The Zenfone 10 is praised for its wireless charging, durable back material, and improved battery life, positioning it as a top contender for the best small phone of the year.
YouTube's experiment with blocking videos for users with ad blockers raises concerns about its impact on content creators and user experience.
Threads, Meta's new social media app developed on the Instagram platform, has the potential to rival Twitter with its similar features and existing user base.
Deep dives
The Zenfone 10 is praised for its features and durability
The podcast hosts discuss their positive experience with the Zenfone 10, highlighting features such as wireless charging, durable back material, and improved battery life. They express their satisfaction with the phone, noting that it is a contender for the best value and smallest best small phone of the year.
YouTube is testing blocking videos for users with ad blockers
The podcast episode mentions that YouTube is experimenting with blocking videos entirely for users who have ad blockers installed. While the hosts acknowledge that YouTube's main source of revenue is advertisements, they also discuss the potential impact on content creators and user experience.
Introduction of Threads, a new social media app by Meta
The hosts introduce Threads, a new social media app developed by Meta (formerly Facebook) that is being compared to Twitter. They discuss how Threads is built upon the Instagram platform, offering similar features such as posts, likes, comments, and verified accounts. It is highlighted that Threads has the potential to provide competition to Twitter due to its infrastructure and existing user base.
The First Commercially Available Smartphone with Wireless Charging
According to Computer World, the Nokia 920, released in 2012, was the first commercially available smartphone with wireless charging.
Third Place in the 2022 Blind Smartphone Camera Test
In the 2022 blind smartphone camera test, the Pixel 6A took the first place, but the phone that came in third place according to the ELO rating was the Asus Zenfone 9.
This was a crazy week for social media apps, but first the gang talks about the Zenfone 10 now that Andrew has had a chance to use it for a week or two. Then they talk about YouTube testing and Twitter implementing a (temporary?) rate limit on the same Reddit officially started charging for its API. After that, it's all about Threads. The new Twitter-clone that that Meta just launched which Marques had early access to for the last few days. He gives his first impressions on the app and talks about what makes it interesting before we end it all with some trivia. Follow us on Threads if you have the app! Links below.