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iPhone 7 review

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KEY FEATURES 4.7-inch 326ppi wide-colour-gamut display 32, 128 and 256GB storage options Water-resistant IP67 A10 Fusion chip 12MP camera with OIS 7MP front camera Taptic engine with 3D Touch Manufacturer: Apple Review Price: £599.00 WHAT IS THE IPHONE 7? The iPhone 7 entered the world with a bang, thanks to headphone controversy and a price hike seemingly in the wake of Brexit. But at first glance you’ll wonder what’s changed – it looks pretty much the same as an iPhone 6. I loved that design, but then I loved the design of the iPhone 4 – that doesn't mean I want a phone that looks like that in 2016. Still the 6 design was good, but would any other company get away with a two-year-old look for its flagship phone? Get past this and the iPhone 7 delivers a unique experience among iPhones, which is both a good and bad thing. The new features – water resistance, an incredible quad-core processor and, crucially, a 32GB starting storage capacity – are all v...
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OnePlus 3 review

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KEY FEATURES 5.5-inch 1080p Super AMOLED screen 6GB dual-channel DDR4 RAM 64GB storage Android 6.0.1 OxygenUI Snadragon 820 CPU Manufacturer: OnePlus Review Price: £329.00 ONEPLUS 3 – DESIGN Each OnePlus phone to date has offered a marked improvement on what has gone before. The original OnePlus One was an all-plastic affair, with a somewhat strange "sandstone" finish. The  OnePlus 2  enhanced the body with metal sides, but retained the plastic rear. The OnePlus 3 offers an upgrade once again, this time by way of a metal and glass design. It's available in "Graphite" – a muted grey – and its 7.4mm-thick aluminium frame makes this handset a delight to both look at and hold. A 5.5-inch phone may still not be for everyone, but the OnePlus 3 is among the more manageable phones with such a screen size. The finish is excellent too: the aluminium rear is anodised sports the same type of non-shiny look you’ll find on an iPhone. I’ve al...
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OnePlus 2 review

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KEY FEATURES 5.5-inch 1080p screen Snapdragon 810 processor with 3/4GB RAM 16 or 64GB storage Dual SIM 13-megapixel rear camera 5-megapixel front camera Fingerprint sensor 3,300mAh battery Manufacturer: OnePlus Review Price: £239.00 ONEPLUS 2: DESIGN At first glance, the OnePlus 2 doesn’t appear anything special. Coming from a manufacturer no-one has heard of you might expect it to bear some obvious USP that’ll scream at you from the shelf. But that’s not the point. The OnePlus 2 isn’t meant to be sold on shelves, ever. Aside from the odd importer, you can only buy the phone from OnePlus direct. You need an invite to even be able to order the thing and, at the time of writing, they aren’t too easy to get hold of. The cynics among you may think: what better way to breed hype and anticipation than by limiting stock? Such thoughts aren’t groundless, but if there was a middle-man retailer or network in-between, you can bet the OnePlus 2 would not cost £239. Th...
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LG G5 review

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KEY FEATURES 5.3-inch IPS QHD screen Snapdragon 820 processor & 4GB RAM 32GB onboard storage and microSD slot 2,800mAh battery USB Type-C v3.0 port Fingerprint sensor 16-megapixel rear camera & 8-megapixel front camera Additional 8-megapixel wide-angle rear camera LG UX 5.0 on Android Marshmallow Manufacturer: LG Review Price: £529.00 WHAT IS THE LG G5? There was lot of hype surrounding LG’s quirky modular G5, but it didn’t last all that long. The visions of this Project Ara like device with a wide selection of add-ons that you switch at will hasn’t really happened, leaving us with a good phone that fails to stand out. LG also probably didn’t count on other brand’s upping their game. The  Samsung Galaxy S7  is fantastic, as is the  HTC 10 , and there’s even budget offerings like the OnePlus 3. The lack of interesting modules has really hurt the LG G5, and it’s no longer the only modular phone on the market. Moto ha...
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