Innholdsfortegnelse for July 2018 i Stuff UK

As someone who was born in June, I have a love-hate relationship with international football tournaments. I love that taking the afternoon off work to watch sport while intoxicated is a legitimate way to spend your time, and I hate that I dedicated my last birthday to England v Iceland. Watching that fiasco on a brand new 4K telly did nothing to elevate a thoroughly awful experience, but I’m a little more zen about this summer’s World Cup – partly because my expectations couldn’t be lower, but also because there’s now loads of other stuff to watch in Ultra HD. That’s why we’ve dedicated this month’s Stuff to the best TVs and projectors money can buy, and the greatest 4K shows and movies you can watch on them. So if…

Sony XZ2 Premium £tba / sonymobile.com Pure on-paper power doesn’t always equal a great smartphone, but the Sony XZ2 Premium is so loaded with tech that it probably wouldn’t get past airport security without a pat-down • Power aplenty With a sizzling 6GB of RAM and a Snapdragon 845 CPU running things, the XZ2 Premium should handle the most challenging apps slicker than a greased-up weasel on a waterslide. And its already roomy 3540mAh battery totes Sony’s Smart Stamina tech to keep it ticking along all day. • Dark forces The Premium’s huge sensitivity range – up to ISO 51,200 for photos, 12,800 for video – means its Motion Eye dual rear camera (which packs 19MP colour and 12MP monochrome sensors) should delve deep into the darkness to make low-light…

Oddmar £4.99 / iOS Oddmar is a terrible viking. He’s selfish, lazy, and under threat of being kicked out of his tribe unless he partakes in some pretty large-scale woodland arson. But after a fairy chucks him some magic mushrooms, Oddmar gains special powers, which he’ll need if he’s to save his people and claim a place in Valhalla… Mobile platformers are too often lazily hacked together and wonky to control, but Oddmar is like a playable Saturday morning cartoon: highly polished, imaginative, and determined to keep surprising you with each new level. There was a moment when we were blazing through the forest to escape a furious screen-filling troll and could scarcely believe we weren’t playing a fully-fledged console title. That really is a (Norse) godlike achievement.…

An army of irons sent to tackle my hideously creased dress shirt once and for all? Rejoice! Hmm, no, but we can see how you’ve arrived there. This is the Lyra Trio, Asus’s latest take on the mesh Wi-Fi system. Rather than abandoned apparel, you’ll be using these to sort out all those internet dead zones in your house. You know how your phone struggles to stream your YouTube recipes in the kitchen, but summons iPlayer in a flash when you’re in the bedroom? You, my friend, need mesh. So how does it all work? The idea is that, when placed strategically around your abode, the dual-band Lyra Trio three-piece unites Voltron-style to ensure you get a great connection wherever you are. They have a 3x3 Mimo antenna design, an…

Night radder SIONYX AURORA If you enjoy sunset surfing, dusky downhilling, gloomy gliding or crepuscular canyoning, you’ve probably been praying for a GoPro that performs acceptably in low light. Well, while the action-cam gods haven’t answered your bizarrely alliterative prayers to the letter, they’ve delivered something similar: the Sionyx Aurora. This is a waterproof, GPS-equipped handheld camera that offers 720p video at 60fps in extremely dim conditions, thanks to a huge 1in CMOS sensor. Sionyx says it’ll work just fine on moonless, starlit nights – something no GoPro action camera can manage yet. from US$479 / sionyx.com Bone idle? WICKEDBONE The laziest way to keep your pooch occupied, this little bone-shaped robot darts about the place in Drive Mode, responding to your digits via an app. And if even that…

I SONY KD-65XF9005 £2299 / stuff.tv/KD65XF9005 The mid-range can be a dark and dreary place for any product, let alone a TV. Without the razzmatazz of a flagship model or an affordable price, it’s as though you’re third in line to the throne. Your obituary will still make the 9 o’clock news, but no one’s getting a day off for the funeral. So how does the KD-65XF9005 kick up a fuss for itself? By bringing flagship features, such as a direct LED backlight and Sony’s much-feted X1 Extreme engine, within the reach of those of us who don’t have a property portfolio. What we’ve got here is a TV that offers the most advanced televisual features you can buy at such a cut-down price. An HDR marvel While you’re still…

