Lenovo is officially entering the mobile gaming space on July 22, TechRadar reports, pointing to an announcement post on Weibo, the Chinese social media site. The Legion, a phone boasting Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 865 Plus processor, will likely only be available in China at launch. The Legion will be one of the first phones to use …
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If you’ve been paying attention to the latest generation of chargers and USB specs, you know the days of slow charging are numbered. Modern USB-C Power Delivery chargers can fast-charge compatible devices in a fraction of the time of older devices thanks to their 100-watt power capacity. Aukey’s 100-watt Power Delivery charger is just such a beast. Usually selling for …
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Qualcomm’s high-end Snapdragon processor is getting a speed bump to make mobile gaming even more immersive. And one of the first phones to use the chip will be the upcoming Asus ROG Phone 3. Qualcomm on Wednesday said its Snapdragon 865 Plus has 10% quicker graphics rendering and a 10% faster CPU clock speed than its sibling, the Snapdragon 865. …
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Stuck at home this summer? If the coronavirus pandemic has canceled your summer plans, you could pivot and use your vacation funds on a new gaming laptop. If you want to get into PC gaming or upgrade your aging setup, a new gaming laptop can certainly help fill the hours during those long summer days and hot summer nights. Read …
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The year started with some great laptop announcements at CES 2020 — from the first with 5G wireless to dual-screen concepts. Despite some delays and shortages, many of those options are now available. So we — CNET’s Dan Ackerman, Lori Grunin and I — picked a few of our favorites that we’ve tested so far this year. This is just …
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Asus‘ creative-oriented ZenBook Pro Duo wowed me back in September 2019 and I like the gaming version even more; the ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 pulls out almost all the stops for performance in a way the ZenBook doesn’t, plus tweaks the design in a few ways that make it a lot more usable and flexible. But you’ll have to pull …
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The Asus ROG Zephyrus is the company’s thinnest, most compact gaming laptop. Despite its trim dimensions, which pack a 15.6-inch display into a 14-inch chassis, the ROG Zephyrus doesn’t sacrifice performance. It offers the latest silicon from AMD and Intel as well as GPUs from Nvidia’s current GeForce RTX line. Read more: Best laptops of 2020 The RTX 2060 is …
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The Asus ZenBook 13 laptop has been out for more than two years, so it’s not packed with the latest technology. Its glossy chassis is a fingerprint magnet, and its shallow keyboard might not agree with your typing style unless you’ve spent some time seated in front of the butterfly keyboard of MacBooks of yore. But like a MacBook, it oozes style with …
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Best Buy is offering discounts on a wide variety of gaming laptops. I’ve picked out three that I think are the best deals, and each hits a different price point, from an entry-level, big-screen Acer model to a sleek, thin and high-powered Razer Blade. In between is an Asus gamer that sits in the sweet spot, delivering excellent value for your gaming …
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To learn about the future of VR, I met in VR. Qualcomm invited me to a briefing inside Spatial’s app on an Oculus Quest, where a virtual Hugo Swart (head of mixed reality tech for Qualcomm) floated, ready to show us slides and talk about where VR was heading. Midway through, Swart vanished into a vapor of dots. Then he …
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