Innholdsfortegnelse for August 2022 i T3

HANDY BAG Impractical? Not a bit. This is still a fully functioning handbag: its rear features a compartment for all your valuables that’s handwrapped in Balenciaga’s Italian lambskin leather. BALENCIAGA X BANG & OLUFSEN SPEAKER BAG Luring fashionistas into buying gadgets usually involves downplaying their high-tech functionality by disguising them as time-honoured accessories. This collaboration between Bang & Olufsen and fashion house Balenciaga goes in a very different direction. The Speaker Bag actively brags about its tech credentials and wears its speaker grille with pride. Despite being shaped like one of Balenciaga’s classic handbags, it’s milled from a single piece of aluminium, then pearl-based, anodized and hand-polished, and has holes perfectly drilled to ensure it provides balanced sound. Inside it contains a portable driver offering multipoint connectivity and a battery…

1 NOTHING PHONE (1) £399, nothing.tech It’s not hard to follow the thread from OnePlus to Nothing. Indeed, OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei is in charge here, and there’s a definite parallel between the launch strategy that put OnePlus on the map and the trickle-down reveal that preceded the Nothing Phone (1). But while OnePlus’ emergence essentially kickstarted the mid-range, Nothing enters a market already full of excellent £400 phones. Thus it does something different. The specs aren’t altogether bad, but like the striking Nothing Ear(1) true wireless buds before it and unlike just about every other generic middleground Android handset, this is a phone built with design first. Nothing and design partner Teenage Engineering have absolutely succeeded on that front: you’ll know the Phone (1) when you see it. The…

Light, versatile laptops aren’t just for those of us that can afford to splurge on the latest Apple laptops and Ultrabooks. If you look hard enough, you’ll find a few that can match that light weight and slim design, not to mention a full feature-set, with a price tag that won’t have you worrying about next month’s rent. And, considering how expensive the cost of living is now, having an affordable computer that’s both portable and flexible is more crucial than ever. Some normalcy may have returned since the beginning of this pandemic – many are finally taking that summer holiday that was supposed to happen two years ago – but plenty of matriculating minds and professionals are still stuck in a hybrid situation that requires being able to study…

Just two years ago the 13-inch MacBook Pro was the most exciting laptop Apple had ever launched. Things have changed a bunch, with Apple’s 2022 13-inch MacBook Pro becoming more a laptop of two halves: it’s the first to embody the company’s latest M2 processor, but it maintains the older Touch Bar-touting chassis. Much as we all want to be excited about new kit and all the goodies that can bring, here’s the part where we flip the ‘what’s new?’ question on its head. Because, really, the 13-inch MacBook Pro M2 asks a different question: what’s not new? If you’ve seen a 13-inch MacBook Pro in the last couple of years then everything here will be familiar. The 2022 chassis is identical to the 2020 one, complete with Touch Bar…

Do you want brand credibility, backed up by performance? Want the best-sounding wireless headphones money can buy at this price point? Not so fussed about other features such as weight, adaptive noise cancelling and touch-controls? Then this set from Bowers & Wilkins needs to be high on your must-buy list. Sound quality and performance is where the Px7 S2 really excel. Their sound is outstanding, with occasional deviations into ‘excellent’ and even, dare we say it, ‘glorious’. Tonality is consistent, and from the (deep, textured) low frequencies to the (politely bright, substantial) top-end, the Bowers & Wilkins are entirely even-handed. Detail levels are impressive-going-on-startling, and they lay out a substantial and wellorganised soundstage. Every part of a recording gets a comfortable amount of space in which to do its thing,…

ASTON MARTIN DBS JUNIOR When it comes to building and selling small electric cars, The Little Car Company has struck gold. Not by eking out hundreds of miles of range, or by shattering Tesla speed records. Instead, this Bicester-based startup has found a hungry and exceptionally wealthy market eager for scaled-down replicas of some of the world’s most iconic cars. Our clear favourite, the officially licensed Aston Martin DB5 Junior, is a thing of beauty. Measuring 3m long and 1.1m wide, it is 67% the size of the real thing, and was made using 3D scans of an original DB5. From the wire wheels and chrome bumpers, to the carbon fibre body panels on the pricier Vantage model, every detail is wonderfully executed. And for those of you eager to…

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WATER From streams to the sea, take the plunge with this aquatic gear WILD SWIMMING DRYROBE ADVANCE LONG SLEEVE Stay warm and have enough room to change beachside in privacy: that’s the big sell of the DryRobe, and it works. It’s generously sized, packed with pockets, waterproof and windproof on the outside, and has a synthetic lambswool inner that won’t need drying if you’re using it multiple times over the course of the day. Who needs changing rooms? £160, dryrobe.com SURFING NIXON HIGH TIDE SURF WATCH The High Tide puts surfing first, with the next tide displayed prominently alongside the time; dial it in to your favourite beach and you’ll never miss a session. You don’t even need to take it off (apart, perhaps, for when you’re forcing yourself into…

