Tom Bedford

Creative's Pebble Nova desktop speakers are big dark orbs, and the sound quality is truly out of this world

The Huawei FreeArcs are the first great example of open-ear headphones: they sound great, fit well and don’t break the bank.

The Honor Earbuds Open aren’t just good open-ears, but they’re good earbuds period.

A spec-heavy Android tablet

Some improvements; big price jump

The Honor Pad V9 takes the basic iPad principle, strips away the unnecessary extras, and adds in some useful tools.

The Asus Zenfone 12 Ultra is overly familiar, with few changes versus its predecessor and a lack of unique features to earn that ‘Ultra’ name.

A speaker is for life, not just for parties

The Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro goes above and beyond what you'd expect a budget phone to deliver.

There's no question that B&W's 'entry level' earbuds have great audio, but occasional connectivity dropouts and a few missing features mean they aren't yet rivalling class-leaders at this level.

Take too much away from an excellent budget product, and it leaves you with a skeleton.

A bigger screen but a bigger price to pay

The stamina saves the day