The Tech Chap

"For the price and the spec, it's not bad at all."

"$599 which makes it the cheapest MacBook Apple have ever sold."

"this is the new MacBook Neo in a very nice blush pink. I actually think this may be my favorite color."

"You only get 8 GB of memory. You can't spec anymore."

"There's no backlight for the keyboard."

"The touchpad's not as nice."

"When was the last time you could buy any good laptop, let alone a Apple MacBook, for $499 if you're going to college or university? That's ridiculous."

"Which color are you going to get? Because there are four of them and they're all quite nice actually."

"keyboard key caps are color matched. The rubber feet underneath are color matched. Even the mesh in the speaker grill on the side of the laptop is color matched."

"has a slightly sad lock button at the top right of the keyboard."

"the Neo is just a little bit thicker than the Air"

"there is no backlight to the keyboard, which in 2026 is a bit frustrating."

"They've made the Windows handheld experience slightly less awful"

"made what is essentially the Xbox PC app as the new default home screen."

"we go straight into this full screen Xbox mode. Really fast, lovely to use."

"I don't think they've changed it at all as far as I can tell which is a bit disappointing."

"prefer the rubbish viewing angles"

"no OLED screen obviously either, unfortunately."

"Bigger kickstand"

"It is very slim"

"it is much thinner and lighter than that"

"Quite a lot of money"

"that is some low resolution video right there"

"doesn't look very good"

"better graphics, higher frame rates, like Tears of the Kingdom. We've gone from 30 to 60 FPS. It's like the perfect upgrade."

"the Switch 2 lets us play games that simply wouldn't run on the older hardware. Like... Hogwarts Legacy, Cyberpunk on a Switch"

"better graphics, faster load times, much better looking games, games that we couldn't play before"

"I also can't ignore the slightly slow motion blurry LCD screen"

"the pretty average battery life"

"the relatively poor repairability"

"The refreshed second generation of proper gaming handhelds with better specs and refined designs"

"you'll get best-in-class performance with this given we have the Ryzen Z2 Extreme chip"

"much improved cooling thanks to these ridiculously big exhaust vents"

"Windows PC, which means it's a finicky, buggy kind of horrible experience"

"experienced some pretty terrible 1% lows, but I think that could be a software issue"

"this is such a heavy device. It's about 920 g"

"and this is, I reckon, the best color. This is the cobalt violet."

"It means you can look at whatever you want on the tube and no one will know what you're watching."

"It is a very cool feature. I think I will be using quite a bit especially with notifications, especially when entering passwords."

"cuz there's never anything in the box except the phone."

"if we're being honest, there isn't a whole lot new with the S26 Ultra. It's very iterative."

"it actually reduces the resolution significantly because we're only using half of the pixels."

"it's like having one of those privacy screen protectors built into your phone. It can be full screen. It can be just for notifications, for your pins and passwords, and you can even enable it for individual apps, which is very handy"

"it's just refreshing to have a genuinely useful new feature that we haven't really seen before and isn't just some AI gimmick."

"all with some fancy new colors."

"turning privacy display on does noticeably lower the whole screen brightness."

"the viewing angles on the new phone seem to be worse than last year."

"no sign of IP69 or 69K like we've started seeing in some rivals."

"including a very nifty new long range AI camera zoom for the Pro phones."

"The Pros come in a very nice jade and moonstone"

"It's very comfortable to hold with these rounded corners."

"this one's a bit more of a quiet stay at home with your M and Dad kind of birthday party."

"And this year, it's a bit of a mixed bag, actually."

"Basically the heaviest flagship out there."

"it's not as nice as this, the brand new Galaxy Z Flip 7. And just look at that cover screen or flex window as they call it. It is massive. We've gone from 3.4 in to 4.1."

"I reckon this is one of the biggest upgrades we've seen to Samsung's foldable flippable lineup in years."

"it's not just a bigger screen. It's also much brighter, now 2400 nits... And also, we get their vision booster, which improves the contrast and colors at those high brightnesses."

"technically it's 1 g heavier. So, it's skinnier, but not any lighter."

"They have kept basically the same camera system as the Flip 6... basically exactly the same as last year's Flip 6 with a 50 megapixel main and a 12 megapixel ultrawide. No telephoto here."

