Others, and there are fewer of them, will lend on a mobile home even if it sits on land you lease. But not everything is quite so demanding, and you can find games that will run on nearly any laptop out there. Our current pick for the best overall Acer gaming laptop if the Acer Predator Helios 300. It isn’t an extreme gaming laptop and it seems that, at the time of writing this guide, Acer hasn’t yet come out with their typical high-end option with the latest generation CPU & GPU combination. 4G is the current mainstream cellular service offered to cell phone users, performance roughly 10 times faster than 3G service. For $500, you get a very good budget phone that comes with seven years of OS and security updates; most phones at this price will only see a handful of OS upgrades, if that. Motorola’s take on the modern flip phone embraces nostalgia with cute animations and a mode that sends the whole device back to the early 2000s. The Z Flip 6 lacks this kind of charm, but you do get an updated cover screen UI that’s more customizable than the Z Flip 5’s. The Flip 6 also comes with seven years of software updates, which matches the best software policies on the market.

Google’s latest midranger touts a whopping seven years of software support and a number of small upgrades, including Google’s speedy Tensor G3 processor, a 120Hz display, and plenty of new AI features. Google’s new Pixel 9 has a slightly larger 6.3-inch OLED display than its predecessor, along with a new Tensor G4 processor, a bigger battery, 12GB of RAM, and a dual rear camera setup with a new 48-megapixel sensor for its ultrawide. And you’ll only get a ProMotion display on the Pro models; the regular 16 features a slower 60Hz screen. They’re both slated to get an update with Apple Intelligence in the fall, which will include AI-powered writing tools and notification summaries in its earliest iteration. Apple Pay is accepted at about half of US retail locations, including the popular retail establishments of Starbucks, Walgreens, McDonald’s and Best Buy among many others. Read our full Apple iPhone 16 Pro review. The Pixel 8A provides a lot of other things you wouldn’t necessarily expect from a $500 phone, like wireless charging and an IP67 rating for resistance against full water immersion. An enraptured kid is also less likely to blink, which makes things worse.

You might want to spend the extra £150 and get an M2 MacBook Air when it’s on sale. 13-inch MacBook Pro touch bar. A touch target of this size results in a physical size of about 9 mm, regardless of screen size. You can do a lot with the prebaked widget options available to use, and if you’re just a little adventurous, you can run any app you want on the little screen. The 9 Pro is a worthwhile upgrade if you want that telephoto lens and a slightly nicer screen, but in any case, the Pixel 9 feels like a top-notch device, inside and out. These specs are definitely overkill for a simple daily driver, but those who want a pro-level machine will find a lot to work with here. When it comes to the device you use day in and day out, reliability counts for a lot. For everyone else, it’s best to think of the S24 Ultra like any other pricey gadget – a beautiful, splurge-worthy device if nothing but the absolute best will make you happy.

But fun only goes so far, and the Z Flip 6 is the more reliable device of the two. Most of the free antivirus software we’ll be looking at comes bundled with analogues of the other two — as well as a version of the very helpful task scheduler we’ll talk about later — so we’ll focus there, but here are some definitions for the layman. The Android ecosystem has been looking for a phone like the Pixel 9 for a while now. And the optical 10x zoom lens is gone, replaced by a 5x zoom with more megapixels and in-sensor cropping to get to 10x. It’s mostly fine, but man, there was something cool about a true 10x zoom on a phone. There are other phones available for under $500 worth considering, many of which are covered in our guide to the best inexpensive phones. On the contrary, there happen to be many ways that battery packs are undergoing improvement. Yes. All our refurbished computers and other electronics are thoroughly tested before being sold again. One of the hottest technologies on display at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show was waterproof nanocoating.