July 17, 2023

#SGGQA 307: A Weekend with the Pixel Fold, Twitter in the Red, Threads Engagement, FCC Confirmations, Sony and Microsoft Shake Hands

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Happy Monday!

The FCC is still in deadlock, but that might be changing soon. Twitter is still cash flow negative. Threads engagement might be slipping. Google is losing AR talent. Sony and Microsoft sign a deal on Call of Duty. Intel is killing the NUC.

And I've spent a weekend with the Pixel Fold and the Pixel Tablet! Time for my COMPLETE long term review!

Let's get our tech week started right!

Direct link to me CHUCKING my Surface Duo!

A portion of this coverage was made possible thanks to the #TeamPixel folks and a #GiftFromGoogle. They provided the Pixel Fold and Pixel Tablet for me to review and share my earnest thoughts. There has been no influence or communication from Google or their PR in altering my editorial process.

Stories This Week:

Shooting “CINEMATIC” on a PHONE? https://somegadgetguy.com/2023/07/13/shooting-cinematic-why-phone-video-at-24-fps-usually-looks-like-garbage/

Rambling first night thoughts on the Pixel Fold (Patreon) https://www.patreon.com/posts/early-early-on-i-86066492

TENSOR 2 SHOWDOWN! BENCHMARKS! Pixel Fold vs Tablet vs 7 Pro (Patreon) https://www.patreon.com/posts/pixel-fold-and-86165915

Xiaomi 13 Ultra Camera Deep Dive! https://www.patreon.com/posts/xiaomi-13-ultra-85422302

Sony AX7 Portable Surround Speakers https://somegadgetguy.com/2023/07/05/sony-ht-ax7-portable-theater-system-review-spatial-sound-on-the-go/

Did Xiaomi LIE about the telephoto on the 13 Ultra? https://somegadgetguy.com/2023/07/04/did-xiaomi-lie-about-the-13-ultras-telephoto/

Status Audio’s Between 3 are UNIQUE earbuds https://somegadgetguy.com/2023/06/22/status-audio-between-3anc-true-wireless-earbuds-a-trick-airpods-cant-copy/

Robo & Kala Laptop https://somegadgetguy.com/2023/06/13/robo-and-kala-2-in-1-laptop-a-surface-pro-9-killer/

GlowingRectangles has gone dark https://somegadgetguy.com/2023/06/10/the-glowingrectangle-subreddit-will-also-go-dark-on-june-12-there-are-dozens-of-us/

Apple Vision Pro is just an expensive Dev kit https://somegadgetguy.com/2023/06/06/apple-vision-pro-years-of-hype-for-an-expensive-dev-kit/

Has Sony Fixed the XPERIA overheating? https://somegadgetguy.com/2023/06/02/camera-overheating-has-sony-fixed-the-xperia-1-v-video-torture-test-2023/

FCC nominee moves to the Senate https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/07/biden-fcc-nominee-advances-to-senate-floor-despite-ted-cruzs-protests/

Microsoft and Sony Shake on it https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/16/microsoft-and-sony-sign-deal-to-keep-activisions-call-of-duty-on-playstation.html#:~:text=Microsoft%20and%20Sony%20sign%20deal%20to%20keep%20Activision%E2%80%99s,month%20that%20the%20deal%20would%20have%20anti-competitive%20effects.

Threads Engagement Slips https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/meta-threads-engagement-dropped-red-hot-debut-tracking-firms-say-rcna94256

Twitter is still poor… https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/15/business/twitter-cash-flow-elon-musk/index.html

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TOP STORIES OF THE WEEK ON r/GLOWINGRECTANGLES https://www.reddit.com/r/glowingrectangles/top/?t=week

No More NUC https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/07/intel-is-apparently-winding-down-its-nuc-mini-pcs-after-more-than-a-decade/

Google Head of AR leaves https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/07/googles-head-of-ar-software-quits-citing-unstable-commitment-and-vision/

Honor’s new Foldable https://www.hihonor.com/global/phones/honor-magic-v2/

Juan rambles on about the new Pixels!

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