I APPLE iPAD W PENCIL £319 & £89 / stuff.tv/iPad2018 Meet the new iPad. It’s the same as last year’s iPad, only it now works with Apple’s Pencil and has had a price cut. Not much of an evolution, is it? Still, it’s not like anyone has come close to making a device as good as the iPad for squeezing in an episode of American Gods on the train into work, tuning into the footy from a Wi-Fi hotspot and, yes, getting your art on when you’re tired of Morocco vs Iran. Key to all of this is the iPad’s gorgeous 9.7in Retina LCD display, with 264ppi resolution, which remains exceptionally good for all-round usage. Granted, this isn’t an OLED panel and it lacks the iPad Pro’s anti-reflective coating and buttery-smooth…

Want to get your head around just how ridiculous smartphone prices have got recently? Apple’s very first iPhone cost £269 when it launched just over a decade ago. And the very first OnePlus One? That was even less at £219. Placed in the context of those halcyon days, the One’s latest successor doesn’t seem like much of a bargain at all. Then again, nor do any of its rivals that you might care to mention. The iPhone X, Galaxy S9 and even Huawei’s P20 Pro – should you fall for their OLED screens, stunning cameras and glassy bodies – all demand a small fortune. Or at least, not the kind of money most people can just lay down in one go. And the OnePlus 6? It’s got all that stuff…

▪ Up & Away This mode sends the Tello flying upwards and backwards while recording. Bear in mind that it needs room to climb – as our drone found out the hard way by headbutting the ceiling. ▪ 360 If you prefer shots of the environment instead of your mug, this mode is perfect for you: it has the Tello shoot video while spinning 360º in one spot. Useful for locating your nearest McDonald’s. ▪ Circle Are you the kind of person who takes prides in looking great from every angle? Then you’ll love this feature, which makes the Tello shoot footage while circling around your chosen target. ▪ Bounce Performing its very best impression of a basketball, the Tello bobs up and down while recording in Bounce mode. There…

This is one of Garmin’s most accommodating sports watches. It’ll stream podcasts and music directly to your headphones, and has all the tech of the Fenix 5 but feels about half the size. So how does this wrist-friendly tracker stack up to the trendy choice? 1 Hard to resist Some of Garmin’s watches are so big they look like cycling computers strapped to your wrist. The Forerunner 645 Music is much less intimidating: it’s just a smidge thicker and a little wider than the Apple Watch, and the steel bezel adds a bit of designer gloss too. You don’t have to be able to run a three-hour marathon to pull off wearing this. Thankfully. 2 Hard rock So, we get music. But how does it work? You hook up with…

£279 / stuff.tv/SkzagenFalster ▪ Smartphones certainly live up to the ‘smart’ bit these days, but smartwatches? Most of them are still at school swotting for their GCSEs. The Skagen Falster Smartwatch accepts this reality: it’s more watch than smart, lacking just about all the advanced features you’ll find in other Wear OS devices. ▪ On the other hand, this is just about the prettiest smartwatch you can buy. The chunky metallic bezel and sticky-out crown give this petite wearable what’s missing from most smartwatches: character. It’s also exceptionally comfortable on the wrist. ▪ So… no GPS, no heart-rate monitor, no rotating bezel and no built-in option for local music playback. You can use the Falster as a basic fitness tracker, but to track run routes properly you’ll need your phone…

I NEARLY LOST A DIDDY DRONE IN WALES The Ryze Tello is mainly an indoor toy, but I couldn’t resist taking advantage of a sunny day in the Welsh country – possibly the first in its history – and letting the Tello take to the skies like grown-up drones do. It was all going brilliantly as it somersaulted through the air, right up until a breeze rolled in. Fortunately, the Tello lived to tell the tale, but there was a moment as it was floating towards a field when I could have sworn the sheep looked as concerned as I did. Matt Tate, Hot Stuff Editor I JUMPED OFF A CLIFF TO TEST A RUGGED CAM Some bright spark at Panasonic UK had a crazy idea: to launch the new…

FIRST PLAY SHADOW OF THE TOMB RAIDER PC, PS4, Xbox One Video gaming’s foremost explorer (sorry, Nate) returns for Shadow of the Tomb Raider, the third and final instalment of the reboot trilogy. This time, we see Lara Croft heading for Latin America to once again race shady organisation Trinity to a magical artefact. The real new angle? Shadow forces Lara to face up to the consequences of her actions… and it’s clear from the off that she’s messed up bad. You see, a somewhat ill-advised decision to seize an enchanted Mayan dagger from the game’s first tomb triggers the apocalypse – no, really – and our hero must try to correct her mistake before tsunamis wipe all of humanity from existence. A career-questioning Croft might be a new twist…