"obviously there are questions over the ISP. Does it impact the camera in terms of Samsung's pro visual engine?... also the modem for the networks"

"this cover screen is very impressive, but once you move past the fact that you just have a slightly larger screen on the front here"

"a couple of design improvements"

"3% faster in single core, 7 and a half% in multi-core."

"Is it a similarly big upgrade? Well, not quite... there's not a ton that's new here."

"with that Exynos chip, could actually be a bit of a downgrade... if you are going to spend $1,100 on this... you kind of want the best performance you can get and not their kind of second-class chip option."

"we get a lower stability... it's only marginally faster than last year. And as I say, it throttles more."

"the Fold 7 is a damn good-looking phone, particularly in this blue shadow."

"you can see the benefit of having that 3x optical lens and also the 200 megapixel main camera on the Fold 7... Particularly for longer range zoom, it does make a difference."

"it's a pretty great setup."

"No S Pen support is a blow."

"4,400 mAh battery is a joke."

"no periscope lens"

"it's the biggest overhaul we've seen to their folds in years."

"We're talking 4.2 mm thick when open, 8.9 mm when closed."

"it's also 24 g lighter, tipping the scales at 215 g."

"What hasn't changed though is the IP rating. Still IP 48."

"sadly, still no change to the PWM, the pulse width modulation."

"we're stuck at these relatively small capacities compared to some rivals."

"it is so incredibly thin. And actually, I think not just the thinness, but it's the lightness as well."

"I have no problems at all with the durability of this."

"Lovely thin symmetrical bezels."

"Is it because it's very expensive"

"the battery is not very good... My biggest problem with the Edge... is the battery life."

"It's actually one of the most understated slash boring looking phones I've seen in a while."

"it is the thinnest S series phone they've ever made. 5.8 mm."

"it weighs just 163 g."

"it just feels well not only slim and light, but also just very futuristic. I really, really like it."

"The only thing we're missing are the telephoto cameras"

"The main issue that I'm perhaps a little bit worried about is the smaller battery. The Edge gets a 3,900 mAh battery"

"One of my absolute favorite features about the Ultra is this anti-glare screen... Unfortunately, the Edge doesn't... which is a bit of a shame."

"when was the last time we had a genuinely exciting new iPhone, the 10, maybe the four doesn't happen very often. And you know this is their first step towards a folding iPhone."

"What I really like about this is what I'm going to call the Goldilocks screen. This is 6.5 in ... I love this size. Just about usable one-handed but still big enough for watching your shows and movies and playing games comfortably."

"The other benefit of this new Ceramic Shield 2 is that we have an anti-reflective layer. ... you can tell the difference. Apple say it's about 30% better at reflecting light. Yeah, it's a welcome upgrade"

"We only have a single speaker coming out of the earpiece, which is fine. It does a decent job, but if you're watching videos or TV shows, movies, it all sounds, as you'd expect, very one-sided."

"but then there's also only room for one camera lens on the back. ... The iPhone Air's camera is very good, but for $1,000, it's hard not to feel a little bit shortchanged."

"if you really push it, you know, recording lots of 4K 60 video or playing really demanding games, the Air does heat up the fastest."

"This is the best iPhone."

"added the 120 Hz ProMotion finally."

"doubled the base storage to 256 GB."

"The 17 isn't the most exciting looking"

"there's no 17 Plus this year."

"we do miss out on things like log, ProRes, Pro Raw"

"15% Slimmer bezels which are nice and symmetrical by the way"

"squared off oxy jab into your palm Corners have been rounded off... actually makes it look and feel quite different"

"15 G lighter than last year... certainly make it more comfortable to hold"

"I must admit I've Come Away a bit underwhelmed"

"it's almost like they've phoned it in this year"

"what is going on with these chunky lens bezels... I feel like the old one looks better"

"it turns out the new phone with its 8 Elite for Galaxy chip and 40% bigger Vapor chamber cooler is actually about 1 to 2° C cooler"

"it's also about 40% faster"

"the battery life is noticeably better"

"they removed bluetooth support from our precious S Pen"

"Samsung seemed to have done is focus on gimmicky AI features that you might use a couple of times and then never again"

"this is probably one of the least exciting Flagship Ultra phones from Samsung we've had in years"