Lytyear
Editor & Reviewer
Lytyear tests hardware in the real world — the commute, the coffee shop, the couch, the deadline — not on a lab bench. Phones are judged on whether they earn pocket space, laptops on whether the fan spins up on a video call, and games on frame pacing and whether they earn your hours. Every score is hands-on and unsponsored.
11 reviews published
Latest from Lytyear
MobileWait7.5/ 10iPhone Duo First Look: Apple's $1,999 Foldable Is Real
Apple announced the iPhone Duo on 9 September 2026: a book-style foldable with 7.6-inch inner and 5.4-inch outer OLED displays, A20 Pro chip, Touch ID, and a $1,999 starting price. Pre-orders open 16 October, sales start 23 October.
4 min
TechBuy9.1/ 10MacBook Air M4 Review: The Laptop That Makes Every Other Ultrabook Look Lazy
The M4 Air is the laptop most people should buy, full stop. It does the work without the fan, the battery lasts a flight, and the only real complaint is the notch and the port count.
9 min
GamingBuy9.2/ 10Steam Deck OLED Review: The Handheld That Made Me Put Down My Switch
The OLED screen is the upgrade that matters. Battery is better, blacks are true, and the Steam library just works. It’s still heavy, and it still won’t run everything at 60.
10 min
MobileBuy8.8/ 10Pixel 9 Pro Review: The Camera Phone That Finally Feels Fast
Google fixed the one thing that kept the Pixel from being the default recommendation. The 9 Pro is fast, the camera is relentless, and the battery survives a real day.
9 min
GamingTry8.6/ 10Elden Ring DLC Review: Brutal, Beautiful, and Built for the Obsessed
The Shadow of the Erdtree expansion is enormous, gorgeous, and unapologetically punishing. If you bounced off Elden Ring, this won’t bring you back. If you loved it, it’s essential.
8 min
MobileWait7.2/ 10iPad Air M3 Review: The Tablet That Doesn’t Know What It Wants to Be
The hardware is excellent. The software still treats it like a big iPhone. If you want a media slab, save your money. If you want a laptop, buy a laptop.
7 min
TechBuy8.9/ 10Sony WH-1000XM6 Review: The Noise-Cancelling King, Refunded
The XM6 is a small but meaningful update: better ANC, a foldable hinge again, and a sound profile that’s less muddy out of the box. The price went up. So did the gap to everything else.
7 min
MobileBuy9.0/ 10Anker Prime 100W GaN Charger Review: One Brick, Three Devices, Done
100W across four ports in something smaller than a soap. It charges a laptop and two phones at once without complaint. The only thing it’s missing is a longer cable in the box.
5 min
TechTry8.7/ 10DaVinci Resolve Review: The Free Video Editor That’s Better Than the Paid Ones
Resolve does what Premiere does, does color better than anything short of a dedicated suite, and costs nothing for the cut most people need. The learning curve is real. The value is absurd.
8 min
GamingBuy8.4/ 108BitDo Ultimate 2C Review: The $40 Controller That Embarrasses the First-Party Pads
For less than half the price of a first-party controller, 8BitDo gives you drift-free sticks, back paddles, and a solid d-pad. The build isn’t premium, but the value is unreal.
6 min
TechBuy8.5/ 10Logic Pro Review: The DAW That Got Cheaper and More Powerful at Once
Logic Pro on Mac is a complete studio — recording, mixing, mastering, and a sound library that rivals paid packs. For the price of two months of a subscription competitor, you own it forever.
7 min
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AIGuideClaude Opus 5.5: a cheaper flagship, with caveats
Anthropic cut Opus to $4/$20 per million tokens and cut cache reads by 60%. Here is what the vendor numbers mean, and what nobody outside Anthropic has checked yet.
8 min
AIGuideClaude Sonnet 5.5, and what the 30% cost claim actually means
Anthropic's new Sonnet keeps its $2/$10 price, claims 30% less cost per task, and beats Opus 5.5 on one benchmark. Here's what to check.
9 min
AIGuideGrok 4.7: cheap, long-context, and not the winner in its own comparison
Grok 4.7 lands at $2 and $6 per million tokens with a 500,000-token context window. Strong on coding benches, and still behind on some.
9 min
AIGuideOpenAI DevDay 2026: what is confirmed, and what is only rumor
Written live during the event. What OpenAI has actually confirmed about DevDay 2026, what is only reported, and what to check afterwards.
9 min
MobileGuideHow to make your phone last longer
A practical, low-effort reset for battery health, storage, notifications, and the settings that quietly drain your day.
8 min
TechGuideBuild a calmer home screen
A simple home-screen layout that keeps the useful things close and the noisy things out of sight.
8 min