Stuff - UK (2021-08)

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MAKING STUFF UP

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06 The Hot Six

Honor 50

Yep, we’re actually excited about

a phone having Gmail on it

Huawei MatePad Pro 12.

This tablet wants to shove your

laptop into a prickly hedge

Playdate

The tiny console that comes

with a FREE PEN!

Nintendo Game & Watch: Zelda

The tiny console that comes

without a FREE PEN!

Lego Adidas Originals Superstar

Brick-based shoe-making fun,

or a load of cobblers?

Beats Studio Buds

Another Dre in paradise

14 Vital stats Leitz Phone 1

What’s not to Leica?

16 Best of E

Stay indoors for another year

20 Icon Ikea Picture Frame Speaker

Art that also plays ...But Seriously

22 Stream

Featuring a cow and Skeletor

24 Wheels Genesis GV

SUV with the invisible touch

29 First test Sony WF-1000XM

The old XM3s were our favourite

in-ears for approximately ever...

so were Sony mad to completely

redesign them? Can the XM4s

be even better? Also, what’s the

story with Souness’s teeth?

52 Tested Huawei Watch 3

Chinese giant chances its arm

54 Tested Samsung 50AU

A weirdly inexpensive telly

55 Tested Teenage OB-

We tit about with the magic radio

58 Group test Portable speakers

Let’s party! For £200 or less!

67 Tested OnePlus Nord CE

No Nord/Lord puns, we promise

70 Tested Sony XR-55A90J

An unweirdly expensive telly

73 Versus Budget buds

Google vs Huawei – what, again?

76 Tested Amazon Fire HD 10 Plus

Google vs Amazon – or not...

77 Tested Traeger Pro 575

How to grill steak on the internet

78 Long-term test Apple TV 4K

New! Improved! Still pointless?

80 Games

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart

33 Mini meme

To-do list apps

Now you just need an app to

keep on top of all your apps to

keep on top of things

34 Upvoted

Men’s skincare

Ah, you know what, don’t bother

with any of this stuff – just grow

a beard to cover your whole face

37 Cover feature

Get more done

Work is horrible and should be

illegal, but it isn’t – so until those

in power see sense, use these

tech tips to be more productive

and possibly a bit less miserable

56 Instant upgrades

OnePlus 9

Accessories, apps and clever

tweaks for never-settlers

74 Beta yourself

Get organised

Use technology to get your life

in order (well, within reason)

98 Random access memories

Donkey Kong (1981)

Where it all went wrong for a

generation of underachievers