Author: Duncan Pike

If you woke up this morning without visiting this year’s Festival of Motoring over the weekend, you missed out. Held at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit, it is the best place to see some of the new vehicles making their way to South Africa. You can even do a few laps on the track in anything from the average sedan to high-performance speed machines. Well, you can’t now; it’s over. But there’s always next year. If you’re still curious about the new vehicles heading our way, you’re in luck. Stuff had boots on the ground during the Festival’s media day to gather…

Today, Honor officially launched the Magic V6 in South Africa at an intimate event in Johannesburg. The device launched in China earlier this year, so there aren’t many things we don’t already know, except for local pricing and availability. Well, those are now official. The Magic V6 will be available from 1 September, but you’ll need R40,000 if you plan to walk out of the store with one and not have security chase you. Alternatively, if you enjoy paying more for your tech, you can get it from Vodacom or Cell C for R1,600/m over a 36-month period. Honor brings…

Fiio isn’t done harvesting your nostalgia. If you thought the Echo Nano was cool, but wished you could have something even older than an MP3 player modernised, you’ll probably get excited for the company’s upcoming CP11 and CP15. While other companies are changing the rules of what ownership means and turning their backs on supposed “shifting trends in consumer preference” with regards to physical media, Fiio is choosing to be different. What else were you going to do with those old audio cassettes, anyway? Did old-school ever stop being cool? As you could probably tell from the two different numbers,…

It’s tough to remember the last time something shook up the world of gaming mice quite like Logitech’s Pro X2 Superstrike did when it launched earlier this year. On the surface, it looks like a regular ‘ol gaming mouse, almost a carbon copy of Logitech’s already famous G Pro X Superlight. But under the hood (or the triggers in this case), it boasts new technology that makes this inarguably the fastest gaming mouse available. Mouse makers have been trying to make their clicks faster for years. Until now, this was done with improvements to click latency, or how things run…

Huawei’s Watch Fit series is on its fifth outing and has steadily grown to be a dependable smartwatch for the sport-adjacent. While the newest Watch Fit 5 Pro doesn’t break any boundaries, its incremental updates and competitive price make it worth considering. Especially if you’re more interested in keeping an eye on your general health metrics and fitness levels, and less driven to set regular PBs. Looks familiar Huawei stuck with the square-ish design but increased the display by 0.1in (it now measures 1.92in across) and made the bezels around the display slightly thinner. If you’re intimately familiar with the…

Rumour has it that network audio specialist Sonos is gearing up to launch its second set of premium headphones, or an upgraded version of its first pair. The Sonos Ace impressed us as a first outing from a company that made a name for itself making speakers. The Sonos Ace Ultra should, if Sonos named it right, build on that. The Ultra Ace up the sleeve Images: WinFuture.de Much of the Ace Ultra’s meat and potatoes are still unknown. Dubbed S52a, they were first spotted in a filing from the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC). That filing didn’t really say…

It’s only been a short(ish) three-week wait, but Huawei’s Pura 90s smartphone series has officially launched in South Africa, following global and regional launches last month. The Huawei Pura 90s Pro and Pura 90s Pro Max are the latest additions to Huawei’s local offering, with starting prices of R20,000 and R27,000 respectively. The new Pura has arrived Huawei has opted for a smaller launch this time, skipping the base and ‘Plus’ models that we’ve seen in the past. If you’ve been holding out for your upgrade, the Pro and Pro Max should offer you enough. For starters, they are the…

Just when we thought we’d seen everything gaming monitors had to offer, MSI and TCL announced a new way to make them. Now, if only they could come up with better product names… The MSI Pro Max OLED 271UPJW12 (see what we mean?) was announced earlier this week at the ChinaJoy 2026 event in Taipei, Taiwan. *– It is technically the world’s first 27in 4K 120Hz Inkjet-printed (IJP) OLED high‑end professional desktop monitor, although the tech isn’t entirely new. This is, however, TCL CSOT’s (or TCL China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. if you’re feeling verbose) first foray into mid-sized…

Sony’s latest gaming monitor, the Inzone M10S II, has launched in most of the Northern Hemisphere. As you can probably deduce from the name, it’s the second iteration of Sony’s esports-focused OLED gaming monitor, with an upgraded RGB Tandem WOLED panel (presumably from LG Display). While it is currently available elsewhere, it will probably take a few more days (or weeks) to reach South Africa. But it is already listed on Sony’s local site, so it shouldn’t be long. When it eventually does land, don’t expect it to be cheap. Its US launch price of $1,100 works out to roughly…

British audio company KEF recently announced its latest pair of active wireless speakers, the LS Luxe. Loaded with proprietary tech and touted as the company’s “most ambitious creation to date”, the LS Luxe certainly has lofty ideals to live up to. If you’re familiar with KEF, you might recognise designer Ross Lovegrove’s work. He’s designed a few of the brand’s other products, including the large Muon speaker, the portable Muo, and the Mu7 headphones. Lovegrove has sculpted a rotund, low-diffraction cabinet made from bulk moulding compound (BMC). Apparently, the shape and material chosen are all in the name of sonic…