Chris Matyszczyk

As iPhone X launches, Google says Pixel 2 does more

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. He has better things to do with his hands than hold a phone. Google/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET You can’t just sit there. If you have a phone to sell, especially a new one, you have to at least try …

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Samsung goes to town on Apple’s last 10 years

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. This is the look for all iPhone X aficionados. You didn’t know? Samsung/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET You didn’t think that Samsung was going to let the iPhone X party go on without at least trying to turn the music down, did you? Periodically, Samsung …

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Apple iPhone X OLED screen may suffer burn

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image Be prepared for imperfections.  James Martin/CNET No, Apple hasn’t suddenly invented a magical, revolutionary OLED screen that gives you all the dramatic color without any drawbacks. There was much consternation when Google’s new Pixel 2 XL phones suffered so-called burn-in — traces of …

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iPhone X undergoes torture test, shows only one flaw

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. A vital moment. JerryRigEverything/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET From creation to destruction there are but tiny steps. It’s a tradition, therefore, to grab a newly created phone and see how quickly you can wreck it.  So as soon as the iPhone X emerged on Friday, …

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This store had Apple’s iPhone X. There was no line

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. He was the only one there. Chris Matyszczyk/CNET It was 10 p.m. on a drizzly Thursday.  A lone accordionist stretched out a pained tune.  He probably didn’t notice the illuminated sign behind him. If he did, he didn’t seem to care. People walked by and …

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iPhone X’s new default ringtone is going to annoy

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image Oh, the noises they’ll make. CNET I don’t know about you, but I’m all marimba’d out. The iPhone‘s default ringtone has been a part of “culture” for a long time.  Irritating culture, that is. It seems, though, that iPhone X is going to …

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Microsoft presenter downloads Chrome after Edge fails

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. And so he decided to browse fast. screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET At what point does corporate loyalty break and honesty take over?  I’m moved to finding the answer after viewing (a small portion of) a Microsoft presentation called “Datacenter Transformation. Migrating Apps, Workloads and Data …

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I went to Best Buy to buy a Pixel 2 and it was strange

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image The home of sales objectivity? Best Buy When Google’s Pixel 2 and 2XL phones launched last week, I went to a Verizon store — Verizon has the exclusive deal on the new phones — and had an unsatisfying experience. The salesman seemed far …

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How AT&T promised me the iPhone X and then let me down

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image I tried to say hello to the future. But the future didn’t reply. Apple No, I wasn’t going to sit up past midnight.  I’d like to hold the iPhone X in my hand, slip it in my pocket and generally give it a …

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Samsung trolls Google after Pixel 2 XL screen woes

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. A dig at the Pixel 2? It seems so. Samsung/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Samsung must have felt a touch of glee when reports surfaced that Google’s new phones might be running into problem or two.  When it comes to finer Android phones, Samsung has …

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