Author: Duncan Pike

It’s never been easy to wade through the countless budget TV offerings and find something that balances price and performance effectively. When TCL launched its new range of TVs earlier this year, including the C6K, it became even harder. TCL sent us a review unit of the C6K to find out if a R14,000 TV is worth your time and money. Thankfully, it doesn’t take that long to set up, and that’s not even the only reason why the C6K is worthy of your consideration. It’s more about the internals The phrase ‘you get what you pay for’ often accompanies…

Magic V5 is Honor’s newest folio-style folding device to launch in South Africa. It follows the Magic V2 (the Magic V3 skipped SA), which arrived here a little late, in March last year. The Magic V5 didn’t receive much fanfare this time around and is only officially available on contract through Vodacom. Not exactly a huge local release for the Chinese company’s flagship folding device. However, none of that really affects how this device performs, and that’s what we’re concerned with. Thankfully, as you’d expect from a flagship device, it’s pretty damn good – let’s get into how. The full…

Following the rather disappointing launch of Battlefield 2042, it seems that those responsible were just as eager to right their wrongs as the fans longing for a return to what made previous entries in the franchise titans in the first-person shooter (FPS) pantheon. It’s only been a couple of months since Battlefield 6 launched, following an early access period. We said in our first impressions that there was a lot of fun to be had, and since the proper launch, there’s even more of it. There are still issues affecting many aspects of the game. They might still be addressed…

Hisense has just launched its latest gaming monitor, simply called the Hisense 27GX. The company’s latest monitor goes the same way as the rest of the high-end monitor industry lately, by stuffing it full of features. Not that we’re complaining. One of the headlining features is the ability to switch between two refresh rate modes. This is proving to be a rather popular feature, but its implementation can be hit or miss. Hisense seems to have found a good balance, at least on paper, between the 4K 160Hz mode and the FHD 320Hz mode. It can’t match Asus’ 4K 240Hz…

November, and with it, Black Friday, might be over, but there are still plenty of great deals on tech to be had this Cyber Monday. That could mean scrounging around the web, hunting down deals for things you might think you want, but turn out to be hot garbage. It’s a much better idea to put your hard-earned money towards the tried and tested gear. Here are five deals for stuff we’ve tested that we especially recommend if you can find them for the prices advertised. We don’t know how long these will be on special or if there will…

This year’s rAge Expo is nearly upon us. Taking place from 5 – 7 December 2025, this will be the first year the expo is held at Fourways Mall (Level 8). If you’ve waited until the last minute to get your tickets, your procrastination could work in your favour this time. For 24 hours only on Friday, 28 November, day and weekend passes will be available at reduced prices. Release your rAge Starting from midnight on Thursday, 27 November, and ending at midnight on Friday, 28 November, rAge day and weekend passes will have 33% knocked off the prices. And…

This year’s Africa Tech Festival took place last week at the Cape Town International Convention Centre and hosted an estimated 15,000+ attendees, 400 speakers, and 300 exhibitors across its three days. Like last year, Honor had a big presence at the event and invited local media to attend its keynote presentation and two panel discussions. During all three, Honor took the opportunity to reaffirm its commitment to its ‘Alpha Plan’ that it debuted earlier this year at Mobile World Congress. In case you missed that announcement, Honor’s plan is to transition from a smartphone manufacturer to an ‘AI device ecosystem company’,…

By now, you’ve likely heard of virtual reality (VR) and probably know what it does. Then, there’s augmented reality (AR). That one’s probably familiar, too. But unless you’re already invested in the VR/AR space, you’re less likely to have heard of Xreal. Having recently launched in South Africa, it’s aiming to change that. Formerly Nreal, Xreal was founded in 2017 and launched what it says were the “first consumer-grade AR glasses” in 2019. Towards the end of last year, it launched the Xreal One and Xreal One Pro AR glasses with its X1 spatial computing chip. We’ve been playing with…

Following Chinese and global launches last month, Oppo South Africa has stuck to its word and officially launched the flagship Find X9 Pro in South Africa, with a manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP) of R30,000. Sales for the device should commence tomorrow, Friday, 7 November, exclusively from Vodacom, which has taken the liberty to bump the price up by R3,000… for some reason. Not counting the Find N2 Flip that saw a small number of units made available in the country in 2022, this is the first device from Oppo’s flagship Find series to launch in South Africa. “More than…

You know those smart streaming sticks (or boxes) that breathe new life into old TVs, giving them the ability to stream modern content, play games, and generally operate better? Well, the same concept can be applied to your car. This is the OneNav Classic. If you’re driving something from the era when touchscreen infotainment systems with wireless Android Auto and Apple CarPlay were reserved for cars four times the price, having a OneNav Classic fitted is an affordable way to get that functionality without springing for a whole new vehicle. Internal automobile upgrade The headlining feature of this double DIN…