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Huawei P40 Pro Complete Walkthrough (& What It’s Like Without Google)

Huawei just launched a new P series device and considering how good the P30 series was I was super interested to see what the new P40 series had to offer. The livestream came and went and the spec sheets for the three new devices–the P40, P40 Pro, and P40 Pro Plus (yes naming is getting more and more confusing in the phone world)–and frankly on paper at least they didn’t disappoint. Now, here in the US and a good portion of the Western world, this launch is tarnished, just as the Mate 30 series was, by the fact that thanks […]

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LG V60 ThinQ Complete Walkthrough: A Better Priced Flagship

Welp, we may all be staying home right now, but that’s not stopping tech from being launched. This is the LG V60 ThinQ and it’s LG’s latest flagship device that, again yes, comes for free (at least in most cases) with a dual screen case just like the LG G8X did. Well, LG sent me one to borrow for review so I figured I’d try and do a complete walkthrough on it for you guys. Now, if you aren’t familiar a complete walkthrough on this channel is where I try and go through every single feature I possibly can on

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Oppo Find X2 Pro Complete Walkthrough: Oppo’s Ultra

I said in my walkthrough of the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra that Samsung had decided to create a phone with the highest specs they could to try and appeal to the smaller, but very passionate demographic of creators, early adopters, etc. and that the Ultra did that, for sure. It seems they weren’t alone. This is the Oppo Find X2 Pro and as we’ll see in a sec, at least on paper, it’s trying to go toe to toe with the Ultra. So first, let’s try and do a complete walkthrough on the phone. If you aren’t familiar a complete

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Huawei Mate XS Complete Walkthrough: Best Specs in a Folding Phone

Oh, all the phones that fold. They’re unique, they’re new, they invoke curiosity from people when they see them for the first time and frankly they bring a sense of excitement back into an arguably stagnating landscape of design in the world of phones. Now, they aren’t perfect by far, they’re expensive, they’re more fragile than our current devices, and they aren’t quite ready yet maybe for the mainstream, but honestly, they’re not made for the mainstream. They’re the ridiculously expensive Louis Vuitton bag compared to a regular bag. The Louis Vuitton bag is maybe more innovative in its manufacturing,

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Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra Complete Walkthrough: Samsung’s Best Phone Yet

Samsung recently launched their new Galaxy S20 series and while we had the usual small and big versions of the new phone in the S20 and S20 Plus, Samsung also decided to throw everything they could at a newer, more expensive model–the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra. Now, one may say that the S10e was replaced by the S20, the S10 replaced by the S20 Plus, and the S20 Plus was replaced by the S20 Ultra, but honestly, I don’t think that’s how it works. You see the S10 and S10 Plus were, for the most part, the same device just

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Samsung Galaxy Z Flip Real-World Test (Battery Test & Camera Comparison)

I finally got a Samsung Galaxy Z Flip to borrow for more than 24 hours and so I decided to do a real-world test on it. In this video, I go through my normal day with the Z Flip as my main phone, check in on the battery throughout and put it up against some other devices in a camera comparison. Let’s see how it did. Thanks for watching, let me know what you think in the comments below!

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Samsung Galaxy Z Flip Complete Walkthrough: The Modern Flip Phone

There’s a new folding phone in town. Samsung opened their latest Galaxy Unpacked event here in San Francisco with the new Samsung Galaxy Z Flip, essentially their take on a vertically folding phone. And, I have to admit, I kinda like it. But, Samsung sent me the device to use for a very limited time, but I figured I would try and do a complete walkthrough on it for you guys. If you’re not familiar, a complete walkthrough on this channel is where I try and go through every single feature on a device so you guys have all the

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Why the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip is the Future of Foldables

At Samsung’s recent unpacked event in San Francisco, we got to see the latest S20 lineup in all their glory (and I’ll be doing a complete walkthrough and real-world test on them ASAP), but the surprise (minus the ton of leaks of course) was the new Samsung Galaxy Z Flip. This new foldable device folds in half length wise compared to the original Fold they released not too long ago (and rereleased shortly thereafter) that folded width-wise. This means it instead goes from a 6.7″ 21.9:9 aspect ratio “normal” sized phone down to a square sized very compact one.  Now,

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How to Fix a WearOS Watch Not Staying Connected to a Huawei Phone

I was getting pretty frustrated with my new WearOS watch (the Fossil Watch Gen 5 for those curious) would just keep disconnecting from my Huawei P30 Pro. It connects during the setup process but then after a while, the watch will just say it’s disconnected even if the phone shows that it is absolutely connected via Bluetooth. Turns out this little magic trick has to do with Huawei’s EMUI battery super aggressive battery management. Essentially, one of the reasons the Huawei P30 Pro has some of the best battery life of any phone out there is the fact that EMUI

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What is 5G? (& How It’ll Actually Change Your Life)

Chances are you’ve heard the term 5G at some point already. It’s being mentioned a lot right now. And, honestly, there’s a good reason. 5G is going to have a pretty big impact on our daily lives and so, of course, all the carriers want to show what they’re doing with it and are pushing it more and more. The truth is though that 5G is complicated and there is a lot to talk about when trying to explain it. So, in this episode of Decodr, where I break down a new piece of tech every week, let’s dive into all

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Sony Xperia 5 Real-World Test (Camera & Battery Test)

The new Sony Xperia 5 is here and so figured it was a good time to do a real-world test on it. Let’s see what the Xperia 5 camera and battery are like, compare it to other phones in the same price range and how it fairs in a normal day. Let me know what you guys think of the Xperia 5 (you can learn more info on it here) in the comments below and don’t forget to check out the new Decodr series on YouTube and let me know what you think of that!

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Motorola Moto Z4 Real-World Test

Motorola sent me to Chicago to check out the Motorola moto Z4, get a tour of their 5G labs, and take the 5G moto mod (and some others) out for a test on the streets of Chicago. This video was sponsored by Motorola and Qualcomm, but all opinions are my own and I hope you enjoy it 🙂 Let me know what you guys think in the comments below and feel free to learn more about the Moto z4 here if curious! Thanks for watching!

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Pixel 4 XL Complete Walkthrough

So I’m sort of posting these backward, but whatever. Google sent me a Pixel 4 XL to review and so I already did my real-world test video to check out the camera and battery on it (and you can view that here). Now, I usually do the real-world test after my complete walkthrough but because of travel whatnot, we’re reversing that today. Regardless, welcome to the complete walkthrough on the Pixel 4 XL. In this, I’m going to go through every spec, feature, camera mode, etc. so you can see everything this phone can do to help you better decide

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