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    iPad Mini 6 Overheating

    in Phones and Tablets

    Posted

    Hey Guys,

    I am using an iPad Mini 6th Gen for my helicopter training. It works good for me but especially during the summer in the pretty warm cockpit the iPad often goes into the Overheat mode. There are special aviation cases with cooling but they are really bulky and really expensive, so my question is:

    Is there someone out there who had similar issues with the iPad Mini or maybe someone with a FLIR cam that could show me the typical hotspots so I can try to DIY some heatsinks or something over the area to get rid of those problems?

    i know pretty edge topic but I believe in the community having already solved this :)

    Any help is much appreciated👍

    Best Ultrabook 2 in 1 under 1000$

    in Laptops and Pre-Built Systems

    Posted

    On 11.11.2017 at 5:50 PM, Tarun10 said:

    Thanks np thermal issues right? 

    Yeah gets a little warmer than I would like it but only noticable when you have it on your lap, which makes it a kind of a LAPtop ;)

    On 11.11.2017 at 6:43 PM, ZM Fong said:

    But no battery life and build quality not as great as the premium ones

    The screen in Spectre x360 is excellent, just like the XPS 13. Yoga 720 15 inch also a good 2 in 1 that offers HQ CPU and GTX 1050 GPU, good display, good build quality, good battery life, portable and decent speakers

    This, but altough the laptop is made out of plastic it still doesn't feel that cheap because the material is somewhat mate and therefore feels waaay better than those acer plastic laptops. Also the screen on my one is really bright and sharp in color for the price.

    Alcohol-Based Anti-freeze Cooling with dry ice

    in Custom Loop and Exotic Cooling

    Posted

    I really don't see the point there because for a long term solution it is too much maintenance and for short extrem overclocking there is already liquid nitrogen. Also when dry ice evaporates it creates CO2 and I doubt you want to always open the window or else be scared of suffocating. And if you would seal it you would just create a huge dry ice bomb and if you ever been to a festival that allowed dry ice you should know that its not exactly a nice thing

    Beats X Review 1 Month later - best 120$ Wireless earphones you can buy ?

    in Member Reviews

    Posted

     

    In this post you can find my, kind of lengthy, review of the Beats X.

    I also included a TL;DR at the bottom for people that don’t care about this piece of poetry I just cranked out of my head during the last 30 minutes ;)


     

    I usually listen to music for 3-5 hours per day, long commute to school, but never felt the need to get anything better than those 30$ in-ear earphones because due to my frequent use they would never survive longer than a few months anyway. It wasn’t until Jaybird announced the first BlueBuds before I was interested in bluetooth earbuds at all but because of the technology being so new and me being so broke I skipped them and later releases. Expensive earbuds lost my attention again, until Apple decided to throw out their Beats X way, like seriously way, before they were ready in september. I gotta defend myself, I had problems with wired earbuds before, like hearing noises through the cable while walking, probably because I bought those cheap unshielded ones, or the cable just straight up limiting your movement while in use.

    So anyway I saw the Beats X and thought that they are perfect for me since they have:

    • Small driver housing

    • A cable connecting them because I wouldn’t want to loose my earbuds

    • Somewhat normal looking, although the loop they make is a bit strange

    • They are designed to work with iPhones because of that fancy W1 chip

    • THEY ARE SYMMETRICAL for the love of god

    So I decided to buy them, note that I made that decision in november but after I realized that Apple just used them so the lack of a 3.5mm jack on the iPhone 7 seemed like a smaller deal that it actually is, I had to wait quite a while until they were available.

    Soooo To keep it short they didn’t not showed up until motherfin february and I still think that the announcement during the keynote was a big mistake.

    Anyway now that I had them for more than a month, I think it’s time to review them so I and you can find out if they are worth it.

    The title said that the X’s are 120$ and I was as surprised as you when I found out, that the 3 months Apple Music trial that comes in the box, can be redeemed in form of an iTunes credit for 29.98€, and I guess it’s the same with dollar.

