Innholdsfortegnelse for July 2023 i T3

WORK HARD, PLAY HARD JACKET When the sun sets, keep the style alive with this suitably utilitarian yet stylish jacket with striped cuffs and orange stitching.  £65, joebrowns.co.uk BARBOUR DENT TEE You can’t get the nautical look right without its core staple: a stripy tee. Keep it casual with this soft cotton blend with crew neck and short sleeves. £49.95, barbour.com FISHERR ESPADRILLES The nautical look is casual with a capital ‘C’ so keep it cool from head to toe with these perforated espadrilles. A rubber sole keeps them comfy for long days in the sun.  £50, dunelondon.com CARGO SHORTS Long days at sea require practical style and these lightweight cargo shorts tick that box with two pockets to carry all the essentials. Bright cobalt blue is a winning nautical…

Q GARETH EDWARDS, RHYL Can I really make movies with an iPhone? A Reader, many have, and not only with modern iPhones. 2014’s Uneasy Lies the Mind dragged a 90-minute feature out of a crusty iPhone 5, for instance. But that film’s secret wasn’t the sensor it was using, although the shallow depth of field certainly didn’t hurt: it was the cinematic lenses strapped on front. You can pick up affordable lens kits for around £25, though the results won’t necessarily be great given that you’ve cheaped out, again, you awful miser. Moment makes a number of pro-quality lenses that clip on to a drop-in lens mount and expand the already rather decent video abilities of modern iPhones. They’re available in the UK through Fjorden (fjorden.co), which also happens to…

If you love gaming, you’ll likely already have a gaming setup. But what happens when you’re away from your setup and fancy a game? Enter the Asus ROG Ally. This is – in essence – a handheld Windows PC, running a full version of Windows 11, allowing you to login to all of your different gaming clients wherever you go. The ROG Ally comes in a matte white finish, with some gentle branding and styling on the edges and the back. The handset has been sculpted for ultimate comfort, and it really does deliver. The unit – despite being much bigger than we’d anticipated – is comfortable to hold and feels natural in use. Inside, a custom designed AMD Ryzen processor handles both the CPU and GPU functionality. That’s a…

Almost five years into its mirrorless EOS R system and Canon has, at the time of writing, some 13 camera bodies and 34 compatible lenses, with more launches planned. And the EOS R8 adds to that pile, offering the smallest-and-lightest full-frame option in the company’s range. Pick up the Canon EOS R8 camera body and the first thing you’ll notice is that it feels surprisingly lightweight. At a body-only 461g with card and battery inserted, it’s not much heavier than a point-and-shoot compact camera really. While that aids portability, it’s also a little less substantial than we’d expect of a camera at this price point. It’s only when you add a chunky lens, such as the RF 24-70mm f/2.8 L IS USM zoom, that the setup feels more substantial, and,…

If you’re looking for the very best tech available today, you’ve definitely come to the right place. Best of the Best is the most useful gadget-buying guide you will ever encounter. To create it, we’ve extensively tested the best tech the world has to offer, to bring you rock-solid recommendations for your home life, daily commute and the tech you use all the time. In 54 different categories, we’ve chosen the top four products, so you can choose one that’s just the right mix of features and budget for what you need. These rankings come from real testing by our team of experts – they’re the products we’d choose for ourselves, and we can’t recommend any higher than that. Look for the links above each category that take you to…

1 MAC PRO M2 ULTRA • From £7,199, apple.com If you feel like 2023’s Mac Pro looks familiar, you’d be right: it does. Apple has revived the ‘cheese grater’ case from the 2019 model (thankfully leaving 2013’s cylindrical ‘trash can’ design where it belongs) but that’s about the only similarity between the two generations. This new Mac Pro marks the end of Apple’s years-long transition from Intel-based processing to Apple Silicon, swapping the Xeon W for its own brand new M2 Ultra package. The Ultra bridges two M2 Max chips together to create performance that should be three times as fast as the most fully loaded of its predecessors – at least according to the rough kind of estimate one can make when comparing Intel’s oranges to Apple’s, er, apples.…

We’re not for one second suggesting that cranking up the sustainability stakes of your next holiday will offset any air miles. That said, in an era of abundant greenwashing, a growing number of hotels, bars and destinations are going above and beyond, and identifying the places that are doing so no longer requires an environmental science degree. Love to scuba dive? PADI’s new Eco Center designation is a great example. Launched in early 2023, the scheme highlights dive centres championing environmental causes. The first round of new designees includes Ceningan Divers, an Indonesian centre that’s bagged many sustainability awards, and Costa Rica’s Oceans Unlimited centre, which runs an innovative coral restoration programme. Hotels are continuing to do their bit, too. Heading to Singapore? Consider checking in to the new Pan…

