Year after year, we see an influx of new tech products.
Companies constantly try to outdo themselves.
And most of the time, very few people actually make those upgrades.
In this video, I wanted to talk about 5 of my favorite tech products that were released
over the last year.
These are tech products that I feel like I'd be able to strongly recommend for the next
couple of years at least because of how well engineered they are.
The first product I want to talk about is probably the coolest laptop I've ever gotten
the chance to use, and that's the Asus Zephyrus Duo 15 laptop.
This is a laptop that is powered by the latest and greatest 10th generation Intel Core i7
or i9 CPUs.
The computing power in this laptop is impressive, and helped drive its design, which I think
is very unique and innovative.
This blend of power and innovative engineering, enables some impressive multitasking capabilities
and performance.
A lot of people immediately ask me what the use of this second screen is, and the best
answer I can give to that question is literally anything you want.
I've liked using it as a second screen when playing music or watching YouTube while I
work.
The software implementation is also very intuitive, and the same window snapping you're used to,
works on this screen also!
I personally don't game enough to see how games could utilize this second display, but
there's already games out there that can utilize this display as like a HUD.
A lot of times, I see insane laptop specs, and I'm like okay, but what does the laptop
actually look and feel like.
And with the Asus Zephyrus Duo, I can't state enough how solid the whole build is.
It has an all-metal chassis, and is surprisingly thin for how much power and temperature management
the laptop has to deal with.
The model I am using has an insane 300 Hz display.
Coupled with the 10th gen Intel processors and the latest Nvidia GPUs, these laptops
are able to do things like play Fortnite at full epic settings at around 150 fps.
For anyone looking for an all around workhorse of a laptop that actually looks and feels
good too, the Asus Zephyrus Duo will definitely be a laptop I would highly recommend for a
while.
From things like CADing and coding, to video editing and of course gaming, this laptop
has the power to do pretty much anything.
The next product I want to talk about is one that I feel like flew under the radar in 2020,
and that's the Google Pixel 5 5G.
Seemingly just as consistently as people point to the Google Pixels as taking the best pictures
of any smartphone, people also seem to flame the latest Google Pixel products one way or
another.
Whether it was display issues, giant notches, or being overpriced, there seemed to always
be a significant pain point for Pixel users.
But fortunately for Google, that changed this year.
With the Google Pixel 5 5G, I think Google really hit a sweet spot in terms of an overall
smartphone package that just makes sense given its price point and feature set.
It's a phone that many still view as the smartphone picture champion.
It's a Google phone, so it gets the latest and most pure Android updates that always
come with its own set of really cool features.
For example, Pixels can answer and screen incoming phone calls for you automatically.
With this phone, the fact that I haven't even thought about the onboard specs is a good
thing.
It does everything that you'd expect a phone to do, plus those cool Google features.
Also something that's clear with its name, the Google Pixel 5 5G has 5G, so you can expect
to always be able to utilize the fastest availability cellular connections.
Then you include things like iP68 water and dust resistance, a quality OLED display, and
decent battery life, and you get a phone that just makes sense.
That being said, I haven't even mentioned the phone's best feature, which is its price.
The Google Pixel 5 5G retails for $699.
This is $300 less than that $1000 price point that we've gotten used to with premium smartphones
these days.
So all in all the Pixel 5 5G just makes sense, so for Android users, this is still the phone
I would recommend first before anything else.
The next product I'm going to mention was Apple's most surprising product announcement
of the year, and that's the AirPods Max.
When these first came out, I really didn't know what to think.
But having been a huge fan of the AirPods Pro, which I think are still leading the wireless
earphone game, I knew that I had to give the AirPods Pro a shot.
When the AirPods Pros were first announced, people memed it and thought it was very overpriced,
and with the AirPods Max, this was the same type of thing.
The AirPods Max are still admittedly overpriced and the carrying case sucks, but like their
smaller in-ear counterparts, the Max just do everything that you'd expect them to do,
but just more seamlessly than ever before.
You get all of the benefits of AirPods Pro like hands free siri, auto switching between
Apple devices and the ability to toggle between transparent and noise cancellation modes.
But now you get them in this ultra premium, over ear form factor.
Despite them being the heaviest pair of headphones I've ever worn due to the fact that its an
all aluminum and stainless steel build, they are the most comfortable headphones I've ever
worn.
I've worn these for hours while editing videos, talking in Zoom calls, and sitting in flights,
and the pivoting earcups made it so that these are the most comfortable headphones I've ever
worn.
I get head and ear discomfort very easily, but was pleasantly surprised with the feel.
As for the sound quality, it's great.
I'm not an audiophile or anything, but for music streaming, phone calls, and video editing,
these headphones have sounded great.
And I should also note that they definitely have the most natural sounding transparency
mode out of any of the over-ear headphones I've ever used.
So overall, if you can afford these pair of headphones, they are a really nice pair that
are weirdly worth the price tag.
But it is true that you can get like 90% of the quality of these with much cheaper options
from Sony or Bose.
My Fourth pick is closely linked to the AirPods Max, and it's the iPhone 12 Pro Max.
I know I just talked about the Pixel 5 5G earlier in this video, but I feel as if they
offer fundamentally different experiences.
With the Pixel 5 5G, you get an all-around great phone for the price.
Similar to how the AirPods Max put you in this ultra premium tier of noise cancelling
headphones, the iPhone 12 Pro Max does this with phones.
It has an ultra premium ceramic glass and stainless steal build, and does have quite
a heft to it.
In terms of its internals, it also gives you all of the things you could hope for except
for that 120 Hz screen.
It's screen is still a very high quality QHD+ OLED, and it carries over the fantastic battery
life of the 11 Pro Max.
I think the biggest thing with this phone is how versatile its cameras are though.
This was the first smartphone where I feel like I can confidently take either VLOG footage
for a YouTube video or a quick Instagram photo, and both can pass as being taken by a professional
camera.
The three lenses on the back add a lot of versatility where its like having three different
lenses in your camera bag.
Overall, I had to include my daily driver phone in this video because it is probably
the device I use the most out of all of these.
I also forgot to mention MagSafe.
I take full advantage of it with the MagSafe silicon case, wallet case, and standard charger.
All of the accessories work great, and I almost forgot to mention them because they've worked
so seamlessly.
Lastly, I wanted to mention another tech product that I use on a daily basis, and that's this
TV behind me, the Samsung Q70T 4K 75 inch TV.
This thing is a beast of a TV.
I've watched a lot of 4K content on here from movies to PS5 games, and yeah it still blows
my mind that I'm able to put such a large, high quality screen in the center of my living
room.
This TV can even go up to an incredible 240 Hz.
It of course also has all of the streaming services that you can come to expect from
a smart tv, including Apple TV+ and Apple Airplay built in.
Then you get some extra perks like auto switching inputs and various picture profiles that can
do things like reduce the amount of blue light shown.
Another really cool thing with these tvs is if you mirror either your Apple or Samsung
phone to the screen, it puts the display on the right side and lets you still watch anything
as usual.
And when you're not using the TV, you can put it into this nice ambient mode as you
can see here.
In this mode, you'll be able to do things like display dynamic artwork or give weather
information.
Overall it's just a fantastic TV that will still be a fantastic TV 5 to 10 years down
the line.
So those were my 5 tech choices.
Of course this is a very subjective list, and everybody would have a different top 5
going into the New Year.
I'd love to know all of yours, so make sure to let me know down in the comments what your
top 5 tech products going into 2021 are!
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