72: An in-depth look at the Sony Xperia 1 III and thoughts on the Nintendo Switch OLED

Noise Cancelling

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This week’s show is presented by Gareth Beavis, Editor in Chief of TechRadar and Sherri L Smith, Editor in Chief of Laptop Mag!

This week our guests are Daniel Bader, Software & Downloads Writer at Android Central, and James Peckham, Phones Editor at TechRadar, who join us (remotely, of course) to talk about the last seven days in tech.

Show Headlines

00:00 Start

02:49 The worst tech product names ever

09:59 Gadget hall of fame - PSP

12:14 Nintendo Switch OLED

15:46 Back to the PSP

18:38 Sony Xperia 1 III reviews

26:25 The best Sony phones of all time

29:15 Trees falling in the forest

29:51 Sony phone and James Bond

30:32 Sony threw it all away

31:31 Products that never came out

35:14 The long gone Moterola heyday

37:08 Moterola still making solid budget phones

37:38 Lenovo is killing it

40:17 Why isn't MagSafe a bigger deal?

41:42 RIP LG phones

42:10 Innovation isn't for the consumer

43:57 Beavle Trends

50:57 Sign off

The Sony Xperia 1 III launched last week and so the crew spend this episode reminiscing about some of the best Sony phones of all time, discussing why Sony can’t seem to make an impact on the modern smartphone market and argue Sony vs Motorola. Also Nintendo had a surprise announcement this week with the Switch OLED coming to store this October… but it’s not exactly what we were expecting.

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