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"Apple has unveiled a new addition to its laptop lineup that could significantly broaden access to the Mac ecosystem. The newly introduced MacBook Neo is designed to bring the core Mac experience to a much lower price point, with a starting price of £599 and £499 for education customers. Pre-orders are open now, with the laptop set to become available from Wednesday, 11 March.
At first glance, the MacBook Neo looks every bit the modern Apple laptop. It features a durable aluminium enclosure with softly rounded edges and comes in a range of colours that add a sense of personality rarely seen in traditional laptops. Buyers can choose between blush, indigo, silver and a vibrant citrus finish, with matching lighter-toned keyboards and wallpapers that tie the design together. Weighing just 2.7 pounds, it remains light enough to slip easily into a backpack or handbag, reinforcing Apple’s push toward portability and everyday convenience".
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Market Info April 2026
"Samsung’s latest Galaxy S26 launch reads less like a spec-sheet update and more like a statement of intent about where smartphones are heading next. With the S26, S26+ and S26 Ultra, Samsung is doubling down on the idea that artificial intelligence should fade into the background, quietly handling complexity so users can focus on outcomes rather than processes. It’s an ambitious vision, and one that frames the Galaxy S26 series as Samsung’s most confident attempt yet to make AI feel genuinely useful rather than performative.
At the heart of the series is the notion of effortlessness. Galaxy AI has evolved from a collection of clever features into a more proactive system that understands context, anticipates needs and reduces friction across everyday tasks. Whether it’s managing schedules, finding information or refining photos and videos, the S26 is designed to cut down the number of steps between intent and result. As Samsung’s third-generation AI phones, these devices increasingly handle complex processes behind the scenes, allowing interactions to feel simpler and more natural".
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Market Info March 2026
"For a technology that was once pitched as the inevitable next step in television’s evolution, 8K now feels less like the future and more like a cautionary tale. With LG quietly stepping away from the format, panel development paused, and most major manufacturers already gone, it’s hard to avoid the conclusion that 8K TVs are following 3D into the consumer tech graveyard.
LG’s exit is particularly telling. It was the only company supposedly still selling 8K OLED TVs worldwide, yet its Z3 OLED was discontinued last year with no successor in sight. LG Display has since confirmed that 8K panel development is on ice unless market conditions dramatically improve. When the sole remaining enthusiast manufacturer loses faith, the signal couldn’t be clearer".
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Market Info February 2026
"This year's CES has been and gone and there were a number of products that were awarded accolades during the event. Let's take a look at some of them. If you’ve ever found yourself squinting at a timeline, zooming endlessly into pixels, or wishing your monitor could just keep up with your brain, LG has some very good news. Meet the UltraFine evo 6K, a new kind of display that doesn’t just raise the bar for creative monitors—it casually moves it to another floor and CES noticed awarding the monitor as a 2026 Honouree".
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Market Info January 2026
"DJI has never been slow to spot a trend, but with the original Neo it was clear the company was responding to a shift rather than leading it. Follow-me drones without controllers were already proving their worth, and DJI’s first Neo felt like a careful, slightly cautious answer. It worked extremely well, added the comfort of optional traditional controls, and crucially allowed buyers to spend as much or as little as they liked. It was a smart, flexible product.DJI has never been slow to spot a trend, but with the original Neo it was clear the company was responding to a shift rather than leading it. Follow-me drones without controllers were already proving their worth, and DJI’s first Neo felt like a careful, slightly cautious answer. It worked extremely well, added the comfort of optional traditional controls, and crucially allowed buyers to spend as much or as little as they liked. It was a smart, flexible product".