£269 / beoplay.com THE ’90s SHAPE IS VIRTUALLY UNTOUCHED, BUT THE 2018 EARSET IS WIRELESS Haven’t I seen you before? Reebok Classics and Champion tracksuits aren’t the only ’90s icons making a 21st-century comeback. The new Earset is a re-imagining of a classic Bang & Olufsen design from way back, which took the Danish company’s loudspeaker principles and squeezed them into a flexible shape. Adjust the angle of the earbud, the curve of the earhook and the height of the piston to suit your lugholes, and hey presto: hours of comfy listening awaited. But don’t most headphones feel comfy? The greatest trick the original Earset pulled off was balancing ergonomics with sound quality. While most earbud tips need to jam tight into your ears to stay on, shutting out exterior…

£tba (concept) / audi.com You sure that’s real? It looks like it’s just rolled out of a video game. That’s because it has – the team behind PlayStation racing classic Gran Turismo has been persuading car makers to design outlandish concepts for years now, but few ever make it from your TV to the tarmac. The e-tron Vision Gran Turismo is different: Audi bosses were such fans of the virtual car, they decided to build one for real. What’s so special about it, then? It might look like an angrier version of Audi’s R8 supercar, but this prototype ditches mucky fossil fuels for three 200kW electric motors: one to drive the front wheels and two for the back ones. You’re looking at a whopping 805bhp combined – enough to propel…

I PHILIPS 50PUS6272 £409 / stuff.tv/50PUS6272 Let’s face it, most of the tellies we feature in these pages are going to set you back an arm, a leg and a nice holiday somewhere away from these isles. Because if you want the best TV around, that’s how much it costs. But for those who don’t think this is a reasonable expenditure, there’s the Philips 50PUS6272. A big-screened 4K TV with support for HDR and a reasonable suite of apps to boot, this telly might lack the finesse of its pricier brethren but it still ticks almost all the boxes you’d expect of a new telly and then some. How? It has Philips’ awesome Ambilight technology built in, which uses an array of LED lights to project colours on your wall…

I LOVE… Black Panther Ryan Jones Staff Writer It may not match Infinity War for sheer action, but in terms of a 4K spectacle no other Marvel movie comes close to Black Panther. So stunning are the tribal costumes and savannah scenery that I’m willing to search all of Africa to see Wakanda for myself. MARVEL Jessica Jones Netflix This devilishly watchable series is one of the biggest Netflix/Marvel success stories. Following Jessica as she attempts to set up her private detective business in NYC, fend off her superhero demons and drink every bar in the city dry, we can’t decide which does more for the series: the stunning Manhattan backdrop, or David Tennant as the mind-controlling sadist, Kilgrave. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Sky Cinema Things can go…

Get the basics right The photos you get from OnePlus phones are typically solid rather than spectacular, and that’s the case again here. Images are punchy with a good amount of detail, especially with plenty of light about. Keep your shape OnePlus’s brightening-up habit means everything stands out a little bit more in night-time shots. This is further aided by a larger sensor and added optical image stabilisation for reducing motion blur. Start brightly Photo snobs will be put off by this phone’s approach to colour as snaps ping off your screen unnaturally. We’ve never seen a sky so blue in Britain. Still, there’s no doubt they’ll dazzle on Instagram. Hit the target Thanks to its dual-camera setup, the OnePlus 6 delivers a handy 2x zoom and can create bokeh…

START ME UP ▪ Edit your library First, access Library view (tap the Library tab on iOS; select Library from the menu on Android) and tap Edit. You can now decide which categories are displayed in that view – and in which order. Note that Recently Added always lurks beneath whatever options you have turned on, so don’t have everything on if you want fast access to your new content. ▪ Check out ‘For You’ For You is a useful discovery tool. You can nose at what your friends are listening to, check your recent plays plus new releases, and delve into Apple’s selection of playlists and albums, tailored towards your tastes. Albums and playlists are updated daily, so keep checking back. ▪ Go social Hit the profile icon on…

Affinity Photo More or less Photoshop for iPad, this editing app offers more precision when using the Pencil, whether amending a photo or tapping interface icons. £20 Notability This note-taker mixes up text, photos and doodles. If you’ve a Pencil, you can handwrite notes while your paper notebooks look on enviously. £9.99 Procreate With dozens of brushes, massive canvas sizes, an advanced layer system and Pencil support, Procreate is ideal for artists. You may never open a tube of real paint again. £9.99…

