Articles by Harish Jonnalagadda

POCO has a lot to offer with the F4 GT. The gaming phone has a vibrant screen, powerful hardware, and undercuts Xiaomi and Samsung devices by a considerable margin.
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Making the switch from iPhone to Android? It’s never been easier to switch platforms, and with Google and Samsung offering enticing phones, now is the time to consider moving to Android.
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The HS80 combines a comfortable design with amazing sound and rock-solid wireless connectivity.

Corsair is doing all the right things when it comes to headsets. The Virtuoso RGB Wireless XT is easily one of the best PS5 headsets available today, and the brand has a range of solid options targeted at various price points.

With the HS80 RGB Wireless, Corsair is rolling out its most comfortable headset yet. I used the most recent launches in the Virtuoso series and the Xbox-focused HS75, and the HS80 is just in a league of its own when it comes to comfort. The more gaming headsets I use, the more I realize that comfort is the biggest factor in extended use — at least for me.

In that regard, the HS80 outshines its immediate rivals. But that’s not the only area where Corsair’s latest headset wins out; it has the same Slipstream tech that allows for low-latency wireless connectivity, Dolby Atmos and spatial sound, and an omnidirectional mic that is outstanding. Corsair ticked all the …

The best Kindle e-reader is often the best e-reader money can buy. Like Xerox and Velcro, the Kindle brand name is now synonymous with e-readers, and Amazon dominates the category. The new Kindle Paperwhite (11th Gen) is a fantastic starting point if you’re looking to get started, and there are plenty of other great picks available at various price points. Here are some of our top choices when it comes to the best e-readers on the market.

1. Amazon Kindle Paperwhite (11th Gen): Best overall

The Kindle Paperwhite set the benchmark for affordable e-readers for a long time now, and the latest model adds even more compelling features to the mix. The highlight is the IPX8 water resistance, which lets you take your e-reader to the pool. The Paperwhite can survive in up to two meters of water for an hour, giving you much more flexibility to use the e-reader.

Like the previous edition, the Kindle Paperwhite (11th Gen) has 8GB of internal storage, giving you the option of adding even mor…

Google and Samsung’s combined might is still not on par with Apple.

The Apple Watch occupies a cult-like status among iPhone users, and I didn’t understand why this was the case until I started using the Apple Watch Series 6 last year. But once I did, it was immediately clear why the smartwatch was so popular; it had features I actually wanted to use, the hardware was gorgeous, and watchOS was cohesive in a way that Wear OS and Tizen never were.

Simply put, the Apple Watch is in a league of its own. Because of its dominant lead in this segment, Apple hasn’t changed much with this year’s Apple Watch Series 7: the screen is larger and has thinner bezels, there’s IP6X dust resistance, and faster charging. You still get ECG and blood oxygen monitoring, all the workout modes you need, a bright OLED panel, and all-day battery life with wireless charging.

Samsung and Google redoubled their efforts with Wear OS 3, combining their strengths to create a unified smartwatch platform. While th…

The holiday season is on the horizon, and that means we’re starting to see some great Black Friday deals on all kinds of cool tech gear, from the best Android phones to the best headphones and wireless earbuds to pair with them.

Black Friday headphone deals:

Best headphone deals
Wireless headphones
Wireless earbuds
Wired earbuds

We’ll be regularly updating this list collection through the Black Friday weekend, so be sure to check back frequently if you don’t see the phone deals that you’re looking for. There are pretty stellar Black Friday headphone sales every year, but there can be a lot to sort through to find the best deals.

Whether you’re looking for something to keep you entertained on a walk or jog, noise-canceling headphones to let you concentrate while at work, or something that just sounds amazing for your epic video game battles, we’ve got you covered.

Where to find the best Black Friday headphone deals

There’s no shortage of sites where you can find headphone …

The best network-attached storage (NAS) for home is one that lets you stream your media collection and back up all the devices on your network seamlessly. A NAS essentially lets you create your private Netflix or Spotify, and most models on this list let you access your media over the internet. If you’re looking to build your own media server or need a solution for backing up data, these are the best NAS enclosures for your home, although if you were to start somewhere, we’d recommend the Synology DiskStation DS220+.

Synology DiskStation DS220+

Best overall

Bottom line: The DiskStation DS220+ ticks all the right boxes: it has robust internals, making it ideal for Plex 4K streaming, two Gigabit ports, and versatile software that offers a ton of features.

Pros:

Ideal for 4K Plex streaming
Up to 32TB of storage across two bays
Two Gigabit Ethernet ports
Versatile software with plenty of features
Powerful internal hardware

Cons:

No M.2 caching
No eSATA port

The DiskStati…

Here’s what we know so far about Google’s foldable Pixel phone. Or phones, according to rumors.

A mock-up of how the Google Pixel Fold could look.

For months, over-confident leakers claimed Google planned to release a Pixel foldable phone alongside the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro in fall 2021. Unfortunately, the Pixel launch event came and went without a foldable, but all isn’t lost; we’re confident Google is actively developing the Pixel Fold and that it’ll arrive in early 2022.

Google hasn’t announced a foldable phone yet — or even that it’ll be called the Pixel Fold — but it tipped its hand when it announced Android 12L, a new OS due out in early 2022 that improves the Android experience on tablets and foldables. So just as the Pixel 6 and Android 12 launches coincided with one another, the 12L release could signal when to expect Google’s next phone.

Samsung, Huawei, and Motorola all pioneered the category of foldable phones, pushing out expensive prototypes to eager consumers. …

Best answer: Face Unblur is a new feature on the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro that relies on Google’s machine learning algorithms to ensure when you take a shot of a moving subject, its face isn’t blurry. It does this by taking photos from the primary and wide-angle lenses simultaneously and stitching them together to deliver images with clear detail.

Face Unblur makes great use of machine learning

Go through your phone’s gallery, and you’ll find at least a few photos where the subject you’re trying to capture is moving too fast, leading to a blurry face. Google aims to solve this problem with the Face Unblur feature on the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro. This feature relies on the custom Tensor hardware and uses Google’s machine learning skills. When it detects a subject moving too fast, it automatically takes an image from both the primary and wide-angle lenses and stitches them together. Here’s how Google describes it:

Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro simultaneously take a darker but sharper photo on the Ul…

OnePlus’s latest limited edition phone is its most ambitious yet.

OnePlus is known for creating some of the best limited edition phones in the industry; the Chinese manufacturer partnered with Disney for the OnePlus 5T Star Wars and OnePlus 6 Avengers Edition, and then switched gears to team up with Formula 1 outfit McLaren for the OnePlus 6T McLaren and OnePlus 7T Pro McLaren.

For 2021, the brand is leveraging another beloved franchise for a limited-edition variant of the Nord 2. OnePlus is partnering with Bandai Namco to introduce the OnePlus Nord 2 x PAC-MAN Edition, which is one of its most ambitious efforts yet.

The Nord 2 x PAC-MAN Edition is set to launch soon, and ahead of its debut, I had an email interaction with Oliver Zhang — who oversees OnePlus’s product portfolio — to talk about what the company is doing to differentiate the limited edition model. Zhang noted that OnePlus’s special edition products have to deliver in two areas: they should meet the “signature Fa…