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Buyournew2020Back IssueCD:

£15fromwww.snipca.com/ 38164

LAPTOP

LenovoYogaSlim7(256GB)

£699fromwww.snipca.com/39635

TestedIssue 601

XiaomiPocoF3

£314fromwww.snipca.com/40078

TestedIssue608

ANDROID PHONE

AppleiPhone12

£679fromwww.snipca.com/36582

TestedIssue 595

APPLE iPHONE

AppleiPad10.2in

£319fromwww.snipca.com/36178

TestedIssue 566

APPLE iPAD

ThebasiciPadisgreatvalue,especially

nowit’sbeenupdatedwithapowerful

A13processorandiPadOS 1 5. Itincludes

Scribblehandwritingrecognitionwith

the£89ApplePencil.Storageisn’t

expandable; consider 256 GBat£4 59.

ALTERNATIVEiPadMiniWithaneven

better,butsmaller,screenthanthe

10 .2iniPad,theMinialsosupports

thePencilandhas 6 4GBofstorage.

£4 79 fromwww.snipca.com/3 3050

Pd l

ThisChinese-made phone is

phenomenalfor theprice.It’s5G, has a

brilliant scree n, andcomeswith6GB of

RAM and128G Bstorage (256G Bcosts

£349). Performanceise xceptional–in

fact,the on ly phoneunder £450 t hat’s

faster is theiPhone SE.

ALTERNATIVEOnePlusNord25G

Another Chinesephone, it’s faster than

most rivals at similar pric es,has an

excellentscreenand agreat camera.

£369 fromwww.snipca. com/39146

Weighingjust1.16kg,thisisan

excellentlightweightlaptopwitha

greatscreenandanAMD processor

fasterthanmanyIntelrivals.Ithastwo

USB-Cports,twoUSB3.0 portsand

amicroSDcardreader.Batterylasts

nearly 1 6hours.

ALTERNATIVEDellXPS 13 NewIntel

CPUsandatallerscreenmakethis

amorepowerful,all-roundslim

laptop.Pricesstartat£8 49 from

http://www.snipca.com/4 0042

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DESKTOPPC
Palicomp
IntelMercury
£600fromwww.snipca.com/34223
TestedIssue 576
Ifyoudon’tneedadvancedgaming,
yourmoney’swellspenthereona
six-coreInteli5-9 60 0K processor
overclockedto5GHz.16GBofmemo ry
andafullterabyteoffastSSDstorage
roundoffapowerfulPCwithgood
expansionpotential.
ALTERNATIVEChillblastCreateZen
FastRyzen5CPUplusadequateGPU
makesasuperbworkPC.£1,7 50 from
http://www.snipca.com/3 5840
SamsungGala xyTabS7
£619fromwww.snipca. com/40483
TestedIssue 623
ANDROIDTABLET
Thisperformed s owellino ur most
recent teststhatith as oustedthe
Lenovo TabP11 Proasour favourite.
It hasastunni ng OLEDscreen, with
perfect contrast andsuperb colour
reproduction, andcomes with Samsung’s
SPen stylus formakin gnotes.
ALTERNATIVELenovo TabP11 ProIt’s
slower than theTab S7 andthe screen is
duller, but hasadetachablekeyboardso
youcan useitasalapto p.
£599fromwww.snipca.com/40487
Releasedin2020 ,thismodelhasamodest
increase inalreadyexceptional proc essing
powerplusevenbetterphotosand videos
from thefront andtwinrearcameras.It
comesinaredesigne dcasewithaluminium
frameand even tougherglass. Consider
paying the£50extrafor 128GBof storage.
ALTERNATIVEiPhone SEWith asingle
camera andsmaller scree nbut the
same powerfulA13 proc essorand 64GB
storage astheiPhone11, it’s greatvalue.
£389 fromwww.snipca.com/34773
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