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Alpha Board – Electric Skateboard Review

We made the most of the clear afternoon and took the Aplha Board by Mavic Brothers out for a hoon around the city. A post shared by The Empire Media Group (@theempire_nz) on May 15, 2018 at 1:42am PDT Claimed range 15km – untested Claimed top speed 35km/h – feels …

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JBL BOOMBOX – Review

Hey Team, So a while back I had a sit down with the brand manage for JBL and he showed me through the range and wanted to know what I’d like to review. Full Disclosure, this is not paid content – JBL sent us this for a short time for …

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Samsung A8 Review – Do you really need an S?

Hey team Full Disclosure BS, This was sent to us for the purpose of Review by Samsung. So in the vain of quality consumer advice, and something different to play with, I’m taking a look at the Samsung A8 – a more affordable smartphone from tech giants Samsung. So first …

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Mini C64 – Retro Mini Computer Preview

If like me, you’re a gamer of a certain vintage (which is just another way of saying getting old), you will remember the Commodore 64, often touted as the “World’s best selling Home Computer”. In the UK, there was a schoolyard divide between the kids who had the C64, those …

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Review – Xbox One X – 2 Months Later

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DJI Mavic – Air – the Drone I’ll get

I’ve been wanting a drone for ages, the spark when it came out was very exciting but the level of video ( frame rates) just wasn’t there The Mavic was what I was going to get but cost and size were factors This seems to solve these problems Video Resolution …

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Huawei Mate 10 NZ Review

Addendum: The issues regarding Google maps crashing and locking up this phone were told to me by the PR agency to be Firmware related – This unit has been sent away to be ” fixed ” and we will update if and when we get this back to check if …

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Review – Intel Core-i9 7900X

2017 has been a bit of a watershed year for Processors and PC hardware in general. AMD have had a resurgence of form, with their Ryzen and Threadripper processors firing some shots firmly across the bow of Intel’s Core series processors. It’s the first time in a few years that …

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ASUS ROG Zephyrus Gaming laptop review

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Review – Oppo A77 Dual-SIM Phone

The idea of having a dual-SIM phone has been around for a while now, but it’s always been the kind of thing that you could only get by looking at the parallel import market. I’ve always wondered about the value of it myself, but it’s one of those things that …

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