Samsung Galaxy M30s vs Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro vs Xiaomi Mi 9T

Samsung Galaxy M30s vs Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro vs Xiaomi Mi 9T

The Samsung M series has been an attempt by Samsung to regain some of its dwindling Indian market share that has been eaten away by Xiaomi and most recently Realme. The Samsung Galaxy M30 was only launched in February this year, but Samsung is already updating it with an S model and it launches in the UK…

Xiaomi Pocophone F1 gets MIUI 11 but no Android 10
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Xiaomi Pocophone F1 gets MIUI 11 but no Android 10

The Xiaomi Pocophone F1 is one of the first smartphones to receive MIUI 11 following a successful beta testing just two weeks ago. The newest MIUI 11 software with build number 11.0.5.0.PEJMIXM is now seeded to those that participated in the beta test with a wider rollout in the following days if everything goes as planned.  However,…

Xiaomi Mi Note 10 Geekbench results confirm it’s the Mi CC9 Pro. Mi Note 10 Pro may arrive with Snapdragon 855+
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Xiaomi Mi Note 10 Geekbench results confirm it’s the Mi CC9 Pro. Mi Note 10 Pro may arrive with Snapdragon 855+

The Xiaomi Mi CC9 Pro arrives on November the 5th in China, and Xiaomi has teased the Mi Note 10 with its 108MP penta camera design, so it was safe to assume they were the same phone. However, some rumours had contradicted this stating they will have slightly different specifications, but a recent Geekbench listing…

Huawei Freebuds 3 Review – £169 Great sounding noise-cancelling earphones that may be a better buy than the Apple Airpods Pro
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Huawei Freebuds 3 Review – £169 Great sounding noise-cancelling earphones that may be a better buy than the Apple Airpods Pro

[Updated on 5th of November 2018] The AI Life app will be available for iOS so you will be able to access the noise-cancelling functionality these earphones feature. Back at IFA in September, Huawei announced their latest earphones, the Huawei Freebuds 3, which feature a suspiciously similar design to the existing Apple Airpods but include…

Xiaomi Mi Note 10 vs Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro vs Xiaomi Redmi K20 / Mi 9T Compared
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Xiaomi Mi Note 10 vs Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro vs Xiaomi Redmi K20 / Mi 9T Compared

While some companies such as OnePlus are happy to release a phone every 6 months, Xiaomi appears to have a monthly release schedule. The Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro was announced a couple of months ago and we have also had the Redmi K20 Pro Premium and Mi Mix Alpha since then. The latest phone,…

Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 3300 vs  3100 vs 2100 vs Samsung Exynos 9110 – Qualcomm finally catch-up to Samsung
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Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 3300 vs 3100 vs 2100 vs Samsung Exynos 9110 – Qualcomm finally catch-up to Samsung

As much as I love Qualcomm and their mobile chipsets, one of the biggest issues Android WearOS has faced is the truly shocking chipsets available to it. We are currently only just seeing watches feature the Qualcomm Snapdragon 3100, which launched last year and is based on the SD425 chipset that launched in 2016 that…

Xiaomi Mi CC9 Pro with 5 cameras including 108MP Samsung lens to launch on 5th of November
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Xiaomi Mi CC9 Pro with 5 cameras including 108MP Samsung lens to launch on 5th of November

Quad cameras are so last week, Xiaomi is now upping the ante once again with the Xiaomi Mi CC9 Pro taking phone cameras to a new level of crazy, but how far can this trend go? The Xiaomi Mi CC9 Pro has been rumoured for the past month or so, but now an official promo…

Samsung Galaxy S11 expected to come with Exynos 9830/Snaprdagon 865 & LPDDR5 RAM – But what about the Exynos 990?
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Samsung Galaxy S11 expected to come with Exynos 9830/Snaprdagon 865 & LPDDR5 RAM – But what about the Exynos 990?

Saying the new Samsung Galaxy S11 will use the latest flagship chipset from Samsung/Qualcomm is about the most obvious piece of news reporting possible in tech. So as you probably already knew the Samsung Galaxy S11 will come in the usual two variations with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 for the US, and the flagship Exynos…

NVIDIA Shield TV Pro & Standard 2019 vs Shield TV 2017 vs Fire TV Cube 2019 Compared – Which is the best streaming device for 2019?
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NVIDIA Shield TV Pro & Standard 2019 vs Shield TV 2017 vs Fire TV Cube 2019 Compared – Which is the best streaming device for 2019?

Yesterday Nvidia finally took the wraps off their new NVIDIA Shield TV and the Pro models with the new tubular-shaped model lowering the price down to £150 compared to the £180 currently charged for the existing model, and making it quite competitive with the new Fire TV Cube at £110. With Black Friday and Christmas…

The Best Home Automation Systems & Devices for 2019

The Best Home Automation Systems & Devices for 2019

Originally posted in March 2018, I have now updated the post for 2019 to reflect some of the new tech and suggestions. This includes some reader recommendations too In the past couple of years, the home automation industry has boomed, and the traditional Z-wave based systems have lost ground to the new wave of AI-based…

Realme X2 Review – Probably the best sub £300 Android phone right now
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Realme X2 Review – Probably the best sub £300 Android phone right now

Recently, Realme officially launched in the EU, as part of the launch they announced the new, possibly one of the best phones of the year, Realme X2 Pro. Along with that, they brought the X2 and Realme 5 Pro which has previously been announced in their native countries. With the launch of these three phones,…