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Android user’s review of iOS 13… using a pre-owned iPhone 6S with dark mode
After a 5 year hiatus from iOS, in April 2019 I bought myself a pre-owned iPhone 6S for just £245 – 128gb, silver back/white front. I wanted Space Grey, but my local store had mistakenly listed a Space Grey iPhone 6 as a 6S, and upon realising the mistake, the only choice I had was…
Chris JK
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M42-EOS adaptors: using vintage lenses with my Canon 750D DSLR
For the past year, I’ve been using my Dad’s vintage lenses with my DSLR. He hasn’t used them for years, mainly because they came with his Zenit EM, a 35mm film SLR camera. He doesn’t even use them with his Nikon D3100. But, his lenses are in good condition: one is a Helios 44M –…
Chris JK
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Portable Power Banks (My Next Phone)
My Kodak 5,200mAh I’ve had a (now ageing) Kodak 5,200 for about 5 years. It’s light and portable, and has been a reliable source of power when I’m out and about. However, recently I’ve found it doesn’t charge my phone as efficiently as it used to. Last year on a trip to London, weirdly it…
Chris JK
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Qi Wireless Chargers
As well as upgrading my portable power bank, I thought about maybe getting myself a wireless charger. After all, they save on messy heaps of cables and adaptors, and are great accessories for your office desk or home. They use the NFC chip on the rear of your phone, and provide a wireless charge via…
Chris JK
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S9 Plus – Review (My Next Phone)
I’ve had this phone for just over 4 months now, and here are my thoughts: Size & Weight First of all, the size. The S9 Plus is a lot bigger than I was expecting, so initially I was disappointed. It’s taken a bit of getting used to, especially as a lot of tasks aren’t so…
Chris JK
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LG V50, Moto Razr V4, and TCL phone that folds into a watch – more foldable phones!
As a follow-up to my previous post, which I admit was a long one, LG have announced the LG V50 at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. It’s their attempt at a foldable phone, which features the 2nd screen as a detachable accessory. With a gap between its screens, it’s not the most elegant of the…
Chris JK
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Galaxy Fold vs Mate X: folding phones, or unfolding tablets?
As every tech journalist across the globe jumps on the hype wagon that we’ve finally got mainstream, flagship foldable phones – and while everyone else gulps at the whopping price tags – the only thing I noticed this week, was that Samsung’s new Galaxy Fold isn’t a foldable phone at all. And that Huawei’s Mate…
Chris JK
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My Next Phone: 2018/19
I’ve done it. I’ve chosen a phone, and it’s being delivered. But, which one did I go for? A quick recap: in my last blog post, I cut down my initial 2018/19 shortlist even further, and then analysed each phone until I was left with just 4 phones. I’d figured that the loss of the…
Chris JK
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Shortlist – My thoughts [Part 2] (MNP: Revisited)
Following my recent blog on my shortlist of phones in the running to be my next phone, I’ve cut this list down even further to just the following devices: Samsung Galaxy S9 Samsung Galaxy S9+ Huawei P20 Pro Nokia 7 Plus Nokia 7.1 Sony Xperia XZ3 Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium OnePlus 6T You’ll notice the…
Chris JK
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My Next Phone: Revisited – Google’s Takeover of HTC
I heard last year that HTC were in the midst of being taken over by Google, with layoffs all around the company. If it’s true – and presumably Google have plans to completely take-over HTC and move their smarts and base of operations to Google HQ – what would this mean for the smartphone market?…
Chris JK
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