Month: November 2018

The Apple Watch Series 4 was released back in September, but the year-old Series 3 remains an excellent option, especially as prices are tumbling. The Series 2, Series 1 and the original Apple Watch have all been discontinued. It also runs the same software as the Series 4 – watchOS 5 – so the difference in use […]

What a bumper year it’s been for slider phones – designed to physically hide the front camera behind a screen-sliding mechanism – in the march against the notch (that black-out dip to the top of many current flagships’ screens where the camera and sensors are otherwise housed). It’s like the flip phone reimagined for a […]

Black Friday deals are still doing the rounds, and this WD My Passport portable SSD is one of the few remaining bargains worth snagging. For £69.99, you’ll pick up a 256GB Western Digital My Passport portable hard drive. As well as supporting max file transfer speeds of 540 MB/s, the large passport offers a degree […]

Image credit: Ben Geskin aka @VenyaGeskin1 on Twitter It looks as though smartphone maker Vivo has opted for yet another over-engineered design to offer up a near bezel-free handset devoid of a notch. The Vivo Nex S was the first market-ready handset to boast a near bezel-free and completely notch-free screen, but Vivo had to do […]

Amazon Echo There are loads of great things about the Amazon Echo range of smart speakers, but Apple Music support hasn’t been one of them – until now. Amazon has just announced that it’ll be adding Apple Music to its streaming service arsenal in time for the holidays, with provisional rollout scheduled for December 17. […]

Sony Xperia XZ3 Forget what you’ve heard, the best Xperia XZ3 bundle is here. For just £36 a month you get double the data plus a free PS4 Slim with Fifa 19. Talk about a bargain. Just when you think the sales bonanza is over, a brand new deal emerges that clobbers the competition. With […]

iPhone XS Max Remember all of those rumours about Apple’s apparent plans to add an in-display fingerprint scanner to the iPhone? Brace yourself, because they’re back. According to Patently Apple, biometric sensor suppliers O-film, General Interface Solution and TPK Holding are currently competing with each other to supply touch module parts for some upcoming iPad […]

Casio announced an update to its Pro Trek family of smart outdoors watches in August, with the WSD-F30 model first shown at IFA 2018. Now the company has revealed its release date: 18 January 2019. Utilising Google’s Wear OS platform, it builds on the foundations laid by the original F10 and the updated GPS-equipped F20, enhancing […]

Casio has one of the more interesting Wear OS devices on the market, differentiating from some of the technology companies by offering a little more.  Picking up the sort of design that still has people excited about the G-Shock line, the Pro Trek family gives you rugged heft, a suite of outdoor functions and glorious […]

Over the years, Activision’s Call of Duty has established itself as the first-person shooter for the masses (becoming an incredible cash-cow in the process) while Electronic Arts’ rival franchise, Battlefield, has developed a following which views itself as a bit more discerning. EA’s flagship shooter is all about making you feel like you’re in the […]