MediaTek has today launched another chipset, which feels like a weekly occurrence now. Most recently the company launched the Helio G85 which turned out to be the exact same as the Mediatek G80 but with a 50Mhz difference on the GPU. There is a suspiciously low uptake of these new chipsets, and my best guess…
Sonos was doing smart speakers before they were a thing, and they do them well with some incredible options. However, when it comes to home cinema, they have been flagging behind. The soundbar market has boomed as people realise they can get the benefit of a multi-speaker system from just one device. Sonos first introduced…
[Update 12/05/2020] Ring reached out to me to confirm some of the privacy aspects of their system. I have copied the full statement at the bottom of the review Smart home surveillance and smart doorbells have boomed in the past few years with dozens of options available on Amazon. However, if you are looking for…
Leaked chipset specifications at this time of the year are always questionable at best, while the information may come from a reliable source, a lot of the time it is just a spec list anyone could guess. A new leak claims to reveal a lot of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 875 with most of the information…
Xiaomi has been releasing phones left, right and centre and with the official UK launch of the Realme 6 Pro today we now have 3 superb options featuring the Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G chipset itself is a bit of a strange one, while it is excellent, it is not as good as…
Today the Realme 6 Pro launches in the UK alongside the flagship Realme X50 Pro and both are superb phones. The Realme 6 series has had a considerable bump from the previous 5 series which used an SD665 in the standard model and an SD712 in the Pro model. The new Pro model has a…
The Android tablet market is a bit of a strange one, big brands have all but given up on tablets, and there are barely any high-end tablets on the market with only Samsung and Huawei developing them. On the lower end of the spectrum, there is a huge number of options and they remain popular…
There is no getting away from the awful PR Ring has had recently, it has been revealed that the company has some serious issues with privacy as well as agreements with law enforcement to share your data. They are trying to improve though; they claim to have locked down the privacy concerns enforcing mandatory 2FA…
Since writing my guide on getting Google Play Services on the Huawei P40 Pro, it has been reported by many users that some push notifications don’t work. This is also the case for me, but it is only certain apps. I get notifications for things like Telegram, WhatsApp, Facebook, and a few others, but then…
The Pocophone/Poco F1 was perhaps one of the best buys in recent years offering incredible value for money and the follow up has been hotly anticipated for over a year. There has been mixed information on whether or not the new Poco F2 will be a rebadged version of the Xiaomi Redmi K30 Pro. Originally…
The new Intel Core i9-10900K is now official, sitting at the top of the lineup for the new Intel CPUs. The flagship Core i9-10900K is a fully unlocked chip with an integrated GPU. The CPU has multiple turbo boost frequencies with it topping out at an impressive 5.3Ghz As always with a new CPU launch…
With the launch of the Xiaomi Redmi Note 9, I wrote a scathing comparison of the new MediaTek Helio G85 with its pitiful 50Mhz difference in GPU frequencies compared to the existing, unimpressive, Helio G80. If we ignore my belief that the MediaTek Helio G85 is just a marketing stunt by announcing a brand-new chipset…
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