Computer Act!ve - UK (2022-05-11)

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Buy our new 2020 Back Issue CD:

£15 from http://www.snipca.com/38164

LAPTOP

Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 (256GB)

£680 from http://www.snipca.com/41099

Tested Issue 601

Realme GT 2

£499 from http://www.snipca.com/41667

Tested Issue 631

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

China’s Realme has made a phone with

a powerful processor, excellent battery

life, bright screen and a 50-megapixel

camera that takes great photos. It’s

more expensive than our former

favourite (below), but its superior

performance justifies this extra cost.

ALTERNATIVE Xiaomi Poco F3 This

remains an excellent phone, with 6GB

RAM and 128GB storage. The only phone

under £450 that’s faster is the iPhone

SE. £309 from http://www.snipca.com/41102

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

£870 (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. £549 from

http://www.snipca.com/41101

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

2021 CD

COMING

SOON

11 – 24 May 2022 • Issue 631

ENTRYNEW

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