Who doesn’t love a hot cup of coffee in the morning? Well, millions of us do, with the UK drinking approximately 98 million cups of coffee a day. But, despite our love for coffee, how much are you willing to spend to fuel your caffeine addiction? If your budget is over £800, we might have found the perfect espresso coffee machine for you. Announced at the London Coffee Festival earlier this year, Smeg’s latest product release is the Smeg Espresso Coffee Machine with Grinder and Milk Frother (£849.95, smeguk.com), and it looks pretty cool, too. It has a similar retro-inspired design that the brand is synonymous with. Available in six colours, including black, white, red, cream, pastel blue and pastel green, it features stainless steel accents, the iconic Smeg logo…

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The Apple Vision Pro is so ambitious Apple calls it the “most advanced personal electronics device ever.” That’s a pretty hefty claim. Now I’ve had an opportunity to demo the Vision Pro, I’m very impressed with its ease of use, convincing video-passthrough and early apps. But I also have some concerns. The Apple Vision Pro in person looks like a high-tech pair of goggles, and I mean that mostly in a good way. The 3D-formed glass looks smooth and polished, the aluminium alloy frame looks sturdy, and the Light Seal between the headset and your face is soft and comes in multiple sizes to fit your face. The flexible Head Band on the Vision Pro also is pretty comfy, complete with an easy-to-use dial for tightening, which has a satisfying…

SPECIFICATIONS Display 15.3-inch 2880x1864 500 nit 60Hz LED Chipset Apple M2 CPU 8 cores (4 performance cores, 4 efficiency cores) GPU 10 cores Neural Engine 16 cores RAM 8GB / 16GB / 24GB Storage 256GB / 512GB / 1TB / 2TB Operating system macOS Ventura Connectivity MagSafe 3, 2x Thunderbolt 3, 3.5mm headphone jack, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.3 Dimensions 11.5x340.4x237.6mm) Weight 1.51kg The name MacBook Air 15-inch sounds like a contradiction, right? Apple’s ‘Air’ line should be floaty-light and surely that’s not going to be achievable in a larger form factor? Wrong! The MacBook Air is the thinnest, lightest 15-inch laptop on the market, giving it some serious kudos. This MacBook Air’s 15.3-inch screen – notice it’s not 15.6-inch, that’d be bumping elbows too closely with the MacBook Pro 16-inch…

SPECIFICATION Drivers 4 (1 x 5.25-inch woofer, 2 x 2-inch full range, 1 x 0.8-inch tweeter) Frequency range 32Hz - 23kHz Audio features automatic room calibration Connectivity USB-C, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.3 Battery life over 12 hours Dimensions 285x187x130mm Weight 3.8kg Anyone even passingly familiar with Bang & Olufsen will make an assumption or two about any new product the company launches. Hands up, though, if you had guessed the latest Bang & Olufsen battery-powered wireless speaker would arrive disguised as a picnic basket. What tasty treats lie within? Where specification and features are concerned, the A5 is a combination of the impressive, the ordinary and the unknown. It’s built on Bang & Olufsen’s ‘Mozart’ platform. It means the A5 is easy to service, simple to repair, and can have…

Do we need to change the way we expect music to sound through stereo D headphones? For over 60 years, ever since John C Koss invented them, they’ve basically been a pair of stereo speakers on your head. Though successful, they’re a rather unrealistic way of hearing the musical world. Imagine you’re recording a vocal with a microphone a few inches away from the singer’s face. An audio mixer places this recording somewhere on a line between left and right to recreate a stereo image of the performance. Play it back on speakers and you achieve a reasonably similar perspective on the music. But all that changes when you’re listening on headphones. That singer’s voice is now transplanted into the middle of your head. You’re truly involved in the performance…

The first liftoff came much earlier than expected. As I kneeled on my Fliteboard AIR, a more forgiving model for inexperienced eFoilers like me, the water suddenly felt less choppy than before. Glancing down, I saw the board hovering over the water like a magic carpet. I was instantly hooked. eFoiling is one of those activities I always wanted to try. I’m sure you’ve seen those incredible images/videos of people riding these surfboard-like machines, effortlessly flying above the water, and thought: “I’ll put this on my bucket list!” I did precisely that. I wrote a recent article about the launch of Fliteboard’s latest Series 3 boards, hoping that one day I’d get to try them. But as it happens, I didn’t have to wait until I grew old to try…

