Tech Guide #701 - Foldable smartphone wars heat up, high-tech running shoes
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This is Tech Guide with Stephen Fennec, the podcast that keeps you updated and educated.
Hello and welcome to Tech Guide episode 701. Great to have you with us once again. Thank you for listening. My name is Stephen Fennig. I'm the editor of techguide.com.au. On this week's show, we have picked the winners of the episode 700 celebration. So check your emails. The foldable smartphone wars are heating up with even more companies entering the category, including Honor and Motorola. And the new high-tech shoes from Mizuno that can literally put a spring in your step. In the Tech Guide reviews, we're going to take a look at the Eero Outdoor Wireless 7 router. We also check out the Seagate OneTouch desktop external hard drive. And... we shed some light on the high-quality torches from LED Lensa.
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Well, foldable phones, aren't they everywhere now? There's two other companies that have entered the market, and I'm actually using one of them. The Honor V6 is one of the new foldable devices, very similar to the Samsung Galaxy Folds.
What are the latest updates in the foldable smartphone market?
So it opens up like a book. Screen on the front opens up like a book. And it has a similar really slick and thin design as the Samsung, the Fold 7 is what we're up to. We're expecting a launch in hopefully, it's around this time of year that Samsung normally release their foldable devices. No official word on when that will happen or where it will happen, but we were no doubt it will happen. So yeah, but Honor has, and this used to be a sub-brand of Huawei since bought out by another company, so they're completely separate and independent now. But they have proven their worth in the market. I've reviewed an Honor phone in the past. This is the first foldable Honor phone that I've reviewed. I've got to say, like I said, I am using it right now as my daily driver, and I'm really impressed with the build quality, with the performance, and, of course, the fact that it's a foldable opens out nicely.
You can't see the crease. You can see it, but it's not as prominent as previous generations, no doubt. Has a great camera as well. I'll review it in the next week or two. But the other company on the market with a new foldable device is Motorola. So you remember Motorola had a bit of a resurgence with their first foldable was their flip phone.
What features does the Eero Outdoor Wireless 7 router offer?
So the Razr was a phone that... They introduced a few years ago as a flip phone, but a foldable device. So early on, I've got to say, it was met with – there was a huge reaction in the market to the Razr, them reviving the Razr brand. But that first generation of the Razr Fold, which, as I said, was a flip phone – Didn't really – there was a – I didn't get – despite numerous attempts to review it, I didn't receive a review unit.
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