Chris Welch
@welch.bsky.social
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A phone with genuine two-day battery life. And an ultra-smooth 165Hz display. And an IR blaster, meaning it can control any TV you point it at.
The OnePlus 15 is a great Android phone. But you can't buy it in the US yet due to the just-ended government shutdown.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The OnePlus 15 is a great Android phone. But you can't buy it in the US yet due to the just-ended government shutdown.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
A phone with genuine two-day battery life. And an ultra-smooth 165Hz display. And an IR blaster, meaning it can control any TV you point it at.
The OnePlus 15 is a great Android phone. But you can't buy it in the US yet due to the just-ended government shutdown.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The OnePlus 15 is a great Android phone. But you can't buy it in the US yet due to the just-ended government shutdown.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
I reviewed the iPhone 17 Pro... and I reviewed the iPhone 17... and I reviewed the iPhone Air.
Apple's 2025 smartphone lineup is its most impressive in a long time because the company shifted focus back to hardware.
Full review: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Apple's 2025 smartphone lineup is its most impressive in a long time because the company shifted focus back to hardware.
Full review: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
September 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I reviewed the iPhone 17 Pro... and I reviewed the iPhone 17... and I reviewed the iPhone Air.
Apple's 2025 smartphone lineup is its most impressive in a long time because the company shifted focus back to hardware.
Full review: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Apple's 2025 smartphone lineup is its most impressive in a long time because the company shifted focus back to hardware.
Full review: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
News: Spotify Lossless is here. More than FOUR YEARS since being announced, today the music streaming service is rolling out the higher quality — up to 24-bit/44.1 kHz FLAC — to Premium subscribers in select markets.
September 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM
News: Spotify Lossless is here. More than FOUR YEARS since being announced, today the music streaming service is rolling out the higher quality — up to 24-bit/44.1 kHz FLAC — to Premium subscribers in select markets.
It's official: @tconrad.bsky.social is the new CEO of Sonos. He's got an excellent understanding of what the audio company's strengths are — and what they aren't.
The app is in a far better place today than 14 months ago. Very interested to see what comes next.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The app is in a far better place today than 14 months ago. Very interested to see what comes next.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
July 23, 2025 at 12:36 PM
It's official: @tconrad.bsky.social is the new CEO of Sonos. He's got an excellent understanding of what the audio company's strengths are — and what they aren't.
The app is in a far better place today than 14 months ago. Very interested to see what comes next.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The app is in a far better place today than 14 months ago. Very interested to see what comes next.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Flip 7 are here. After a few slow years, the company is showing serious design ambition. The Fold 7 is extremely thin, and the Flip 7 has leapfrogged Motorola's Razr Ultra.
My full story with @markgurman.bsky.social: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
My full story with @markgurman.bsky.social: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
July 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Flip 7 are here. After a few slow years, the company is showing serious design ambition. The Fold 7 is extremely thin, and the Flip 7 has leapfrogged Motorola's Razr Ultra.
My full story with @markgurman.bsky.social: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
My full story with @markgurman.bsky.social: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
The last time I saw Oasis (at MSG in 2008), concert videos looked and sounded like this.
Happy reunion day. Hope everyone in Cardiff has a brilliant time.
Happy reunion day. Hope everyone in Cardiff has a brilliant time.
July 4, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The last time I saw Oasis (at MSG in 2008), concert videos looked and sounded like this.
Happy reunion day. Hope everyone in Cardiff has a brilliant time.
Happy reunion day. Hope everyone in Cardiff has a brilliant time.
The Honor Magic V5 is one very, very thin foldable. Your move, Samsung.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
July 2, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The Honor Magic V5 is one very, very thin foldable. Your move, Samsung.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
HDMI Forum really getting its moment of glory in the Switch 2 box.
June 5, 2025 at 5:00 AM
HDMI Forum really getting its moment of glory in the Switch 2 box.
My first review for Bloomberg is up today! Samsung’s Galaxy S25 Edge is refreshingly light in your hand (especially for a screen this big) and very powerful. But the battery tradeoff will be too much for some.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
More soon. 🎮 It’s a privilege to be part of this team.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
More soon. 🎮 It’s a privilege to be part of this team.
June 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
My first review for Bloomberg is up today! Samsung’s Galaxy S25 Edge is refreshingly light in your hand (especially for a screen this big) and very powerful. But the battery tradeoff will be too much for some.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
More soon. 🎮 It’s a privilege to be part of this team.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
More soon. 🎮 It’s a privilege to be part of this team.
Look, no disrespect intended to Getty or individual photographers, but I find this style of stock imagery to be so lazy and bland.
Do editors at major media outlets really think someone Googling a company logo and taking a picture of it enhances whatever story these appear in?
Do editors at major media outlets really think someone Googling a company logo and taking a picture of it enhances whatever story these appear in?
March 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Look, no disrespect intended to Getty or individual photographers, but I find this style of stock imagery to be so lazy and bland.
Do editors at major media outlets really think someone Googling a company logo and taking a picture of it enhances whatever story these appear in?
Do editors at major media outlets really think someone Googling a company logo and taking a picture of it enhances whatever story these appear in?
Don’t know what it says about my life that I was legit excited to see a new Snapple flavor in the Duane Reade fridges.
