Lighter weight, better screens, faster chip and fancy AI features are all
welcome, but feel iterative for the price
Samsung’s most advanced, hi-tech folding phone for 2024 is the Galaxy Z Fold 6,
which looks to see off rivals from Google, OnePlus and others with a lighter
frame, bigger and better screens, and the fastest chip available for Android.
The latest phone-tablet hybrid from the category pioneer is designed to be the
ultra-premium device of choice for buyers, but faces stiff competition from
several worthy challengers, most of which undercut the South Korean firm on
price.
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Dumping Intel for Qualcomm chips delivers big boost in speed but not battery
life and breaks some apps
Microsoft’s latest Surface tablet promises to be a generational upgrade that
goes beyond just being faster, quieter and more efficient – all down to a change
in the type of processor at its heart.
The Surface Pro 11 is not the first Microsoft machine to swap traditional Intel
or AMD PC processors for Arm-based chips, similar to those in your smartphone or
Apple’s recent Macs and iPads. But it is by far the most successful, leaving
even recent editions such as the 2020 Surface Pro X and last year’s Surface Pro
9 5G in the dust.
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Asus machine is best yet at being a laptop on the go and a dual-screen
productivity beast at the desk
Portable computers with multiple touchscreens have long been a feature of sci-fi
films. But while several manufacturers in the real world have tried to make
dual-screen laptops, none of them have really worked out.
Typically this is because they have tried to do too much with too many
compromises. Now Asus thinks it has cracked it with a new dual-screen machine
that also has a full-size detachable physical keyboard.
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Apple’s mid-range tablet gets larger screen option and more power, being ‘pro’
enough for most
Apple has more options than ever for those after a tablet with different sizes,
prices, screens and power, but the iPad Air is fairly simple to understand – it
is the premium big-screen iPad for those who don’t want to fork out thousands
for an iPad Pro.
The Air starts at £599 (€699/$599/A$999) and is now available in two screen
sizes: the original 11in and a larger 13in model for big-screen viewing. That
puts it right in the middle of Apple’s lineup, with the 10th-gen iPad starting
at £349 at the bottom and topped by the new iPad Pro M4 starting at £999.
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Apple sets new standard in screen and power but Pro model verges away from
consumer tablet needs
Apple’s latest iPad Pro is thinner and lighter, and has a stupendous new OLED
screen, plus oodles of power to do practically anything. But it is no longer
just the super-premium iPad – it is also aiming to be an impressive tool for the
creative industry.
It still looks and acts like an iPad, ready to do regular iPad things such as
browse the web, watch TV or chat to your family on the other side of the
country. But to do only that with a machine this advanced is total overkill –
Apple has many other iPad models suited to that sort of thing.
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Super-premium phone-tablet is the thinnest and lightest ‘folder’ yet – but
compromises on camera
Honor’s Magic V2 is the best designed folding phone-tablet yet. It feels just
like a regular phone when closed but then opens up like a book to reveal a
large, plush screen.
Launched in China last year, the Magic V2 has now made it to Europe but not at a
price that could be considered affordable. At £1,700 (€2,000), it is placed
between the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 and OnePlus’s slightly cheaper Open.
Main screen: 7.92in (402ppi) 120Hz OLED flexible display
Cover screen: 6.43in (404ppi) 120Hz OLED
Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
RAM: 16GB
Storage: 512GB
Operating system: MagicOS 7.2 (Android 13)
Camera: 50MP + 50MP ultrawide + 20MP 2.5x tele; 2x 16MP selfie
Connectivity: 5G, dual sim + esim, USB-C, wifi 7, NFC, Bluetooth 5.3, GNSS
Water resistance: none
Dimensions folded: 156.7 x 74 x 10.1mm
Dimensions unfolded: 156.7 x 145.4 x 4.8mm
Weight: 237g
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