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Acer Liquid Jade review: Price and competition When Acer announced the Liquid Jade it said the phone would cost a maximum of £229. It made its target of £199 which is the official price placing it at the bottom end of the mid-range. For us, £150 and below is classed as budget. This puts it in a tricky position and there are some decent budget smartphones around from Motorola and Nokia plus there are some outstanding mid-range devices available for a little bit more than the Liquid Jade – the Honor 6 at £249 springs to mind....

Also see: Best Black Friday Laptop Deals This is an almost-perfect laptop for the hardcore crowd. Masses of power, great heat management, a high-quality display and clever ways to turn into a desktop gaming rig make this one of the best gaming laptops in the world. However, to some the price, weight, bulk and short battery life will push the Alienware 17 to the bottom of their shortlist, below some of the excellent 15-inch gaming laptops we’ve reviewed....

There aren’t many companies that still make laptops of this size, so the 18.4-inch display alone makes the Alienware 18 stand out from the crowd. It’s a real dazzler too – the resolution is only 1920 x 1080 pixels, although at this price you could certainly argue that it ought to match the 2880 x 1800 resolution of the Apple’s MacBook Pro with Retina display. However, 1920 x 1080 is good for games, and watching high-defintion films with the built-in Blu-ray drive....

When is the Echo Plus release date? The new Echo Plus will start shipping on 31 October and you can pre-order it now – see details below. How much does the Echo Plus cost in the UK? While stocks last, you can order the Echo Plus and get a free Philips Hue smart light bulb. The Echo Plus has been unveiled alongside a new 2nd-gen version of the Echo which now has a lower price of £89....

The original Eero made waves when it arrived last year, as it offered customers struggling with wireless not-spots in their home a simple and effective solution – multiple hubs providing blanket coverage while using the same network name. While lots of other networking devices have offered this exact same service in recent years, Eero’s proprietary TrueMesh technology, which aims to redirect connections to devices as and when required, and the clean and user-friendly interfaces, not to mention attractive prices, made the first generation of Eero stand out....

Marie is Editor in Chief of Tech Advisor and Macworld. A Journalism graduate from the London College of Printing, she’s worked in tech media for more than 17 years, managing our English language, French and Spanish consumer editorial teams and leading on content strategy through Foundry’s transition from print, to digital, to online - and beyond.

The most recent AMD leak points towards a Ryzen 3 chip with 8-cores and a 4-4.5GHz clock speed. This isn’t a massive boost over the current speeds we’re used to saying but this is very early days so we haven’t seen full optimisation just yet. Having said that, the chip is still reportedly very unstable so it’s not all sunshine and rainbows. Take a look at our review of the Ryzen 2700X here....

Before we get started, we must point out that this guide is intended as a brief overview to help you decide whether to choose an Android phone or an iPhone. It’s not meant to be an exhaustive comparison of every last feature, both in hardware and software, of each type of phone. And we also know that die-hard fans won’t be persuaded to switch – that’s not the aim of this article at all....

Anthem is a fairly direct response to Destiny, The Division and Warframe as a hybrid MMO/lobby shooter. EA have tasked BioWare with creating its own spin on this concept that has been so popular over the past few years and it’s actually shaping up to be rather interesting. Make sure you take a look at our full Anthem RRU right here. You will be able to find out how interesting on 25 January in the VIP demo, which will close down on 27 January....

Aunque con la llegada del HomePod Mini en 2020, Apple volvió a ser competitivo en este mercado, ofreciendo una solución de calidad a más bajo precio, la compañía confirmó en marzo de 2021 que el HomePod estándar sería descontinuado. ¿Significa eso que Apple ha dejado de trabajar en el HomePod 2? Aunque inicialmente la gran mayoría de usuarios llegamos a pensar que era el fin del altavoz inteligente de la marca, rumores recientes han vuelto a abrir la lata con la posibilidad de que en lo que queda de 2022, o bien, a lo largo de 2023 Apple vuelva a sorprendernos con un evolucionado altavoz inteligente en su versión HomePod....