Let’s face it, exercise is boring. Necessary but boring. That’s why so many of us prefer to get it done with a pair of headphones wedged into our earholes. As anyone with a grizzled pair of trainers and a mildly unhealthy interest in their own PBs will know, this usually means having a phone in your pocket and a watch on your wrist. Sounds like a pretty minor inconvenience right? Well, if you’re anything like us here at Team Stuff, you need all the help you can get with aerodynamics and shedding excess weight. And anyway, no one likes to start their working day with a quarter of their phone battery already lost to the park. Enter Garmin’s Forerunner 645 Music: a sports watch with both Bluetooth and music playback…

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▪ Fortnite The current king of online multiplayers will be able to run on the UX331 in HD at 60fps. Now you can continue your quest to be the last player standing anywhere you please, as long as you have Wi-Fi. ▪ Far Cry 5 Believe it or not, some modern games, including Ubisoft’s chaotic shooter, can be played on the i7 model of the UX331. The catch? You’ll have to crank down the display settings, so it won’t look so pretty. ▪ Celeste You can play almost any indie game on this machine. 2D platformer Celeste is our current favourite, mostly because we get to cross ‘climb a mountain’ off the bucket list without getting frostbite. ▪ Skyrim If a game was released on PS3 or Xbox 360, there’s…

1 FatSecret Rather than writing about your latest crush, this diary enables you to keep count of calories in a calendar and plan your meals in advance. You also get access to a community that will give you recipe recommendations. £free / iOS, Android 2 Weight Watchers The hardest part of a diet? Going to a restaurant. That pasta may seem healthy, but have you any idea how many calories it contains? This app has, with a huge database of meals from popular restaurants to check against. £free / iOS, Android 3 PlateJoy Nine times out of ten, a diet app will suggest a recipe with an ingredient you absolutely detest. We’re looking at you, mushrooms. PlateJoy asks you to complete a quiz, so it can make suggestions based on…

GLOW (S2) Ever tried to launch a YouTube channel but failed to surpass 1000 views? Take consolation from the ’80s-set GLOW, as Alison Brie and her squad of fancy-dressed fighters soar to stardom in the second series. Orange is the New Black (S6) If you’re thinking of starting a riot at work after seeing how much fun it looked in season five of OITNB, watch season six and find out how brutal the consequences can be before you throw that first chair. Arrested Development (S5) We all love TV families, mostly because they make our own seem less insane in comparison. The Bluths are the kings of the crazies, especially now Lindsay is running for office. As if they’d let a vain, deluded fool be in charge of America… Marvel’s…

What’s the most off-putting thing about VR? Apart from the dizzying nausea after playing for too long, it’s surely the need for an ultra-pricey PC. With Google Daydream, however, you only need a compatible phone to start playing. Alright, you don’t get a room-scale experience, but at a fraction of the price of a Vive Pro setup this is one of the best entry points for VR. £99 / vr.google.com Stuff Everywhere you are Read it, like it, share it PLUG YOURSELF INTO STUFF’S SOCIAL NETWORK AT FACEBOOK.COM/JOINSTUFF & TWITTER.COM/STUFFTV…

1 Björn Borg Truman Track Jacket White We can’t guarantee that wearing this jacket onto court will allow you to channel the skills of the Ice Man but, you know, worth a try. £70 / bjornborg.com 2 hearO This is a Bluetooth speaker that used to be an actual championship tennis ball. Its new job means you should probably avoid whacking it over the net. £60 / hearospeaker.com 3 UA Performance Headband If you can rock long curly hair and a headband, you’re already halfway to being an iconic tennis player. Lessons come later. £8 / underarmour.co.uk 4 Head Tennis Sensor This sensor attaches to the butt of your racquet and tracks every shot. Paired with an app, it can even show you a 3D animation of your serve. Sampras…

1 BFT - Bear Focus Timer 99p / iOS • 69p / Android This timer has a bear that scowls unless you put your phone face-down and get some focus. Content you’re no longer distracted, it then whistles birdsong at you until it’s time for a break. 2 Ikea Place £free / iOS, Android Already great for plonking virtual Ikea goods in your home, to save you building them and finding they don’t fit, this AR app now also scans your furniture to find something similar in Ikea. There’s no escape. 3 Opera Touch £free / Android This Opera browser’s designed to be used with a single thumb, when on the go, or when your other hand’s otherwise occupied. And, handily, its ‘Flow’ feature seamlessly syncs across devices via a…

