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Prime Day Deal – Essential Phone for $249 (UPDATE: Expired)

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If you need a really good Android Smart Phone without breaking the bank, pick up the Essential Phone right NOW before this runs out. Phone currently goes for $499, but is now only $249 for Prime Day! The Essential Phone features:

  • With a matte finish to both the titanium and ceramic, this Amazon exclusive Essential Phone has a more industrial look while maintaining its elegant design
  • Stunning edge-to-edge Quad HD display—the largest screen-to-body ratio of any smartphone. So you get a massive screen, but on a phone that still fits comfortably in one hand
  • 13MP Dual RGB + Mono Rear camera with Portrait Mode and 4K video recording . Get more natural looking shots and incredible high-resolution video
  • Huge 128GB of storage, included. Save all of your photos and videos without worrying about running out of space. Battery: 3040mAh
  • Never charge your accessories again. With the revolutionary Click Connector, your phone attaches to accessories, magnetically—and even powers them. No cables or adapters needed
  • Includes Amazon Alexa. Get real-time answers to questions, shop for items on Amazon, control devices around your home, access Alexa skills, and more, all with the sound of your voice
  • Android 8.1 Oreo now available! Improves phone and camera performance. And it adds lots of useful, new features like Picture-in-Picture, Smart text selection, and more
  • Award-winning MQA technology to deliver studio quality music listening on the go.
  • A 3-month TIDAL HiFi subscription for new and existing Essential Phone customers with access to thousands of MQA tracks. Visit essential.com/audio to redeem the Tidal offer.

 


Heloideo Battery Power Bank for iPhone and USB C Android Phones with Built in Lightning Review

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My review of the Heloideo Power Bank for the iPhone and USB-C devices. This has the lightning cable and USB-C connections built right in which is cool. Only concern is that I don’t see this labeled as MFI certified (made for iPhone) so that might cause some concerns. This however charged my iPhone X without problems, as well as my Samsung Galaxy S8+ I apologize for the crappy quality of the video. I was sick and I don’t have all my camera equipment unpacked from moving!

Link to purchase here: http://amzn.to/2kKgkoX

Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus Review – Three Months Later – Is it Worth It?

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Three (3.5) month review review of the Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus smartphone. We take a look at the design, screen, Touch Wiz, OS, camera, video and audio playback and more. I’ve been using this as my daily driver and did my best to share my experience.

You can buy the Samsung Galaxy S8+ here: http://amzn.to/2sIU0Cr

Samsung Galaxy S8 Unlocked for $649

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Samsung’s hottest new phone is now on sale for $649 on Amazon. No guarantee on how long that deal will last but these current retail at $720+ so I’d jump on it now. This is the GSM International Unlocked model and will work on T-Mobile, AT&T and other GSM carriers in the USA, as well as all over the world. If you need the Verizon version, you can get it here. The Galaxy S8 is arguable the best looking phones out right now, as well as having one of the best cameras trumping the iPhone 7 according to Mac World!

The Galaxy S8 features:

  • Infinity Display: a bezel-less, full-frontal, edge-to-edge screen. Default resolution is Full HD+ and can be changed to Quad HD+ (WQHD+) in Settings
  • Camera resolution – Front: 8 MP AF, Rear: 12 MP OIS AF
  • Memory: Internal Memory 64 GB, RAM 4GB / Expandable MicroSD Storage
  • Battery: 3000 mAh with USB-C 3.0 Wireless Quick Charging
  • IP68 Dust and Water Resistance.

You can pick it up here: http://amzn.to/2rHunkN

If you want the large Galaxy S8+ it is available here: http://amzn.to/2rHvDo6

Samsung Galaxy Note 7 – First Impressions Review

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My first impressions (less than 24 hours) coming from an iPhone 6S Plus and Nexus 6P before that. These are just my Notes (yes I meant to do that) written so far for an upcoming video / review so I apologize if it looks messy.

  • Design is incredible. Hard to believe that this has a larger screen that the Plus and is physically smaller and lighter
  • Always on Display seemed gimicky at first but it makes great desk clock and I already find it useful
  • Fingerprint scanner is as fast as the iPhone’s but I like the Nexus 6P’s execution better
  • Touch Wiz has been a pretty smooth experience. If you hate the cartoony looking icons, just go to the theme store and download a theme. I am using Material, which was free.
  • I was a little squeamish in shutting off iMessage at first, but there are only two people I really iMessage anyway. Everyone else has WhatsApp, Facebook, and Hangouts. I got over it in 30 minutes.
  • Bloatware on the T-Mobile variant isn’t so bad, but it still sucks. At least you can easily disable it
  • I use both OSX and Windows with Chrome as my main browser. Chrome does an excellent job in integrating the experience (continuity) between your phone and Mac/PC. I have a bunch of tabs open in Chrome on my Mac, and then when I need to take a dump or something, I can just continue off what I’m reading on my phone
  • Notification light: It changes everything.

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Nexus 6P Review

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Been using the Nexus 6P as my daily driver and my review on it. Very happy with it and recommend it, even with the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge coming out just around the corner. Please check out the links below to purchase a Nexus 6P as well as some cases and accessories for it!

Nexus 6P – http://amzn.to/1X34em3

Moto 360 2nd Gen – http://amzn.to/1UIJTUt

Ditztronic Case for Nexus 6P – http://amzn.to/1UIKci3

Ringke case for Nexus 6P – http://amzn.to/1X34Jg3

iPhone 6s Review

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Overview
 
What do the iPhone 6 and the 6s have in common? Almost everything. What has changed? Well according to Apple, “the only thing that’s changed is EVERYTHING.” Not to speak in riddles but that more or less sums it up for this year’s iPhone in a sense. Last year, around this time, Apple introduced the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus to compete with the larger variety of screen sizes that were offered by the completion. One of the biggest selling points of Android is that the screen was larger and quite a bit of people avoided getting an iPhone because no one wanted to let go of the larger screen sized phones. As you can imagine, Apple has won over those people who wished the iPhone had a bigger screen.
Now we fast forward to this year, we get the iPhone 6s that improves everything from the iPhone 6 such as a faster processor, 12MP camera, and other new features. But is that enough reason to upgrade from an iPhone 6? Let’s find out.

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