This was first brought to light back at the Apple WDC last year under the project codename Marzipan and Apple has already started this process with certain apps including Stocks and News previously seen on iOS appearing on Mojave. The process of making these applications universal across Apple platforms is a large step that will have to be managed in stages, starting with the ability to port iPad apps over to MacOS later this year thanks to a new SDK (software development kit)....

Now the big news is that the LTE won’t work correctly abroad (it doesn’t support roaming)… or in the UK it would appear. According to a Reuters report, Apple has admitted its new Watch has connectivity issues when making phone calls and using LTE data without an iPhone nearby. Several critics who have got hold of the Watch ahead of the release date for review purposes have complained that it has problems with connectivity when encountering open Wi-Fi networks at a coffee shop or restaurant, for example....

The Asus ROG STRIX XG27VQ is a potential answer to that problem, providing up to 144Hz and variable refresh rate through FreeSync. If you play lots of PC games, have an AMD video card and some cash burning a hole in your pocket, the new Asus ROG STRIX XG27VQ might be just for you. Asus ROG STRIX XG27VQ Price The UK RRP price for the Asus ROG STRIX XG27VQ is £399 ($349)....

We were particularly intrigued how these earphones costing £249 were designed and tuned. After all, no-one pays this much money for earphones just for their looks and the brand perception. Do they? And what great style they have. Designed by ex-Nike man Stefan Andrén from Swedish studio Krownlab, the SuperDarts Titanium follows the innovative industrial design of the preceding models. These include the PowerJax, HiDefDrum and MiniDarts earphones, all majoring on precision-milled metal construction....

SyncBack can be used without installation from a USB flash drive (use this version), so you could simply plug one in to back up a PC. Right-click SyncBack and choose ‘Run as administrator’ to give it permission to back up files not normally accessible, like files in other users’ accounts. There are several ways to restore and the Restore button in the toolbar is the obvious one. Alternatively, you could swap the source and destination folders, or simply use Explorer to open the backup folder and drag files out....

A good power supply is essential for a solid PC system. Ideally, you want something that is very efficient and also doesn’t create much noise, without being too expensive. A while ago Hardware.Info published an extensive round-up of 43 power supplies in the 500-700 watt range. At the time Be Quiet had not yet put the finishing touches on its new Dark Power Pro 10 product line, but now it’s finally time to see what Be Quiet has up its sleeve....

If that sounds like your idea of a dream, then carry on reading to find out more about the stealthy Beautyrest Sleeptracker, a strong candidate for the title of best sleep tracker available right now. Beautyrest Sleeptracker: Pricing and availability This makes the Beautyrest Sleeptracker slightly more expensive than the £149/$149 Beddit 3, which offers a similar set of features. Does Beautyrest’s sleep tracker offer enough to tempt consumers away from more established brands like Beddit?...

As a throwback to older generations of iMac, the devices ship in an assortment of colours; but unlike the past iterations, the 4.5K Retina display is totally flat, with slimmer bezels, a smaller chin, and just 11.5mm thick. That slimmed-down, chiselled look is mainly down to the M1 chip’s SoC architecture. The M1 also boosts performance by up to 85%, with up to double the GPU speed, making demanding tasks such as 4K video editing on multiple streams without dropped frames in Final Cut Pro possible....

accounts for over a quarter of smart speakers and smart displays sold around the world, according to the latest figures from Statista. Since then, it has expanded the range greatly, with many models to choose between and a choice of a smart speaker (Echo) or a display with speakers (Echo Show). With so many different devices costing from very little to quite a lot, it can be hard to know which one to buy....

accounts for over a quarter of smart speakers and smart displays sold around the world, according to the latest figures from Statista. Since then, it has expanded the range greatly, with many models to choose between and a choice of a smart speaker (Echo) or a display with speakers (Echo Show). With so many different devices costing from very little to quite a lot, it can be hard to know which one to buy....