551_13.2.0.9(EX01).

OnePlus hosted a press event in New York City for the OnePlus Open pre-briefing, which included a camera-testing boat excursion during which food and drink were provided.

MrMobile does not accept compensation from the manufacturers of the products he reviews in exchange for producing content. No payment was provided and no manufacturer or carrier was afforded a preview, editorial input or copy approval rights concerning this review.

[CHAPTERS]

00:00 The most compelling OnePlus ever
00:58 Hardware: light in the pocket, light on the crease
03:53 Software: an “Open Canvas”
07:06 Phone calls and other fundamentals
08:28 Tired: wired charging
09:50 Best camera on an American foldable
12:10 Support, pricing and availability
14:26 Surfshark
15:21 Disclosures/Don’t miss MrMobile’s exclusive!

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"On the One" by Ian Kelosky [Soundstripe]:
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You could say OnePlus flew me halfway around the world to show me a phone ... but it would be more accurate to say the company brought me to China so I could see what’s inside that phone. Today on MrMobile: an exclusive first look at the hardware inside the OnePlus Open -- and the factory full of machines trying their best to break it!

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MrMobile does not accept compensation from the manufacturers of the products he reviews in exchange for producing content. No payment was provided and no manufacturer or carrier was afforded a preview, editorial input or copy approval rights concerning this review.

[CHAPTERS]

00:00 "Opening" up
00:29 Travel / disclosures
01:26 OnePlus Open hands-on
02:25 The hinge that (mostly) hides the crease
04:44 Torture test: bending, twisting & dropping
07:18 The drowning machine
08:26 "Closing" thoughts
09:34 Outro / add'l disclosures

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New OnePlus Folding Phone Exclusive First Look! [Unbox Therapy]
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[OPPO FIND N3 FLIP REVIEW]

Back in February, Oppo shook up the flip phone landscape with a little clamshell that packed a big standout: a cover display that, for the time, was the biggest you could find on a flip. When I factored in the better-than-average camera and the huge battery, the Find N2 Flip convinced me that Oppo had "found" its place in foldables.

But that, as they say, was then. Scarcely eight months after that phone launched in Europe, the Oppo Find N3 Flip adds another camera and a new side switch to a familiar, similarly slippery chassis. But the one thing Oppo could have done – the one thing I think it had to do, to face down its 2023 competition? It hasn’t yet.

[ABOUT THIS VIDEO]

This review was produced following several weeks with a Find N3 Flip review sample provided by Oppo. The review was based on ColorOS software version CPH2519_13.2.0.103(EX01). The device was tested on T-Mobile and Tello Mobile in several states across the Eastern US.

MrMobile does not accept compensation from the manufacturers of the products he reviews in exchange for producing content. No payment was provided and no manufacturer or carrier was afforded a preview, editorial input or copy approval rights concerning this review. The lone sponsor of this video is Speck Products.

[CHAPTERS]

00:00 "Find"ing its place in foldables
00:57 Optimizing an already-good flip phone
03:16 External display: one big missed oppo-tunity
05:13 DeleteMe
06:18 Hardware updates
06:44 A camera worthy of the cosmos?
09:13 A great phone for 2022
11:31 Disclosures
12:26 Outtakes

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[PIXEL 4A CAMERA TEST WEEKEND]

I used to really like smartphones with complicated cameras labeled "professional grade," because with all their features, they urged me to rise to the occasion and become a photographer that was worthy of them. But ever since 2016, I've started to value the opposite: phone cameras so consistently reliable that I can just spray and pray, and more often than not it's going to innately understand the shot I wanted and produce it.

The phone that led to that sea change … was the first-generation Google Pixel launched four years ago, and since that time a Pixel of some form has always populated one of my Peak Design pockets. As someone who spends so much of his time capturing content, the Pixel camera is just too good not to own.

Yet despite its picture-taking prowess and the other benefits I’ll touch on, the Pixel has never sold well - in part because its misses are big enough to counteract its hits. The Pixel 4 had atrocious battery life for a mainstream smartphone, and its launch price started at $799.

Well, *this* phone packs solid battery life for its size, it includes the most important features that make a Pixel a Pixel … and it only costs $350. I’m Michael Fisher; join me for a weekend with the Google Pixel 4a in MrMobile's "Real Weekend Test!"

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[OPPO WATCH REVIEW]

You simply can’t talk about the Oppo Watch without acknowledging that it was made to look like the Apple Watch. From the watchfaces to the band design, even to the retail packaging – I look at the Oppo Watch and all I can think about is the trademark standard “likelihood of confusion,” which I read so much about back in my legal-books-on-tape days. Further, the notion of taking Google’s inconsistent Wear OS software and putting it inside an Apple Watch lookalike – to me it sounds like the worst of all worlds. So when I agreed to review the Oppo Watch ahead of its European release ... quite frankly, I expected to hate it.

Imagine my surprise, then, when after a week of using the thing … it actually won me over. It's still too close to the Cupertino product for me to keep it on my wrist, but the Oppo Watch is one of the most interesting, and most consistently reliable, Wear OS watches I've tested in recent memory. Join me for all the details, in MrMobile's Oppo Watch Review!

