Tom Bedford

The OnePlus Nord CE 3 Lite is your standard cheap Android phone with a few too many weak areas to make it a champ.

The Dreame L20 Ultra is one of the best robot vacuums, although at that price, it really should be!

The JBL Authentics 500 sounds fantastic, and it looks great on a shelf too, but there are some ease-of-use blunders which take a little getting used to.

The OpenRock Pro are top-tier sports earphones for a range of use cases, though audiophiles may not be impressed.

The Marshall Middleton is a pricey portable Bluetooth speaker that’s a little too middle-of-the-road.

The Zenfone 10 tweaks some specs over its predecessor and nudges up the price, but overall it’s a very, very similar package – that is, a fine Android phone.

The Bang and Olufsen Beosound Level is a high-priced premium speaker with fantastic audio quality.

The Ultimate Ears Wonderboom 3 is a cheap and cheery way to get room-filling audio, though it has a few rough edges.

The Victrola ME1 is an affordable and portable Bluetooth speaker that makes for a great adventure assistant despite its utilitarian ethos.

The Orange Box is an iconic-looking Bluetooth speaker with top sound quality, but it's a bit heavy for the road.

The Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus swells its sibling’s screen, battery size and price, but suffers in comparison to the Ultra.

The Cleer Audio Scene is a more affordable JBL Flip 6 rival with a few novelty features, but a divisive design.

The Oppo Reno 8 doesn’t shake up the phone market, but it brings a few useful specs at a relatively low price.

The Xiaomi 12T Pro is an incremental upgrade on Mi’s line of spin-off Android phones.

The Samsung Galaxy is your archetypal mid-range phone: it comes with a relatively low price and has some impressive strong suits, but it flags in other areas.

The Asus Zenfone 9 is a cheap phone playing dress-up as a premium one, with a strange hodgepodge of specs.

The Honor Pad 8 is slow and has awkward software, but if you want a big screen on a budget, it has you covered.