Radio Times
type: channel
link: https://www.radiotimes.com
date: 2023-11-15T09:46:10.000Z
update period: hourly
update frequency: 1
update base: 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00
items: Asus ROG Phone 5 review
items: OnePlus 9 Pro review
items: Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 review
items: Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra review
items: Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra review
items: Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra review
items: Google Pixel 5 review

Asus ROG Phone 5 review
type: item
date: 2021-08-06T12:07:30.000Z
creator: Basil Kronfli
subject: Reviews
subject: Technology
subject: Tech review
description: The Asus ROG Phone 5 is the best £799 phone you can buy for pure entertainment, but it's not for everyone. Here's our verdict.
encoded: Everyone isn’t looking for a gaming phone; that’s a given, so when we took a look at the ROG Phone 5, we were anticipating reviewing a niche smartphone created for a handful of mobile gamers. What we ended up with was an all-around multimedia powerhouse. Its screen is huge, bright and punchy, its speakers are categorically best-in-class, making for loud, penetrating sound perfect for movies and music, and naturally, its suped-up internals makes it a killer handheld gamer on the go. Whether you’re blasting through baddies or binging through an entire Netflix series in bed, no phone sucks you in quite like the ROG Phone 5. Jump to: Asus ROG Phone 5 summary What is the Asus ROG Phone 5? How much is the Asus ROG Phone 5? Asus ROG Phone 5 features Asus ROG Phone 5 battery Asus ROG Phone 5 camera Asus ROG Phone 5 design/set-up Our verdict Where to buy Asus ROG Phone 5 review: summary The Asus ROG Phone 5 is a phone for gaming, and so much more. Price: From £799 Key features: Fast performance with mighty Snapdragon 888 internals. Smooth 144Hz AMOLED display made by Samsung. Loud, immersive stereo front speakers. A range of touch inputs around the phone for gaming. Fast charging, large 6000mAh battery. Triple camera system with 64MP main camera. Pros Fantastic speakers. Smooth, immersive widescreen. Premium design. Cons Not best-in-class camera. Big, bulky body too big for many. No wireless charging. Where to buy: The ROG Phone 5 is available through Amazon and Asus’s official online store. While it isn’t available on contract through any networks, Asus does offer finance through PayPal credit, so the cost can be spread. What is the Asus ROG Phone 5? The ROG Phone 5 is most definitely a gaming phone. We’re not trying to suggest for a second that it isn't. After all, it's got those RGB pulsing lights around the back, angry, over the top styling, and it’s a beefy bit of kit. You can also buy a tonne of gaming accessories for it, and they go a long way to make it stand out eve…

ROG-Phone-5-Gaming-Phone-front-065fa4a.jpg
width: 620
height: 413

OnePlus 9 Pro review
type: item
date: 2021-07-30T11:00:27.000Z
creator: Basil Kronfli
subject: Reviews
subject: Technology
subject: Tech review
description: The OnePlus 9 Pro is a strong flagship with a Hasselblad tuned camera, but does it live up to the hype?
encoded: If you’re into photography, you may have heard of Hasselblad – an icon in the field. Hasselblad cameras can cost in excess of £40,000, and up until now, a Hasselblad photograph was reserved for an elite kind of photographer. Thanks to smartphone maker OnePlus, though, that signature Hasselblad look can now be had for as little as £829 on the flagship OnePlus 9 Pro. The OnePlus 9 Pro is much more than just a fancy camera. While it undercuts phones like the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra when it comes to price, it still has a comparably specced screen that’s incredibly smooth, sharp, and vibrant. It’s also poised to perform across the board, with ample power for gaming, stereo speakers for immersive audio, not to mention incredibly fast wired, and wireless charging. When OnePlus hit the smartphone scene with super-affordable powerhouses almost a decade ago, it boldly branded itself the flagship killer. Now on its ninth generation of smartphone, it’s more of a seasoned flagship maker than a fresh-faced underdog. Nevertheless, if the OnePlus 9 Pro is anything to go by, it looks set to justify a higher price tag than its predecessors, provided that the Hasselblad camera lives up to the hype. Jump to: OnePlus 9 Pro summary What is the OnePlus 9 Pro? How much is the OnePlus 9 Pro? OnePlus 9 Pro features OnePlus 9 Pro battery OnePlus 9 Pro camera OnePlus 9 Pro design and set-up Our verdict Where to buy OnePlus 9 Pro review: summary The ‘good at everything’ phone Price: from £829 Key features: Hasselblad tuned camera Premium glass and metal design Top-tier Snapdragon 888 power IP68 dust and water resistance Fast wired and wireless charging Up to 256Gb storage 120Hz super-smooth display Runs Android 11 with Google Play Store Average sized 4500mAh battery Pros: Photos have a rich finish to them Gorgeous, smooth, punchy screen Very fast charging speeds Cons: Good, not great battery Can get warm when gaming Zoom camera isn’t class-leading What is the OnePlus 9 Pro? The OnePlus 9 Pro i…

