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RIP Galaxy Note 7 - PhoneDog Play Button

RIP Galaxy Note 7

I’m sorry to tell you this guys but the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 is done, dead, and no more. Samsung has halted the production. They are collecting all of the units currently in circulation and they are moving on. In case you’ve been living under a...
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LG V20 Unboxing and First Impressions - PhoneDog Play Button

LG V20 Unboxing and First Impressions

The LG V20 is a smartphone designed for diehard Android users. Not only does it feature a microSD card slot for expandable storage, but it features a removable battery and the latest version of Android 7.0 Nougat. Some other features include a 5.7"...
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Apple Watch Series 2 Unboxing and First Look

This is the Apple Watch Series 2, the second generation Apple Watch. From the surface, the box looks exactly identical to the previous Apple Watch we saw some two years ago. The box is still white with the embroidered Watch on the front. If you look...
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Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Coral Blue: Hands-On - PhoneDog Play Button

Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Coral Blue: Hands-On

Hands-on with the Blue Coral Samsung Galaxy Note 7. Despite the unfortunate events surrounding the Note 7 and its battery, the Galaxy Note 7 is one of the most beautiful smartphones we've ever laid eyes on. Which smartphone do you find the most...
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iPhone 7 Unboxing (Jet Black and Black)

Welcome to my iPhone 7 unboxing. Today we’re unboxing two iPhones—one in Black and 32GB and the other one, Jet Black in 256GB. Let’s go ahead and start out with the Matte Black iPhone 7. First thing we’ll notice right off the bat is the box...
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Apple iPhone 7 Plus Unboxing and First Impressions - PhoneDog Play Button

Apple iPhone 7 Plus Unboxing and First Impressions

This is the iPhone 7 Plus, Apple's successor to the iPhone 6s Plus. It's bigger than the iPhone 7 and features some unique features of its own, including a 5.5-inch 1920x1080 LCD screen, A10 Fusion chip with 3GB RAM, dual 12MP camera sensors,...
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Huawei Honor 8 Unboxing and First Impressions - PhoneDog Play Button

Huawei Honor 8 Unboxing and First Impressions

It’s not an easy task to find the smartphone for you, especially if your budget is $400. Huawei has made the decision even tougher with the launch of the Huawei Honor 8. It’s a $400 smartphone with 4GB of RAM and a dual 12-megapixel camera sensors...
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Samsung Galaxy Note 7: Unboxing and First Look

I came back home to find many boxes full of goodies waiting for me—one of them being this one from Samsung. In early August, Samsung announced the brand new Galaxy Note 7, skipping the 6 in favor to line up their Galaxy S and Note line numerically....
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Google Duo Review - PhoneDog Play Button

Google Duo Review

One of the biggest announcements made at Google I/O earlier this year was Google Duo, a simple video calling app for Android and iPhone. Duo really is simple. It’s a standalone video calling app. Video calling is all that it does. When you first...
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Android 7.0 Nougat on Nexus 6P! - PhoneDog Play Button

Android 7.0 Nougat on Nexus 6P!

Today, Google released the official version of Android 7.0 Nougat to select Nexus devices. The easiest way to install Android Nougat on your Nexus device is through the Android Beta program, which is exactly what I did for my Nexus 6P. In this video...
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Moto Z & Moto Z Force Double Unboxing and Impressions - PhoneDog Play Button

Moto Z and Moto Z Force Double Unboxing and Impressions

You’re not going to believe this but the modular Moto Z you see here and the Moto Z Force and Moto Mods that were sent to me by Verizon to review for you all—they were sent to the wrong address. They’ve been floating in limbo for two weeks, hence...
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Alcatel Idol 4S Review - PhoneDog Play Button

Alcatel Idol 4S Review

The Idol 4S is a very appealing $400 smartphone from Alcatel. It features a 5.5-inch Quad HD AMOLED display, Snapdragon 652 octa-core processor with 3GB of RAM, 16MP rear camera, 3000mAh battery, fingerprint scanner and Android 6.0 Marshmallow....
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Samsung Galaxy S7 active Review: Two Months Later - PhoneDog Play Button

Samsung Galaxy S7 active Review: Two Months Later

I’ve done a lot with the Samsung Galaxy S7 active. In the two months I had to spend with the active, I’ve gone to Seattle and went to the top of the Space Needle. I’ve drank the freshest cup of Nitro Cold Brew money could buy at the Starbucks...
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HTC 10 Challenge: RIP BoomSound Speakers - PhoneDog Play Button

HTC 10 Challenge: RIP BoomSound Speakers

With the HTC 10, HTC abandoned its iconic BoomSound front-facing stereo speakers in favor of BoomSound Hi-Fi edition speakers. What's the difference? There is a now a separate tweeter and woofer. The single front-facing speaker doubles as a tweeter...
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BLU Studio Touch Review - PhoneDog Play Button

BLU Studio Touch Review

The BLU Studio Touch is a $100 smartphone with a fingerprint scanner. It features a 5.0" HD IPS display, quad-core 1.0GHz processor, 1GB RAM, 8MP rear- and 5MP front-facing camera sensor, 4G LTE and Android 6.0 Marshmallow running out-of-the-box. If...
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HTC 10 Challenge: Speed Test and Benchmarks - PhoneDog Play Button

HTC 10 Challenge: Speed Test and Benchmarks

The HTC 10 is one of a handful flagship smartphones to feature the Snapdragon 820 Quad-Core processor paired with 4GB of RAM. I’ve been using this phone as my daily driver for the past couple of months or so and these are my two cents on the...
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OnePlus 3 Review - PhoneDog Play Button

OnePlus 3 Review

Starting in 2014, OnePlus has released a flagship killer smartphone every single year. A smartphone that has flagship specs but without the premium flagship price. And every OnePlus device in the past has been very appealing. It’s hard not to take...
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Samsung Galaxy Note 7: What To Expect - PhoneDog Play Button

Samsung Galaxy Note 7: What to Expect

The last Samsung Galaxy Note smartphone was the Galaxy Note 5. This year, it's expected Samsung will name its new device "Galaxy Note 7" to align it with the Galaxy S7 and iPhone 7, which is expected to be released in September. Some of the rumored...
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BLU Energy XL Unboxing & First Look - PhoneDog Play Button

BLU Energy XL Unboxing and First Look

This is the $300 Energy XL smartphone from BLU, the latest device of theirs to hit the market and one of their most high end smartphones at that. I think what really defines the smartphone is its size. It’s a massive smartphone. It features a 6-inch...
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Android N Developer Preview 4: What's New? - PhoneDog Play Button

Android N Developer Preview 4: What's New?

Google has released the fourth developer preview of Android N for select Nexus devices. Now there's not a lot of big changes in this dev preview but I feel like I just want to share the changes that are here with you because we have covered the past...
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