The Fitbit Sense 2 is walking a very fine line between being a smartwatch and a fitness tracker — great at one but not so much at the other.
Fitbit is one of the most well-known brands when it comes to fitness and health-related wearables — and it has been for years. Google purchased Fitbit back in 2019, though it wasn't finalized until 2021, and had stated that Fitbit would release a Wear OS watch. The Fitbit Sense 2 is the latest smartwatch from the brand, and it doesn't run Wear OS. Instead, it uses a refreshed version of Fitbit OS. Though I've never owned a Fitbit, I have preferred a more complete smartwatch experience that includes an expansive app catalog that coordinates with my smartphone. But the Sense 2 is an intriguing device that offers shades of a Wear OS device but with better battery life, dedicated fitness features, and a large community of fellow Fitbit users.
The Amazfit GTR 4 is priced at $199, which makes it cheaper than a lot of other premium watches. Find out if it's good in our review.
For many shoppers, the choice between smartwatches comes down to two big players — Apple and Samsung. On one side, you have the Apple Watch and the Galaxy Watch making up more than half of the smartwatch market. And on the other side, there are brands like Amazfit. Granted, Amazfit hasn't had a flawless run in the past, but their last few smartwatches have been great, particularly for the price. The company's new Amazfit GTR 4 — which I've spent several days with — is no exception. It's a great alternative to some of the best smartwatches out there, and it is a great watch that puts this brand under the spotlight.
It's 2.58 pounds with a big old OLED display.
When it comes to 16-inch laptops, you really have to think about your use case. Some are larger and heavier, packing 45W processors and discrete graphics that wouldn't fit in a 13-inch laptop; that's what you buy if you need more power. Some, like the Acer Swift Edge, serve the same purpose as a smaller laptop, just with a larger screen.
The Vivo X90 Pro+ packs some of the newest and best mobile tech in one big, slightly garish package.
The Vivo X90 Pro+ is an overkill phone in every sense of the word. From the unnecessarily long name to the tacky over-branding on its backside; the gigantic camera bump to the cutting-edge components used, it's the so-called "kitchen sink" phone because Vivo seemingly threw every mobile tech possible at it. In all my years of reviewing smartphones, only a few devices have hit the scene with this much "new" hardware: the Huawei Mate 20 Pro and Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra. The Vivo X90 Pro+ joins the list.
AetherSX2 is the best way to play PlayStation 2 games on your Android smartphone, and we've been testing it out. Check it out here!
PlayStation 2 emulation has been in a weird place on Android for a long, long time. While it's been possible to emulate the system on your smartphone using a certain emulator available on the Play Store, allegations of stolen code and unethical business practices meant many, ourselves included, refused to promote the app, even if it was the best way to play them. Now, AetherSX2 is the best way to play PlayStation 2 games on your Android smartphone. It's free, it's fast, and you can now download it from the Google Play Store. You just need a smartphone with top-of-the-line specifications.
The Huawei Mate 50 Pro is the best phone that Huawei has ever made, but that might not matter to a lot of people.
One of my favorite Android OEMs of all time is Huawei. It's always been a hardware king, packing incredible specifications into devices that were ahead of their time and giving us a window into what Android could be.
The Yeedi Vac Max is a 2-in-1 sweeping and mopping robot vacuum great for people who just want to set something up and let it go.
But if you want a simple vacuum and mopping system, the Yeedi Vac Max robot vacuum with few bells and whistles might just fit the bill.
The Oppo Find N2 is an excellent smaller-sized alternative to the Galaxy Z Fold 4. Oppo really should consider launching this outside China.
The foldable scene is so competitive inside China that it seems like each new release has to set a new foldable hardware benchmark so there can be a marketing angle. This summer's Xiaomi Mix Fold 2 was "the thinnest foldable phone ever". The recently launched Honor Magic Vs has "the largest battery in a foldable phone". And now comes the Oppo Find N2, whose 233g weight makes it the "lightest horizontal foldable" yet (clamshells are excluded).
The Lenovo ThinkVision P27u-20 is an excellent monitor with a lot of great ports, modes, and settings that help you use it in more ways than one
For photographers or content creators, finding the right monitor for a setup at home or in the office can be tricky. The good news is that the Lenovo ThinkVision P27u-20 should be an easy pick.
What NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080?
