PC Magazine July 2017
PC Magazine July 2017 issue, we feature PCMag's eighth annual Fastest Mobile Networks report. Testers drove within and between 30 cities, running speed tests and collecting more than 124,000 network-speed data points. Find out which carrier leads the pack—and where. The results may surprise you! PC Magazine is America's #1 technology magazine, delivering authoritative, lab-based comparative reviews of technology products and services to more than 6.6 million professionals every issue. PC Magazine is the only publication with in-depth reviews and accurate, repeatable testing from PC Magazine Labs placed in the unique context of today's business technology landscape.
PC Magazine July 2017 issue, we feature PCMag's eighth annual Fastest Mobile Networks report. Testers drove within and between 30 cities, running speed tests and collecting more than 124,000 network-speed data points. Find out which carrier leads the pack—and where. The results may surprise you!
PC Magazine is America's #1 technology magazine, delivering authoritative, lab-based comparative reviews of technology products and services to more than 6.6 million professionals every issue. PC Magazine is the only publication with in-depth reviews and accurate, repeatable testing from PC Magazine Labs placed in the unique context of today's business technology landscape.
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FIRST AND FOREMOST: PRICING<br />
It turns out that you can get hardcopy keepsakes of your visual memories<br />
without breaking the bank. Some services we tested, including Snapfish and<br />
York Photo Labs, produce 4-by-6-inch prints for just 9 cents apiece, and those<br />
two services have offers that get you the first 100 and 20 prints free,<br />
respectively, not including tax and shipping. Surprisingly, Walgreens Photo is<br />
the most expensive service when it comes to 4-by-6 prints, charging 29 cents<br />
each. But you pay for the convenience of local pickup, and after 50 prints, that<br />
price drops to 20 cents per 4-by-6. The next-priciest 4-by-6 photos among the<br />
services we tested were from Nations Photo Labs, at 27 cents each, but the<br />
company provided the best image quality and paper. In the middle is<br />
Shutterfly’s 15-cent 4-by-6 prints.<br />
Even when you want enlargements at popular sizes such as 5-by-7 and 8-by-10,<br />
you don’t have to spend a lot. Snapfish offers 5-by-7 prints for just 69 cents<br />
each, and Nations Photo Labs produces excellent-quality 8-by-10 photos for a<br />
mere $1.90 each. That’s the best price we found for 8-by-10 prints; most<br />
competitors charge a still-reasonable $2.99 to $3.99. For wall-art size prints, of<br />
course, you’ll pay more, but it’s still not exorbitant: All of the services sell 16-by-<br />
20 prints for under $20, and most charge closer to $15.<br />
PLASTER YOUR PICTURES ANYWHERE<br />
Why stop at ordinary photo prints when you can have your pictures grace mugs,<br />
playing cards, and even pillows? The services reviewed here offer a remarkable<br />
assortment of objects that you can personalize. All offer greeting cards,<br />
calendars, and photo books. Most offer phone cases, blankets, and drinkware.<br />
Shutterfly offers the largest selection of photo gifts, including flower pots,<br />
blankets, phone cases, pillows, shower curtains, and even pet-food bowls. But<br />
York Photo Labs is the only service we found that can sell you a necktie featuring<br />
your picture.<br />
EDITING, ORDERING, AND SHARING<br />
When you’re ordering photos online, it helps if the service has a friendly,<br />
navigable website. For example, most services, including Snapfish, let you<br />
simply check off all the sizes you want on a single-page grid. Others make you<br />
select a size for printing before choosing the images you want; you then must<br />
start over again if you want prints in other sizes.
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