Tech Spurt

"the iPhone 17e is reasonably hand-pleasing. And that's thanks to that dinky 6.1 in screen and the lightweight 170 g finish."

"one absolutely essential upgrade for the iPhone 17e was the storage. And mercifully, Apple weren't stingy here, because the iPhone 17 comes with a minimum 256 gigs"

"That's perfectly sharp for such a dinky screen, and it's also reasonably punchy, spuffing out rich, vibrant colors."

"is Apple's affordable phone actually worth that not so affordable £600 price tag?"

"those stonking great bezels, which are still thicker than an elephant's love handles"

"upgrading the iPhone 17e storage to 512 gigs ... will up the price to 800 GBPs. That's as much as some pretty banging Android flagship smartphones."

"cracking value and worth buying"

"compact 6.3 in smartphone, which your uncle Spurt was absolutely delighted about"

"bezels are a deal slimmer"

"undoubtedly room for improvement. Those bezels couldn't be described as slender or skinny"

"bug roll camera bump also means bug roll finger shelf action"

"Google is somewhat stingily sticking with just 128 gigs of storage... which in 2026 is just not enough"

"the big headline here is the performance as the ROG Xbox Liix is powered by the fresh new AMD Ryzen AIZ2 Extreme"

"I really do like the design. First of all, that screen practically fills that middle section. The bezels don't look too chunky."

"grips inspired by the Xbox controller. Apparently, you've got that rough texture again so the thing doesn't slip out of your grasp"

"bit of a chungster as well... it does take up quite a bit of space in a backpack or whatever."

"about 2 and 1/2 hours, at which point I was starting to get a little bit of finger fatigue."

"Omry Crate can be a wee bit bulky on occasion. Sometimes, for instance, it'll just stop responding to the actual buttons and thumb sticks"

"Finally, we've got that long overdue performance boost"

"as well as a 1080p display to make the most of those most trouser rousing Switch titles"

"even if I'm gaming on this thing for a good couple of hours, I haven't found the clutch in it makes my biceps ache in any particular way"

"Switch 2, if you actually manage to find the bastard, will set you back a pocket draining 400 quid"

"the Switch 2 is significantly bigger than the Switch OLED... it's just that little bit more bulky, slightly more cumbersome"

"whereas the Switch 2 is a far meteor 535 g"

"Samsung is offering some pretty decent pre-order deals"

"it doesn't trouble my prostate in quite the same way as some other ultra smartphones. That seems to be because it doesn't have a camera bump the size of a small continent"

"Gorilla Glass Armor 2, which is beautifully anti-reflective. I just still can't get over just how effective this is"

"comfortably one of the most expensive smartphones on the planet right now. I can't even say the prices without openly weeping"

"Yes, one-handed use, not much fun, especially as there's not really a proper camera bump still to sort of use as a finger shelf"

"while a fair chunk of the new stuff, like the updated Creative Studio shenanigans, is mostly just fluff"