Gadgetory

these are the top five products CNET readers checked out during October of 2018 you guys are definitely researching phones heavily although I was seriously not expecting what ended up being number five what are we waiting for let's get to it coming in at number five are the Microsoft Surface headphones yeah you heard me right Microsoft's new 350 dollar headphones piqued your curiosity each of the ear cups has an integrated dial because wheels are the future the right dial controls the volume the left handles the amount of noise cancellation there are also touch controls if you like tapping your noggin to skip music tracks or answer calls on top of that you can call up Cortana any time by saying hey Cortana the headphones are always listening to you at number four is the only Samsung device on this list the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 this thing is a beast with a six point four inch screen dual 12 megapixel cameras on the back and it starts with 128 gigabytes of storage and 6 gigs of RAM max it out to get 512 gigs of internal storage along with 8 gigabytes of RAM the s-pen got an upgrade it's still a stylus but it gained remote functions using bluetooth the button on the stylus can be used to call up different tasks the big battery of the note 9 charges the s-pen - this was not the only Android phone that you guys were checking out the LGV 40 thin cube comes in third place its gimmick is plenty of cameras three on the back two on the front here's the breakdown on the rear cameras a 12 megapixel standard lens a 16 megapixel wide-angle and a 12 megapixel telephoto with a 2x zoom with all those cameras the v40 thinkyou has lots of camera tricks like portrait effects taking three pictures at once and creating cinemagraphs this LG also has a dedicated google assisted shortcut button speaking of Google the Google pixel 3 grabbed your attention this is the smaller pixel without the knotch as with previous pixels this latest one has a great camera it handles low-light very well and has steady video those fancy portrait pictures look good too on the front there are two cameras a wide-angle lens lets you get more people in your group selfies although your arm might look a little warped there's no dedicated google assist button but you can squeeze the sides to bring up assistant the pixel also has a call screening feature so you can avoid talking to those humans and the device you check out the most in the month of October is a Lenovo mix 520 it's very similar to the surface pro with a kickstand it has a magnetic keyboard and a pen okay I was kidding that was actually number 1001 and number one is the iPhone 10 are it's the most affordable of the iPhone 10 models so it makes a lot of sense why people are curious about it it's very similar to the other iPhone 10s models the 10r has face ID like the others a bezel that's a little bit bigger and a 6.1 inch screen let's talk about that screen it's an LCD the black levels on the 10r are not as deep as the OLED panels on the s and max but they're pretty damn good on the back is just one camera the good news is it takes great photos portrait mode is a little different here because it's handled in software the 10r also comes in colors if you like that kind of thing that does it for us can you just tell me what your favorite non phone gadget is I'm really curious I'm Maya's AK tire and I'll see you online