Thermaltake H200 Tempered Glass Case Review – An attractive budget case with a RGB Light Strip
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Thermaltake H200 Tempered Glass Case Review – An attractive budget case with a RGB Light Strip

Thermaltake have a LOT of case designs that cover all budgets and I would be surprised if you can’t find a case from the company that fits your requirements. Today we have the Thermaltake H200 which is one of the many affordable options I have reviewed from them this year. This costs just £64.99 on…

OPPO Reno3 Geekbech results show differences between Snapdragon 765G & MediaTek Dimensity 1000L
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OPPO Reno3 Geekbech results show differences between Snapdragon 765G & MediaTek Dimensity 1000L

Another day, another OPPO Reno 3 leak with more benchmark results. This time we have both models being benchmarked on the older version of Geekbench (4). It is another conflicting result, showing the cheaper Reno 3 with MediaTek Dimensity 1000L outperforming the more expensive Pro model with Snapdragon 765G. Yesterday, the Mastu Lu results indicated…

Master Lu says the Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G (OPPO Reno 3 Pro) is better than the Mediatek Dimensity 1000L MT6885  (Reno 3)
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Master Lu says the Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G (OPPO Reno 3 Pro) is better than the Mediatek Dimensity 1000L MT6885 (Reno 3)

In 2020 we will have three mid-range 5G chipsets to choose from and quarrel about which is best. Qualcomm has long been the dominant chipset company for premium phones, but now Mediatek has upped their game. We have already seen the Helio G90T trade blows with, if not best, the Snaprdadron 730G. 2020 will see…

Sony Xperia K8220 shows up on Geekbench with Snapdragon 765G 5G chipset
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Sony Xperia K8220 shows up on Geekbench with Snapdragon 765G 5G chipset

Qualcomm recently announced the new Snapdragon 765G chipset with its integrated 5G modem. Following this, we have seen a quick release of phones by some of the new big Chinese players Xiaomi (Redmi), Oppo, and Realme. Now it looks like Sony are throwing their hat into the ring with a new Sony Experia device with…

Apple, Amazon, and Google team up with Zigbee to create an open smart home standard in a bid to get rid of proprietary  standards
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Apple, Amazon, and Google team up with Zigbee to create an open smart home standard in a bid to get rid of proprietary standards

Everything gadget you buy nowadays has some sort of smart home or AI assistant functionality built into it. The problem being, there are a lot of companies doing their own thing and they are not overly keen on talking to each other. Most companies have some form of API which allows partial access, but it…

FRITZ!Repeater 3000 Review – A wi-fi mesh addon for FRITZ!Box routers
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FRITZ!Repeater 3000 Review – A wi-fi mesh addon for FRITZ!Box routers

While AVM does not have a considerable market share in the UK, I have found their products to be superb. So much so that even though I have moved away from VDSL, and Wi-Fi from the router itself, I still choose to use the FRITZ!Box 7590 as the backbone of my network. It has been…

Huawei P40 Pro to launch again in Paris, still no Google apps

Huawei P40 Pro to launch again in Paris, still no Google apps

An unusually early launch announcement, according to Gizchina, Richard Yu announced to French press during at an interview that the new Huawei P40 series will launch in Paris at the end of March, similar to previous years Normally that wouldn’t be particularly newsworthy at this point, it is more stating the obvious. This year though,…

blurams Outdoor Pro Review – An affordable outdoor camera with facial recognition
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blurams Outdoor Pro Review – An affordable outdoor camera with facial recognition

One of the big problems with outdoor security cameras is all the false alerts. A gentle breeze will set off some cameras. You can generally tweak the settings to find something to minimise alerts such as motion zones and sensitivity levels, but it is never perfect. The one exception I have found is the Netatmo…

Honor 9X Review – A decent camera upgrade compared to its sibling Huawei P Smart Z
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Honor 9X Review – A decent camera upgrade compared to its sibling Huawei P Smart Z

Huawei/Honor has been stuck in the middle of a trade war between the US and China for well over 6-months now. The Honor 20 launch was overshadowed by the problem causing a delay with its release. That was the last proper new phone to launch with Google Play Services. The flagship Huawei Mate 30 Pro…

Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 vs SD855 vs Apple Bionic A13 – Takes the Antutu crown but flounders behind Apple in many benchmarks
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 vs SD855 vs Apple Bionic A13 – Takes the Antutu crown but flounders behind Apple in many benchmarks

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…

vivo X30 Pro brings 5x periscope zoom & 5G to the mid-range market
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vivo X30 Pro brings 5x periscope zoom & 5G to the mid-range market

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…

ZTE Axon 10s Pro is another phone confirmed to use the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 5G chipset

ZTE Axon 10s Pro is another phone confirmed to use the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 5G chipset

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,…