AMD launched two graphics cards today, the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX and AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT. In this review, we're going to be looking at the latter. Replacing the outgoing RX 6900 series, these new graphics cards are built on the company's RDNA 3 architecture. As a dig at NVIDIA's current pricing fiasco, AMD's new flagship 7900 GPUs are designed to offer solid 4K gaming experiences for less than $1,000.
AMD hits back at NVIDIA's mighty RTX 40 series GPUs.
Today's an exciting day as XDA-Developers has the new AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX in the house! Billed as a much-improved successor to the outgoing RX 6900 series, these new graphics cards are built on the company's RDNA 3 architecture. The flagship 7900 GPU was designed by AMD to offer the ultimate gaming experience for less than $1,000. Is this a subtle dig at NVIDIA's RTX 40 series pricing? Only the performance will tell!
At its price point, can the OLED of Google's base offering compete with those of other companies?
Launching at $599, the Pixel 7 is Google's base offering that's seated between the company's flagship and budget phones. It's still one of the most bang-for-your-buck phones in 2022 thanks to having the same excellent main camera sensor and processing as the Pro model. If you want a competitive point-and-shoot camera with Google's software experience, the Pixel 7 is a great choice.
The second-gen version of the Lenovo Tab P11 Pro is a refresh of an already-popular tablet with a switch to MediaTek in tow.
Android tablets aren't exactly considered the best tablets around, and very few are worthy of being compared to the likes of the juggernaut that is the iPad. However, a couple of decent ones spring to mind, and one of those is the first Lenovo Tab P11 Pro. It was a tablet that you could actually try out the Android 12L beta on, and it packed some decent specifications at a good price. Now the company has come out with a second-generation Tab P11 Pro, which has some improvements over its predecessor.
HP's latest gaming laptop packs a lot of power and a capable cooling system for all your gaming needs, as long as you stay plugged in.
HP's Omen brand makes some great gaming laptops, and the latest Omen 16 is another great addition to the lineup. This model packs 12th-generation Intel Core processors and up to an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti, which can handle just about any game, even on this very sharp Quad HD display. The cooling system also helps with that, and it can move a lot of air around, though it can get a bit loud when it goes full throttle.
Samsung has a monopoly on the large foldable space right now, but Honor can change that.
Honor has a new foldable phone called the Magic Vs, and unlike its previous one or existing foldables from Chinese brands such as Xiaomi or Oppo, it'll launch "globally" in Q1 2023. Honor has not announced specific markets, but the list will very likely include countries like the U.K, Germany, Spain, Singapore, and Malaysia (and almost certainly, not the U.S.). Even if market availability isn't as wide as the word "globally" usually implies, this is still a noteworthy launch because the Honor Magic Vs will finally give Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 4 some competition on a global scale.
The new Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 (2022) is totally redesigned, which means it comes with some pluses and minuses.
Like many of Dell's flagship laptops, the XPS 13 2-in-1 (2022) is a great product and has been for a while. However, this year we got a full redesign, turning it from a 360-degree convertible into a tablet. Now that it's effectively a Gen 1 product, there are some compromises.
Why get a Surface Go tablet when Lenovo makes one that's just as affordable and, in many ways, improves upon Microsoft's formula?
The Surface Pro 9 might be the best Windows 11-powered 2-in-1 you can buy, but it is also one of the most expensive. There is the Surface Go lineup, with the last addition being the Surface Go 3, but it was released in 2021 and is now starting to show its age.
With an AMD Ryzen 7 processor and RDNA2 graphics, the One Xplayer Mini Pro can run a lot of games very well, but it may be hard to justify.
The original One Xplayer Mini that I reviewed earlier this year was a great handheld PC focused on gaming, but this Pro model ups the ante in a few ways. Most notably, it now has an AMD Ryzen 7 6800U, which is a major upgrade thanks to the inclusion of RDNA2-based integrated graphics. This is the same graphics technology inside the Steam Deck, which it makes this a very compelling device.
The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 5 delivers a ton of performance in a business-style package, though the design isn't for everyone.
The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme is a very interesting laptop. It comes in that iconic ThinkPad design that's loved by long-time fans of the brand (not me, though), yet it packs a ton of power that makes more sense for a gaming rig than a business laptop. Of course, the idea is that this is a laptop for creative professionals, though I'm left wondering if the people working in design and other creative areas wouldn't also want something that looks and feels a bit more modern than the ThinkPad chassis.
The Nord N300 5G is an entry-level phone that does what it's supposed to do — just don't expect anything more
When OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei launched the Nord series two years ago, he said he wanted to strip away superfluous smartphone features and "get back to basics."
