Andrew Lanxon

Huawei Mate 20 Pro priced at 1,049 euros, available in Europe now

Huawei’s feature-packed new super phones, the Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro, are available now in Europe, including the UK. The beefy phones, launched on Tuesday in London, are Huawei’s answer to the Samsung Galaxy Note 9, Apple iPhone XS and Google Pixel 3 XL. It’s no surprise that they’re not super cheap, starting at …

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Huawei Mate 20, Mate 20 Pro, Mate 20 X, Watch GT and 3D Live Emoji: Everything Huawei just announced

Huawei on Tuesday announced a raft of new products at an event in London. You can watch the event as it happened in the video above. Here’s what’s new: Huawei Mate 20 Pro: The company’s newest flagship phone is an Android handset with a 6.39-inch, 3,120×1,440-pixel AMOLED screen. But it has a host of unique features that sets it apart …

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Huawei Mate 20 Pro’s three cameras put to the test in London

We’ve taken Huawei’s new Mate 20 Pro and its three rear cameras for a spin around an unusually sunny London to see what this superphone is capable of.  The phone has a standard wide-angle lens, a telephoto lens and a new super wide-angle lens. It’s the latter I was the most keen on. While the standard view is reasonably wide …

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This $3,000 OnePlus 6 is the most luxurious OnePlus around

The OnePlus 6 scored highly in our review because of its good features and affordable price. The same probably can’t be said of this version, however. With a price of 2,700 euros (which equates to £2,408 here in the UK, $3,156 in the US or AU$4,880 in Australia), it’s not exactly cheap, but it does have a truly awesome custom …

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These luxury iPhone XS and XS Plus phones start at $10,000

Apple hasn’t yet lifted the curtains on its next handsets, but luxury custom phone maker Brikk already has big plans for the phones.  Rather than just wrapping the devices in a case, Brikk bundles iPhones in its own customised bodies made from luxury materials. The Brikk Carbon iPhone XS (assuming that’s what Apple calls the phones) will start at $9,995 …

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Huawei beats its own phone to the punch with the Mate 20 Lite

Never one to shy away from baffling decisions, Huawei has launched pared-back Lite version of its Mate 20 phone — before it’s actually unveiled the proper Mate 20.  The Mate 20 Lite has a decent lineup of specs for a midrange handset. Beyond the 2,340×1,080-pixel 6.3-inch display, the phone packs a 20-megapixel rear camera paired with a secondary 2-megapixel camera …

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CNET UK podcast 543: Elon Musk’s poetry corner

Roses are red, violets are blue, Elon Musk likes poetry and so do Katie Collins and Richard Trenholm. We take a look at the Tesla founder’s latest cryptic tweets in this brand-new episode of our lyrical podcast, available in audio form or on video. As research shows the pockets in womens’ clothing are too small for smartphones, we discuss whether …

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CNET UK podcast 542: Samsung’s Note 9 and Apple’s trillion milestone

Andrew Hoyle is joined this week by the magnificent Drew Stearne to chat about Samsung’s brand-new Galaxy Note 9. The phone hasn’t had a massive overhaul from its predecessor, but is it enough to excite the duo?  Also up for discussion on the UK’s best tech podcast is Apple’s incredible milestone of being valued at a trillion dollars. That’s 12 …

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Xiaomi Mi A2: price, specs, release date, where to buy

Xiaomi may be the champion of phone teasing, as it came all the way to London to show me the Mi A2: a solid all-round phone with a highly affordable price tag. The downside for me? This phone won’t be coming to the UK, the US or Australia. Xiaomi’s Mi A2 shows that cheap doesn’t mean ugly +8 more See …

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Shooting the world’s best cars with the OnePlus 6

The OnePlus 6 earned a great score in our review thanks to its slick new look, its beefy processor and its affordable price. It’s got a dual camera, too, which can take great portrait photos, but I wanted to see what it’s like for shooting cars. I took the phone with me on two car shoots: one in Cornwall with …

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