The Anker AeroClip 2 makes a convincing case for earphones that deliberately refuse to shut the world out. Instead of plugging your ear canals like conventional earbuds, they clip around the outside of your ears, leaving you free to hear traffic, colleagues and, regrettably, anyone trying to get your attention. For commuters, runners and people who spend half their working day wearing earphones, that makes plenty of sense. The biggest hurdle with clip-on ...
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The vivo V80 Lite 5G is built around a 10,000mAh battery while still keeping the phone relatively slim and portable. The phone uses fourth-generation silicon anode battery technology together with vivo’s Magic Cube Battery Packaging, allowing it to house the large battery while maintaining a relatively slim form factor. The V80 Lite 5G also includes reverse charging, allowing it to top up accessories such as wireless earbuds. vivo says its battery health ...
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HONOR has launched the new X9e Pro, a mid-range smartphone that leans heavily into durability and endurance. The headline figure is the 11,000mAh battery. That is considerably larger than the 8,300mAh unit in the previous HONOR X9d and is rated for up to 66.8 hours of video playback or up to three days of typical use on a single charge. Large batteries usually come with an equally large physical penalty, but the ...
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Almost 15 years after launching its first battery product, Anker Innovations has announced that its five existing brands will gradually be brought together under a single Anker name. What began in 2011 as a power-accessories business now spans audio, smart home technology, robotics, energy, health and creative tools, serving more than 200 million customers across more than 180 countries and regions. Under the new structure, Anker will organise its products into two ...
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Fujifilm has launched the instax Pal 2 in Singapore, giving its smallest digital camera a substantial rethink with a more traditional camera-like design, an optical viewfinder and a wider range of creative controls. The original instax Pal was deliberately playful, with a rounded design that looked more like an accessory than a conventional camera. The Pal 2 has visually grown up a lot since then. Fujifilm has given it a flatter, more ...
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Canon has launched the EOS R8 Mark II, a new 24.2-megapixel full-frame mirrorless camera that takes the lightweight formula of the original EOS R8 and adds features previously associated with more advanced models in the EOS R system. The first EOS R8 was appealing because it put a full-frame sensor into a small and approachable body. The R8 Mark II keeps that idea, but gives users more room to work handheld ...
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The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra is the most accomplished foldable yet, fixing some of the format’s oldest annoyances. Trouble is, Samsung now sells another Fold that makes more sense. A good foldable phone is useful when you stop thinking about the folding bit. You open it to reply to an email, glance at a spreadsheet, watch YouTube while pretending to work, then shut it and carry on with your day. ...
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Eight generations in, Samsung has finally produced a passport-sized foldable with the Galaxy Z Fold 8. This is Samsung’s lightest Fold yet, weighing in at 201g and measuring just 9.7mm thick when closed, plus adopting a shorter, wider shape that makes both of its screens more useful. In Singapore, it starts at S$2,498 for 256GB, rises to S$2,798 for 512GB, and tops out at S$3,398 for the 1TB version. That is still ...
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The Google Pixel 11 lacks some of the hardware excess of its Pro sibling, but it shares the same Tensor G6 brain, excellent software and much of the same camera intelligence. I always found it funny calling a phone “Pro”. It implies that the ordinary version is somehow for amateurs, as if buying the cheaper model means you take blurry holiday photographs and answer emails with two thumbs. One recent argument came ...
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The JBL Go 5 arrives in Singapore with louder sound, improved bass, new ambient lighting and a particularly neat trick called AirTouch, which lets two Go 5 speakers pair in stereo simply by touching them together. The Go has always been JBL’s grab-and-go proposition, and the fifth-generation model does not stray far from that formula. What has changed is the amount of sound JBL is trying to extract from the compact enclosure. ...
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