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'It's not an OLED-killer yet': I tested Hisense’s affordable RGB TV, and while I like its picture quality and performance, it surprisingly falls short in the area I had the highest hopes for
Hisense UR8 review: Two-minute review
The Hisense UR8 is the first ‘affordable’ RGB TV on the market, and while it has a strong feature set and mostly good picture quality, the UR8 doesn't demonstrate the ‘OLED-killer’ status the RGB tech has been given. While it’s a good TV, it can’t count itself among the best TVs I've tested this year.
The UR8 has a good number of smart and AI features, as well as features for gaming. It also has four HDMI 2.1 ports, an anti-glare screen akin to Samsung’s own Glare Free screens, and comes equipped with Hisense’s Hi-View AI RGB processor.
Picture quality on the UR8 is good, but delivers some disappointments. It demonstrates excellent backlight control for an LED, backlit TV, as well as strong contrast, decent black levels, and crisp textures. Its motion is also good, even with out-of-the-box picture modes, though I did note some blurring at times.
However, as this is an RGB TV, its big selling point should be its colors, and while they are natural, and can appear punchy, they’re not as bold as I hoped for, especially given its ostensibly impressive test measurements (more on that below). While RGB is a step forward in some aspects for mini-LED, TVs using the technology still can’t compete with the best OLED TVs.
Sound quality is solid. The UR8 delivers some weighty bass, good accuracy and precise sound mapping, and delivers clear speech in movies and TV shows. The soundstage can sound narrow, however, and Dolby Atmos effects aren’t always clear. While the built-in sound is good for the most part, home theater fans will likely want to supplement it with one of the best soundbars.
Gaming is one of the UR8’s strengths. With four HDMI 2.1 ports, all kitted out for gaming, it supports up to 4K 180Hz and VRR. When actually playing games, the UR8 feels responsive and delivers a smooth experience. Getting a low input lag time does require adjustment of settings and the picture isn’t always perfect; but while it doesn’t beat the best gaming TVs, the UR8 is still good for gaming.
Value is a mixed bag with the UR8. The 65-inch model I tested launched for $1,999 / £2,299 / AU$2,495, and while prices are already dropping in the US, and it's great value in Australia, its price in the UK puts it in direct competition with some of the best OLED TVs, like the LG C6. While it does deliver good performance and features for the price in the US and Australia, the same isn’t true for the UK.
Hisense UR8 review: Prices & release dates(Image credit: Future)- Release dates: June 2026 (US) / July 2026 (UK)
- 55-inch: $1,299 / £1,699 / AU$1,895
- 65-inch: $1,999 / £2,299 / AU$2,495
- 75-inch: $2,499 / £2,999 / AU$3,195
- 85-inch: $3,499 / £3,499 / AU$4,695
- 100-inch: $5,999 / £7,999 / AU$N/A
The UR8 is the Hisense's entry-level RGB mini-LED TV, sitting below the flagship Hisense UR9, but above TVs in the brand's standard mini-LED range such as the Hisense U7S. It’s available in sizes 55-85-inch in most regions, and available in 100-inch in the US and UK (there's no listing for an Australian model yet). The 65-inch model I tested launched for $1,999 / £2,299 / AU$2,495.
Since its release, the UR8’s prices have already dropped in the US, with the 65-inch now available for $1,499. The 55-inch has dropped as low as $999, putting it in the same price bracket as some standard mini-LED models. The same can’t be said in the UK, where its prices are not only higher than standard mini-LED competition, but even pricier than the LG C6 OLED.
Hisense UR8 review: SpecsHisense UR8Screen type:
RGB mini-LED
Refresh rate:
Up to 180Hz
HDR support
Dolby Vision, HDR10+, HDR10, HLG
Audio support:
Dolby Atmos and DTS:X
Smart TV:
Google TV (US), VIDAA (UK/Australia)
HDMI 2.1 ports:
4 x HDMI 2.1
Built-in tuner:
ATSC 3.0
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'block' : 'none';if (i === index) {var chartEl = slide.querySelector('.fv-chart-wrapper');if (chartEl && window.fvAnimateCharts) {window.fvAnimateCharts(chartEl);}}});updateControls(currentSlideIndex);}if (prevBtn) {prevBtn.addEventListener('click', function() { showSlide(currentSlideIndex - 1); });}if (nextBtn) {nextBtn.addEventListener('click', function() { showSlide(currentSlideIndex + 1); });}if (dropdown) {dropdown.addEventListener('change', function(e) { showSlide(parseInt(e.target.value)); });}updateControls(currentSlideIndex);if (slides.length > 0) {var firstChart = slides[0].querySelector('.fv-chart-wrapper');if (firstChart && window.fvAnimateCharts) {setTimeout(function() { window.fvAnimateCharts(firstChart); }, 100);}}}} else {setupWrapper(root);}}if (document.readyState === 'loading') {document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() { initialize('fv-chart-1785930601694-1y2st3stw', true); });} else {initialize('fv-chart-1785930601694-1y2st3stw', true);}})();The above EOTF graphs show the accuracy of the Hisense UR8 for hitting different HDR brightness levels in grayscale. The closer to the yellow line, the more accurate a TV is. As with all our tests, these results are out of the box, without calibration, to demonstrate the performance most people will get. As you can see, the UR8 did very well on all three target tests, showing little deviation from the reference line. (Image credit: Future)Spectral power distribution refers to the intensity of light that a source will display at various wavelengths of color. It can reveal how accurate a source can show color at different light levels, and can be instructive in understanding how a TV is handling color (Image credit: Future)Hisense UR8 review: Features The UR8 has four HDMI 2.1 ports (Image credit: Future)- RGB mini-LED panel
- Four HDMI 2.1 ports, up to 180Hz refresh rate
- Anti-glare screen
The Hisense UR8 is the first affordable RGB mini-LED TV to come onto the market, with the Hisense UR9 taking the flagship spot. The UR8 and UR9 are the first RGB mini-LEDs available in smaller sizes, after the tech's introduction in the Hisense 116UX last year. While the UR9 and UR8 are both significantly cheaper than the 116UX, the UR8 is the more affordable option of the two, although it is still pricier than some standard mini-LED.
