Great New Stuff

BEST NEW PHONE LG V20

This is the phone the G5 should’ve been. It retains much of the hardware specifications (Snapdragon 820, 4 GB RAM, dual camera system, removable battery) of its modular sibling, but brings a more focused approach to the software. That focus is clearly on media creation and consumption. Manual video controls offer granular levels of adjustment that equal those of LG’S already comprehensive manual camera functions. You can even manage the mics – that’s how insane it gets. B&o-tuned audio DACS round out the improvements the 5,7-inch screen-toting flagship makes on the G5 platform. Best news? Unlike the V10, this one is coming to South Africa. lg.com

BEST NEW IPHONEiphone 7

Apple have finally done it. The Cupertino-based company has absorbed enough ideas from its Android competitors to arrive at a truly revolutionary device. Water resistance, well-designed antenna lines, an always-on capacitive fingerprint sensor and a bright f1,8 camera lens aperture are all here. Even IOS 10 sees the eventual arrival of widgets, actionable notifications and a useful lockscreen. For a company that started the current smartphone culture, it took a long time to get to a point where it can start legitimately winning over Android devotees. Well, except for the whole removal of the 3,5mm audio jack thing. apple.com

BEST OF IFA Lenovo Yogabook

The undeniable standout product from IFA 2016 set itself apart by finally making a believable case for 2-in-1 laptops. Lenovo built a tablet that you can get running your choice of Windows 10 or Android and attached it to a futuristic pressure-sensitive surface via the company’s watch link hinge. You can use it as a tablet or a notebook. When we say notebook, we mean that the touch-pad can reveal a full capacitive qwerty keyboard, or you can put your notepaper over it and write with any pen, or use the stylus directly on it. The Wacom digitiser will interpret your strokes into text or sketches, backed up in electronic form. It’s from the future, honestly. lenovo.com