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High-fidelity meets high design in eight new speaker systems
From room-filling sub-woofers to elaborate sculptural objects, speaker systems have never been so diverse. We round up eight key players in the modern audio space
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Sonos sets its sights on new sonic horizons with the Era 100 and Era 300 smart speakers
The new Sonos Era speakers expand the company’s family of high-end streaming devices, as well as introducing Dolby Atmos and decreasing its carbon footprint
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Flip phones make a comeback, from old-school revivals to sleek folding screens
As Mobile World Congress 2023 gives the tech industry its annual shake-up, we’ve rounded up the current crop of flip phones for minimally-minded users
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Seven new laptops offer power and portability to lust after
A clutch of cutting-edge new laptops was highlighted at CES 2023, bringing new form factors and technologies
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CES 2023: nine new devices to desire
Some of the best concepts and launches of CES 2023, from a folding e-scooter to customisable Playstation5 controls and a cute patrolling petbot
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New Kindle Scribe crowns 15 years of evolution of Amazon’s e-reader
We review the latest and most sophisticated Kindle ever made, the Amazon Kindle Scribe, and look back over the device’s 15-year evolution and how it squares up to rivals like the reMarkable 2
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We Are Rewind takes tape into the 21st century
We Are Rewind’s self-consciously retro Cassette Player is designed to tap into our ongoing obsession for analogue formats. Just the thing for your mixtape 2022?
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Ten years of Microsoft Surface: the company’s design team on what comes next
The Microsoft Surface series is a well-established line of premium mobile devices. How are its designers continuing to innovate?
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Wallpaper* wants… ten best-designed wireless chargers for Apple devices
Looking to get rid of wires? Our top ten elegantly designed MagSafe-compatible wireless charging stations will help you find your way through the tangle
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Google accelerates home WiFi with shapely new Nest WiFi Pro router
Google’s newest domestic device is inspired by ceramic art and incorporates the newest ultra-fast standard of WiFi technology, WiFi 6E
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Protect and stay connected to the things you love with Curve, the Smart GPS tracker by Vodafone Smart Tech
Vodafone Smart Tech's new tracker can be attached to valuables such as keys, laptops and bags
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Tula is a neat new microphone for online content creators
Small in size, succinctly designed and simple to use, the Tula mic is a sound investment, whether you are recording music or words, or just boosting the quality of your Zoom calls
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Microsoft’s new Surface family delivers a surfeit of choice
New and updated Microsoft Surface devices include the Surface Laptop Studio and the Surface Duo 2 folding phone – here’s your chance to meet the family
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The Xbox has been transformed into a highly designed object
Microsoft designers Carl Ledbetter and Chris Kujawski on their new approach to Xbox design
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Wood look tech-toys for analogue-inspired interiors
We still crave a bit of warmth to go with our technology. However sleek things get and the more wireless and wondrous they become, the desire for a tactile surface or visual softness never goes away. Many wireless speakers have latched onto fabric covers as a way of blending into the domestic realm, but for our money there’s only one material that can give technology an analogue sheen in this digital age, and that’s wood.
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Master & Dynamic and Away’s travel collection has us missing flights
Audio specialist Master & Dynamic and luggage brand Away offer up a capsule collection, from headphones to a daypack, with proceeds benefiting the music community impacted by the pandemic
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Georg Jensen and Philips join forces on three-piece technology collection
Scandinavian aesthetics meet Dutch functionality in two portable speakers and a power bank, clad in mirror-polished stainless steel, Kvadrat fabric and brown leather
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Nolii detangles the experience of tech accessories
‘These products are like the Lego – they’re beautifully designed’
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Beosound Emerge makes home tech blend in
Designed by LAYER, the Beosound Emerge makes the speaker system disappear into home design
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High-tech beauty: at home gadgets for experimental regimens
Tap into the future of skincare with our edit of the most forward-looking new devices in beauty technology
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Zuma is embedding seamless speakers into ceiling light fittings
British start-up Zuma is on a mission to seamlessly integrate light and sound
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Samsung’s new Z Series devices will help you radically reassess your phone use
Samsung’s new flip phones – the Galaxy Z Fold3 and Galaxy Z Flip3 – are pocketable mobiles with folding touchscreens, and might just change your phone habits
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Wallpaper* wants… five luxury earbuds for audiophiles
Superior style meets high-end craft and audio excellence – here are five new earbuds we’d like to take for a spin
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Microsoft Surface Duo offers a slick two-screen experience
Two screens: twice as good as one? Microsoft Surface Duo says so
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Future face: augmented reality is changing the way we look
AI, e-makeup, augmented reality — discover the rise and rise of algorithmic beauty
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The new Google Nest Hub is an alarm clock on steroids
Meet your new, improved and super smart bedtime companion
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Best buds: our favourite five new wireless earbuds
Our design guide to wireless earbuds, with all the qualities you look for in a sound investment
