Design object

Bolder display and denser build with a motorised pop-up camera system, but carries the usual older-flagship drawbacks.

A one-off prototype showing the phone's real working components, with Mi 10 Pro-like specs, not for sale.

A pricey but one-of-a-kind digital canvas that makes artwork look like real paintings.

A beautifully made and desirable limited edition, but poor value with unremarkable software tweaks.

Best foldable available and a great piece of engineering, but specs are a generation behind for the price, so he would not personally buy i…

Fun, striking limited-edition phone with excellent low-light video, but software is much the same as the far cheaper Mate 30 Pro, so it is…

Night Mode gives far better detail, dynamic range and colour in the dark than rivals, and its auto mode also has the least noise.

Beautiful and needs the least work to look good, though app sorting made some mistakes.

A beautiful sleep and meditation app whose meditations impressed him, though some parts are gimmicky and much is paid.

A polished, ad-free 4K wallpaper app from the artist behind the OnePlus default wallpapers.

A bold, vibrant red version of the OnePlus 6 that keeps the same price and is still good value, though colour choice is down to taste.

Night mode is much better than expected for a £329 phone, with some softness and heavy lens flare.

A well-themed limited edition with faster charging and more RAM and storage, but it is still a 6T underneath, so 6 owners need not upgrade.

A high-quality, heavy, LED-packed speaker that sounds better than expected for its size, though not the loudest.

Charming, compact hardware he genuinely enjoyed, but dated software and a badly degraded battery make it unusable as a 2019 daily phone.

Stunning, crisp Pixel wallpapers with 3D movement, available via a sideloaded app.

One of his favourite power banks, a 6000mAh cassette-styled unit with a slick cable.

Not a crazy case, but he really likes how slick it looks.

Likes the furniture-like design and the more natural voice, though he finds the assistant's sentence phrasing awkward and the units not tha…

A real leather gaming chair that looks great and is very comfortable, replacing a poor IKEA one.

His favourite Bluetooth speaker on the shelf, with great sound and a rare wood and fabric finish, though not cheap.

Looked weak on paper with last year's chipset, but impressed him in hand thanks to its distinctive design and what the chip can do.

Gorgeous paper-built 3D world with great sound design, though the characters are slightly forgettable.

His number one pick, with the most detailed textures he has seen on a mobile game and a living-painting feel.