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100 GREATEST GADGETS OF 2017





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                                                                                                          Small marvel
                                                                                                       Spidey isn’t just an AI
                                                                                                        butler. He can also
                                                                                                         guard your room
                                                                                                        while you’re away
                                                                                                         and crack a joke
                                                                                                        when you’re down.



                 Find your voice
                 Buttons aren’t
                obsolete just yet.
                To activate Sky Q’s
                voice search, you
                have to hold down
                the voice button.











                                                                               SK Y Q             SPHERO
                                                                                                  SPIDER -MAN
              ONEPLUS 5                                                        After delivering 4K
                                                                               football, movies and
                                                                                                  Spider-Man duvet
                                                                               David Attenborough   Back in the day, a
                                                                               last year, Sky Q upped   cover was as good
                                                                               its game again in 2017   as it got for superhero
                       Rob Leedham        showing up that fifth Rocky movie    by enabling voice   merchandise. Now
                       Editor             as a load of old tosh, what I love   commands. Now      Sphero has crossbred
                                          most about the OnePlus 5 is just     you can search by   your favourite web-
                       Maybe it’s witchcraft.   how refined it is.             TV channel names,   slinger with an Amazon
                       Maybe it’s a pact with   While this phone’s predecessors   sports teams and   Echo so that you can
              Satan. Maybe it’s a talented team of   often tucked away their magic inside   movie quotes. Sadly,   actually save the world
              tech-heads and designers. Who really   an unremarkable shell, the OP5   screaming ‘not the   hand in hand with
              knows how these things work?  is a delight to hold and feels like a   bees’ won’t bring up   him, or just rescue
                What’s for sure is that OnePlus has   properly premium bit of kit. Plus, that   Nic Cage’s Wicker Man   an imaginary cat from
              once again delivered a phone of rare   dual camera is almost as impressive   remake. So there’s   a tree. Dammit, why
              brilliance for an absolute steal. It’s the   as the iPhone’s but for almost £300   room for improvement.  didn’t we have a
              same old underdog story, only better   less. Witchcraft, I tell you.  from £20 + £22/month   childhood like this?
              than ever before. Aside from really   £449 / oneplus.net         / sky.com          $150 / sphero.com

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