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Main events and gadgets of the outgoing 2022

Table of Contents

  • Events of the year</ p>
    • Let's goodbye!
    • Social media blocking
    • VPN Madness
    • Telegram Phenomenon
    • Fuss in "VKontakte"
  • Gadgets of the Year</ p>
    • Huawei FreeBuds Pro 2
    • Portable speakers "Ural"
    • Samsung Galaxy A53
    • Apple iPhone 14 Plus
    • Huawei MateBook 16s
    • Amazfit GTS 4
  • As a conclusion

Events of the year

Let's goodbye!

Of course, it’s worth starting from the day when everyonemaximally spun and spun around the world. I'm sure you understand perfectly what is at stake. But we will not hit politics, because this is not really my profile, and our resource is not sharpened for such topics.

Here it is necessary to recall the reactions of different companies and work with PR agencies since the beginning of March this year.

Most large foreign organizations have chosen a policy of waiting. This is when PR agencies were still working and even giving out device reviews, but they were already slowly starting to switch to Standby mode.

A little later, companies began to actively requestgadgets that were previously issued for testing. Moreover, some agencies worked on the principle of “no review, and no need”, the main thing is to return the devices. Other agencies have decided not to take any action, leaving all issued devices in the hands of bloggers.

During this period, familiar PR people instantly retrained as sales consultants, went to the Russian media, or simply left for a "vacation" in nearby countries.

The mood, frankly, was not the best,as many bloggers lost touch with the big vendors they worked with. And here everything is very simple: no device - no work for tech-savvy leading YouTube channels.

At the moment, the situation is this: Samsung, Apple, Asus, Acer, HP, Lenovo… are not with us. But there is realme, Infinix, Huawei and Honor, Xiaomi, vivo, oppo, TCL and others.

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Social media blocking

Starting from April 2022, foreign social networks began to “storm” quite strongly. Every day, a new blocked resource. Moreover, innocent sites also fell under the distribution.

"Mordokniga" was sent to the scrap almost immediately.After her, a service with square pictures went to hell. And Twitter, for example, was in a permanent state of blocking: sometimes it worked, sometimes it hung for several days, sometimes it was limited in speed. However, you know the outcome.

Frankly speaking, all these services could beScore. I didn't have anything valuable or important. It was only a pity for the bloggers who used the “kvadratish” service, because they earned money exclusively on their photoshopped “faces” and “bodysuits”. However, they did not lose much, as it later turned out that it was possible to use the "great and terrible" VPN. But more on that later.

Most of all I felt sorry for YouTube.Over the years, it has turned from a resource for posting short videos into a huge “media combine” for “training talkers”. Starting around 2015, famous personalities that we are used to seeing on TV screens appear on YouTube.

For me, YouTube is TV 2.0.Therefore, the loss of such a resource would be sad. However, while this service is "alive and well" in Rus'. Although partially affected: monetization is disabled, channel logos and icons are not displayed.

VPN Madness

If you are not yet using a VPN service, thenwe are coming to you! This is what YouTube has looked like since May 2022. Every self-respecting channel was simply obliged to advertise some Shark, Express, or some kind of "1.2.3.4".

I held on until the very end.I think I decided to buy a VPN only because of the possible blocking of YouTube. For other purposes, free programs or even browser-based versions of the Virtual Private Network were enough.

I am sure that many users bought such services on the “crest of the wave” spread by the media: everyone will be blocked, hurry up to buy, prices will increase!

I don’t know about you, but my VPN service is triteidle: it’s not convenient to use banned social networks - everyone has gone to Telegram, and many people post square pictures both on VK and in the same “cart”. Speaking of birds!

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Telegram Phenomenon

I am sure that many userscross-platform instant messaging system Telegram was only discovered at the beginning of this year. Although the service is already 10 years old. Even our working chat moved to the “cart” 2-3 years ago. Before that, we used WhatsApp groups. It was terribly inconvenient, because you can work with this application only from one gadget with a SIM card!

We even considered VK, Viber and some other little-known networks. Almost did not reach Odnoklassniki. "This cup has passed us by."

Today it is impossible to imagine life without Telegram. Everything and everything is trite there: relatives, work chats, news and even general house local channels, bots, services, and so on.

In part, the “cart” has turned into a file-sharing network. Service for posting photos and videos. A place for convenient information transfer.

And most importantly, the service works on any platform with any number of devices connected to one account.

For the average user, there is no chip.But for bloggers, for people with several gadgets - that's it: the program is installed on a PC, and on a laptop, and on a tablet, and on a smartphone "number" 1 and 2. And all this works simultaneously, quickly and accurately.

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Fuss in "VKontakte"

After the "X" day, people began to move en masse todomestic social network. In the first month of blocking the “muzzle book”, dozens of well-known and little-known personalities asked for my friends. At first I added everyone. Now I’m slowly “cutting out” them from my friends, as a more “pretty” Telegram has appeared.

Nevertheless, VK is developing its network.I learn about this from our weekly column "Saturday Coffee". VK now has a Tik-Tok-type video section, got NeuroHD video quality enhancement technology, video messages appeared in the messenger, the profile design changed, stories were added, deepfakes with Olga, God forgive me, Buzova, Egor were introduced to attract attention Creed, Danya Milokhin and even Klava Koka.