OnePlus-9-Pro-screen-showcase-6fe9b97.jpg
width: 620
height: 413

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 review
type: item
date: 2021-05-24T14:30:49.000Z
creator: Basil Kronfli
subject: Reviews
subject: Technology
subject: Tech review
description: The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 is packed with the wow-factor but very expensive. Is it the right foldable device for you?
encoded: The original Galaxy Fold took the folding screen smartphones category from science fiction to proof of concept, loaded up with a few too many niggles to get a recommendation, but supremely cool nevertheless. Just over a year on, and its successor, the Galaxy Z Fold 2, takes the line from proof of concept to seriously tempting tech, delivering in almost all areas. There have been a few phones available that could bend without any snap since the original Fold launched. These include the Motorola RAZR reprise, which smacked of Paris Hilton nostalgia factor, and Huawei’s Mate Xs. Folding phones were generally very expensive, though. They also tended to under-deliver in three key areas – camera, performance, and battery. What the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 appears to do is special. For starters, when closed, it’s a tall but usable smartphone. Yes, it’s very thick, but there’s something reassuring to its heft. And thanks to Samsung’s design mastery, it feels rich and luxurious in hand. Unfold the folding phone, and it transforms from a tall phone to a small tablet. Perfect when showing friends a YouTube video while social distancing, or looking at a website in desktop view, the marriage of wow-factor and function is this phone’s star quality. The Z Fold 2 also feels relatively life-proof compared to some competition, such as the Huawei Mate Xs. Folding screens are more fragile than fixed screens. In order to bend, they are protected by a flexible plastic layer instead of hard glass. Durability has been an issue in the past for folding screen technology, but thanks to its inward-folding design, the Z Fold 2 feels a bit more protected, and the hinge mechanism has a satisfying rigidity. This combination of form and function, matched with flagship power and a respectable camera system, makes Samsung’s fanciest phone to date exciting. It really could mark an industry turning point: The Dawn of the Foldable Age. At £1,599 off-contract, or £95 a month with a £299 upfront cost on co…

GalaxyFold2Main-d8c0415.jpg
width: 620
height: 413

Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra review
type: item
date: 2021-05-14T10:50:25.000Z
creator: Basil Kronfli
subject: Reviews
subject: Technology
subject: Tech review
description: The Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra is a market leader which justifies its high price tag.
encoded: Any time a £1,000+ smartphone hits the scene, it has to work hard to justify that kind of price – and boy does the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra do just that. A triple threat, it looks the part with top-quality design and a killer screen, it packs performance in spades – power, party tricks and a long-lasting battery, and then there’s that camera. Sporting one of the best zooms of any smartphone around, the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra gets you right up close to the action. In fact, it does pretty much everything right on paper, but you know what? So do a few phones out now. Battling stiff competition from the Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max, the OPPO Find X3 Pro and Xiaomi’s Mi 11 Ultra, not to mention the much more affordable OnePlus 9 Pro, Samsung’s Galaxy S21 Ultra has its work cut out for it. Also, while the phone introduces note-taking and doodling to the Galaxy S line thanks to clever S Pen support, unlike the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra, it doesn’t come with an S Pen. Therefore, to get the full experience, you’re talking about a cost of £1,199 and an extra £34 for the pen from Samsung’s official store. Its price sounds (and is) high, but on paper, its specs still put the S21 Ultra in a strong position for the smartphone top spot. After all, it’s the only phone that can do everything – pen input, a 10 times zoom camera system, a world-class screen and more. So if big phones are your thing, and you want quality across the board, keep reading to see what it’s like living with what could be the best Android phone of 2021. Jump to: Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra summary What is the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra? How much is the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra? Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra features Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra battery Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra camera Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra design and set-up Our verdict Where to buy Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra review: summary Ultra by name… Samsung’s back on top Price: £1,199 Key features: Big phone, premium design IP68 dust and water-resistant Fantastic, smooth, sh…

Samsung-Galaxy-S21-Ultra-Black-back-022a524.jpg
width: 620
height: 413

Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra review
type: item
date: 2021-05-10T14:16:30.000Z
creator: Basil Kronfli
subject: Reviews
subject: Technology
subject: Tech review
description: The Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra has a huge screen, world-first camera technology, and incredibly fast charging. But is it the phone for you?
encoded: Xiaomi is a relatively new entry to UK phone shops, especially when compared to established players like Apple and Samsung. If you’re after a budget phone, you’ll be hard-pressed to find more for less than a Xiaomi-special like the Redmi Note 10 Pro, with its pin-sharp 108MP camera and bargain price. The brand does make high-end phones too, and its latest, the Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra, takes things to an extreme, with not one but two screens, over 150 combined megapixels across its four cameras, as well as top-tier power and performance. Perhaps the most exciting thing about the Mi 11 Ultra is its 50MP main camera. The camera introduces a system that’s never been seen on a smartphone before and delivers a higher specification than many dedicated compact cameras. This means the Mi 11 Ultra can take photos that are loaded with depth, even in darker environments. In fact, it’s safe to call the phone a landmark device from a technology point of view – edging smartphone photography closer to DSLR photography than ever before. Where Xiaomi’s Mi 11 Ultra is less likely to succeed than its camera is its software. Past Xiaomi phones have always looked good and delivered from a performance point of view. That said, they haven’t been as polished as Galaxys and iPhones in day-to-day use. Can the Mi 11 Ultra break the Xiaomi flagship curse and deliver fantastic user experiences as well as top-tier specs? Jump to: Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra summary What is the Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra? How much is the Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra? Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra features Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra battery Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra camera Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra design and set-up Our verdict Where to buy Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra review: summary The ultimate phone for tech-geeks and camera enthusiasts Price: £1,199 Key features: Android 11 smartphone Ceramic design in Black or White IP68 dust and water-resistant Triple rear-camera, single selfie-camera 8K resolution video recording Five times camera zoom Top-end flagship power Large 5,000mAh battery…

