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To nobody's surprise, Compressor is STILL the fastest Android video compressor app

2026-08-28

Competitors have had just over 7 months to respond to Compressor, which now has almost 100,000 downloads, but after all this time, they still haven't improved.

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Actually, I don't hate smartwatches, I just hate Google, and I wish I didn't

2026-08-19

Google's mediocre smartwatch software, abysmal level of effort and care put into optimisation and internal self sabotage between departments makes Pixel Watches look and feel incredibly unfinished and unappealing, while making Apple & Samsung look like the best smartwatch companies on earth.

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Your ZTE phone is likely spying on you, which ZTE says is "compliant"

2026-05-31

Cheap always comes with a trade-off, and when it comes to cheap ZTE phones, that trade-off is privacy.

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Budget phones are so scarily good now I am writing a blog post about it

2026-05-15

Update as of May 31, 2026: ZTE devices like the one shown in this article may contain spyware. I do not recommend purchasing them. See this 10 years a...

General Hardware Smartphones Android Tech

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Maybe I have been spoilt by modern flagship phones; I used a 6-year-old midranger for a day

2026-02-18

Phones have come a looooong way, even in just the past decade or so. Can you believe the first iPhone released in 2007? That's a whopping 19 years ago...

General Hardware Samsung Smartphones Android Comparison Tech

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Cheap action camera with 2014 sensor vs 2014 flagship smartphone (Camera Comparison)

2026-01-03

The Allwinner V3 action camera we looked at in the previous blog post had a Sony IMX175, a camera sensor from around 2014, so how does it hold up against a 2014 flagship smartphone?

General Tech Cameras Allwinner Smartphones China Samsung Android Photography Comparison

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The very weird world of Allwinner V3 action cameras (+ happy new year!)

2025-12-31

Happy new year! For the final blog post of 2025, I decided to post about my custom firmware for terrible action cameras! Enjoy :)

General Hardware Software Allwinner Cameras China Android Linux Technical

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My experience with Google Pixel warranty

2025-04-12

Since my Pixel 8 Pro's screen suddenly stopped working a few weeks ago and I had to switch back to my old Galaxy S9 (story for another time), I've alr...

Android Google Smartphones Warranty Support Hardware Pixel

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WearOS 5.1 for Pixel Watches

2025-03-20

WearOS 5.1 has finally arrived for Pixel Watch first generations like mine! With it comes some much needed features & fixes including a big bug in...

Android Google Smartwatch Software Update Wear OS Pixel

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