PHONES

APPLE IPHONE XS From £999 from apple.co/uk

CERTAINLY Apple’s best ever iPhone, and therefore perhaps the best smartphone ever made, the iPhone XS allies superior hardware to unbeatable software to produce a package that’s impossible to beat. Everyone else is still playing catch-up.

Got that? Get this iPhone XS Leather Case From £55 from apple.com/uk

A PHONE that looks as good as the iPhone XS deserves a case to match, and Apple’s own leather offering is a winner… and it even ages beautifully.

GOOGLE PIXEL 3 From £739 from store.google.com

I DON’T know why the Pixel – Google’s own-brand smartphone – lags behind other Android devices in sales. It’s a sensational piece of kit, running the purest (and best) version of Android, and packing in a camera that can give the best-in-class a run for their money.