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Articles by Grigor Baklajyan

First impressions: PlayStation Prism Collection, Sony’s clear-plastic comeback with a naming problem
First impressions: PlayStation Prism Collection, Sony’s clear-plastic comeback with a naming problem
Somebody at Sony looked at a red controller and typed “Flare Orange” into the press release. I’ve stared at the lineup photo on my MacBook Air and again on my iPhone, and red is the only word my brain will..
First Impressions: 8BitDo Ultimate 3E Controller for Xbox, a $149.99 pad arriving right before GTA VI
First Impressions: 8BitDo Ultimate 3E Controller for Xbox, a $149.99 pad arriving right before GTA VI
8BitDo made its name selling controllers cheap enough to buy on impulse. The 8BitDo Ultimate 3E Controller for Xbox is listed at $149.99, which puts it within $10 of the Razer Wolverine V3 Pro and over $50 above 8BitDo’s own..
Curved phone displays never left Android, they just needed an iPhone to look cool again
Curved phone displays never left Android, they just needed an iPhone to look cool again
Ice Universe posted a prediction over the weekend that I’ve been arguing with in my head ever since. The leaker expects Apple’s next Pro iPhone to arrive with a curved screen, “or at least one that looks curved,” and he..
Nothing AI product skips the iPhone-of-AI race, and that’s the part I like
Nothing AI product skips the iPhone-of-AI race, and that’s the part I like
Carl Pei is teasing an AI gadget, though he’s given us very little to go on. He’s ruled out a new screen and says it won’t be an app. Both clues appeared in his lengthy X essay, “Toolmakers,” which Nothing..
First impressions: Enough Phone bets small-phone fans won’t mind the thickness
First impressions: Enough Phone bets small-phone fans won’t mind the thickness
Somewhere between bigger screens and thicker camera bumps, phones became awkward to carry in jeans pockets. The Enough Phone wants to bring back the smaller format. Its height and width are close to Mini territory, but the depth? That extra..
Find Hub left behind alerts give Android the leash Apple users have had for years
Find Hub left behind alerts give Android the leash Apple users have had for years
Android phones can now tell you when you’ve walked off without your keys. Google started rolling out Notify when left behind alerts in Find Hub last week, and Motorola and Chipolo trackers get them too, along with Google’s own hardware...
Insta360 Mic vs. DJI Mic 3 depends on the camera already in your bag, and for most of you the lighter clip still wins
Insta360 Mic vs. DJI Mic 3 depends on the camera already in your bag, and for most of you the lighter clip still wins
Insta360 Mic arrived a day after my birthday, on October 22, ready to pick a fight with DJI Mic 3.  Both offer virtually identical voice-tone presets. At this point, I’m half-expecting them to release matching outfits. Picking a winner won’t..
First impressions: MOFT Dynamic Folio Case for iPhone Duo, an iPad idea folded down to pocket size
First impressions: MOFT Dynamic Folio Case for iPhone Duo, an iPad idea folded down to pocket size
Apple’s iPhone Duo already opens like a paperback, and MOFT now wants to give that paperback a dust jacket with a kickstand folded inside it. Ask anyone at Gadget Flow, and they’ll confirm I can’t leave a foldable story alone...
Jackery Explorer 100D makes an eight-year promise I want to see kept
Jackery Explorer 100D makes an eight-year promise I want to see kept
Jackery’s latest power station is also its smallest. The Explorer 100D is a palm-sized brick for people who work out of departure gates and coffee shops, and it goes on sale at Costco before showing up at Walmart in the middle..
First impressions: Antigravity Follow Me Bundle, the $799 kit that lets the A1 fly without a chaperone
First impressions: Antigravity Follow Me Bundle, the $799 kit that lets the A1 fly without a chaperone
The Antigravity A1 has carried an awkward catch since launch. Wear the Vision Goggles alone outdoors and you break the visual line-of-sight rule in the US and Europe, and for a year that turned every solo bike ride into a..
First impressions: XBOX Wireless Controller X25 Special Edition, the anniversary pad people beg strangers for
First impressions: XBOX Wireless Controller X25 Special Edition, the anniversary pad people beg strangers for
One gamer ordered a single XBOX Wireless Controller X25 Special Edition and opened a box holding six. The likeliest explanation in the Reddit comments is dull. Somebody at a warehouse scanned a sealed case pack as one unit, and a..
Apple’s product design evolution: From beige plastic to a laptop in the kale
Apple’s product design evolution: From beige plastic to a laptop in the kale
Two green iMacs, shot in profile, make most of my argument before I type a word. The left one is a translucent gumdrop with its organs on display, a picture tube and a tangle of cables pressed against the plastic...