Quick thoughts on the Moondrop Space Travel

Bought these during 11.11 sales at around 33 SGD and just wanted to quickly share some thoughts on these because they are so good for the price.

Quick thoughts on the iPhone 15 Pro Max

So, someone I know was upgrading his phone to the iPhone 15 Pro Max, and kindly offered to let me test it out first. I was mostly just curious about the gaming performance since Genshin and Honkai Star Rail were both mentioned in Apple’s launch event when they were talking about the gaming performance of the new A17 Pro chipset. Some initial hands-on looks pretty promising as well with trusted reviewers stating that their MetalFX upscaling in Genshin really does look quite nice.

But the thing is that I don’t think the current version of the Genshin has been updated to support that feature, since the graphics look like they did on the iPhone 14 Plus. And not sure if Honkai Star Rail will eventually get that feature or not. So while I can’t say for sure whether things will be better or worse once that happens, I can still somewhat compare my experience playing the current version of these games on this new iPhone, and see if there are improvements to its performance and thermals.

Gaming on the Poco F5 Pro?

So while I’m still feeling unmotivated about making more phone reviews for my YouTube channel, let me just revive this decrepit blog that hasn't been updated in over 5 years, and quickly share some of my thoughts about a phone that I bought recently, the Poco F5 Pro.

It's Been Fun 2017

It's been a rather crazy year. It all started on January 15th when I uploaded my first "proper" smartphone review video on YouTube. It just kept on going and what started as a hobby eventually became something more. Since then I've amassed over five thousand subscribers on my channel which isn't huge comparing to other channels, but still incredible to me. To those who have subscribed to my channel, I am grateful for your support.

Thoughts on Google I/O 2017

Just some quick thoughts on I/O after catching the event last night. (I totally forgot to post this, haha)

BlackBerry KEYone Musings

While I’ve been focussing more on making video reviews on YouTube (which you should totally subscribe to here), I’ve been kind of neglecting this space over here. Those of you who have known me for a long time, might know that this writing and reviewing mobile tech stuff, really started with my love for BlackBerry devices.

So call it nostalgia, trying to keep this space alive, or just me getting some thoughts out of my head, I’ll like to talk about the BlackBerry KEYone, a.k.a. BlackBerry Mercury.

Huawei Mate 9 Review: Ascending into Greatness

Did you know, based on data from the IDC (International Data Corporation), Huawei has been third in terms of smartphone shipment volumes for a while now, with the top two being Apple and Samsung. Most of the shipments are actually in their home market, which is why you don’t really see many people using their devices in Singapore. But with so many people buying them, it has to be pretty good right?

LG V20 Review: Everything But the Kitchen Sink

The V Series is basically LG’s do-all, be-all smartphone. It’s a relatively new series, with the V20 being just the second iteration. For the longest time, LG has been looking for an answer to Samsung’s hugely popular Note series. Unfortunately for them, just enlarging their flagship “G” series, and adding the “Pro” or "Flex" moniker does little to boost its popularity.

Thoughts on Final Fantasy XV

Final Fantasy XV is going to go down as a milestone in Final Fantasy history no matter what I think of it. Part of that is simply due to its lengthy development cycle. Ten years. That’s how long ago the game was originally announced in its first incarnation as Final Fantasy Versus XIII. From the PS3 to PS4. From Tetsuya Nomura to Hajime Tabata. From Stella to Luna. From Versus XIII to XV. It has been a long wait.

Year in Review 2016

It’s been a pretty crazy year. Not just for the smartphone industry, but for the whole world in general. I’m here to talk mainly about the smartphone part of course. Looking back, I haven’t actually reviewed that many phones this year. Since this is more of a side hobby, I only buy phones that interests me. So here’s a list of phones I’ve reviewed this year.

Lenovo Moto Z Review: For Better Or Worse

After years of uncertainty, the Motorola brand found a new home at Lenovo. While the acquisition from Google was completed 2 years back, Lenovo stuck with a familiar looking lineup last year with the Moto X and Moto G. Undoubtedly looking to shake things up a bit this year, Lenovo launched the new Moto Z series back in July, and it’s finally available for sale in Singapore. Its selling point? Mods.

Google Pixel Review: Pretty Magical

If you want something done right, do it yourself. I can almost imagine a motivational poster with that phrase being in the same room when the Pixel devices were conceived.

Samsung Galaxy Note7 Third Review: The Phone That Could Have Been

You read that right, this is the third review I have written for the Galaxy Note7. You may wonder where are the other two reviews? The answer is, sitting awkwardly on my Google Docs, never to see the light of day.

Apple iPhone 7 Review

In a familiar looking shell, the iPhone 7 breaks convention by not breaking form. Tradition dictates a major design refresh after two years from Apple, but what we got this year was a similar design for the third year in a row.

OnePlus 3: Growing Up

OnePlus is all grown up now. With its third flagship device, they are finally getting serious about selling phones (at least in some countries). They did away with their asinine invite system, and turned their infamous OnePlus hype-machine down a couple of notches. This time round, they are letting their product do the talking instead. So let’s take a look at the product in question, the OnePlus 3.

Motorola is (sort of) back!

When I heard the new Lenovo showroom in Marina Square had a Moto booth showcasing and selling Motorola phones, I went down to have a look as soon as I had time.

A Day With The Samsung Gear IconX

My trusty Jaybird Bluebuds X died on me during a jog in a light drizzle last week. To be fair, it wasn't the first time I've used it in similar, wetter conditions. It served its purpose more than well enough, for long enough.

So it's time for a new pair of buds.

A Day With The Samsung Gear 360

So... I stole borrowed a Gear 360 from a friend to play with...

To start off, I would like to say that this is NOT a review of the Gear 360. It's hard to review something when it's the only product of its kind that I have used. So if you're looking for comparisons with other 360 cameras, there are plenty on YouTube.

This post is just sharing some of the images I have taken throughout the day, and some of my observations while using the Gear 360.

Quick Look at the Sony Xperia X

From Xperia Z to Xperia X, the first question that I want to ask Sony is... why?

Get it? Y?

Quick Look at the HTC 10

If you’re not a tech enthusiast, you probably don’t even know the HTC 10 exists. Partly because the phone isn’t officially sold in Singapore, and partly because of HTC’s small market presence here. Nonetheless, I got my hands on an imported set from Taiwan, and would like to share my quick impressions of the device after spending a little bit of time with it.