#32 GOOGLE DUPLEX Craig Grannell Computers are dumb… and they sound dumb. It’s a far cry from sci-fi, where people chat to robot pals like they’re regular folks who just happen to be encased in metal. Well, Google Duplex is a step towards that better future. Ish. Duplex is about having Google Assistant talk to people on your behalf over the phone. It brings together the company’s investments in natural language, deep learning and text-to-speech, in a mix of convenience and dubious morals that only modern technology can offer. Initially, it’s primarily intended to set up appointments and place orders. Simply ask Duplex to sort you a haircut and it will do so while you get on with other things. It’s so seamless that the person on the receiving end…

29th SICARIO: DAY OF THE SOLDADO The sequel to 2015’s Sicario is missing the previous films’s main protagonist (Emily Blunt), but that’s not because the cartel-smashing work has dried up. Terrorists are now being smuggled across the Mexico-USA border, so it falls on Josh Brolin and Benicio del Toro to put an end to it. 22nd MARIO TENNIS ACES It’s been ages since we played a really, er, ace Mario sports game, but we’ve got high hopes for this one. For a start it’s on Switch, and tennis games are perfect for portable play. It won’t be a sim-like experience, but when you can break Wario’s racket with a well-timed smash, who needs realism? NEW BALLS, PLEASE If Mushroom Kingdom is too wacky for you, the straight sim Tennis World…

I LG C8 £2999 / stuff.tv/LGC8 LG is the current king of TV Land – not simply because it makes some of the best tellies around, but also because it supplies all of the OLED panels for near-on every other manufacturer’s models. Can its 2018 range still boss the market? Even though the improvements are focused on LG’s processor advancements rather than panel tech, the C8 model here is still a belter of a telly. Whereas LG’s 2017 OLED range consisted of five different models all of which had the same picture performance, that’s not the case this year. If you want the pick of the range you’ll need to pay a little bit extra for that Alpha 9 processor chip and its many delights, including four-part noise-reduction, frequency-based image-sharpening,…

I OPTOMA UHD65 £2999 / stuff.tv/UHD65 Now that we’re living in the age of supermassive OLED TVs, getting a projector instead seems positively old-fashioned, like recording the Top 40 off a tape deck, buying a compact camera or finding a headphone jack on your phone. But sometimes even an 80in screen just isn’t big enough. That’s when you’ll want to call on Optoma’s UHD65. One of the few 4K projectors to come in at a vaguely reasonable price, this Ultra HD monster is capable of HDR visuals too. In other words, it’s the full package for all your modern viewing demands. Tune it up right with a THX Optimizer disc and add a well-selected array of connected gadgetry via its array of HDMI, USB and Ethernet ports, and you’ve got…

Honor View 10 from £420 / hihonor.com What’s the story? The deadly rival of OnePlus, Honor is similarly smitten with the idea of crafting flagship phones on the relative cheap. So the View 10 is a top-spec handset that broadly compares to Samsung’s Galaxy S9, only it’s made of metal instead of glass and is a heck of a lot less expensive. Essentially, it takes all the best bits of Huawei’s Mate 10 and repackages them in a more affordable form. Is it any good? Unless you want to hold out for the new, fine-tuned Honor 10 and its glossy glass finish, this is a fine phone with a huge battery, an excellent camera and an 18:9 screen that all mirror the best that Android has to offer. Even the…

SPOTIFY Don’t fancy shelling out a tenner a month? Spotify has a limited free tier (with ads and skip limits). It also arguably betters Apple Music for music discovery and integration with hardware – although it’s not the best choice if everything you own has an Apple logo. TIDAL With Tidal, you get the option to seriously boost audio quality – albeit for a price. For £19.99 a month, Tidal HiFi flings lossless audio at your ears, should letting them be exposed to mere mp3 files prove too traumatic. Do watch your data levels on mobile, though. BANDCAMP This is worth an install as a complement to Apple Music. An outlet for indies and newcomers, it provides quick access to content you won’t find anywhere else. Many tracks can be…

from £2349 / stuff.tv/SBook15 ▪ Split personality As ever, you can detach this Surface Book’s screen from its base for tablet-esque pursuits. Be careful using it for late-night bingeing, though – it’s bright enough to wake up the person who’s dozed off next to you. ▪ Love letters It’s impossible not to fall head over heels for this hybrid’s keyboard from the moment you first rest your digits on it. Its big, chunky keys have loads of travel, so you can write for yonks without getting fatigued. ▪ Times have changed since Steve Jobs pulled the MacBook Air out of an envelope. Anyone who wants to upgrade to a laptop from their tablet needs one hell of a reason to do so now – which is why the supermassive 15in…

