Smartphones

For everyday tasks, looking good and shooting quality daylight shots, the Xperia XA2 will do nicely. But other handsets in the same price-bracket have more going for them.

After almost a decade wandering around the wilderness of other OSes, Nokia come back with a thud.

Huawei set their sights on Samsung's just announced Galaxy Fold - Huawei's Mate X looks a better but more expensive product.

Huawei's 'other' flagship is a better prospect than P20 Pro - Mate 20 Pro is superior in most areas; beating the previous camera champion, increasing stamina and running Pie 9.0 from day one.

'Huawei Creatives', the annual smartphone photography competition hits its fourth birthday - Irish Instagrammers have a chance of winning a trip to ANYWHERE on earth and a premium device from Huawei's upcoming P30 series.

Plenty of RAM, some great features and a generous battery make the Xperia a decent option for its price. But the device's camera, overall look and screen let it down.

Vodafone are offering a free public trial of their 'Fix & Go' two-hour repair service this Friday between 12pm and 3pm at two of their busiest stores. Fix & Go promises to fix any handset sold in this country for a transparent, easily discernible fee in a couple of hours.

Sony's marketers certainly haven't been stretching the truth - the 21:9 aspect ratio is definitely the standout feature of Xperia 10. Whether or not an individual user will avail of it often enough to warrant it is a different story.

Fresh from a bunch of Phone of the Year Awards and a controversy or two, Huawei launch the follow-up to DxOMark champ, the P20. P30 Series aims for camera excellence again with new features and some buffs to established ones.

The poor chassis speakers, lack of splashproofing and camera inconsistency may betray it somewhat when lined up with premium flagships. However, the Honor View 10 can compete elsewhere despite coming in around €200-300 less expensive than others.