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Realme are set to introduce a new phone next week, starting a new series of phones with the V-series. The new Realme V5 has popped up on TENAA as well as Realme confirming its existing through various promo posts. With the official promo posts, we already know the design of the phone and some key…
I have covered a lot of Wi-Fi 6 routers and mesh systems, while they have all be fantastic, they have also all been very expensive. Back in February, Huawei announced the Huawei WiFi AX3 which claimed better than Wi-Fi 6 performance thanks to their proprietary Wi-Fi 6+ technology. This was then followed up by the…
A few days ago the Realme X50 was launched and I have been using this as my main phone for the past week or so. As usual with Realme it offers exceptional value for money when it comes to the hardware specs, it is the cheapest 5G phone in the UK market, and the Snapdragon…
Yesterday, two new gaming phones entered the market, both featuring the brand new Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus. ASUS released their third iteration of the ROG Phone while Lenovo released their first flagship gaming phone, the Legion. Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus The new SoC upgrades the CPU and GPU speeds by 9.2%, upping the frequencies on…
[Edit 2] Originally posted on 21st of July 2020 after another publication accidentally published early and I picked it up. Mediatek has no officially announced the Mediatek Dimensity 720 5G chipset, for real this time. Today MediaTek has officially announced their new budget 5G chipset, the Mediatek Dimensity 720. After identifying the chipset a couple…
The MatePad is the latest mid-range tablet from Huawei, providing a more wallet-friendly experience to the MatePad Pro which costs almost double. Similar to other recent Huawei releases, this no longer features any services by Google. Instead, you rely on Huawei Mobile Services. While I have found this can be problematic at times on a…
If you are an Apple Mac user or have a PC with Thunderbolt3 and require lots of data storage then the new TerraMaster TD2 could be the perfect option. This direct-attached storage features a Thunderbolt3 port allowing it to offer connectivity that surpasses other USB equipped counterparts. I previously reviewed the excellent 5-bay TerraMaster D5-300C…
In typical OnePlus fashion, the Nord has been hyped for weeks with various leaks revealing almost everything possible about it. Today, the phone finally went official, and it accompanies the Realme X50 and OPPO Find X2 Lite as the first phones to arrive in the UK with the new affordable upper mid-range 5G chipset from…
Edifier appears to have become one of the dominant brands on Amazon for speakers in recent years. Offering well-specced speakers at an affordable price point, as I write this, they are listed 9 times out of 15 on the first page of Amazon for active bookshelf speakers. Pricing ranges from just £89.99 for the R1280T,…
[Update 21-07-2020] MediaTek have now made the Dimensity 720 official. Details are a little thin at the moment, but this is a brand new chipset, rather than a tweaked existing design. [Update 23-07-2020] The chipset is officially official now. The Dimensity 720 is based on the 7nm fabrication process featuring an integrated 5G modem, and…
I have not reviewed a WiFi repeater in years, my recommendation has typically to use a mesh WiFi system which will seamlessly extend your WiFi across your home. However, not everyone wants or needs to spend north of £100 on a basic mesh system. WiFi range extenders/repeaters are still a thing, and they can be…
[Update 21-07-2020] MediaTek have now made the Dimensity 720 official. Details are a little thin at the moment, but this is a brand new chipset, rather than a tweaked existing design. The Dimensity 720 is based on the 7nm fabrication process featuring an integrated 5G modem, and MediaTek’s UltraSave technology, leveraging both network and content…
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