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Market Info Xmas 2025
"Valve’s return to the living-room console space feels both nostalgic and unexpectedly strategic. The new Steam Machine isn’t a resurrection of the scattered Steam Machines initiative from a decade ago, nor is it simply a TV-tethered answer to the Steam Deck. It’s a compact, thoughtfully engineered cube—roughly GameCube-sized—that aims to deliver authentic PC gaming without the expense, noise, or desk space commitment of a traditional tower. The design is understated and quietly charming: a matte black box with a customisable LED bar along the front and a magnetic faceplate built for cleaning, personalisation, and eventually community-driven 3D-printed flair. It’s small enough to disappear into a media cabinet but expressive enough to feel like a deliberate, modern piece of hardware rather than another anonymous black rectangle".
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Market Info December 2025
"The RICOH GR IV marks a new chapter in the cult GR series of compact cameras. At its heart is a newly designed 18.3mm F2.8 GR lens—super-slim yet capable of delivering strikingly sharp, high-contrast images across the entire frame. Its sophisticated optical construction, featuring aspherical and low-dispersion glass elements, ensures distortion and chromatic aberration are kept to a minimum while maintaining that beloved 28mm field of view.
Behind the lens, a back- illuminated APS-C CMOS sensor and the upgraded GR ENGINE 7 work in harmony to capture images rich in detail and tone. With an impressive 25.74 effective megapixels and sensitivity up to ISO 204800, the GR IV stands ready to perform in any light. RICOH’s own accelerator unit further enhances signal-to-noise performance, producing clean, vibrant results even in challenging conditions".
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Market Info November 2025
"Apple unveiled the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max. These aren’t minor refreshes — they’re some of the most dramatic updates we’ve seen to the Pro line in years. Apple has re-engineered the design from the inside out, moving back to a new aerospace-grade aluminium unibody that houses an Apple-designed vapour chamber. That might sound like a detail only engineers care about, but it translates into something we all notice: better sustained performance, cooler operation, and space for a bigger battery. The result is a phone that not only runs faster but stays fast, and lasts longer on a charge".
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Market Info October 2025
"DJI may well have a serious competitor hot on their heels, with Insta360’s new spin off brand Antigravity. They aim to bring their trademark 360º video to drones. On the surface, A1 looks like a compact, lightweight drone. But what makes it special is what happens once it takes off. Instead of pointing a single camera at the world and hoping you got the right angle, A1 captures the entire scene in 360 degrees at 8K. Its two lenses record everything above, below, and all around. Even cooler, the drone itself is digitally erased from the footage thanks to some clever stitching software. What you’re left with is footage that feels pure, uninterrupted, and totally immersive — as if you were floating there yourself".
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Market Info September 2025
"Samsung just took the wraps off the Galaxy Z Fold7, and it's not just an iterative upgrade — it's a significant leap forward. This is the thinnest, lightest, and smartest Fold yet, blending powerful AI features with an ultra-refined design and serious camera chops. After years of tweaking the formula, Samsung’s foldable flagship is looking more polished than ever."
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Market Info August 2025
"Apple just held WWDC25, their annual developer conference where we get to see what software updates are coming to their project range in the next year. Sometimes they also drop a new product, but this was not the case this time. This was all about the software, and, although here has been a lot of debate around Apple falling behind with regards to AI – Siri was only mentioned twice in the entire event. I think it’s actually quite refreshing for a show to not be just about AI."
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Market Info July 2025
"With Apple’s new iPhones yet to come, Samsung have released another new phone. It seemed like manufacturers had learnt from previous mistakes with ultra-thin devices, but it appears that thinking is out of the window. Like the rumoured Apple iPhone Air, Samsung’s new phone is incredibly thin.
The Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge is Samsung’s slimmest phone yet, coming in at just 5.8mm thick. A titanium body addresses any strength concerns, and the display is protected by Corning® Gorilla® Glass Ceramic 2, Corning’s very latest glass ceramic cover that is resilient, but also preserves display vibrancy. The phone’s rear panel is protected by Corning® Gorilla® Glass Victus® 2. I’m not sure about anybody else, but I think it’s about time that manufacturers gave up on covering phones completely in glass. It’s simply not as strong as metal, and there has to be a solution for wireless charging that they can come up with."
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Market Info June 2025
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