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Our pick of products that have won the Buyit award

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LAPTOP

HP Envy 13 £850 from www.snipca.com/29555 Tested Issue 539 The combination of an eighthgeneration quad-core i5 chip and MX 150 graphics makes this an excellent all-round laptop, let down only by the poor colour reproduction of its Full HD touchscreen. Seven-hour battery life is adequate, and it’s nicely made.

ALTERNATIVE Dell XPS 13

This premium laptop starts at £1,200, but the best deal is with the brand new quad-core i7-8550 and QHD touchscreen. £1,700 from www.snipca.com/26796

ANDROID TABLET Samsung Galaxy Tabb S3 9.7 £390 from www.snipca.com/om/27058 Tested Issue 501

Samsung’sg’s newnew mid-sized tabltablet has a wonderful HDR screen and comes with a pen, unlike Apple’s ipad Pro. But its processor isn’t the fastest and it’s disappointingly expensive, especially compared to the £319 ipad 9.7in.

ALTERNATIVE Asus Zenpad 3S 10

With eight-hour battery life and 4GB of memory for fast multitasking, this ipad-like 9.7in tablet is great value. £240 from www.snipca.com/30168

DESKTOP PC

Mesh Ryzen Gaming PC CS £650 from www.snipca.com/27705 Tested Issue 528 With a six-core Ryzen 5 1600 processor and 4GB Geforce GTX 1050 Ti graphics card, this is a brilliant all-round desktop PC for the money, completed by 8GB of memory, 120GB SSD and 1TB hard drive.

ALTERNATIVE Lenovo Ideacentre 620s

A laptop i5 CPU plus GTX 1050 Ti make this discounted compact PC a sleek silver bargain. £530 from www.snipca.com/29205

APPLE IPHONE Apple iphone 7 £449 from www.snipca.com/29359 Tested Issue 486

Two years old but greateat value at this price, held back only by the mean 32GB of storage, which can’t be expanded. An extra £100 gets a huge 128GB. If you want a dual camera, the 8 Plus is a better buy at £699 with 64GB ( www.snipca.com/29358), but the XR is superior overall.

ALTERNATIVE iphone XR

Lacking only the dual camera, this is a fantastic phone that’s much more affordable than the £999 XS. £749 from www.snipca.com/29361

APPLE IPAD

Apple ipad 9.7in (2018) £319 from www.snipca.com/27670 Tested Issue 527 Now with a faster processor and supporting Apple’s Pencil stylus (£89), this is a brilliant full-size tablet at an unbeatable price. Has 32GB and no microsd slot, so also consider the 128GB version at a still reasonable £409.

ALTERNATIVE ipad Mini 4

At much the same price for 128GB (the only version), the smaller and slower Mini lacks Pencil support. £399 from www.snipca.com/27671

ANDROID PHONE Motorola Moto G6 £170 from www.snipca.com/om/27965 Tested Issue 530

The Moto G line returns to form with this distinctive Gorilla Glass-backed 5.7in phone. Screen quality and processing power may not be top end, but the dual camera is excellent and it feels like a lot of phone for the money.

ALTERNATIVE Oneplus 6T

A high-end phone with incredible battery life and innovative in-screen fingerprint reader at a sensible price. £499 from www.snipca.com/29844