With a CNC-machined metal body, a front glass panel, a 3.5-inch high-res screen, and diamond-shaped shoulder buttons, the Pocket Vert looks and feels like a premium Android handheld. Ayaneo has finally made it available for preorder through Indiegogo starting at $269 for the version with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage.
The event takes place starting at 12PM PT / 3PM ET at Brooklyn Bowl in Las Vegas on Wednesday, January 7th. Nilay will be taking the stage with Min at 12:30PM to talk AI, the state of gaming, and everything Razer is announcing at the show, followed by a live Vergecast taping at 3:30PM PT.
If you’ll be in Vegas for the show, you can RSVP at the link below for free tickets. Otherwise, stay tuned for the Decoder Live recording to hit our pod feed and YouTube channel later in the month.
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Longtime Verge readers will know: art TVs are not good TVs. But there’s a reason manufacturers keep making more of them.
Holmeser:
Manufacturers simply can’t resist the appeal of a low-quality LCD panel they can sell for the price of an OLED
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In case you missed it over the holiday weekend, our friends over at MKBHD put together a cool explainer on transistors, semiconductors, Moore’s Law, and how remarkably tiny our electronics have become. It’s all useful info, but the production quality is just *chef’s kiss.* (The Epic Spaceman video Marques shouts out at the end is also very much worth a watch.)
As Framework announces its second price hike tied to rising RAM costs, it’s worth taking a moment to give Apple its dues — it was hiking up memory prices long before it was cool.
Akarain8:
If this carries on Apple’s RAM pricing will start to look merely ‘overpriced’.
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It’s unclear if Jon Prosser — Apple rumor monger and target of that Cupertino lawsuit — has his own sources, or is just regurgitating as fact reporting already done by the likes of Mark Gurman and Ming-Chi Kuo. Nevertheless, this video is a good summary of where rumors of the foldable iPhone have coalesced, less than a year before its supposed release.
As the cost of some electronics continues to skyrocket, Ikea has dropped the price of several of its new smart home accessories. The Myggspray motion and Klippbok water sensors are now down to $7.99 from $9.99, and while the three-pack of the colorful two-button Bilresa remotes launched in the US for $19.99, they’re now $14.99.
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The rechargeable Recon 360 Faucet addresses every minor complaint I had with its predecessor.
The two already announced a collaboration back in October meant to “streamline creator workflows with AI.” Now the relationship is evolving into a dedicated button on new ASUS ProArt GoPro edition laptop that’ll probably also net a free subscription to GoPro Premium Plus for some period of time. All will be revealed at CES on January 6th.
