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…
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…
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,…
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…
With the last few days of Christmas shopping left, what is a great gift to buy for the gamer in your family? Consoles Nintendo Switch Lite – £199 More affordable than the full-fat Switch and uses a new upgraded processor for improved battery life and a small bump in performance. This is an amazing console…
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)…
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be started a new trend of announcing devices a whole year before their launch, but at least, in this case, it won’t be outdated by launch, unlike the Surface Neo and Surface Duo.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…
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…
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…
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…
I am a big fan of cloud-managed networks, it massively simplifies managing everything related to a network. While my experience with it has been within the home and small business, for anyone managing a larger network, cloud networking has the potential to save hundreds of hours of work. I have previously reviewed Zyxel Nebula and…
OK so £25 is probably a bit steep for most peoples secret Santas, but I wanted as many options as possible. Most of these are not particularly exciting. You may even get a few odd looks giving someone a lightbulb or plug socket for Christmas, but I would probably be more appreciative of that compared…
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