The first Apple Watch was swanky as anything, but couldn’t do a great deal. The Series 3 version, however, is a surprisingly good exercise tracker, with GPS and water-resistance. Can it compete with a watch made just for sport by the master of running wearables? 1 Easy rider We can’t overstate how much slicker the Apple Watch is than the Garmin. It’s not a smartwatch, it’s the smartwatch. Its display is far more colourful, you glide through the interface using the touchscreen and crown and there are loads more apps to try – even 3D games that feel like mini iPhone titles. You don’t get Siri with a Garmin, and Apple Pay works with more banks than Garmin Pay. 2 Easy fit Is this as good a fitness tracker as…

1 Amazon Fire 7 from £50 / stuff.tv/Fire7 What’s the story? Many of us don’t need a tablet with a retina-scorching screen, titan-strength processor and solid-gold frame. A low-cost, almost-throwaway device will get the job done, and the Fire 7 is exactly that. It’s not as sleek and shiny as Apple’s iPads. It has some fairly chunky bezels, while the back and sides are made from sturdy-feeling plastic. But none of that really matters. Amazon’s tablet is designed with one thing in mind: function. Is it any good? With a 7in panel, the Fire 7 is super-portable and comfortable to hold for long periods. It has both front and rear cameras, although neither is very good, and the microSD slot allows you to expand the 8GB or 16GB of built-in…

Heavy Rain & Beyond: Two Souls Collection Never played a Quantic Dream game before? This collection bundles the studio’s previous two titles together for a reasonable price. Heavy Rain has you don your detective hat, while Beyond sees Ellen Page get supernatural powers. Tales from the Borderlands Telltale has long been the master of interactive narratives, even if its formula is starting to get a little stale. This wacky story stands out as the studio’s funniest, and you don’t need to have played older Borderlands games to laugh along. Life is Strange Take your average teenage drama and give it a dollop of time-travelling chaos, and you get one of the best video games in recent memory. Prepare your allergy excuses, though, as this enthralling episodic story is rife with…

1 HOT BUY • TIPS & TRICKS • Activating ‘Natural Tone’ in settings will adjust the screen’s brightness according to your environment. • To capture a screenshot, simply double-tap the front of the P20 Pro with your knuckle. • Turn on ‘Face unlock’ in ‘Security & privacy’ and you can wake up the P20 Pro with just a glance. Huawei P20 Pro £799 / stuff.tv/P20Pro While Samsung and Apple’s war for smartphone supremacy rages on, Huawei has sauntered up and knocked both companies off their feet with the P20 Pro. Serious snappers will love this flagship phone thanks to the triple-lens camera, with 5x zoom and a 40MP main sensor. Add to that a quite awesome AMOLED display, lightning-fast internals and a top-notch design, and you’ve got yourself a recipe…

1 HOT BUY TIPS & TRICKS • Use the gradually increasing exercise intensity levels to keep pushing yourself harder. • Improve your swimming times by monitoring your stroke rate and distance per stroke. • The Moov Now’s motion sensors can give you feedback to improve your running technique. Moov Now £44 / stuff.tv/MoovNow Slow and steady wins the race, and the Now has gone on to prove that with a marathon-like pace helping it finally make it to the top of this list. We’ve long considered this tracker a bargain, but further reductions have helped it enter the realm of ‘downright steal’. OK, so it doesn’t have a screen or smartphone skills, but with guided voice coaching, a six-month battery and solid waterproofing, it has everything you’d ever want in…

1 HOT BUY • TIPS & TRICKS • Chickens killed you in Zelda again? You can rewind up to five minutes and pretend it never happened. • For full-fat nostalgia you can read the instruction manual for each of the SNES games online. • Stop trying to raid Bowser’s castle in one sitting, and use one of the four save slots to take a break. SNES Classic Mini £80 / stuff.tv/ClassicMini Why bother splashing out over £200 on a games console when you can get the SNES Classic Mini for a fraction of that? Especially when you get 21 classic titles pre-installed on this nostalgia-inducing machine, including the likes of Super Metroid, A Link to the Past, Super Mario World and the never-before-released Star Fox 2. And with two controllers…