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Ben Sin

@bencsin.bsky.social
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tech reviewer focusing on mobile tech; contributor to XDA developers and Forbes Asia. YouTube.com/bensgadgetreviews

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Ben Sin @bencsin.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
I understand some people are infrequent traveler so they may not know, but showing up to airport security line wearing like, three layers, sunglasses, a hat, a belt, that you only start taking off when you get to the "put stuff on tray" part is just, sigh
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Ben Sin @bencsin.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Yall can't ever just be like "damn we suck" you always gotta be like "there are these bad countries that hate us and they're happy" smh
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Ben Sin @bencsin.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Leg day
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Ben Sin @bencsin.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
So this week conservative Americans were mad at - a church lady asking Trump to show compassion to gay people - people saying Musk did the Nazi salute, which he clearly did twice on live tv I can't tell if they're that brainwashed delusional or they know they're being ridiculous but don't care
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Ben Sin @bencsin.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
But happy to hear you're taking over. The Verge's coverage of Chinese phones fell off a cliff after Sam and Vlad left.
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Ben Sin @bencsin.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Oh! Congrats!! I didn't know you left AP lol
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Ben Sin @bencsin.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
One way to do that would be to give coverage to Chinese flagships that offer newer/better hardware every year, thus shining a light on how Samsung and Google are on cruise control with hardware, but y'all don't do that because the phones "don't sell in US" (as if you only have US based readers)
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Ben Sin @bencsin.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Ah yes, it's the app that's trying to pull a stunt not the US gov's years long "will we or won't we ban the app" 🙄
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Ben Sin @bencsin.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Hands on with the Halliday AI Glasses with has the most discreet screen I've seen in a smart glasses yet youtu.be/RYaAjEts53c?...
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Ben Sin @bencsin.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Lol ok how about now? How many wars China in now vs the US? Shit in the time I just types this the US just bombed 175 people
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Ben Sin @bencsin.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
I suggest you read more history of you think the US doesn't kill people with opposing views. And you wild enough to use the genocide word with Xinjiang when there's almost no evidence of that but there are tons evident of Gaza being an actual genocide? Bro look in mirror
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Ben Sin @bencsin.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
They're both militaristic warmongers but only one side has actively been in or funded wars while the other has not
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Ben Sin @bencsin.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
How many wars China start in last 100 years vs the US, lol. Who's funding a genocide right now
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Ben Sin @bencsin.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Hey US gov, the fact Americans are "flocking" to another Chinese app after y'all said TikTok was spying on them shows they think you full of shit lol
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The Onion @theonion.com · 16/01/2025
How Mark Zuckerberg Is Making Meta More MAGA-Friendly theonion.com/how-mar...
How Mark Zuckerberg Is Making Meta More MAGA-Friendly