    For the unboxing, well it’s an Apple product so the unboxing process is very nice and appropriate for earbuds with a price tag of 150$. They come included with a wide variance of eartips to fit your ears, even those funky double sealing once that kind of look like you put a screw in your ear canal and also with ear-fins and a short USB Type A to Lightning cable.  Anyway how are the Beats X in a daily usage ?

     

    Well for me they work quite well, the battery has only died once on me and that was because I forgot to charge them overnight but because I always carry a powerbank on me I could use the really useful Fast Fuel feature which loads 2 hours worth of listening in just 5 minutes of charging. The pairing process is, thanks to the W1 chip, flawless on iPhones but I also used them with my laptop and they paired just fine minus the somewhat magical feeling you get when the little paring screen pops up. The sound they produce is still a little beatsy but I personally think that they are far from earlier Beats products and only lack ever so slightly at the mids.

     

    The only problems with them I sometimes get is that the, otherwise very nice clicking, in-line remote doesn’t work when you press it for the first time from time to time. But since it only occurs from time to time and only for the first press during the usage I think it’s not the worst. Also the carrying case that comes with them is just not good, since you need to fold them in a very specific way to even fit them into it, and even when you fit them correctly they are not protected 100% since the case is open at the top. What I would love is a shorter cable since even for a tall guy like me it is making that loop which I personally think is not the most aesthetically pleasing form in the world.

    Other than that and the infamous stupid way they charge, very apple like though looking at you magic mouse 2, I really like my Beats X and for me personally they are worth the steep price Apple or Beats is asking for them.

     

    TL;DR

    PRO:

    Work exceptionally well with Apple products but just as normal with other devices

    The 150$ price tag really is 120$ + 30$ App Store credit

    They just work, when you need them and thanks to magnetic backs they don’t disturb

    Battery life is more than enough for me personally + Fast Fuel is amazing

    Don’t look like you jammed toothbrushes into your ears

     

    CON:

    Well they are still 150$

    In-Line remote sometimes bugs during first use after power up

    The cable loop they force form is not the prettiest

    They charge really awkward because they are so stiff

    The carrying case is not closed and can only hold them when folded correctly

    Beats X are neither water resistant or water protected, you gotta pay more for that

     

    SUMMARY:

     

    Although it may seem like the Beats X are bad earbuds, the cons I listed really are minor details in an otherwise very well made product, which I would absolutely recommend to a friend of mine or buy again.

     

     

     

    I hope you enjoyed this pretty spontaneous review I just wrote and didn’t encounter to many errors, if so please have mercy since english isn’t my native language.

    I would love some feedback if you have some for me :)

    What's your opinion on Razer as a potential smartphone manufacturer?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    The Smartphone market has advanced so far that, alteast for me, the most important feature a phone has is software its update cycles which is a huge benefit for both apple and google since they make they software for their phones. 

    But maybe nextbit has some nice cloud software that razer wants to use in their next products though I really don't see how a blade or a stealth would benefit from deeply integrated cloud storage since they have quite a lot of onboard storage

    Good wireless earbuds?

    in Audio

    Posted

    I am also currently looking for some good wireless ear-buds but I think the best options, Jaybird X3 for the experience in the market and the new beats X for that fine W1 chip are delayed and no one really knows why, I asked Jaybird when the X3 will get released in Europe and they could only tell me "early 2017" so yeah I think those OEMs are waiting for apple to release the airpods since they do bring a lot of attention to the otherwise small market

    Casey Neistat`s Beme gets acquired by CNN

    in Tech News

    Posted

    Well it seems like we now know the reason mr neistat quit vlogging a few days ago since he will join CNN with all of his BEME staff to work on some sort of new video brand. CNN supposedly paid a cool 25 million $ for the company, thats a lot of heli rides to the JFK Airport :)

    Also they looking into giving mr neistat a way to even further increase his coverage.

     

     

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