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Ben Sin
Ben Sin
Ben is an independent tech writer covering the latest gadgets - as well as reviewing the occasional film - for the South China Morning Post. Prior to this, he spent five years with the company, first as a culture writer, then as a sub-editor. He's also held staff writing positions with the Village Voice and Sports Illustrated in New York, and has been published in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal.

Adding Apple’s M3 chip to the MacBook Air, long popular with digital nomads, gives the laptop computer a spec bump – it is faster, more powerful and more efficient than any rival in its weight class.

The Samsung Galaxy S24 series of smartphones features generative AI that can translate spoken and written conversations and messages with almost zero lag, and a high-resolution periscope 5X zoom lens.

With two periscope zoom lenses – a world first – and a big Sony sensor, the Oppo Find X7 Ultra’s camera hardware blows rivals out of the water, producing better zoom photos than even the top iPhone.

We rank the five best smartphones released in 2023 – the Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max and Google’s Pixel 8 Pro, two important foldable phone entrants and the best camera phone bar none.

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The M3 Max MacBook Pro offers an upgrade on the Apple M2 Max’s already world-beating processing power, graphics, audio and battery life, and leads the market in laptop CPUs and GPUs.

Xiaomi’s 14 Pro smartphone has a powerful new Qualcomm chip, a stellar screen and top Leica camera system. It also runs on Xiaomi’s new HyperOS operating system, and for now, the price is good.

Chinese brand Oppo’s Find N3 foldable phone, selling globally as the OnePlus Open, has superior hardware to its Samsung and Google rivals, native Google app support and innovative multitasking software.

The Apple Watch 9 looks like its predecessor, but a powerful new chip improves Siri capability and facilitates a new finger-thumb tap feature. The best features, however, were already present in the Apple Watch 8.

First impressions of Apple’s new iPhone 15 series, from lighter, titanium frames in the iPhone Pro and Pro Max, to the latter’s 5X zoom camera, faster Airdrop transfers and USB-C charging ports instead of Lightning.

Huawei’s Mate 60 Pro has a groundbreaking ‘telemacro’ camera lens and excellent speakers. Its chip is behind the latest from Apple or Qualcomm, but an achievement given the US sanctions on its Chinese maker.

Samsung revealed its Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Z Fold 5 phones at its 2023 flagship show in Seoul, as well as the Galaxy Tab S9 and Tab S9 Ultra, and Galaxy Watch 6.

It’s just a small metal box, but the Mac Studio packs Apple’s most advanced M2 Max/Ultra chips, is lightning fast and can connect to 8 displays at once. It far outperforms any other computer our reviewer has tested.

Apple’s Vision Pro is the best AR and VR headset on the market and represents the future of computing – even at US$3,499, says Ben Sin after testing the mixed-reality device.

The Xiaomi 13 Ultra’s Leica-branded camera is the best on a smartphone right now, while the phone comes with an optional camera grip case, 5,000mAh battery and a price that’s not too high.

Cutting-edge devices unveiled at the Mobile World Congress 2023 in Barcelona show the direction the mobile tech industry is heading in. We pick the four most exciting.

Apple’s new 16-inch M2 Max MacBook Pro is an all-powerful machine for creatives who want to take their workstations on the go, with prices starting at US$2,499.

Samsung’s folding phone has met its match with the Oppo Find N2 Flip, which folds flatter and has a more powerful camera and battery. Samsung’s Flip 4 still has its strong points, though.

The Android phone market leader joins the megapixels arms race with the Galaxy S23 Ultra. So what can you do with all those pixels, and who should consider buying Samsung’s new flagship handset?

Asus’ foldable laptop is a super cool machine for digital nomads, with its versatile screen and software for multitasking, but its US$3,500 price tag and short battery life are turn-offs.

It was a year where good products got even better, from Apple’s second-generation AirPods Pro and M2 MacBook Air to the best camera phone system bar none, from Vivo.

Successor to the Oppo Find N1 is lighter than that handset but feels sturdy, with top-notch OLED displays – but a screen that’s quite small when folded up.

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 or the new Motorola Razr – which is better? We look at the design, features, performance and battery life of the two foldable smartphones to see which is the better buy.

The new ‘Dynamic Island’ replaces the infamous iPhone notch as a software-hardware hybrid that displays contextual information in a novel way. Upgraded cameras and displays are fuelled by the powerful A16 chip.

Who made the better foldable smartphone, Xiaomi or Samsung? A comparison of the Xiaomi Mix Fold 2 and the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4, from design and features to performance and battery life.

It’s taken years, but Apple will launch software this autumn that will allow Apple Watch users to track their sleep cycle stages in a proactive manner. The reason it’s taken so long? Apple wanted to get it right.

A great main camera, stereo speakers and good battery life make this iPhone lookalike a good-value mid- range smartphone. But samey Android features and a subpar second camera leave us questioning all that hype.

The new flagship smartphone from China’s Xiaomi, the 12S Ultra’s Leica camera is the best ever in a handset, making Apple iPhone 13 Pro photos look flat by comparison, and has power left over after all-day heavy use.

Apple’s latest MacBook Pro looks like the 2020 version, but the new M2 chip is powerful, battery life is superb and the display vibrant, making it an excellent machine for digital nomads.