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Oppo Watch [UK Site]:
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Oppo Watch Release Date, Price, and Everything You Need To Know [TechRadar]:
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[ONEPLUS NORD REVIEW]

You don't hear much about the risks that come with success. One of them is that the more successful you get, the harder it becomes to impress people. To hear OnePlus tell it, that’s part of the reason it named its newest smartphone (the OnePlus Nord) after the concept of “true north” – because over the past seven years, the company has gradually strayed from its original mission of selling great smartphones at an accessible price … and now it wants to “return to its roots.”

That's a marketing narrative custom-formulated for folks like me, desperate to find an exciting angle on yet another static slab of a smartphone. And to be fair: the OnePlus Nord is an excellent phone, at an opening price we haven’t seen from OnePlus since 2018. But don’t buy a ticket on the hype train unless you read the fine print ... because just like older OnePluses, the Nord comes with concessions. Learn more in MrMobile's OnePlus Nord Review!

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OnePlus Nord Review: The iPhone SE Android Killer [Android Central]:
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OnePlus Nord Review: The Best of OnePlus, For Less [Engadget]:
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The MSi Creator 17, according to my reviewing partner Joshua Vergara, is more "folding desktop" than actual laptop. With its 17" 4K display and desktop-class CPU and GPU suite, its spec sheet was custom formulated for creators of all stripes (hence the name). What's more, coming from the Always-Connected PCs and Razer Blades I've recently covered, the MSi Creator 17's price tag is downright reasonable given everything you're getting. But is that raw power with the sacrifices in build quality, audio output and the keyboard (oh, that keyboard)? Find out in the MSi Creator 17 Review – a special-edition collab with Joshua Vergara of jvtechtea! Then be sure you catch Josh's own MSi Creator 17 Review here: https://youtu.be/jy6AYGZlE6w

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The First Mini-LED Isn't A 14" MacBook [Dave2D]:
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It sounds strange but, just go with me for a second: the key to understanding the Huawei P40 Pro+ … is looking back at a Nokia phone from seven years ago.

The Nokia Lumia 1020 was a revolutionary re-imagining of what a cameraphone could be. In a time when most phone cameras topped out at 12 or 16 megapixels, it brought a monster 41-megapixel sensor that let you crop zoom without the quality loss of those smaller cameras … and it mounted the whole thing on a bed of ball bearings for optical stabilization. In 2013 this was incredible stuff, especially for the (in retrospect, reasonable) price of $649. So why didn’t Nokia run away with the market? Well mainly because it ran a platform called Windows Phone. A platform that failed largely because it just didn’t have the apps people were looking for.

Over the past few years, Huawei has kind of stepped into Nokia’s old spot in the smartphone photography space, by recruiting some of the imaging pioneers from Nokia … by partnering with famed photography brand Leica … and by applying good old-fashioned R&D to produce some stunning phone cameras. The Huawei P40 Pro Plus is the latest evolution of that legacy – so I took it on a road trip from Brooklyn to the boonies … and along the way, this collection of cameras captured my heart. But unless you’re a phone-tweaking geek like me, you’ll probably find that no optical achievement is worth the compromises this phone carries. To see why, join me for MrMobile's Huawei P40 Pro Plus camera review!

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Hey Samsung and Nokia, your tiny phones are cute ... and yeah RIM, if I need to a way for my boss to get a hold of me I’ll for sure pick up one of your "BlackBerry" things. But babes, it’s a new century … and what I really want is a way to use AOL Instant Messenger from my hip.

That’s right: it's 2002 all over again, and the Danger Hiptop / T-Mobile Sidekick is hot off the assembly line! Join Michael Fisher / MrMobile for a close look at one of the most important and influential smartphones in history, from its out-of-nowhere launch to its slow and inevitable demise, from way back in the days When Phones Were Fun!

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[ABOUT WHEN PHONES WERE FUN: T-MOBILE SIDEKICK / DANGER HIPTOP]

This is the third in a series of MrMobile episodes exploring the mobile tech world's most vibrant period in design and experimentation. In “When Phones Were Fun,” Michael Fisher re-reviews cellphones from the golden age of mobile, the decade-long span from the turn of the century to approximately 2009.

When Phones Were Fun: Episode 3 features the T-Mobile Sidekick, a.k.a. the Danger Hiptop. The review samples featured in this video are a Sidekick v1, Sidekick II, two special-edition Sidekick 3, Sidekick 2008, Sidekick LX and a Sidekick Slide, all on loan from Des at T-Mobile. No company paid a fee or otherwise offered compensation in exchange for this coverage, nor did any company preview or approve this content before publication.

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Follow Des on Twitter:
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Why This Was One of the Most Important Phones in History [@TheUnlockr]:
https://youtu.be/0rFVlybdO9s

The Future That Everyone Forgot: Some of the work we did at Danger [Medium]:
https://medium.com/@chrisdesalvo/the-future-that-everyone-forgot-d823af31f7c

Meanwhile, Microsoft Buys Danger For $500M [TechCrunch]:
https://techcrunch.com/2008/02/11/meanwhile-microsoft-buys-danger/

BlackBerry 7100t Review [PCMag]:
https://uk.pcmag.co..