Short Summary
Main recommendation: Marques Brownlee's Dope Tech episode highlights three standout gadgets, with the Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 Plus praised mainly for its screen, which he calls the best screen of any tablet, including the iPad. The Xiaomi smart wireless charging pad and the Hachi Infinite M1 smart projector are praised for their niche, distinctive features.
Key Points
- The Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 Plus earns Dope Tech status mainly for its 12-inch, 16-by-10, 120-hertz Super AMOLED display, which he says gets very bright with excellent colors, and which can run Quad HD resolution and 120 hertz at the same time.
- The Xiaomi 20-watt smart wireless charging pad's only gimmick is an automatic coil-moving mechanism that lines up the charging coil wherever a device is placed on the pad.
- The Xiaomi pad does not charge multiple devices simultaneously; it charges one device at a time, moving to the next device only after the first finishes.
- The Hachi Infinite M1 is a touch-screen projector running Android 9.0 with Snapdragon 670, up to 6 GB RAM and 128 GB storage, offering features like multiplayer games, recipe projection, and form-correcting fitness.
- The Galaxy Tab S7 Plus's front camera sits in the middle of the landscape-mode edge, and the fingerprint reader is on the right side for sideways unlocking, which he sees as thoughtful design for typical landscape use.
- The Galaxy Tab S7 Plus's S Pen is a copy of the Apple Pencil approach, but its magnets are weaker, so attaching it blind is harder than with an iPad.
Details Worth Noting
- Concrete instructions: For the Hachi projector, place it against a wall to project upward or on a flat surface like a desk to project downward; it auto-calibrates and sharpens once set. For touch input, avoid casting your own shadow on the target element by approaching from the opposite side of the light. For the Xiaomi pad, simply place the device anywhere on the pad and let the motors align the coil automatically.
- The video states the Hachi projector's price as "$9.99," though this is almost certainly a misspeak given the context of it being described as expensive; the actual price is not clearly stated.
- The Hachi projector's touch feature supports 10-point multi-touch and runs games such as tic-tac-toe, board games, Pong, and air hockey, which the reviewer says all worked in testing.
- The Hachi projector's education feature uses physical plastic letters and camera image recognition to check spelling, and its fitness feature counts reps and corrects form.
- The Galaxy Tab S7 Plus includes a 10,090 mAh battery, quad speakers in all four corners, 5G capability via the Snapdragon 865 Plus, and up to 512 GB storage.
- The reviewer advises buying the case for the Galaxy Tab S7 Plus as one of the best accessories for the tablet.
Bottom Line
The episode's most compelling pick is the Galaxy Tab S7 Plus for anyone prioritizing a premium media screen, while the Hachi and Xiaomi devices appeal to buyers wanting novel, niche functionality.





