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Last year’s Pixel phones offered a leap in quality

VITAL STATS: AMAZON’S ECHO CHAMBER

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DEVIALET PHANTOM REACTOR

We haven’t turned it all the way up yet, but based

PHOTOKINA

There was a running theme at this year’s Cologne shutterbug expo: bigger insides and smaller outsides. And all the big names are playing…

APPS

This month’s mobile must-downloads

NEWS FEED

The Sega Mega Drive is back. And the Sega Master System.

Peugeot e-Legend concept E-LEGEND OF TOMORROW

No time-travelling car designers were involved in the

FIRST PLAY BATTLEFIELD V: WAR STORIES

While many are salivating over the prospect of the

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Can’t find anything to watch on old-fashioned channel-hopping telly? Don’t panic – there’s plenty of great new stuff to stream:

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The latest startups, crowdfunded projects and plain crazy ideas

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Grand designs

Six flagship smartphones, one thousand pounds to spend. Which one will it be?

The classy all-rounder with a wince-inducing price tag

The classy all-rounder with a wince-inducing price

Selfie specialist proves the camera’s still king for Google

Selfie specialist proves the camera’s still king for

Sony finally pulls its finger out with a low-price lovely

Sony finally pulls its finger out with a low-price

Pen’s a gem, but is Samsung losing ground to the upstarts?

Samsung is so good at making high-end phones, it’s

An iPhone for iOS fans who still prefer smaller handsets

As Apple never released the budget iPhone some were

So, how can you improve on perfection? Ask Huawei…

If the Huawei Mate 20 Pro were a meal, it would come

The winner is… Huawei Mate 20 Pro

If you want a phone that will make people jealous,

Mini meme BE A REAL GUITAR HERO

From tentative strummers to professional Hendrix impersonators, we can all improve our plank-spanking with judicious use of these rocking apps

KETTLES

Would anyone like a nice cup of tea? Heather Wald channels the spirit of Mrs Doyle from Father Tedand invites you to water-boiling wonderland…

BETA YOURSELF WUNDERLIST

Relying on sticky notes attached to your face for important tasks? You’d best get this to-do app before Christmas hits. As Craig Grannell explains, it’ll even let you fob stuff off on others…

Hello retro

Gamers are bathing in the glory of a retro revival

NIKON D5

Nikon’s ultra-fast and super-sharp telephoto zoom lens

An irresistible fourth

It might look familiar, but Apple’s been working hard to boost the Watch’s wrist-appeal. The question is, will the Series 4 find its way onto yours?

The watch-finder general

Follow our sophisticated colour-coded infographic to

Relight my Fire

Amazon has given its budget tablet a new lease of life – plus the option of a dock that lets you talk to Alexa until she’s completely burnt out

Greyed balls of fire

SoundMagic’s latest bargain in-ears sound more colourful than they look – your new best buds?

It’s a mirror cull

Canon and Nikon shoot it out to establish whose mirrorless compact system camera is good enough to replace your creaky old DSLR

’Blad influence

Take one of our very favourite drones, improve it in all sorts of ways, then stick a Hasselblad camera on the front – how can DJI’s Mavic 2 Pro not be a classic?

Now you see me

Sky has given its no-contract streaming box the magic of 4K and Netflix on top of all the usual goodies, and it’s still less than £50. Too good to be true?

All things Musk pass

If the stunning Jaguar I-Pace is anything to go by, Tesla’s stronghold on the all-electric market might not last much longer…

Silent but deadly

Sony’s latest noise-cancelling Bluetooth headphones are gunning for Bose with some smart tech and even smarter sound

High noon for the high-energy hybrids

Smarter than a fitness band but not as life-controlling

Front of the Q

Samsung’s in a world of its own with QLED TVs – but who cares when they’re as good as this?

Heard the snooze?

Bose’s regular cans do a fine job of blocking out a noisy commute, but these mites claim to give you a better night’s kip… Matt Tate dons jimjams and Sleepbuds for 10 nights

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Forza Horizon 4

Whether you’re a hardcore auto-nerd or just someone who’s wondered what it’s like to tear through the Lake District in a pimped-out supercar, you won’t find a better racing game than this

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4

Single-player mode has taken a bullet for this version of the all-action FPS, but will its new multiplayer modes (and extra zombies) satisfy trigger-happy gamers of all ability levels?

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey

You don’t play an assassin in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey.

Super Mario Party

The latest brilliant addition to the Switch’s burgeoning game library is a festival of silliness, best enjoyed in a large merry-making group

FIFA 19

Does having the Champions League licence make this the best game of footie you’ll play with your hands?

SMARTPHONES

Huawei bumps its own magnificent P20 Pro off the top

IN-EARS ON-EARS

A strong argument for the idea that you don’t really

LAPTOPS

While the Touch Bar versions of the MacBook Pro have

TVs

As 4K TV prices start to tumble, there’s been a mad

HOME CINEMA CONSOLES

Sky Q works flawlessly and could change the way you

TECH TOYS ELECTRIC CARS

Building Lego models is already ridiculously good fun

SMART HOME

It might not be as pretty as the Nest 3.0, but Tado

SYSTEM CAMERAS

Coming with the same 24.3MP APS-C sensor and processor

HOW TO BUY ON BLACK FRIDAY

Tech fans can rejoice, because Black Friday is back again on 23 November – all you need is the know-how to bag yourself the best deals

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