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LAPTOP Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 £799 from www.snipca.com/37348 Tested Issue 601

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 £1,299 from www.snipca. com/36642

ANDROID TABLET Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite £299 from www.snipca.com/35795 Tested Issue 582

Competing with Apple’s cheapest 10.2in ipad, this slim aluminium tablet comes with an S Pen stylus and a generous 64GB of storage at a reasonable price. It’s less powerful, but a great buy if you prefer Android.

ALTERNATIVE Amazon Fire HD 8

Now with USB-C and 32GB of storage, this plastic-cased tablet is more limited, with no stylus option, but good for the money. £90 from www.snipca.com/35336

DESKTOP PC Palicomp Intel Mercury

£600 from www.snipca.com/34223 Tested Issue 576

If you don’t need advanced gaming, your money’s well spent here on a six-core Intel i5-9600k processor overclocked to 5GHZ. 16GB of memory and a full terabyte of fast SSD storage round off a powerful PC with good expansion potential.

ALTERNATIVE Chillblast Photo Zen Fast Ryzen 7 CPU plus adequate GPU makes a superb work PC. £1,700 from www.snipca.com/35840

APPLE IPHONE Apple iphone 12 £799 from www.snipca.com/36582 Tested Issue 595

The latest iphone 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. £399 from www.snipca.com/34773

Apple ipad 10.2in

APPLE IPAD £329 from www.snipca.com/36178 Testedd Issue 566

The basic ipadpd is great value,l especially now it’s been updated with a powerful A12 processor and ipados 14. It includes Scribble handwriting recognition with the £89 Apple Pencil. Storage isn’t expandable; consider 128GB at £429.

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. £399 from www.snipca.com/33050

ANDROID PHONE Realme X50 5G £270 from www.snipca.com/36037 Tested Issue 590

Amazing value for a big 5G phone with three rear cameras (including ultra-wide and macro), a pretty quick Snapdragon 765G processor and a decent IPS screen. There’s a fingerprint reader, but no wireless charging or waterproofing.

ALTERNATIVE Google Pixel 5 Cheaper than previous Pixels, this has great cameras, wireless charging and a superb screen. Battery life is 23 hours. £599 from www.snipca.com/36586