27: The Phone No One Expected

02/20/21 • 91 min

Austin has been testing out the Sony Xperia 5ii – will this new form factor be what's needed to tempt him away from the #ZFlipGang? Myke is ready to build his gaming PC, but he needs help assembling his final components.

This episode of The Test Drivers is sponsored by:

Behind the Tech with Kevin Scott, from Microsoft: Join Microsoft’s Chief Technology Officer Kevin Scott for Behind the Tech, a podcast that goes behind-the-scenes with today’s most innovative tech leaders.
Fitbod: The fitness app for personalized exercise plans. Get 25% off your membership.
Pingdom: Start monitoring your website performance and availability today, and get instant alerts when an outage occurs or a site transaction fails. Use offer code TESTDRIVERS to get 30% off. Offer expires on January 31, 2022, and can be used only once.

Links and Show Notes: Support The Test Drivers with a Relay FM Membership Samsung’s Galaxy S21 lineup is already up to $200 off at several retailers - The Verge Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro Austin Cops the Pokémon Happy Meal Microsoft’s foldable Surface Duo price drops to $999, arrives in Europe next week - The Verge Android 12 set to revamp split screen with 'App Pairs' - 9to5Google Nothing company now owns the Essential brand, for some reason - The Verge New consumer tech startup Nothing raises $15 million Series A led by GV - Tech.eu Nothing The Test Drivers #4: The Essential Phone - Relay FM Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO White 32GB 3600 MHz DDR4 Quad Channel Memory Kit LN90375 - CMW32GX4M4C3600C18W | SCAN UK 980 PRO PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD 1TB Memory & Storage - MZ-V8P1T0B/AM | Samsung US NH-D15 chromax.black – Noctua NH-U12S – Noctua LL120 RGB 120mm Dual Light Loop RGB LED PWM Fan — 3 Fan Pack with Lighting Node PRO ROG Strix X570-E Gaming | ROG Strix Xperia 5 II | Android compact smartphone by Sony The Only REAL "Pro" Smartphone?! - MKBHD - YouTube

This episode of The Test Drivers is sponsored by:

Behind the Tech with Kevin Scott, from Microsoft: Join Microsoft’s Chief Technology Officer Kevin Scott for Behind the Tech, a podcast that goes behind-the-scenes with today’s most innovative tech leaders.
Fitbod: The fitness app for personalized exercise plans. Get 25% off your membership.
Pingdom: Start monitoring your website performance and availability today, and get instant alerts when an outage occurs or a site transaction fails. Use offer code TESTDRIVERS to get 30% off. Offer expires on January 31, 2022, and can be used only once.

Previous Episode

26: To the Moon!!! 🚀

Austin's has a diamond hand hold on his Z Flip, but the S21 is catching his eye. It's time to take the show to the moon, as we try and work out what is going on with Gamestop.

This episode of The Test Drivers is sponsored by:

Sync Up, a OneDrive podcast: Takes you behind the scenes of OneDrive.
Pingdom: Start monitoring your website performance and availability today, and get instant alerts when an outage occurs or a site transaction fails. Use offer code TESTDRIVERS to get 30% off. Offer expires on January 31, 2022, and can be used only once.
Mint Mobile: Get your new wireless plan for just $15 a month.

Links and Show Notes: Support The Test Drivers with a Relay FM Membership Connected #329: The Smell of Broken Glass - Relay FM Samsung drops Galaxy Z Flip 5G price $250, but it’s still expensive - The Verge Sony sold 4.5 million PlayStation 5 consoles last year - The Verge Xbox's Phil Spencer: 'We're not driven by how many consoles we sell' | Games | The Guardian Nintendo raises Switch sales forecast after monster holiday quarter - The Verge GameStop - Wikipedia Short (finance) - Wikipedia How an Investor Makes Money Short Selling Stocks – Investopedia The Wolf of Wall Street (2013 film) - Wikipedia

Next Episode

28: The PC Build Saga

An update on Nothing, some thoughts on the NFT boom, and Myke finally builds his new PC.

This episode of The Test Drivers is sponsored by:

Sync Up, a OneDrive podcast: Takes you behind the scenes of OneDrive.
Pingdom: Start monitoring your website performance and availability today, and get instant alerts when an outage occurs or a site transaction fails. Use offer code TESTDRIVERS to get 30% off. Offer expires on January 31, 2022, and can be used only once.
Mint Mobile: Get your new wireless plan for just $15 a month.

Links and Show Notes: Support The Test Drivers with a Relay FM Membership Apple releases AirPods Max firmware update as users complain of battery drain issues - 9to5Mac

This firmware update was released after recording. It's as of yet unknown if this fixes the issue though.

Nothing taps Teenage Engineering to design upcoming products - The Verge Frog Design Inc. - Wikipedia Nothing's glassy 'Design Concept 1' earbuds are hiding their true nature in plain sight Nothing – Nothing Design Principles This GIF Sold for $590,000. Why? - Austin Evans - YouTube

Austin's now Unlisted NFT video.