Tech Advisor - UK (2020-06)

JUNE 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 41 activities as web browsing, building spreadsheets, social networking, and video chat. Because most o ...

42 TECH ADVISOR • JUNE 2020 REVIEW performance a tad – and even then, it still passed the 3,000 mark in PCMark 8 with room to sp ...

JUNE 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 43 While the Yoga C740 fell to fifth place in our comparison chart, a closer look reveals a virtual fou ...

44 TECH ADVISOR • JUNE 2020 REVIEW sub-600 multi-thread Cinebench scores (which is more typical for 8th-gen Core i5 systems), wh ...

JUNE 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 45 While it’s no gaming laptop, the Lenovo Yoga C740 still managed a respectable score in 3DMark 8, a b ...

46 TECH ADVISOR • JUNE 2020 REVIEW Near the top of the chart is the Acer Swift 3 and its upgraded Intel UHD Graphics G1 core. Le ...

JUNE 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 47 The results speak for themselves. The Yoga C740’s 654 minutes (nearly 11 hours) handily dusts its co ...

48 TECH ADVISOR • JUNE 2020 REVIEW USB-A 3.1 Gen 1 Headphone/mic combo Wi-Fi 6 Bluetooth 5.0 720p HD Camera Fingerprint reader ...

JUNE 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 49 Acer Swift 5 T here are tiny laptops and then there are tiny laptops. Even now, when thin-and-lightw ...

50 TECH ADVISOR • JUNE 2020 REVIEW A bit convoluted, but I think what Acer is trying to say is it’s really damn light. The Swift ...

JUNE 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 51 Which is not to imply the Swift 5 isn’t sleek-looking. It is, once you get past the size. Acer’s set ...

52 TECH ADVISOR • JUNE 2020 REVIEW HDMI-Out on the left side, and a 3.5mm headphone jack on the right. Sure, the Swift 5 is a fe ...

JUNE 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 53 The Swift 5 actually does okay in our HandBrake test, zipping past the Spectre x360 on default setti ...

54 TECH ADVISOR • JUNE 2020 REVIEW In our PCMark Work test, the Acer’s performance was acceptable, though it lagged behind the S ...

JUNE 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 55 5, coming in at around 49 minutes (20 minutes faster than the default settings). And then there’s th ...

56 TECH ADVISOR • JUNE 2020 REVIEW The Swift 5’s graphics capabilities are its biggest shortcoming as shown in our 3DMark Sky Di ...

JUNE 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 57 And then there’s the battery. The Swift 5 is, once again, fine. Hell, as someone who primarily revie ...

58 TECH ADVISOR • JUNE 2020 REVIEW Wi-Fi 802.11/ac Bluetooth 5.0 Fingerprint reader 318.7x210.5x14.95mm 990g 58 TECH ADVISOR • ...

JUNE 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 59 Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra I feel like I need to give Samsung’s Galaxy S20 Ultra two scores. If I’m re ...

60 TECH ADVISOR • JUNE 2020 REVIEW all day and fills up incredibly quickly. And yes, the 100x Space Zoom camera is cooler than a ...