1 TERRACOTTA TILES One of the most appealing characteristics of terracotta is that this warm shade runs the gamut of a broad palette that ranges from yellow-tinged hues to deep, earthy reds. Terracotta is not only wonderfully versatile, it’s also a perfect companion colour and sits beautifully next to cream, black, crispy white and pretty much every shade of grey. £37 per sqm, Terracotta Tiles wallpaper by Twisted Pixels Illustration, wallsauce.com 2 CABIN JUG Terracotta is certainly not a shy and retiring shade. If you just want to add touches here and there, it’s easily done with small accessories and gentle touches. This jug will help you introduce terracotta’s warm, earthy charms into your kitchen and tempt you to build on the look from there. £9.99, homesense.com 3 ANDO POT…

Whether you’re an Apple fan or not, the Cupertino company’s W major WWDC 2023 showcase revealed a whole new product category in the form of its Vision Pro AR headset – and I think it’s got some TV-beating features that make it really compelling as a cinema-lover’s dream machine. Sure, popping some pricey goggles over your face isn’t exactly the same as parking yourself on the couch and hitting a TV remote, but Apple’s all-new product does bring with it some major selling points that I’ve broken down into a top three below. First of all: 3D. Hear me out here – I know TVs dropped 3D from their feature sets years ago but was that a premature move? You only need to look at record-breaking Avatar: The Way of…

BEGINNER SONY ZV-E10 Here we have a dedicated vlogging camera that is beloved by content creators for a range of enticing reasons. The 24.2 megapixel APS-C sensor will elevate your videos way beyond your smartphone’s capability, with the screen being able to face forwards for perfectly framing your pieces to camera. A high-quality integrated directional microphone, coupled with Real-Time Eye AF ensures you both look and sound good. The kit comes with a 16-50mm lens, which is a great one to get started with, but you can switch this out for something more specialist if you need it. £769 (with 16-50mm lens), sony.co.uk NIKON Z50 This travel-friendly APS-C format camera from Nikon is a great option for those brand new to interchangeable lens bodies. Available for under £1,000, it includes…

1 CHAR-BROIL COMFORT GRIP TOOLSET Barbecues produce a lot of radiant heat so save your skin and use a proper BBQ tool. At around 35cm in length, this classy two-piece toolset is what you need, and they are especially well suited to flipping burgers and halloumi, and turning steaks, sausages, drum sticks and kebabs. £36.99, charbroil.co.uk 2 MASTERPLUG HLP2013/2IP OUTDOOR EXTENSION If you don’t have an outdoor electricity outlet fitted, consider using a suitable extension lead instead. Not all extension cables are rated to work with the higher amperage required by most electric barbecues so choose a 13amp model like this robust weatherproof option, which comes with two sockets, thermal cut-out and 20 metres of cable for maximum reach.  £42, amazon.co.uk 3 WEBER WHISKEY WOOD CHIPS For electric barbecues scatter…

Thanks to its three-camera setup, the DJI Mavic 3 Pro is probably one of the most exciting drones we’ve come across in recent years – and we’ve tested a lot of them. Without a shadow of a doubt, it’s the finest camera-equipped prosumer drone we’ve ever reviewed. The chassis, motors, four-way obstacle sensing and all flight controls are exactly the same as those on the current Mavic 3, which came out in November 2021. Granted, at 958g, the Mavic 3 Pro is 63 grams heavier than the Mavic 3, which does reduce flying time from 46 minutes to 43 minutes, though the top speed in Sport mode – 47mph – is the same. It also has the same maximum transmission range, a massive 15km. If it ain’t broke… Okay, let’s…

SPECIFICATION Screen sizes 43-inch / 50-inch / 55-inch / 65-inch / 75-inch / 85-inch Panel 3,840 x 2,160, 120Hz mini-LED CPU Neural Quantum Processor 4K HDR HDR10+ (Adaptive / Gaming) Sound Dolby Atmos, Object Tracking Sound+ OS Tizen Smart TV Connectivity HDMI x4 (HDMI 2.1 x4, eARC x1), USB x2, ethernet, optical digital audio out, Wi-Fi 5, Bluetooth 5.2 Dimensions 960.8x619.9x220.0mm - 1892.2x1143.0x321.3mm Weight 13.4kg - 49.9kg The step-down model of the top-tier QN95C, the Samsung QN90C is, in anyone else’s language, a mini-LED TV – meaning miniature LEDs illuminate the panel – but in Samsung-land it’s called a Neo QLED. But naming convention aside: is the Samsung QN90C any good? Dolby Vision HDR is off the menu, of course, but HDR10+ Adaptive – which uses AI to analyse the…