Recent content by Derek Kessler

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ You're using the phone of a company that shut down a year ago. You're on your own, alas.

Nope.

That is false. The iPad charger does output at a higher amperage, yes, but the iPhone communicates back that it cab only accept X amps and the charger scales down its output accordingly. Really crappy no-name chargers (the egg kind you can pick up at a gas station check out counter for a...

Like I said: USB is pretty smart. Any charger will do — they can all scale their output to match whatever the device says it can take.

The Quick Charge 3.0 and Power IQ tech are both designed to query the phone about how much power it can accept. If you're phone's only QC2 or QC1 or has no fast-charging support, then the charger will output only the communicated amount of power (USB is pretty smart about that). Long term, fast...

No. A lithium-ion battery is a lithium-ion battery. Micro USB is Micro USB. You'll be fine.

Well, it probably still wouldn't have a normal price tag, thanks to the materials. It's a mid-2016 flagship when it comes to specs and OS. Concierge is good for basic stuff like booking things you don't have the knowledge or time to book. I used it this week for a trip to New York — wanted to...

You'll probably need Raymond Reddington for that. Assuming you have the cash, sure. Uhhhhh… it's attached to an expensive phone with a less confusing (and less feature-full) camera app? Why not? You mean, like, body guards? Nope. Should be doable. For the right price you can keep anything...

Battery life so far is a little under what I'd expect. Software's probably just not as optimized as it Haven't noticed any sluggishness, which is about what I'd expect on a Snapdragon 820. Vertu's customizations have gotten lighter and lighter with every phone. Now it's a launcher, some...

Fancier.

It's beyond OnStar or any credit card concierge I've tried. If I had to guess, it's probably on par with American Express Centurion concierge.

I could, but I doubt they would know.

Seems unlikely.

I have not, and I don't intend to.

Same. Sapphire rates a 9 on the Mohs scale of mineral hardness — it's the 3rd hardest natural substance, after diamond and moissanite.