March 20, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Don’t know what it says about my life that I was legit excited to see a new Snapple flavor in the Duane Reade fridges.
Apple’s latest Mac Studio is a computer with unreal power. The M3 Ultra chip is overkill for many of us, but I’m having fun testing out all those cores and all that memory. We’re just getting started; you can’t review something like this in a few days. More to come!
www.theverge.com/reviews/6274...
www.theverge.com/reviews/6274...
March 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Apple’s latest Mac Studio is a computer with unreal power. The M3 Ultra chip is overkill for many of us, but I’m having fun testing out all those cores and all that memory. We’re just getting started; you can’t review something like this in a few days. More to come!
www.theverge.com/reviews/6274...
www.theverge.com/reviews/6274...
AEW pay-per-views are coming to Amazon Prime Video starting this weekend.
also, I love that I have truly wild photos ready to go whenever we cover this company.
www.theverge.com/news/624673/...
also, I love that I have truly wild photos ready to go whenever we cover this company.
www.theverge.com/news/624673/...
March 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
AEW pay-per-views are coming to Amazon Prime Video starting this weekend.
also, I love that I have truly wild photos ready to go whenever we cover this company.
www.theverge.com/news/624673/...
also, I love that I have truly wild photos ready to go whenever we cover this company.
www.theverge.com/news/624673/...
New: Disney acknowledges a rough Oscars night for Hulu.
The service prematurely ended its Academy Awards live stream before the last big awards were announced — and it had problems earlier in the evening, too.
www.theverge.com/news/622669/...
The service prematurely ended its Academy Awards live stream before the last big awards were announced — and it had problems earlier in the evening, too.
www.theverge.com/news/622669/...
March 3, 2025 at 5:28 AM
New: Disney acknowledges a rough Oscars night for Hulu.
The service prematurely ended its Academy Awards live stream before the last big awards were announced — and it had problems earlier in the evening, too.
www.theverge.com/news/622669/...
The service prematurely ended its Academy Awards live stream before the last big awards were announced — and it had problems earlier in the evening, too.
www.theverge.com/news/622669/...
It's the iPhone 16e. Read our review by @allisonjo1.bsky.social. Photos by yours truly!
www.theverge.com/reviews/6201...
www.theverge.com/reviews/6201...
February 27, 2025 at 2:11 AM
It's the iPhone 16e. Read our review by @allisonjo1.bsky.social. Photos by yours truly!
www.theverge.com/reviews/6201...
www.theverge.com/reviews/6201...
The aura of Panos Panay.
A few shots from today's Amazon Alexa+ event.
You can read all our coverage here: www.theverge.com/news/618262/...
A few shots from today's Amazon Alexa+ event.
You can read all our coverage here: www.theverge.com/news/618262/...
February 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The aura of Panos Panay.
A few shots from today's Amazon Alexa+ event.
You can read all our coverage here: www.theverge.com/news/618262/...
A few shots from today's Amazon Alexa+ event.
You can read all our coverage here: www.theverge.com/news/618262/...
Today’s brunch was not to be trifled with.
February 16, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Today’s brunch was not to be trifled with.
Please don't blow it with these apps, Apple.
February 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Please don't blow it with these apps, Apple.
Samsung's Galaxy S25 lineup is here. The Ultra is more comfortable and still has the nicest display in the game. But the S Pen stylus got...worse?! In general, these phones feel very same-y — only now with even more AI features tacked on.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9FC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9FC...
January 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Samsung's Galaxy S25 lineup is here. The Ultra is more comfortable and still has the nicest display in the game. But the S Pen stylus got...worse?! In general, these phones feel very same-y — only now with even more AI features tacked on.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9FC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9FC...
Big news: Sonos CEO Patrick Spence is stepping down. The new app debacle has led to his exit after eight months of unrelenting customer complaints.
Board member Tom Conrad is interim CEO and faces the challenge of getting Sonos back on track in 2025.
Full details: www.theverge.com/2025/1/13/24...
Board member Tom Conrad is interim CEO and faces the challenge of getting Sonos back on track in 2025.
Full details: www.theverge.com/2025/1/13/24...
January 13, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Big news: Sonos CEO Patrick Spence is stepping down. The new app debacle has led to his exit after eight months of unrelenting customer complaints.
Board member Tom Conrad is interim CEO and faces the challenge of getting Sonos back on track in 2025.
Full details: www.theverge.com/2025/1/13/24...
Board member Tom Conrad is interim CEO and faces the challenge of getting Sonos back on track in 2025.
Full details: www.theverge.com/2025/1/13/24...
I know the Sonos app saga has been *a lot*, but it's important to clarify that not everything you do runs through the cloud. Nick Millington, who's heavily involved in the fix-up process, covered this on Reddit a couple months ago.
Been reading some inaccurate reporting on this today, so. Just FYI.
Been reading some inaccurate reporting on this today, so. Just FYI.
December 2, 2024 at 5:38 PM
I know the Sonos app saga has been *a lot*, but it's important to clarify that not everything you do runs through the cloud. Nick Millington, who's heavily involved in the fix-up process, covered this on Reddit a couple months ago.
Been reading some inaccurate reporting on this today, so. Just FYI.
Been reading some inaccurate reporting on this today, so. Just FYI.