Black Shark 3 Review – Incredible performance for just £539
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Black Shark 3 Review – Incredible performance for just £539

I was very impressed with the Black Shark 2 last year. It helped that it was easily one of the cheapest flagship phones to launch at that point in the year. They have no followed this up with two models, the affordable standard Black Shark, and a more premium Pro model with a gigantic display…

MediaTek Dimensity 1000 Plus vs 1000 vs 1000l vs 800 – Is Mediatek launching a chipset per phone as a marketing trick?
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MediaTek Dimensity 1000 Plus vs 1000 vs 1000l vs 800 – Is Mediatek launching a chipset per phone as a marketing trick?

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 Arc vs Beam vs Playbar – Sonos finally updates the Playbar for serious home cinema with eArc offering Dolby Atmos and TrueHD
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Sonos Arc vs Beam vs Playbar – Sonos finally updates the Playbar for serious home cinema with eArc offering Dolby Atmos and TrueHD

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…

Ring Doorbell 3 Plus Review – Privacy concerns aside, Ring still dominate the battery-powered smart doorbell market
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Ring Doorbell 3 Plus Review – Privacy concerns aside, Ring still dominate the battery-powered smart doorbell market

[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…

Qualcomm Snapdragon 875 vs Snapdragon 865 – Specification leaks, but what will change that you can’t already guess?
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 875 vs Snapdragon 865 – Specification leaks, but what will change that you can’t already guess?

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 Redmi Note 9 Pro Max vs Redmi Note 9S vs Realme 6 Pro – Which is the best affordable phone with Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G?
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Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro Max vs Redmi Note 9S vs Realme 6 Pro – Which is the best affordable phone with Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G?

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…

Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G vs 730G vs 712 vs 665 vs MediaTek Helio G90t Performance Analysis – Comparing Realme 5 vs 6 & 6 Pro
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G vs 730G vs 712 vs 665 vs MediaTek Helio G90t Performance Analysis – Comparing Realme 5 vs 6 & 6 Pro

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…

Vankyo MatrixPad S8 Tablet Review – Not great but cheap & it is usable
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Vankyo MatrixPad S8 Tablet Review – Not great but cheap & it is usable

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…

Ring Video Doorbell 3 vs 3 Plus vs 2 vs Pro vs Eufy Doorbell  – What has Ring improved? Which is the best alternative?
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Ring Video Doorbell 3 vs 3 Plus vs 2 vs Pro vs Eufy Doorbell – What has Ring improved? Which is the best alternative?

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…

How to fix push notifications on Huawei P40 Pro if you have installed Google Play Services
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How to fix push notifications on Huawei P40 Pro if you have installed Google Play Services

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…

Pocophone F2 Pro comes to the EU as a rebadged Xiaomi Redmi K30 Pro from €649/£575
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Pocophone F2 Pro comes to the EU as a rebadged Xiaomi Redmi K30 Pro from €649/£575

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…

Intel Core i9-10900K vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Benchmark Shows just 4% single-core advantage
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Intel Core i9-10900K vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Benchmark Shows just 4% single-core advantage

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…

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