I have been waxing lyrical about Realme recently and how they offer unparalleled value for money with their recent launches, in particular, the Realme X2 Pro. Though this is not entirely accurate, the value king has been Xiaomi for several years now, and while Xiaomi doesn’t have something to compete directly with the X2 Pro…
The Apple AirPods Pro has been rumoured for a while now and it looks like the near earphones could make one huge design change from previous Apple earphones. Apple have long bucked the trend of rubber eartips for their earphones, which I have always personally found bizarre as it makes getting a good fit difficult….
Three phones by three companies all with very similar specs, so it comes as no surprise that each company is owned by the same parent company, BBK Electronics. While the Oppo Reno Ace has not been announced in the UK yet, it is expected to soon. The OnePlus 7T was first out the door with an…
Hot on the heels of the Reno2, it is expected that OPPO will launch the Reno Ace in the UK in the near future. On the 24th of October, the successfully filed the trademark application in the EU and UK for the Reno Ace via the FastTrack process. Similar to previous OPPO releases, the Reno…
Apart from security cameras, smart home security products have been slow to take off, in particular in the UK we have had a very limited selection of devices. Yale is the main company that sells both smart locks and a smart home security system. Simplisafe launched their home security system a few months ago in…
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 was launched almost two years ago, and the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 is due to be replaced with the Snapdragon 865. Earlier this year the Snapdragon 710 was superseded by the new Snapdragon 730 and as technology improves the performance trickles down with generations. So how do this year’s upper-midrange chipsets compare…
[Originally Posted on 15-October-2019] [Update on 25-10-2019] I have now been using this phone for over two weeks as my primary device, my overall opinion of the phone has not changed, it has taken the concept of an affordable flagship device to a new level. The Pocophone F1 last year was the stand out affordable…
As part of the Huawei Nova 5T launch, Huawei is teaming up with Battersea Park Fireworks 2019 as the official mobile handset partner on Saturday 2nd November where Rudimental will be taking the stage playing their biggest hits for an hour. The phone is perfect for people wanting a high-end phone at an affordable price,…
Now that Free True Wireless (TWS) earphones are all the rage I am bombarded with review requests, most affordable random Chinese brands. The earphones themselves are normally reasonable good but they are all suspiciously similar. It is almost certain that these are white label products being sold under different brands. These companies will even produce…
In September Samsung announced their new Exynos 9611 chipset which is aimed at the mid-end of the market and features on the Samsung Galaxy M30s, and the A50s and is expected to be in the Samsung Galaxy A51. The older Exynos 9610 which this replaces is featured on the Samsung Galaxy A50 2019 which currently…
Modern times bring modern problems. Over the last years, scammers have upgrade their game and one of their favourite playgrounds is the telephone world. Being aware of how to identify scam calls has become vital in order to stay safe. Thankfully, there are pages that allow you to check who is behind the call in…
The Realme 5 Pro was launched last month in its native markets but finally launched last week alongside the Realme X2 Pro and X2 as part of their official EU launch. In terms of value for money, the Realme 5 Pro looks like one of the best phones on the market in the budget range…