In-hand-photo-of-Xiaomi-Mi-11-Ultra-original-067d12b.jpg
width: 620
height: 413

Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra review
type: item
date: 2021-04-19T16:13:13.000Z
creator: Basil Kronfli
subject: Reviews
subject: Technology
subject: Tech review
description: The Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra is packed full of features, but can you justify the cost?
encoded: Once upon a time, in a land before iPhones, almost all smartphones came with pens and ran an operating system called Windows Mobile. Almost two decades on, and there’s just one pen-toting high-end mobile standing – the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra. The Galaxy Note 20 Ultra combines the brand’s signature S Pen, with a huge, sharp, smooth, and immersive screen, lux styling (especially in its Mystic Bronze finish), and no less than 108 megapixels (MP) of camera resolution around the back. Without a doubt, the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra could be the do-it-all smartphone. It’s a looker, is loaded up with power, and has an incredibly clever S Pen. Of course, the S Pen is designed for convenient note-taking and doodling, but it can also convert your handwritten scrawl into selectable text. With Bluetooth connectivity, the pen even lets you remotely control your camera when a few metres away with hand waves and gestures – expelliarmus! Absolutely standout stuff from Samsung. At an eye-watering £1,179, though, it’ll take a lot more than party tricks for the Note 20 Ultra to doodle its way into your heart. On top of its high price, the new Galaxy S21 Ultra is now available, which betters the Note 20 Ultra’s camera and power, and supports the S Pen (though it doesn’t come with a pen in the box). What’s more, there’s plenty of affordable competition from the likes of Google, OnePlus and Xiaomi, so justifying the Ultra’s high price is no easy decision. To read more on Samsung devices, try our Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra review and Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 review. Or head to our list of Samsung Galaxy phones with prices to see all your options. Jump to: Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra summary What is the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra? How much is the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra? Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra features Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra battery Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra camera Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra design and set-up Our verdict Where to buy Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra…

Samsung-Galaxy-Note-20-Ultra-in-three-colours-02d441b.jpg
width: 620
height: 413

Google Pixel 5 review
type: item
date: 2021-04-15T16:25:47.000Z
creator: Basil Kronfli
subject: Reviews
subject: Technology
subject: Tech review
description: We put Google's flagship phone to the test, but how does it compare to the competition?
encoded: Google probably wants you to think of the Pixel 5 as the safe bet Android phone. After all, choosing a new Android phone can be a lot more complicated than upgrading an iPhone. There are thousands available for starters, and Android phones are made by hundreds of different manufacturers. Thankfully, Google keeps things simple with the Pixel 5. It isn’t too pricey, nor is it too big, and with fun styling matched with the Pixel line’s critically acclaimed camera system, it should tick most boxes. Reality is seldom so simple, though. The Pixel 5 costs £599. While that isn’t Apple iPhone 12 Pro or Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra expensive (both £1,000+), the Pixel 5 definitely isn’t a budget phone. Take a peek under the hood, though, and it's powered by a modest processor – a Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G. You can pick up phones with matching power for less than half that price – so what’s going on? Google has squeezed a number of seriously premium flagship features in the Pixel 5, perfect if you don't need gaming phone power but want some everyday flourishes. It features wireless charging, for example, not to mention IP68 dust and water resistance, so it can handle a splash or quick dunk, as well as a gorgeous, silky smooth, high-refresh-rate AMOLED screen. The question is, does the Pixel 5 strike the right balance between performance and flagship perks to justify its price, or has Google missed the mark? With the Google Pixel 6 release date confirmed, read our initial thoughts of the new series in our Google Pixel 6 Pro hands-on. Jump to: Google Pixel 5 review: summary What is the Google Pixel 5 How much is the Google Pixel 5? Google Pixel 5 features Google Pixel 5 battery Google Pixel 5 camera Google Pixel 5 design and set-up Our verdict Where to buy Google Pixel 5 review: summary A fuss-free Android phone with 5G and a fantastic camera. Price: £599 Key features: Dust and water resistance Available in two colours: Just Black and Sorta Sage 5G mobile data speeds 12MP main camera …

Sorta-Sage-Pixel-5-–-Face-down-cb755d4.jpg
width: 620
height: 413