HOT STUFF
HOT FOUR #1
SNAPPILY EVER AFTER
Huawei P30 Pro
Apparently Huawei’s P30 Pro can make phone calls. Not that you’ll have much time for such archaic activities with this octa-core Kirin 980-powered monster in your hand.
The teardrop notch and in-screen fingerprint sensor mean a 6.47in 2340x1080 OLED almost entirely covers the front of the Pro, but it’s round the back where most of the magic happens, with a whole range of AI-assisted cameras. There’s a 40MP f/1.6 sensor with ultra-wide-angle lens, a 20MP f/2.2 wide-angle, an 8MP job with 5x optical periscope zoom, plus a clever depth-sensing time-of-flight sensor. That 40MP main camera uses SuperSpectrum tech to better capture light in the darkness, plus you can shoot video with two different sensors simultaneously, offering footage from close up and zoomed out at the same time. Oh, and there’s a 32MP selfie camera on the front.
Inside, there’s 8GB of RAM, 128GB or a whopping 512GB of storage and a 4200mAh battery that does that nifty reverse wireless charging trick. Handy, because you’ll probably be so busy snapping away, you might want to carry a second phone to make calls.
As hot as… shooting 1000 frames per second by hand from R19 000 /huaweistore.co.za
HOT FOUR #2
APPLE GIVES THE MINI SOME CALIFORNIA LOVE
Apple iPad Mini (2019)
At first glance you probably wouldn’t think Dr brighter and has the highest pixel density of any iPad. You get Touch ID to keep it secure, an A12 Bionic chip with Neural Engine makes it up to three times faster than the previous model, and the battery lasts for 10 hours. Perhaps most significant, though, is the fact that it now supports the first-gen Apple Pencil, so you can scribble on the screen just like you can with Apple’s larger tablets. It doesn’t come with any guest appearances from Eminem or Snoop Dogg, but you can also be pretty sure it won’t disappoint – which is more than can be said of Dre’s record. Perhaps they don’t have that much in common after all.