Lowering the age minimum on Facebook Dating
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Ben Sin @bencsin.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
New video: hands on with Huawei's two new phones for the global market youtu.be/IkhzN7uqkcw?...
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Huawei Mate X6 and nova 13 Pro: Slim, Stylish, Capable Optics
YouTube video by ben's gadget reviews
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Ben Sin @bencsin.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
You gonna pretend there's no situation ever in which someone needs to identify a car from the front? What if I witness a car hit someone from front, but the car turns immediately? What if I get rear-ended and my dashcam only shows his front?
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Ben Sin @bencsin.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
The continual death of journalism: Newsweek writing this gimmick headline designed to trick you into clicking
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Ben Sin @bencsin.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Musk and Trump just two megalomaniacs rich kids circle jerking each other
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Ben Sin @bencsin.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
It's not a budget airline I'm on.
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Ben Sin @bencsin.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Why are cars in Miami allowed to have no front plates. Seems potentially dangerous to me but hey this is America where cars can do whatever the f they want I guess
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Ben Sin @bencsin.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
On a five hour US domestic flight and surprised to realize there's no food. In Asia, even an hour flight you get a hot meal
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Ben Sin @bencsin.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
All these "you can rent a girlfriend", "rent a family", "rent a companion" stuff in Japan I see western YouTubers/comedians do, it's presented as all fun because westerners love Japan. If this was in china, man the whole framing would turn so uncomfortable and gross
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Ben Sin @bencsin.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
New video: hands on with the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 Special Edition youtu.be/7u1v2Bca6rc?...
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Ben Sin @bencsin.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
I love new York for this
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Ben Sin @bencsin.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
A watchful protector, a silent guardian, a ... *Cut to black* Directed by Christopher Nolan
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Ben Sin @bencsin.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
What you said is the viewpoint of less than the majority of Americans (I agree actually). We know because most US politicians spew the opposite and people voted in a far right dude who surely thinks the opposite.
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Ben Sin @bencsin.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
The biggest threat to "western democracy" are white conservatives and basic liberals
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Ben Sin @bencsin.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
That's exactly the point I was saying: most Americans probably find tiktok problematic because "china" and think nothing of Musk using X to push far right agendas and Zuck also cozying up with oppressors. Nilays post seems to imply the opposite?
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Ben Sin @bencsin.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
I'm hoping translation was bad but did you really say "non-westeners are dangerous to democracies"?
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Ben Sin @bencsin.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Who thinks that? I'd say most Americans think the other way
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Problematic Otter @problematicotter.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Why didn't they just put the photos inside a glass case that only the manager can open
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Ben Sin @bencsin.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
I'm in Chonqqing. Used Didi inside WeChat to hail a ride. But because it's a "mini app" within WeChat, as soon as I exit the app I can't go back to the Didi order again so I can't see the driver info or adjust the address. The ecosystem in China is a whole different beast.
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Harrison Faigen @faignews.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
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Ben Sin @bencsin.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
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Ben Sin @bencsin.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
I agree.
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Ben Sin @bencsin.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Logged onto twitter, saw a whole thread of nasty racism over on Twitter. Logged off. (Well I told them off first, then logged off)
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Ben Sin @bencsin.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Top three for me
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Ben Sin @bencsin.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
It's gonna be funny seeing Fast 11 hastily tie up the myriad of plot points established in Fast X in the first 15 mins of film to pivot to become an entirely different movie because Vin realized Fast X got too stupid.
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Ben Sin @bencsin.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
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Ben Sin @bencsin.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
The Bluesky app is so broken on ipados
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Ben Sin @bencsin.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Same energy
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nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Help they’re gonna try and do this shit again
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Ben Sin @bencsin.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Bruh is it 2024 or 1994?
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TheGratefulDeadpool @gratefuldeadpool.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
This needs to be said, loud, and often.
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Ben Sin @bencsin.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
fun of people who "get up as soon as plane lands" is a narrow minded critique. Think about how exciting a plane works. The sooner aisle people get up and get overhead, the SOONER everyone else behind can move. All it takes is 3-4 slow aisle people and it'd add an extra 5 mins to people in back
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Ben Sin @bencsin.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Here's a dude who very slowly got up from his seat and very slowly grabbed his overhead, which completely halted the exiting process because no one else behind him could move. I understand some people can't move easily so I am not mad at him per se, but I am using this to point out why making
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I Love Animals @petsanimals.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
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Ben Sin @bencsin.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
I used to have a 65 min bus commute to work and I'd leave house fully charged but when I get to office my LG G3 or iPhone 5S or galaxy s6 would have like 58% battery. Shit needed to be changed right away lol
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Ben Sin @bencsin.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
I'm a heavy phone user and when I'm in, say, a 70 min car ride I'd just be on phone texting/reading/scrolling nonstop. I remember 7-8 years ago, such usage would drain like 35-40% battery from the LG G5 or Samsung S7 or iphone 6. With the modern large battery Chinese phones, I lose maybe 7-8%
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