Review: Google Pixel XL

 

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla 

Exploding Note7’s have left a crater-sized void in the market and users looking for options can definitely consider a Pixel XL. It’s large, has the killer camera and specs combo, and it’s a Pure Google device. That’s great for consumers with $899 burning a hole in their pocket, but what about the rest of us?

Ambitious, bold, and aiming for the big guns in the smartphone flagship market, Google’s Pixel XL and its smaller brother, the Google Pixel, aim to give consumers the Google phone that they have always wanted but which the earlier Nexus devices may have failed to deliver. 

Pixel represents a brand new chapter for Google as an end-to-end creator of consumer products. The Pixel extends the Made by Google ethos, which is to deliver high-quality devices that serve as the best containers for Google’s technology. This idea has been percolating with the expensive and premium Chromebook Pixel, the similarly costly and ambitious Pixel C 2-in-1, and now is encapsulated in the Pixel family of phones as well as in Google’s Home and Wi-Fi focused devices.

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Olloclip announces new interchangeable lense sets for iPhone 7 coming this November

Olloclip will be offering interchangeable lens sets for the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, that will be ready to ship in November. This iPhone 7 and the iPhone 7 Plus have the best and most capable cameras ever shipped on an iPhone and with these new lens sets, phone photographers will have a wider range of shooting options. 

Olloclip says the new premium multi-element coated glass optics are precision engineered to deliver crisp beautiful images with edge-to-edge clarity.  Like lenses used on larger professional DSLR cameras, olloclip lenses are designed to provide similar perspectives and are sized small enough to fit in a pocket, purse or hand.

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Samsung asks global partners and to stop Galaxy Note7 sales and replacements

Updated on Tuesday, October 11, 2016 at 9:35AM by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The Samsung Galaxy Note7 has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. We've not even had a chance to review this flagship handset but have already published multiple posts regarding various dangerous fires and explosions due to faulty batteries. Even as the company tried to get in front of the issue and kicked off a global replacement program. Well, after some of the replacement units started exploding it seems that the issue is bigger than many thought.

Samsung has just issued a statement asking all global partners to stop sales of replacement Galaxy Note7 units and has also asked all, "Canadian consumers with either an original Galaxy Note7 or replacement Galaxy Note7 device should power down and stop using the device. Details of the remedies available for Note7 customers are detailed below."

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Moto Z, Moto Z Play and Moto Mods now available in Canada

Lenovo's latest flagship smartphone, the Moto Z and its midrange Moto Z Play, as well as various Moto Mods are now available in Canada.

Moto is pleased to announce Moto Z, Moto Z Play and Moto Mods are now available at a number of carriers and retailers in Canada. This brings one of the most innovative devices and the one viable modular smartphone platform to Canada. Below is availability and pricing details information for the devices.

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