Eric Wong, Author at Yellowchilli's Playground

Exploring the Current Landscape of Mobile Technology

May 28, 2023May 28, 2023 - Eric Wong

In the ever-evolving world of technology, smartphones have become an indispensable part of our lives. These pocket-sized devices have transformed the way we communicate, work, and entertain ourselves. As we delve into the current state of smartphones, let’s take a moment to appreciate the remarkable journey that has brought us…

Samsung Galaxy Note 5 and S6 Edge+ Preview

August 16, 2015 - Eric Wong

This thing is like a giant Galaxy S6 or even a S6 Edge. It’s not a bad thing because the S6 was very well spec’d and had a very nice all glass and metallic redesign. So the Note 5 borrowing every element right down to the processor, camera module, design..…

E3 and ACGHK 2015

August 8, 2015 - Eric Wong

This article was originally published on SCMP. The annual E3 just ended with a bang. If Doom, Final Fantasy 7, Shenmue, ICO, Fallout, Need For Speed means anything to you at all then join the droves of rabid gamers and fanboys across the globe in their screams of joy. Some…

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Review Part 4 of 4

June 21, 2015 - Eric Wong

Part 3 See also: Part 1 for Display and Design, and Part 2 for Camera, Part 3 for Software and Features. Performance and Battery +++++ Samsung’s Exynos 7420 is a 14nm octa-core SoC. What regular consumers may care about is the number of cores. Techies however should notice that there isn’t a single mention of…

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Review Part 3 of 4

June 7, 2015June 7, 2015 - Eric Wong

Part 3 See also: Part 1 for Display and Design and Part 2 for Camera Software and features +++++ Samsung further simplifies Touchwiz, taking it one step closer to Google stock experience. The main advantage of this is that the skin no longer feels like a resource hog (but whether…

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Review Part 2 of 4

May 31, 2015 - Eric Wong

Part 2 Camera +++++ The camera quality is excellent overall. At first glance the photo quality seemed extremely similar to that of the S5 and the Note 4 – which is a good thing because the quality on those last gen devices were really quite excellent. In fact, the photos…

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Review Part 1 of 4

May 24, 2015May 31, 2015 - Eric Wong

Part 1 Part 2 is here! Time to take a look at the S6 Edge’s camera. So everybody’s been worried about or cheering on Sammy’s dip in smartphone sales in the past year. The S5 didn’t do too well- it was a spec update and with more features crammed in without thought.…

Parrot Zik 2 not being recognized on iOS, here’s why.

May 23, 2015May 24, 2015 - Eric Wong

If you’re a lucky owner of a precious pair of Parrot Zik 2.0 and somehow the app on your iOS device isn’t recognizing it, what do you do? Reset? Re-pair? Battery pull? Uninstall and re-install the app? E-mail Parrot support? Well, I’ve done all that. The best thing I got out…

Samsung Galaxy S6, Edge Hands-on. Photos vs iPhone 6+

April 1, 2015April 1, 2015 - Eric Wong

We go hands-on with the Samsung Galaxy S6 and the S6 Edge briefly and compare a few photo samples with the iPhone 6+. The result was pleasant. And surprising. With Samsung finally embracing a more premium build material, and copying the iPhone 6’s design, the gap between beautiful iPhones and…

PS Vita play time marathon 2: 5520mAh.

December 20, 2014December 20, 2014 - Eric Wong

If you’ve not read my original article talking about my 10-hour PS Vita, here it is: https://ycptech.com/2012/06/playstation-vita-10-hour-mod-battery-life-test/ A YCPTech reader certainly read it, however, and decided he would join the fun and get his PS Vita 2000 modded to the max. I’ve stated and he understood that the road to such…