With Xiaomi upgrading the new Redmi 7A from the Mediatek MT6761 Helio A22 to the Snapdragon 439 it is worth looking at how these two chipsets compare and if the Redmi 7A is a big upgrade from the 6A. Qualcomm Snapdragon 439 The Snapdragon 439 was launched in June 2018 and is a low mid-tier…
For under £100 the Xiaomi Redmi 6A has stood out as the best budget phone in the UK for the past year. While it obviously lacks the wow factor of any flagship or even mid-range phone, it was perfectly usable for day to day functions including browsing the web, social media, and YouTube. Even the…
Hot on the tails of the Garmin product releases, Suunto has announced their latest watch, the Suunto 5, which is launched after the Suunto 9. Rather than name things in chronological order, the Suunto 5 fits in as the mid-range watch of the series. Amazon has the watch at a pre-order price of £299 whereas…
The Samsung Galaxy A70 was only announced in March, which only recently becoming available to buy, but it looks like Samsung are already updating it, with an S variant. The Galaxy A70S will be the worlds first phone to feature a 64MP camera sensor, in comparison most of the high MP phones, such as the…
One of the big issues with wireless CCTV cameras is the regular need to charge or replace the batteries. With some companies, like Eufy, you can go several months between charges, while Reolink offers a solar adaptor to provide some extra juice. The Soliom Solar Cam follows a similar concept as Reolink, but the solar…
It has been a long time since I reviewed any wired earphones, with the trend leaning towards Bluetooth. However, a lot of people still love wired earphones, they technically offer superior audio performance, require no charging, there are less things to go wrong, and they are cheaper than their wireless counterparts. But what if you…
Samsung Electro-Mechanics have just started to mass-produce a 5x optical zoom camera module, the company revealed in a recent announcement. This means the module is ready to be featured in smartphones. The typical struggle in designing smartphone zoom lenses is getting them small enough. Manufacturers are constantly trying to make phones as slim and compact as possible,…
In what is possibly the most unfortunately timed phone launches I can think of, the Honor 20 Pro should be one of the best phones of the year in terms of value for money but at the moment it is eclipsed by a political trade war. Two days after Donald Trump put a block on…
Sometimes, we wonder how people ten years ago used to live. Back in 2009, there were only two Marvel Cinematic Universe movies, and only one of them was really worth watching. We didn’t have ride-share taxi services to make travel more convenient, and we couldn’t trace our family trees with commercially available DNA testing kits….
Last year both Acer and Asus launched the first 4K HDR 144Hz G-Sync monitors, being bleeding edge technology they commanded an astronomical price of over £2000. Even today, the Acer X27 will set you back around £1700. Granted, to run those monitors at their full potential you would need one, if not two £1000+ RTX2080…
In the past week, we have seen two big releases in the UK, with the hotly anticipated OnePlus 7 Pro and the new contender (for the UK) the OPPO Reno 10x Zoom. Today we get one of the last flagship launches for the first half of the year with the Honor 20 Pro. Specs are…
The world of gaming is changing rapidly, becoming ever more immersive and expansive. The technology for gaming is often cutting edge, providing gamers with awesome gadgets to level-up their gaming experience. A good TV or monitor is no longer enough. Now, you need to invest in high-quality accessories that make your gaming more realistic and…