£1,200 Motorola RAZR vs £279 Oppo Reno vs RAZR V3 – Nostalgia & a foldable OLED cost you an extra grand.
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£1,200 Motorola RAZR vs £279 Oppo Reno vs RAZR V3 – Nostalgia & a foldable OLED cost you an extra grand.

The hotly anticipated Motorola RAZR has finally been revealed to the public bringing back the iconic RAZR design but using a foldable AMOLED which gives you a full 6.18-inch display running at 876 x 2142 pixels. Could this be the future of foldable phones or is it an expensive gimmick? While the $1500/£1200 price tag…

Black Friday Amazon – Honor & Huawei Deals – Honor 20 Pro £399.99 – Mate 20 Pro £415
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Black Friday Amazon – Honor & Huawei Deals – Honor 20 Pro £399.99 – Mate 20 Pro £415

Lots of websites and brands are pulling the trigger early for Black Friday with each year getting earlier into November for deals. The official Amazon Black Friday event starts from 22nd November until Black Friday on the 29th November. Honor However, Honor is one of the companies pushing out their sales early. The highlight deal…

How wearable technology could transform the world

How wearable technology could transform the world

The Internet of Things and the rapid proliferation of smart devices tend to dominate technology forums. And we are seeing the impact of that from monitoring power usage to the appliance and process variables across a production facility. Yet it is the more mundane and less obvious technology that will have the greatest impact. And…

Wharfedale Exson S Review – A premium & versatile portable speaker in a crowded marketplace.
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Wharfedale Exson S Review – A premium & versatile portable speaker in a crowded marketplace.

I was previously very impressed with the Wharfedale Exson M its affordable price and big sound won me over. The Exson S is its smaller brother but actually costs more, it is a more convenient size being more bag friendly and the design is a bit more appealing. Specification Model: Exson S Waterproof: IPX7 (up…

Nvidia Shield (2019) review – Lower price, Dolby Vision & an improved remote, but let down by 32-bit Android OS.
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Nvidia Shield (2019) review – Lower price, Dolby Vision & an improved remote, but let down by 32-bit Android OS.

The original Nvidia Shield TV launched in 2015, with a revision in 2017 using the same system on chip but in a sleeker design and some other minor improvements. In its four years of existence, it has been regarded as one of, if not the best set-top boxes on the market. Impressively, Nvidia has continued…

Is the tubular Nvidia Shield TV 2019 32-bit or 64-bit? Can 64-bit apps run on it?
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Is the tubular Nvidia Shield TV 2019 32-bit or 64-bit? Can 64-bit apps run on it?

As I started to write my glowing review of the Nvidia Shield TV 2019 it was brought to my attention that Nvidia has decided to use a 32-bit built of Android on the device. It is claimed that this is for the tubular shaped, none pro model which has 2GB of RAM. It is speculated…

Claimed Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Specification Leaks – How does it compare to Samsung Exynos 990 & Kirin 990?
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Claimed Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Specification Leaks – How does it compare to Samsung Exynos 990 & Kirin 990?

Qualcomm will be holding their annual Snapdragon Summit from the 3rd to the 5th of December where they will reveal the latest flagship Snapdragon chipset. Leaks, rumours and benchmarks have already been floating about, and you can expect to see more as we get closer to the announcement date. A new leak has come out…

Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 5G Review – Testing 5G in Manchester with (predictably) disappointing results
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Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 5G Review – Testing 5G in Manchester with (predictably) disappointing results

The Xiaomi Mi Mix 5G was one of the first phones to launch with 5G, and it is still one of the cheapest options on the market. Vodafone switched on 5G in July with a surprising number of cities already 5G enabled and many smaller towns (including Blackpool) expected to get switched on before 2020….

Realme X2 Pro goes on sale tomorrow at 9 am – UK availability from Realme.com and Amazon
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Realme X2 Pro goes on sale tomorrow at 9 am – UK availability from Realme.com and Amazon

The Realme X2 Pro is possibly one of my favourite phones of the year, it is not perfect but the price is remarkable offering ridiculous specs at half the price of some other phones. The phone will be officially available to buy from tomorrow with pricing from 399-euros. The models and pricing include: 6GB+64GB –…

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X  vs Intel Core i9-10980XE – AMD 16-core easily beats Intel 18-core CPU in Single-Core & Multi-Core Geekbench Benchmarks
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AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs Intel Core i9-10980XE – AMD 16-core easily beats Intel 18-core CPU in Single-Core & Multi-Core Geekbench Benchmarks

Intel has not been having the best of times as of late and with the launch of the AMD Ryzen 9 3950X plus the two new AMD Threadripper processors, things are getting worse in the latest benchmark leaks. The AMD Ryzen 9 3950X is a mainstream chip using the AM4 socket one X570/X470 motherboard, with…

MediaTek MT6885Z will be the first midrange 5G chipset based on the Helio M70 modem
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MediaTek MT6885Z will be the first midrange 5G chipset based on the Helio M70 modem

MediaTek has been a mainstay in the low to mid-end of the market, but flagging with higher up phones. This all changed recently with the Mediatek Helio G90T which outperforms the Snapdragon 730G in most benchmarks and looks set to start MediaTek’s push back in into the higher end of the market. We already knew…

How to export Google Maps directions as a course into a Garmin device

How to export Google Maps directions as a course into a Garmin device

With the built-in maps functionality of the Garmin Fenix 6 Pro and many other Garmin devices, you have the ability to plot routes and export them to your device. For watches, this is perfect for hiking, but I have used it when doing walks around a new city for sightseeing. Of course, on a bike,…