David Cogen

Montblanc Summit 2 Complete Walkthrough: The $1000 Smartwatch

I managed to get my hands on a Montblanc Summit 2, the latest smartwatch running Qualcomm’s newest WearOS specific chipset the 3100 that supposedly increases battery life for WearOS watches (something they desperately need). In addition to that, it’s made by a high-end normal watch manufacturer called Mont Blanc whose watches normally are made from higher-end materials and retail for thousands if not tens of thousands of dollars. So let’s see what this mix-up of new and old-school ideals is all about in this complete walkthrough. Now, if you aren’t familiar, a complete walkthrough on the site is where I […]

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Motorola Announces G7, G7 Plus, G7 Power, & G7 Play Specs, Pricing, & Availability

Motorola announced today that the newest phones in their budget G series, the new G7 family. We have four new devices in total (each with its unique angle), all within the $200-$300 range. Perosnally, I’ve always thought that the G and E series for Motorola are their best series. They’re pure Android, slick looking, have impressive specs, performance and battery life for the price (I still secretly want them to use this model to make a sick flagship, but we have to wait for the dumb MotoMod series to die first, I guess). Regardless, here is the quick rundown of

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ASUS ROG Phone Complete Walkthrough: Gaming Phone Beast

ASUS announced the ASUS ROG phone a bit ago but I managed to just recently get a chance to check out their new gaming phone and figured I’d do a complete walkthrough on it for you guys. If you aren’t familiar a complete walkthrough on this site is where I try and go through every feature I can on a new device so you guys are the most prepared you can be should you be in the market to go buy one. Styling With that said, there’s a lot to go through, let’s get started with the unmistakable design. I

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Best Portable AC Outlet You Can Buy

Batteries suck. It’s just a fact of life at the moment. And because of that fact, portable battery packs have become a very popular way of making sure your electronics are topped up whenever you need. And they’re great. They’re only hindered by the fact that they’re generally pretty limited in capacity and whatever you are trying to charge, needs to be able to be charged by USB for the most part. But what if one of these had a full-blown AC outlet on it, heck, what if it had two? This is the ChargeTech PLUG portable AC outlet battery

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Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K Complete Walkthrough: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know

I’ve been waiting for this camera for about 4 years. That’s not an exaggeration either. I’m a big fan of Blackmagic and their cameras ever since the original Cinema Camera back in 2012 at NAB and caused quite a stir with its 2.5K resolution, 13 stops of Dynamic Range, ability to record to RAW, Apple ProRes, and had a ton of professional cinema camera ports, etc. for only $3000. And that sort of set the tone for Blackmagic Cameras going forward, of which there are now over a dozen models of–crazy image quality and movie-level production capabilities for a fraction

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How to Back Up Your iPhone Locally While You Sleep

We’ve all been there. Something happens to your iPhone and it’s then that you realize the last time you backed it up was over 6 months ago–all those photos are gone. There is a way to avoid this, of course, and that’s by doing daily backups, you can do these through iCloud wirelessly automatically which is great, but what if you want to back them up to somewhere locally. Say on a hard drive that only you can access and isn’t stored on the web? Is there a way to make this happen automatically without having to think about it?

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ASUS ROG Mothership Complete Walkthrough: A Surface Pro on Steroids

What looks sort of like the Surface Pro but has the top of the line specs, ports, latest GPU from NVIDIA’s RTX line, and RGB for days? Yeah, this is the new Asus ROG Mothership gaming laptop and I managed to get a little time with it right after CES and figured I’d do a complete walkthrough on it as best I could with the limited time I had with this limited device. If you aren’t familiar, a complete walkthrough on this channel is where I go through every feature I can on a new device so you are better

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How to Make Your Home a Smart Home

If you’ve ever wondered how to make your home a smart home? Or maybe wondered what a smart home was in the first place? This video can help. It’s the new year and my sister and her fiance just bought their first house. A fixer-upper in the town of Poughkeepsie (about 2 hours north of NYC). So I figured, while they’re fixing the baseboards and taking care of the mouse situation, I’d come in and make it a smart home. Ok, so first things first. What is a smart home? The definition of a smart home is essentially having home

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Huawei MediaPad M5 Lite Complete Walkthrough: Premium Feeling Budget Tablet

Here at CES, Huawei just announced their newest addition to the MediaPad line up. This model is the Huawei MediaPad M5 Lite and as the name suggests it’s their newest budget model Android tablet. I managed to get some time with it so figured I’d do a complete walkthrough on it for you guys. If you’re not familiar, a complete walkthrough is where I try and go through as much about the device as I can so you guys are better prepared should you be in the market to go buy one. Check out the tablet here. With that said,

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Huawei Matebook 13 Complete Walkthrough: One of the Best 13-Inch Laptops For The Money

Huawei’s flagship laptop from last year the Matebook X Pro is still one of the best made and most bang-for-your-buck laptops you can buy in my opinion. Here at CES though, they just launched a new, less expensive version in the Matebook line up–with some comparable specs that make it worth taking a look at. This is the Huawei Matebook 13 and since I was given some time with it, I managed to do a complete walkthrough on it. If you aren’t familiar, a complete walkthrough on this channel is where I go through everything I can on a new

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Samsung Flash Complete Walkthrough: Affordable, Portable Windows

Samsung has had plenty of success with their line up of Chromebooks–the cheap and cheerful laptops running Chrome OS that can use a full Chrome browser and Android apps but I wouldn’t quite consider a full-blown desktop OS. While these are great for anyone who just needs to do simple computer tasks, there is definitely a sizeable market for people who would love something in the same price range but that runs proper Windows on it so they can use all the obscure printer apps their job requires, or real office suite and Adobe apps, etc. Well, this is the

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Best Gaming Desktop Under $1000

While I travel too much and need a gaming laptop to edit my videos on the road, you can actually get something just as powerful and for a lot less money by getting a desktop. So I figured for anyone looking to get themselves a gaming desktop that packs the most power for the money I’d try and find the best gaming desktop under $1000. And I think this might be it. Check out the cheapest price I could find on the computer here if interested. This video was made in partnership with AMD, but all thoughts and views are my

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Huawei Watch GT Complete Walkthrough: The Best Battery Life of a Smartwatch

Oh, the forgotten Hauwei Watch GT. When it came out back in Oct, all the major tech publications and tech YouTubers did a quick hands-on and then… never talked about it again. Well, I got my hands on one and figured I might as well do a complete walkthrough for anyone out there that is curious about it and don’t have anywhere to watch a thorough video on it. Also, the lack of coverage got me really curious about the watch. Was it forgotten? Is it that bad? Let’s find out. If you aren’t familiar, a complete walkthrough on my

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Huawei Mate 20 Pro Real-World Battery Test

So we all know that the Huawei Mate 20 Pro battery life is pretty good according to other YouTubers on the web, right? But just how good is it? Well, to answer that question, let’s do a battery test on the Mate 20 Pro, but instead of running a video or benchmark, let’s do a real-world test. In this video, I spend a day with the phone and check the battery as we go. Let’s see how it does. Okay, so the day begins, and we’re gonna be testing out the battery of this Mate 20 Pro. Right now it

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 855: Why You Should Be Excited

So we were just in Hawaii for Qualcomm’s annual Snapdragon summit. And you’ve probably already heard by now, but they launched their new flagship chipset, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855. Now considering Qualcomm’s flagship chipset is what basically powers all of next year’s flagship Android devices, we got to see some things here that are a really good indication of what is going to be available in next year’s flagships. And I have to admit, I think we all walked away a little excited. Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 is a 4th Gen AI Engine So whether you know this or not, Qualcomm

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