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Shokz OpenFit Pro

Hands-on with the OpenFit Pro: Shokz’s first open-ear earbuds with noise cancelling

Over the past few years the wireless earbuds market has seen a clear shift in what people buy and how they use it. Not long ago, anyone after good sound, serious noise cancelling and a proper listening experience would have reached straight for traditional in-ears. Open-ear designs, meanwhile, were treated as a niche choice. They

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Redmi Headphones Neo

Redmi Headphones Neo review: for its first over-ear, Redmi plays it safe

Redmi has plenty of experience with true wireless earbuds, but the Headphones Neo is the brand’s first wireless over-ear. With a product that opens a new category, the question is not only about sound quality or the feature count. It is about which approach Redmi would take to make a headphone that works for a

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JBL Live 780NC

JBL Live 780NC: personality in the looks and in the sound

The wireless headphone market isn’t short of products with noise cancelling, long battery life and an app full of features. Standing out takes more than good numbers on paper. Move up the range and buyers stop being easy to please. They expect a product to be properly finished, and that makes the job harder for

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HONOR Pad V9

A Day Without My Laptop, Carrying Only the HONOR Pad V9 to Work: Is a Tablet Enough to Replace a Laptop?

There is one question I always find myself asking whenever a high-end Android tablet lands in my hands: can it really carry a full working day, not just web browsing and video watching? HONOR positions the Pad V9 as an all-round performance machine, so I decided to put that claim to the test. I left

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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra

From the Galaxy S Ultra to the Z Fold8 Ultra: I gave nothing up, I just got more

Among high-end Android users, the Galaxy S Ultra crowd are about as demanding as it gets. They want a phone that can take heavy work, an optical zoom system that actually delivers, and a normal slab screen for quick everyday use. Which is why, after several generations of foldables, plenty of them still hesitate. The

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HP EliteBook 8 G2a

HP EliteBook 8 G2a – A stylish, high-performance EliteBook with an AMD chip and 5G

Design and display Aluminium chassis, a shade over 1.5 kg, and a 14-inch IPS screen with an anti-glare finish that holds up under office lighting. Aluminium shell, uneven build quality The shell is silver aluminium, and it does not pick up fingerprints, so it stays looking tidy on a desk. It is also thick, and

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Xiaomi Redmi Watch 6 Active

Xiaomi Redmi Watch 6 Active – Affordable yet offering a comprehensive experience

A square face that is easy to use and sits well on the wrist The Redmi Watch 6 Active looks much like the Redmi Watch 5 Active and the Lite, though this time Xiaomi has squared off the edges of the case a little more. It feels sturdier and more modern for it. It’s only

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ASUS TUF Gaming F16: over $1500 for an RTX 5050, can it run AAA games smoothly or does it struggle

Design The TUF Gaming F16 comes in the Jaeger Gray finish familiar from the TUF line. It looks sturdy without going as hard on the “warrior” styling as the ROG models do. The keyboard deck (the C surface) is aluminium, which gives the chassis a solid feel, while the lid and bottom panel are textured

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