blurams Outdoor Pro Review – An affordable outdoor camera with facial recognition
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blurams Outdoor Pro Review – An affordable outdoor camera with facial recognition

One of the big problems with outdoor security cameras is all the false alerts. A gentle breeze will set off some cameras. You can generally tweak the settings to find something to minimise alerts such as motion zones and sensitivity levels, but it is never perfect. The one exception I have found is the Netatmo…

Honor 9X Review – A decent camera upgrade compared to its sibling Huawei P Smart Z
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Honor 9X Review – A decent camera upgrade compared to its sibling Huawei P Smart Z

Huawei/Honor has been stuck in the middle of a trade war between the US and China for well over 6-months now. The Honor 20 launch was overshadowed by the problem causing a delay with its release. That was the last proper new phone to launch with Google Play Services. The flagship Huawei Mate 30 Pro…

Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 vs SD855 vs Apple Bionic A13 – Takes the Antutu crown but flounders behind Apple in many benchmarks
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 vs SD855 vs Apple Bionic A13 – Takes the Antutu crown but flounders behind Apple in many benchmarks

Following the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 announcement, several journalists were let loose on reference devices allowing them to benchmark the new chipset. As you would expect from a brand new chipset, it offers significant performance improvements from the previous generation. In recent years though, Qualcomm has fallen behind Apple and their Bionic chips in a wide…

vivo X30 Pro brings 5x periscope zoom & 5G to the mid-range market
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vivo X30 Pro brings 5x periscope zoom & 5G to the mid-range market

This year we saw the first two devices to feature a periscope zoom which allowed 5x optical zoom, the Huawei P30 Pro and OPPO Reno 10x Zoom, both superb phones, but at a premium price point. Now vivo are trickling down this tech to a slightly more affordable price and combining it with the new…

ZTE Axon 10s Pro is another phone confirmed to use the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 5G chipset

ZTE Axon 10s Pro is another phone confirmed to use the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 5G chipset

The Axon 10 Pro 5G was one of the first phones to launch with 5G with its launch at MWC 2019. This is now being followed up with the Axon 10s Pro which as you might expect features the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 and its X55 5G modem. ZTE Axon 10s Pro supports 5G dual-mode network,…

Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G vs Mediatek Dimensity 1000L MT6885 vs Samsung Exynos 980 Antutu Benchmarks – Which mid-range 5G chipset has the best performance?
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G vs Mediatek Dimensity 1000L MT6885 vs Samsung Exynos 980 Antutu Benchmarks – Which mid-range 5G chipset has the best performance?

With all the chipsets for 2020 now announced, it looks like 5G is quickly going to gain traction. Almost all the chipsets from the upper mid-range through to flagship will be 5G only, and companies such as Realme will only launch 5G phones (in China) moving forward. This year we saw a strong focus on…

OnePlus 7T Review – All of the best bits of the OnePlus 7 Pro but without the price
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OnePlus 7T Review – All of the best bits of the OnePlus 7 Pro but without the price

Announced in September with availability in October, the OnePlus 7T promises to be one of the best phones of the year bringing with it a significant spec bump that makes the Pro model feel a bit redundant. Specifications Screen: 6.55in FHD+ 90Hz Fluid AMOLED (402ppi) Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 855+ RAM: 8GB of RAM Storage: 128 or 256GB (UFS 3.0)…

Xbox Series X Announced – How does it compare to the Xbox One X

Xbox Series X Announced – How does it compare to the Xbox One X

In a surprise announcement, Microsoft has officially revealed the next-generation Xbox, the Series X. Microsoft appears to be started a new trend of announcing devices a whole year before their launch, but at least, in this case, it won’t be outdated by launch, unlike the Surface Neo and Surface Duo. The new console ditches the…

Garmin Instinct 2 to get Fenix 6 Solar charging & PulseOx
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Garmin Instinct 2 to get Fenix 6 Solar charging & PulseOx

The original Garmin Instinct was released back in October 2018 and it is one of the last watches to be launched before Garmin introduced their new Elevate HRM with PulseOX. It received very favourable reviews with its chunky Casio-like design and if often regarded as an affordable Fenix. An eager-eyed Reddit user potted new firmware…

TP-Link Deco P9 Mesh Wi-Fi with Powerline Review – A big improvement of the Deco P7
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TP-Link Deco P9 Mesh Wi-Fi with Powerline Review – A big improvement of the Deco P7

Padding out the TP-Link Deco line up is the new Deco P9 which is a step up compared to the P7 I reviewed earlier in the year. While this sounds like it should offer all the features the M9 does, they are not quite like for like in the full feature set. Deco P9 vs…

AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT fails to impress vs Nvidia GTX 1660
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT fails to impress vs Nvidia GTX 1660

The AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT has finally become available and the usual websites have reviewed cards from various OEMs. While AMD has thoroughly shaken up the CPU market, they appear to be struggling to do the same with graphics cards. The AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT has come out to middling reviews, it is…