JUNE 2020 T3 13Top 10
TECH-O-METER
TECH-O-METER
SAMSUNG GALAXY
TAB S6 LITE
From £349, samsung.comSimilar in price to the iPad 10.2, this might
finally be the tablet that solves the large-screen
Android equation – powerful enough, cheap
enough, beautifully presented, and carrying
only small compromises compared to its bigger
brother. You still get a 10.4” screen and an
S-pen with which to doodle on it, in a 7mm
thick slab with an as-yet unconfirmed flavour of
Exynos processor at the helm and LTE as a
paid option. Just as we’ve gotten used to a lack
of headphone jack, Samsung has brought it
back for this mid-range companion to the
jackless S6, and while 64GB storage seems a
tiny bit small for a tablet so technically adept at
media playback (particularly when 128GB is
available elsewhere) we reckon Samsung has
got the balance just right with this one.
T3 SAYS: Get onboard for the return of the jack.
GIANT TCR ADVANCED
SL 2021
£TBC, giant-bicycles.comTCR, a race-winning bike line that’s been
evolving since 1998, stands for Total Compact
Road. With its 2021 iteration, Giant could
realistically add a whole bunch more letters to
the iconic racer’s acronym. How about ‘U’, for
ultralight? The entire carbon fibre frame,
weaved together and mixed with a carbon
nanotube resin, now weighs in at just 765g;
Giant even claims to have shaved 65g by using
a new paint process. ‘S’ for speed? It’s said to
be 34 seconds faster over 50km at 200 watts.
We’ll offer up an extra ‘T’ for toughness, too,
since there’s a vastly superior transmission
stiffness compared to its rivals, and carbon-
bonded components. It’ll likely cost you a
packet for the complete disc-braked package,
but what price can you put on superior pace?T3 SAYS: If money is no object, race to it.IMAGE^SOURCE:^ SAMSUNGIMAGE^SOURCE:^ GIANT