72: An in-depth look at the Sony Xperia 1 III and thoughts on the Nintendo Switch OLED

Can't find the time to keep up with tech news? Looking for some awesome lockdown listening? We have you covered with the Noise Cancelling podcast, which is brought to you by TechRadar and our sister sites Laptop Mag and Tom's Guide. This week’s show is presented by Gareth Beavis, Editor in Chief of TechRadar and Sherri L Smith, Editor in Chief of Laptop Mag! This week our guests are Daniel Bader, Software & Downloads Writer at Android Central, and James Peckham, Phones Editor at TechRadar, who join us (remotely, of course) to talk about the last seven days in tech. Show Headlines 00:00 Start 02:49 The worst tech product names ever 09:59 Gadget hall of fame - PSP 12:14 Nintendo Switch OLED 15:46 Back to the PSP 18:38 Sony Xperia 1 III reviews 26:25 The best Sony phones of all time 29:15 Trees falling in the forest 29:51 Sony phone and James Bond 30:32 Sony threw it all away 31:31 Products that never came out 35:14 The long gone Moterola heyday 37:08 Moterola still making solid budget phones 37:38 Lenovo is killing it 40:17 Why isn't MagSafe a bigger deal? 41:42 RIP LG phones 42:10 Innovation isn't for the consumer 43:57 Beavle Trends 50:57 Sign off The Sony Xperia 1 III launched last week and so the crew spend this episode reminiscing about some of the best Sony phones of all time, discussing why Sony can’t seem to make an impact on the modern smartphone market and argue Sony vs Motorola. Also Nintendo had a surprise announcement this week with the Switch OLED coming to store this October… but it’s not exactly what we were expecting. For all this and more, tune into the all-new Noise Cancelling podcast – you can subscribe on Spotify, grab it on Apple podcasts, or find us wherever you get your pods. New episodes land every Friday. Don’t forget to head over to TechRadar.com, LaptopMag.com and Tomsguide.com to read more. Music by Lee Rosevere - Thought Bubbles Licenses under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/