Tom Bedford

The Victrola ME1 is an affordable and portable Bluetooth speaker that makes for a great adventure assistant despite its utilitarian ethos.

The Orange Box is an iconic-looking Bluetooth speaker with top sound quality, but it's a bit heavy for the road.

The Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus swells its sibling’s screen, battery size and price, but suffers in comparison to the Ultra.

The Cleer Audio Scene is a more affordable JBL Flip 6 rival with a few novelty features, but a divisive design.

The Oppo Reno 8 doesn’t shake up the phone market, but it brings a few useful specs at a relatively low price.

The Xiaomi 12T Pro is an incremental upgrade on Mi’s line of spin-off Android phones.

The Samsung Galaxy is your archetypal mid-range phone: it comes with a relatively low price and has some impressive strong suits, but it flags in other areas.

The Asus Zenfone 9 is a cheap phone playing dress-up as a premium one, with a strange hodgepodge of specs.

The Honor Pad 8 is slow and has awkward software, but if you want a big screen on a budget, it has you covered.

Motorola has created a fantastic-value Android phone that redefines what a flagship device can be.

The Vivo X80 Pro has lots of top-end specs, but nothing to help it stand out from the competition.