1 LOGITECH STREAMCAM While that Huawei Matebook has an acceptable 720p webcam, you don’t have to live with a lower-resolution camera pointing up at your nose. Instead, try the Logitech StreamCam, which not only offers 1080p at 60Hz performance but auto-focus, auto-framing and USB-C connectivity. £139, logitech.com 2 HUAWEI FREEBUDS PRO With the Huawei FreeBuds Pro, you get an audio upgrade as well as dynamic active noise cancellation to keep out unwanted ambient noise. And great call quality ensures that you’ll come through loud and clear on that next video conference. £169, huawei.com 3 LOGITECH PEBBLE M350 Sometimes only a mouse will do. Luckily, something like the Pebble M350 is an easy travel companion thanks to its slim size and wireless connectivity. Since it’s nearly silent, you can even use…

We’re facing an affordable smartphone epidemic at the moment. With so many more good-but-not-great Android phones out right now, when everything’s good enough, nothing really stands out. So what has Xiaomi done to help its 12 Lite edge ahead? First of all, it offers a safe but stylish design; the 12 Lite looks like a slender slice with its curvy corners and flat sides, front and back. Lots of phones share similar styling but the Xiaomi 12 Lite’s frosted finish adds richness to the touch. With AMOLED screen technology matched with credentials that we wouldn’t always expect at the price – HDR10+ and Dolby Vision – the phone shows off content with pizazz. Its tall 20:9 aspect ratio means it’s great for watching wide-screen content on. We fired up Ms…

The Steam Deck tale is one of adaptation, revelation, and rebellion. Adaptation, to an ever-changing world that demands agility from its devices; revelation as to what a handheld gaming device is capable of; and rebellion against the notion that PC gamers would forever be relegated to the dark corners of the world. If you're in this camp, there’s always been pressure to go big or go home with an outrageous desktop PC. If it doesn’t pump out 200fps and have a four-figure GPU, it’s not worth your time, competitive gamers will cry. The Steam Deck breaks that trend, and while it’s no slouch, it won’t usher hardcore FPS players to top rank with its hardware, especially not when topped with a 60Hz panel. The Steam Deck runs on custom AMD…

Holy smoke. At the time of writing, the UK is being slowly air fried by high temperatures of 37°C. I hate to conform to everybody’s worst stereotypes about millennials, journalists and gadget nerds, but this snowflake can’t hack the heat. I have the metabolism of a hungover sloth, which means I’ve been forced to defend myself from the sweltering weather by hiding in basements and growing a protective layer of algae. Not everybody is adopting my tactics for beating the heat, though: some are stripping off instead. Case in point: Carl Pei’s much-hyped Nothing Phone. At its release, the gadget bared all, sharing not only its specs but showing off that transparent back-panel. You can check out our early verdict on page 10 but it’s definitely turning heads. You might…

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EARBUDS UNDER £100 CAMBRIDGE AUDIO MELOMANIA 1+ Once you get past the rather utilitarian design (which is nevertheless comfortable enough to wear) the Melomania 1+ news is basically all good. Sound is balanced, confident and enjoyable, battery life is flat-out epic, the touch-controls are responsive and the charging case is a manageable size. As far as downsides go, well, we’ll have to get back to you. £79, cambridgeaudio.com EARFUN AIR PRO 2 Proving you can get a reliable pair of earbuds for under £40, the FlyBuds 3 offer solid audio performance and deep bass. You’ve got 100 hours of playback time with the charging case, which also doubles as a power bank for juicing up your phone. With an IPX7 rating they’re also sport-, gym- and splash-friendly. £69, myearfun.com SONY…

HOW WE TEST In T3, we feature only the finest gadgets out there, and we believe that you – our loyal reader – deserve only the best tech in your life. We don’t want you to waste time, and money, on inferior products, and that’s exactly why our Tested section exists. In here you’ll find only the latest and hottest tech. Each product has been handpicked and tested by T3’s experts. We only choose people with specialist knowledge for each test, so you know you’re going to get an outcome based on many years of experience in their respective field. As well as our traditional five-star rating system (right), we also give out awards to particularly exceptional gadgets, using the line-up below - so when you spot one of these,…

To some degree, the Huawei Watch Fit 2 is a bit much for a fitness tracker. It’s a beast of a wearable, with a bigger AMOLED display than most running watches and featuring nearly as many sports modes as a multisport watch. The first thing you’ll notice when you take the Fit 2 out of its box is its size. It’s miles bigger than the Charge 5 or most other fitness trackers you might have come across before. The 1.74-inch AMOLED display dazzles with its 336 x 480 pixels resolution. The watch case is a polymer (aka plastic) but feels well put together and sturdy. There is one button on the edge of the case, but the Huawei Watch Fit 2 is fully touch-operated, so you won’t need to use…

Insta360’s newest consumer 360-degree camera, the Insta360 ONE RS 1-Inch 360 Edition is, quite frankly, a beast. Incorporating two 1-inch CMOS sensors courtesy of Leica, it offers monster performance, monster sensors and a fairly monster price too. The modularity of its predecessor, the Insta360 ONE RS, was a superpower, a gift to desktop fiddling, and fun to use. The Insta360 ONE RS 1-inch 360 Edition takes some of that modularity to heart – the Core unit is the same as the RS, although this has been modified by removing the fiddly SD card door to accommodate the battery block. The build quality, as with previous Insta360 cams, is excellent, with the complex lens mating surfaces marrying up beautifully, even when you’re in a rush and not looking at them. Overall,…