Computer Act!ve - UK (2022-06-08)

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LAPTOP

Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 (256GB)
£662 from http://www.snipca.com/41099
Tested Issue 601

Realme GT 2
£549 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+
£699 (256GB) http://www.snipca.com/41608
Tested Issue 617

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. £538 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 £859 from
http://www.snipca.com/40042

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PRICE
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8 – 21 June 2022 • Issue 633

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
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