What is Wi-Fi 6 / 802.11ax and how will it improve your home Wi-Fi?

What is Wi-Fi 6 / 802.11ax and how will it improve your home Wi-Fi?

During CES 2019 many Wi-Fi networking vendors have been releasing products featuring the new 802.11ax standard which has been given the friendlier name of Wi-Fi 6, but what actually is it and how will it improve your home Wi-Fi? While Wi-Fi is hardly the most interesting of technologies at CES, it is something that many…

Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 with 48MP camera & Snapdragon 660 launched. 3GB/32GB – £241 via GearBest
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Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 with 48MP camera & Snapdragon 660 launched. 3GB/32GB – £241 via GearBest

Technically not a Xiaomi phone anymore since they have made it its own sub-brand now, the Redmi Note 7 has finally been launched in China. The phone has launched for just 999 RMB (around £115) but has an exceptionally good specification and premium looking design. The Redmi Note 7 features the upper mid range Qualcomm…

AMD Radeon VII GPU announced using 7nm with 16GB HMD memory for $699
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AMD Radeon VII GPU announced using 7nm with 16GB HMD memory for $699

AMD Ryzen CPUs have completely shaken up the CPU market in the past two years, with the Maltisse based Ryzen 3000 chips looking like they will outshine Intels best offerings for 2019. On the flip side of this, the AMD GPU product line has been flagging, with gamers eagerly waiting for some proper competition for…

AMD Ryzen 3000 Maltisse arrives mid-2019 features PCIe 4.0 & beats i9-9900K with over 30% less power
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AMD Ryzen 3000 Maltisse arrives mid-2019 features PCIe 4.0 & beats i9-9900K with over 30% less power

Ryzen has been a huge success and AMD are keen to keep that momentum going in 2019. There have already been big promises with the 3rd generation of the Ryzen chips codenamed Maltisse with several leaks indicating significant performance improvements. During a keynote at CES, AMD have finally released some information about the up and…

GearBest Deals: Xiaomi Mi 8 Lite £184, Mi 8 £322, Pocophone F1 £241.50, Redmi 6A £85
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GearBest Deals: Xiaomi Mi 8 Lite £184, Mi 8 £322, Pocophone F1 £241.50, Redmi 6A £85

I have been buying more things from GearBest in recent months. I was sceptical about buying high-value items at first but so far I have had no issues and delivery has always been faster than expected. Similarly in the past year I have been a big fan of Xiaomi due to their low cost high…

Panasonic GZ2000 OLED TV announced with HDR10+ and Dolby Vision & integrated Dolby Atmos speakers : CES 2019
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Panasonic GZ2000 OLED TV announced with HDR10+ and Dolby Vision & integrated Dolby Atmos speakers : CES 2019

Panasonic has announced its brand new flagship OLED for 2019 the GZ2000 which is the first TV on the market to feature both HDR10+ and Dolby Vision giving you the best all round HDR compatibility. Available in 55-inch and 65-inch models, but at the moment it appears no 77-inch model will be released similar, unlike the…

Thermaltake WaterRAM RGB – Watercooled DDR4 launched at CES + new watercooling kits
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Thermaltake WaterRAM RGB – Watercooled DDR4 launched at CES + new watercooling kits

I have worked with Thermaltake a lot in the past year, they produce some great products that cater for all budgets and tastes in the PC market. They do some excellent premium grade hardware, in particular their PC cases, and they have a particular love for RGB so the announcement of WaterRam RGB Liquid Cooling…

Dell G5 15 SE (5590) and G7 announced with up to RTX 2080 &  i7-8750HQ plus 144Hz display
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Dell G5 15 SE (5590) and G7 announced with up to RTX 2080 & i7-8750HQ plus 144Hz display

Following the release of the updated Alienware m15 and m17 models, Dell has also announced the refreshed G5 and G7 line-up. I recently reviewed the Dell G5 with a GTX 1060 and found it to be one of the best value gaming laptops on the market, I suspect this year’s model will continue to be…

Alienware Area-51m Gaming Laptop announced with upgradable Nvidia RTX GPU & 9th Gen Intel CPU using the Z390 desktop chipset
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Alienware Area-51m Gaming Laptop announced with upgradable Nvidia RTX GPU & 9th Gen Intel CPU using the Z390 desktop chipset

One of the issues with laptops is the very limited upgrade options, at best you can typically upgrade the RAM and storage. This is particularly off-putting for high-end gaming laptops which can cost thousands. Then there is the fact that a laptop can never achieve quite the same performance as a desktop. Dell aims to…

Anker Launches Roav Bolt for Google Assistant in your car plus Soundcore Wakey and more
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Anker Launches Roav Bolt for Google Assistant in your car plus Soundcore Wakey and more

Anker produce some fantastic affordable products and like many tech company they are announcing a large number of their products for the year at CES 2019. Roav Bolt I have already reviewed the surprisingly good Anker Roav with Alexa, now they are following this up with the Roav Bolt which brings Google Assistant to your…

HONOR 10 Lite Launched with dewdrop notch, dual cameras & Kirin 710 for £199
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HONOR 10 Lite Launched with dewdrop notch, dual cameras & Kirin 710 for £199

HONOR has officially launched the HONOR 10 Lite, a stylish selfie phone at an unbeatable price point of £199.99. With an AI-powered 24MP front camera, a slim dewdrop notch and a shimmering colour gradient back, the HONOR 10 Lite is as stylish as it is affordable. The phone features a 6.21 inch FullView HD (1080…

Royole FlexPai smartphone worlds first commercially available foldable phone with Snapdragon 855
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Royole FlexPai smartphone worlds first commercially available foldable phone with Snapdragon 855

All eyes may be on Samsung when it comes to foldable phones, and they will also likely be the first major company to release a Snapdragon 855 based phone in the form of the Samsung Galaxy S10. However the mostly unknown company Royole has managed to beat through the gates in both respects. Their new…