…refined as Qualcomm. There is no stigma in buying MediaTek SoCs – you get what you pay for. CPU performance is on par with the 2019 Qualcomm SD865 flagship. Video performance is closer to the 2021 Samsung Exynos 990. RAM is 8GB plus another 5GB of virtual RAM (swap with…
The Creative BT-W3 and BT-W4 USB dongles add Qualcomm’s aptX codecs. Windows has the lossy SBC, Mac has the lossy AAC Bluetooth codec, and most non-Qualcomm Android phones only use lossy SBC. The BT-W3 has SBC, aptX, aptX Low Latency and aptX HD. The BT-W4 has SBC, aptX, and aptX…
…It has SBC, AAC and Qualcomm aptX and supports Windows and Android fast pair. The effective range is 10 metres (tested). It supports BT Multipoint to two hosts. There is no Hi-Res or scalable. Note that the Elite 7 Pro/Active does not support aptX, which makes these a mid-range star….
…Audio Codec), LLAC (Low Latency Audio Codec), and Samsung Scalable codec. Today it is in every smartphone using a Qualcomm SoC and licensed to other OEMs to incorporate into non-Qualcomm devices. Codecs influence how music files are compressed (encoded relates to bandwidth), transmitted, decoded and played. In this case, it…
…disables multi-point. The range is 10m, and there were no dropouts at this distance. If you want Qualcomm aptX Codecs, then you to look elsewhere. Battery – Pass+ 7/7.5 hours SBC ANC/Off at 50% – test 5 hours SBC ANC on at 100% LDAC reduces battery life to 4.5 hours…
…time. The earcups are snugger than the Momentum 3. BT 5.2 with Qualcomm aptX codecs – Exceed First, it is multi-point and fast pairs with Google Android and Windows 11. It remembers the last six device pairings. Second, it has SBC, AAC, aptX, and aptX adaptive codecs. We tested to…
…few reviews were ever done. Razr 5G followed – good but underpowered and still not the class-leader. From our first look (a review takes weeks of testing), the Razr 2022 looks great, improved 6.7” 144Hz screen, better hinge, excellent external mini-screen, flagship Qualcomm SD8+ Gen 1 processor, 8/256GB, fast 30W…
…The OPPO Find X5 Pro – a superb Android flagship with insanely fast charge (review) scored 9.5/10. Why? True 10-bit/1.07 billion colour, adaptive 120Hz OLED – the best we have seen in 2022 The best-performing Qualcomm SD8 Gen 1 processor with excellent thermal management (only 11% throttling at full load…
…Not available to test Vulcan: 4400 These are faster than the Samsung Exynos 2100 but well behind the Qualcomm SD8+ Gen 1 at 1336/4202/6409 (single/multi/Vulkan). Disk Tests – Pass Each unit has 128GB of UFS 3.1, but speed tests (sequential read/write MBps) indicate relatively slow storage speeds (comparable storage achieves…
The new OPPO Pad Air, its first Android tablet, has some pretty spectacular features for an extraordinarily low $379. Not the least of which is its 10.36”, 2K, 1.07 billion colour, 60Hz screen Four Dolby Atmos speakers Qualcomm SD680 6nm SoC 4/64GB and microSD to 512GB 7200mAh battery, 18W USB-C…
…and will have a more detailed article soon. Microsoft Surface Pro 9 from $1,649 The 13” 3:2 ratio 120Hz, 3:2 ratio touchscreen Surface Pro 9 adds a Qualcomm/Microsoft SQ3 5G/ARM processor to its Intel 12th Gen i5-1245U and i7-1265U Evo processors. It is about time Microsoft got serious about Windows…
…you use it. The secret sauce is Reactive AI 2.0. It uses the camera and lasers in the front bumper. A Qualcomm AP8053 IoT processor does AI and on-device learning and processing, enabling it to detect and recognise objects as small as 5 cm wide by 3 cm high. The…