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.

Sony's first OLED is a thing of beauty, even with the fairly pointless curvature. New addition 'Side-sense' echoes HTC U11's ancillary input but it's a more comprehensive use of the method. Refinements to Sony's Xperia launcher have slowly brought to a fantastic Android skin. The best Xperia flagship to date - even without a 3.5mm jack.

The body, UI, camera quality, and premium performance are all something to write home about. Despite some issues, this writer found Pixel 3 XL worth the minor workarounds.

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.

A new naming scheme to go with a new series of 21:9 handsets...

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.

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