Computer Act!ve - UK (2022-04-27)

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LAPTOP

Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 (256GB)

£600 from http://www.snipca.com/41099

Tested Issue 601

Xiaomi Poco F3

£309 from http://www.snipca.com/41102

Tested Issue 608

ANDROID PHONE

Apple iPhone 12

£679 from http://www.snipca.com/36582

Tested Issue 595

APPLE iPHONE

Apple iPad 10.2in

£319 from http://www.snipca.com/36178

Tested Issue 566

APPLE iPAD

The basic iPad is great value, especially

now it’s been updated with a powerful

A13 processor and iPadOS 15. It includes

Scribble handwriting recognition with

the £89 Apple Pencil. Storage isn’t

expandable; consider 256GB at £459.

ALTERNATIVE iPad Mini With an even

better, but smaller, screen than the

10.2in iPad, the Mini also supports

the Pencil and has 64GB of storage.

£479 from http://www.snipca.com/33050

This Chinese-made phone is

phenomenal for the price. It’s 5G, has a

brilliant screen, and comes with 6GB of

RAM and 128GB storage (256GB costs

£349). Performance is exceptional – in

fact, the only phone under £450 that’s

faster is the iPhone SE.

ALTERNATIVE OnePlus Nord 2 5G

Another Chinese phone, it’s faster than

most rivals at similar prices, has an

excellent screen and a great camera.

£369 from http://www.snipca.com/39146

DESKTOP PC

Wired2Fire

Ultima WS Home Office

Workstation

£750 from http://www.snipca.com/41500

Tested Issue 630

With an overclocked eight-core chip

and a 1TB SSD, this PC performs Windows

tasks at a blistering speed. It comes

with Wi-Fi 5, and has plenty of ports,

including five USB 3.0 and three for

monitors (DisplayPort, HDMI and VGA).

ALTERNATIVE Palicomp Intel Mercury

Over two years old and with a slower

processor, but still a mighty PC with a

speedy SSD. £600 from http://www.snipca.

com/34223

Samsung Galaxy Tab S7

£564 (256GB) http://www.snipca.com/41608

Tested Issue 623

ANDROID TABLET

This performed so well in our most

recent tests that it has ousted the

Lenovo Tab P11 Pro as our favourite.

It has a stunning OLED screen, with

perfect contrast and superb colour

reproduction, and comes with Samsung’s

S Pen stylus for making notes.

ALTERNATIVE Lenovo Tab P11 Pro It’s

slower than the Tab S7 and the screen is

duller, but has a detachable keyboard so

you can use it as a laptop. £572 from

http://www.snipca.com/41101

Released in 2020, this model has a modest

increase in already exceptional processing

power plus even better photos and videos

from the front and twin rear cameras. It

comes in a redesigned case with aluminium

frame and even tougher glass. Consider

paying the £50 extra for 128GB of storage.

ALTERNATIVE iPhone SE With a single

camera and smaller screen but the

same powerful A13 processor and 64GB

storage as the iPhone 11, it’s great value.

£419 from http://www.snipca.com/34773

Weighing just 1.16kg, this is an

excellent lightweight laptop with a

great screen and an AMD processor

faster than many Intel rivals. It has two

USB-C ports, two USB 3.0 ports and

a microSD card reader. Battery lasts

nearly 16 hours.

ALTERNATIVE Dell XPS 13 New Intel

CPUs and a taller screen make this

a more powerful, all-round slim

laptop. Prices start at £749 from

http://www.snipca.com/40042

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