Huawei Announce HiSilicon Kirin 980 System on Chip available on Mate 20 in October
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Huawei Announce HiSilicon Kirin 980 System on Chip available on Mate 20 in October

Similar to last years IFA Huawei have announced their new flagship system on chip that will be available on the new Mate 20 phones that should launch a month from now. The Kirin 980 brings some impressive improvements from the previous 970, and during our briefing, some exciting comparisons were made between the Kirin 980…

Huawei Mate 20 lite announced & hands on – Kirin 710 SoC, quad camera & 3,750mAh battery
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Huawei Mate 20 lite announced & hands on – Kirin 710 SoC, quad camera & 3,750mAh battery

Huawei has decided to release the Lite version of their new Mate 20 phone before the main phones this year teasing us about the possible design and specification of the new flagship. The new wallet-friendly phone comes with many high-end features with its dual front camera system being particularly appealing to the selfie generation. The…

Casio announce WSD-F30 PRO TREK Smart with Colour Maps  Usable for Up to Three Days
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Casio announce WSD-F30 PRO TREK Smart with Colour Maps Usable for Up to Three Days

I have high hopes that Casio will release a Wear OS based smartwatch that will eat at the market share of the multi-sports watch industry dominated by Garmin. The announcement of the WSD-F30 PRO TREK isn’t quite that watch but it is a step in the right direction and based on the specification something was would still…

Huawei Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro Specification Rumour Roundup
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Huawei Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro Specification Rumour Roundup

IFA starts next week and we will likely see some amazing new consumer technology. There are several big events being held with Sony and Samsung having something scheduled on 30th August and Huawei on the 31st. The Huawei event will almost certainly be the announcement of the new Kirin 980 SoC which will be the processor behind…

AVM FRITZ!Box gets mesh Wi-Fi
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AVM FRITZ!Box gets mesh Wi-Fi

AVM the company behind the excellent range of FRITZ!Box routers have finally entered the mesh Wi-Fi market. Unlike competing brands such as the Netgear Orbi or the Linksys Velop, AVM is not releasing a separate router specialising in this, rather they are updating existing models to be compatible with the standard. FRITZ!OS 7 is the new router operating…

Amazon Prime Day – The best deals of the day – Save £100 on Echo Show and £30 on Amazon Echo

Amazon Prime Day – The best deals of the day – Save £100 on Echo Show and £30 on Amazon Echo

Amason Prime Day is finally upon us. Amazon’s attempt at creating a Black Friday in the middle of the year while also boosting its prime memberships. No wonder it now owns 49% of all the e-commerce market in the US. It doesn’t officially start for a few more hours but I will update this post as and…

Garmin 5S Plus / 5 Plus & 5X Live on Garmin US – 5 Plus is $849.99 USD
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Garmin 5S Plus / 5 Plus & 5X Live on Garmin US – 5 Plus is $849.99 USD

Garmin hasn’t officially announced the update for the the the Garmin Fenix 5 range yet, but they have put the page live for on the Garmin website with full information of the entire range, including the price of the 5-Plus Saphire edition which is $849.99 As previously reported the new plus range is updated with colour TOPO…

WWDC 2018 – No new hardware, iOS 12 aims to make old phones faster
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WWDC 2018 – No new hardware, iOS 12 aims to make old phones faster

WWDC is more about software than hardware, but it often includes some new releases, last year there were several announcements with the 10.5in iPad Pro, iMac improvements and the HomePod. This year then felt a bit underwhelming as we saw no such releases, it was all about the software. iOS12 The biggest news as always is the…

ASUS ROG Gaming Phone with speed-binned 2.96Ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 and 802.11ad Demoed
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ASUS ROG Gaming Phone with speed-binned 2.96Ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 and 802.11ad Demoed

We are seeing lots of new products come out from ASUS this year at Computex 2018. With the most interesting being the new ASUS ROG Phone which has some mighty impressive specs which put the Razer phone to shame. ASUS claimed to have developed the phone using speed-binned Snapdragon 845 SoC making it run at 2.96Ghz compared to the…

Sleep through your partners snoring with the QuietOn Sleep
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Sleep through your partners snoring with the QuietOn Sleep

I am a terrible sleeper so I am always on the quest for new things to try to help my partner or me get a better sleep. I am a very light sleeper, and very sensitive to sound, even the slightest electrical hum will cause me sleep anxiety. I also occasionally snore which then wakes…

HTC Is Making a Blockchain Phone
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HTC Is Making a Blockchain Phone

Most people know of the blockchain as the ledger that records cryptocurrency transactions. With the help of gadget manufacturer HTC, the world may soon associate the blockchain with smartphones, too. The brand recently announced its intentions to make a blockchain-enabled phone. If successful, it could change how people use their phones and access the associated…