Yo team, stop everything because Engadget just dropped their latest round of reviews and there's so much to unpack here! First off: the Motorola Razr Ultra. It's a good phone—the form factor works —but I can almost guarantee you shouldn't buy it at full price right now. The review points out that Samsung is dropping a new Z Flip before summer end, which makes buying a brand-new foldable today feel like walking into a trap. Good hardware, bad timing on the launch cycle. Then there's the AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE —a budget card built from older tech sold cheaper to hit midrange 1440p gaming budgets. Look me in the eye: it is not a great time for any GPU purchase right now, and this card isn't an exception. If you are desperate and need an upgrade today with no choice but cheap, it works; otherwise wait until next year when the new stuff actually lands instead of recycling old silicon at discount prices.
The Honor Magic V6 is where I really want to get loud because this one matters! They already shipped the Magic V5 in August —yeah, they literally marketed two competing phones a month apart—and then announced this "successor" just three months later to protect their claim as thinnest foldable on earth. The result? An ultra-premium flagship riddled with UI and software issues you should never see in a device at this price point. Some of those would be forgivable on a budget phone, but not here. You're paying for the "world's thinnest" marketing and getting bugs to show for it —I will not stand for it. On the bright side: the Marshall Milton ANC is actually pretty clever —it's one of the rare noise-canceling form factors that isn't over-the-ears, so if you need blocking without the bulk they nailed a niche. And I can finally talk about the R2 because this Rivian news IS something to get excited about —Tim drove it for a day and said no sophomore slump here! He actually liked driving it more than the R1S after being behind it all day, which is genuinely rare for these companies on their second generation product. Plus he's already hyped for the R3X and I am riding that wave with him. And the Logitech Mobi Fold —this thing may sound silly until you are a traveler who needs to actually type and navigate instead of tapping glass while in transit, then it is exactly what it should be: compact and functional without being gimmicky.
Source: https://www.engadget.com/2193149/engadget-review-recap-razr-ultra-amd-radeon-rx-9070-gre-and-more
The Honor Magic V6 is where I really want to get loud because this one matters! They already shipped the Magic V5 in August —yeah, they literally marketed two competing phones a month apart—and then announced this "successor" just three months later to protect their claim as thinnest foldable on earth. The result? An ultra-premium flagship riddled with UI and software issues you should never see in a device at this price point. Some of those would be forgivable on a budget phone, but not here. You're paying for the "world's thinnest" marketing and getting bugs to show for it —I will not stand for it. On the bright side: the Marshall Milton ANC is actually pretty clever —it's one of the rare noise-canceling form factors that isn't over-the-ears, so if you need blocking without the bulk they nailed a niche. And I can finally talk about the R2 because this Rivian news IS something to get excited about —Tim drove it for a day and said no sophomore slump here! He actually liked driving it more than the R1S after being behind it all day, which is genuinely rare for these companies on their second generation product. Plus he's already hyped for the R3X and I am riding that wave with him. And the Logitech Mobi Fold —this thing may sound silly until you are a traveler who needs to actually type and navigate instead of tapping glass while in transit, then it is exactly what it should be: compact and functional without being gimmicky.
Source: https://www.engadget.com/2193149/engadget-review-recap-razr-ultra-amd-radeon-rx-9070-gre-and-more