As an iPhone Duo specific thing this back bar on the side is so disgusting. I would way rather just relegate that information to being very small at the top of the screen.

Complaining about app optimization on an unreleased product seems unfair. I suspect this will be a similar situation to when the iPhone X released and 99% of commonly used apps were fixed within a month.

>”Lightest flagship mouse” >Not even within in 10g of the lightest flagship mouse

I don’t understand how the PD170 is being pushed as feeling like a glass mousepad. It’s not even close to the fastest cloth pad I’ve used.

While I do like this design, I think it is not at all visually distinctive. If this were a car Lamborghini released, no one would have batted an eye at it. I also have a massive problem with it being a completely different design than what people put down their $250K deposits for back in 2017.

Hot take, this is a good looking car. The initial marketing for it just sucked and it was a disaster using pink as the reveal color. This thing in matte black just screams futuristic movie villain/gangster car.

Will be interesting to see what the trade in / second hand value on the Duo will be next year. Traditionally foldables have had terrible second hand value because of their perception of being fragile and wearing out with use. But on the other hand iPhones traditionally hold stellar second hand value. Still, it wouldn’t at all surprise me if the lease pricing was a better value than buying the phone.

Finalmouse selling a 1kHz polling mouse for $180 in 2026 🤣

Logitech casually charging $200 for a mouse with the worst motion latency on the market

The incredibly sad reality of this situation is that Helicopters should be all but irrelevant for news applications. Hybrid power drones exist that offer hours of flight time that can be equipped with very high quality cameras. They are also significantly cheaper to own and operate than a helicopter. Seen too many tragic helicopter incidents in recent years that I believe their use should be minimized whenever possible.

Initial thoughts on the iPhone Duo. I hate the form factor they chose. I also have the same criticism of Samsung with the form factor shift they made with the Fold 8. The Fold 7 was significantly closer to what I want in a foldable. The folded form factor should be the size of a normal phone. I want a Galaxy Fold to be the size of the Ultra phone and the iPhone Duo to be size of a Pro Max on the exterior. The reason Apple and many others have cited as their reasoning for going against this thinking is that it leads to large black bars when watching video. I am unsure why this is an issue? It’s an OLED display with true black. Why are we simply ignoring the added benefit of a much larger internal display and a much more usable outer display purely for the sake of avoiding black bars? The then side effect of this decision is the folded form factor of the phone is significantly too wide. The Duo looks nearly impossible to use one handed while folded. Many people already criticize modern large display phones as being hard to reach across one handed. The Duo and Z Fold 8 are now even wider making this problem significantly worse. The internal screen being matte I have reservations with. I understand this was done to almost entirely remove a visible crease. The reflection of light on the crease is a main contributing factor in what makes it visible. The Duo by far has the least visible crease on the market. I do have my standard concerns with all matte coatings on OLEDs with boosted black levels. I also find it very likely the inner screen being almost unusable in direct sunlight because of how much light it will diffuse. Another thing I disliked about both the Duo and the Z Fold is how both compromise on cameras compared to the brand’s flagship offerings. I understand this is because of space limitations but it feels very bad as the end user to pay this much for a device and sacrifice on a feature like the cameras Other small Duo specific thoughts. I have concerns about the volume buttons and action button being on the top edge of the phone. I could see that as potentially feeling awkward to use. The under display inner camera I have no issue with. I don’t care about selfies and the camera looks plenty sufficient for video calls. If you care about front camera quality you still have the traditional outer screen selfie camera. Overall most of my criticisms of the Duo are more along criticisms of industry-wide design decisions with foldables. I will likely still give the Duo a try with the 18 Pro being a very boring device.

Apple Watch charging is such a non-issue. Throw it on the charger whenever you shower and by the time you are ready to head out for the day, take it off and you’ll have at least an 80% charged battery every time.

Glorious one of the biggest brand fumbles in the PC peripheral scene. The Model O was one of the first to market for a cheap lightweight gaming mouse that rivaled what Finalmouse was doing at the time for a fraction of the price. As time went on they simply refused to innovate with any future products to the point where their products are incredibly mediocre and outdated while being more expensive than offerings from other brands. They are entirely banking on a name cache that they simply do not carry to the level they think they do.

This aged EXTREMELY well

Easily the biggest leap forward in video game graphics in almost a decade. This is absolutely insane.

And people wonder why AMD cards sit despite often being significantly cheaper than Nvidia for comparable performance while having more VRAM. This is exactly why.

The amount of posts I’ve seen from people freaking out over this sale price is great example of how the rich get richer without most people realizing.

All that to still play at 30fps in modern titles

A lot of console gamers don’t seem to realize that a lot of titles you don’t actually own even with the physical disc. While you can sell your games if you own the disc, if the game requires you to download large amounts of files from the internet in order to launch, then your disc is just a key. In 25 years when the PS5 servers are long closed you will not be able to play your game even if you own the disc.