TCL is a massive company that many regular consumers may not be aware of; they are one of the biggest consumer electronics producers in the world and the third-largest television manufacturer by market share. They have been developing mobile phones for years, but in partnerships with other brands, this includes Alcatel which itself is owned…
The Xiaomi Redmi K30 5G was one of the first devices to be announced with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G back in December. This was later followed up with the flagship Redmi K30 Pro and Zoom models, which will then become the Poco F2 Pro. The latest announcement is is that there is yet another Redmi…
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 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…