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They might be giants

WHAT’S ON TEST…

1 APPLE IPHONE XS MAX

Apple’s flagship phone is an absolute corker. Coupled with iOS 12, this is a smooth and powerful experience.

From £1,099, apple.com/uk

2 HUAWEI MATE 20 PRO

Quite easily the best phone Huawei has ever produced, with a triple camera to die for.

From £899, huawei.com/uk

3 SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE9

This premium model combines everything Samsung has learned about smartphones and to dazzling effect.

From £899, samsung.com/galaxy

For years, phones kept getting smaller and smaller. Something like 2002’s Panasonic GD55 – you know, the dinky phone that wasn’t far off the size of a box of matches – looks positively ridiculous now, and even the 3.5-inch touchscreens we once considered to be huge now feel like puny toy screens.

The big phone is definitely king here in 2018, as having such a high level of pixel power in your (slightly baggy) pocket wins out over the convenience of the small phone, regardless of how cute those little ones are.

Naturally, in a larger chassis

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