It seems that all innovations are good, but there is no soul. We were too smart with the number of chips, menus, lotions.

Gadgets of the Year

Huawei FreeBuds Pro 2

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Frankly, I did not think that among gadgetsI like TWS headphones. Over the past year, I have tested at least 20 different "ears". Most of it was an unremarkable mass: you put it on, listen and understand - nothing original, everything was already there!

It was with the FreeBuds Pro 2 that I finally heardmusic in its original form. Here it is worth mentioning that we are talking about a TWS device. It is clear that wired headphones with a separate Lossless player will be much better. True, for whom? For music lovers - yes, for the average consumer - it is not obvious and very expensive.

Portable speakers "Ural"

Oddly enough, but yes.After JBL left our market, it was the Ural brand that attracted my attention. I agree that their devices are essentially Chinese. However, they have a history, a product line and an adequate price.

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I tested the first versions of the columns, a little later - the second. Just the other day it became known that Ural will have a batch of new products.

It was also quite interesting to watchimproving the quality of the device. If the first versions of portable speakers seemed ordinary, then the second ones are definitely no worse than the more expensive JBLs. It is interesting to see what Ural-Auto has prepared for 2023!

Samsung Galaxy A53

Review of the smartphone Samsung Galaxy A53 5G (SM A536E/DS)

The key model of the A-series, one of the best devices in terms of price / quality ratio in its price segment. Replacement for any iPhone of similar cost.

As for me, it was one of the most interesting smartphones under 35,000 rubles. I considered it as the main phone for my wife.

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What is the essence of the Galaxy A53:

  1. Adequately sized screen diagonal - 6.5 inches
  2. Screen refresh rate - 120 Hz
  3. Reasonable amount of memory
  4. Good cameras
  5. Big battery
  6. Protection IP67

The last point was especially important for both me and my wife. Try to find a smartphone under 40,000 rubles with water and dust protection. New, in the store, not on Avito.

In addition, the phone is distinguished by the presence of stereo speakers and quite an attractive design.

Apple iPhone 14 Plus

Quick review of the Apple iPhone 14 Plus

Sharing my impressions of the big iPhone 14 Plus: screen, typing, battery life and more…

Oddly enough, but yes. It was this model that impressed me the most, given that I used the iPhone 14, 14 Pro and Pro Max.

Why 14 Plus? The first is an unrealistically long battery life - up to 3 days with 12-14 hours of screen glow. How it happened - I have no idea.

The second is the screen. It is large, bright, with symmetrical frames. And it also works great for scaling. That is, more information fits on the screen than on 14 and 14 Pro.

The third is color solutions. There are five of them. Few smartphone manufacturers can provide so many options.

Of course, in our country it is sold either as parallel imports or as "gray" deliveries. On Avito, a new one can be easily found for adequate money.

Huawei MateBook 16s

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Great working tool: big screen with high resolution, capacious battery, powerful processor…

This one is like from the meme “at first I didn’t understand anything, and then how I understood!”. This is about this "pepelats". Huawei came up with trump cards:

  1. Powerful 12th Gen Core™ i9 processor.
  2. RAM type LPDDR5.
  3. 1 TB built-in storage.
  4. Large display with 3:2 aspect ratio.
  5. FullHD conference camera.
  6. 135W power adapter with 3m cable.

The most interesting thing is that the MateBook 16s is currentlymoment is the company's most productive laptop. He just lacked discrete graphics. It was possible to put at least a GeForce RTX 2070. True, in this case, the price of a laptop would fly into space. And so - 100,000 rubles, and 16s is yours.

Amazfit GTS 4

Quick review of Amazfit GTS 4

Cute smartwatch with tons of features: 60Hz AMOLED screen, 150 sports modes, circular polarized GPS antennas, BioTracker 4.0…

Cute, light, compact watch with allmodern smart device features. They have a cool AMOLED display with a 60Hz matrix refresh. And this is the main feature of the gadget. Works very smoothly and quickly.

The body of the device is made of aluminum, and the roundthe navigation wheel on the right is made of stainless steel. The main design and functional element is the round crown on the right side of the case. The wheel is equipped with a tactile vibration function: each scrolled line or additional screen is vibrated in the hand.

What's more, the GTS 4 has a microphone and speaker. The watch can communicate with a smartphone via Bluetooth and act as a headset.

The device easily works up to 12 days with all notifications.

In general, Amazfit GTS 4 is a convenient and interesting watch for sane money.

As a conclusion

As you can see, this description of significantgadgets was presented, perhaps, not the most popular things this year. Because this is my selection. They made an impression on me. Well, you can read about the obvious Galaxy Fold4 and iPhone 14 Pro Max on other resources.

As for the events, there were quite a lot of them.Of course, sometimes they were not always positive. But I want, as usual, to hope for a New Year's miracle: Grandfather Frost will fly in and knock on the heads of those who have been asking for this for a long time with his magic staff.

Wishing you a good New Year 2023!