RGB mini-LED has a similar setup to standard mini-LED, but instead of purely white LEDs within the TV’s backlight, there are red, blue and green LEDs, which are designed to produce bolder colors and higher brightness than a standard mini-LED in the same bracket. Hisense claims that RGB mini-LED can hit 100% of the BT.2020 color space (more on that below).
The UR8 comes equipped with an anti-glare screen, similar to Samsung’s Glare Free screens. It’s a matte screen designed to reduce distracting, mirror-like reflections, to make viewing in brighter conditions easier.
The UR8 is equipped with Hisense’s Hi-View AI Engine RGB processor, which is designed to help boost color performance, as well as offer AI picture and sound features.The UR8 supports both Dolby Vision and HDR10+ HDR formats, as well as the new Dolby Vision 2 format, though no content is currently available for this format at the time of writing. IMAX Enhanced is also supported.
The UR8 comes with a great list of gaming features, including four HDMI 2.1 ports which all support up to 4K 180Hz (up to 4K 120Hz for consoles), VRR including AMD FreeSync Premium Pro, Dolby Vision and HDR10+ gaming, and ALLM. There’s also a game menu, where settings for brightness boosting can be adjusted.
For sound, there’s a Devialet-tuned, 2.1.2 channel speaker system, totaling 70W of power. Dolby Atmos and DTS: X are both supported, and there are a plethora of audio settings and preset modes to dig into.
Which smart TV system the UR8 uses depends on your region. In the US, you get Google TV, while in the UK and Australia the UR8 uses Hisense’s own VIDAA smart TV. As I’m based in the UK, I’ll be discussing VIDAA. It supports an extensive number of apps, including big hitters like Netflix and Prime Video, as well as BBC iPlayer and ITVX in the UK. It also supports Freely in the UK, which can be used to watch live, broadcast TV over Wi-Fi, without the need for satellite or antenna connections.
- Features score: 4.5 / 5
- Great backlight control
- Effective anti-glare screen
- Colors don’t live up to measurements
In terms of brightness, the UR8 hits some interesting numbers. In Filmmaker Mode, it hit a measured peak HDR brightness of 2,097 nits and in Standard, it hit 2,394 nits. These are solid results, and while flagship OLEDs such as the Samsung S99H are now beating this (it hits 2,743 nits peak HDR), it does beat more standard mini-LEDs in its price bracket such as the Samsung QN80H, which I measured at 1,149 nits peak HDR (though this was on the 55-inch model).
Fullscreen HDR brightness is also solid, clocking in at 771 nits and 767 nits in Filmmaker and Standard modes respectively. Where the UR8 delivers more impressive brightness is in SDR Standard, where it hit a peak of 1,514 nits and fullscreen of 778.
The most surprising measurement, though, was the UR8’s HDR color gamut coverage. Not only did it hit 95.1% of the BT.2020 color space, the highest I’ve measured on a TV to date, but it registered a staggering 145.2% of the UHDA-P3 color space, which massively exceeds the high of 100% I registered on the Samsung S95F last year with the same color space.
Looking at these results, I expected colors to be spectacular — and this brings me to my main criticism of the UR8: the colors I saw did not reflect those measurements. When I watched Elemental, the UR8 still delivered punchy, vibrant colors such as Ember’s flame and the blue of Wade’s water, but they didn’t have the pop I was expecting. In La La Land, at the Spring party, Mia’s yellow dress is bright and natural looking, but I’d seen more engaging colors on other TVs.
I found when I compared the UR8 to the Samsung QN80H, a standard mini-LED in the same price range, the QN80H actually delivered bolder colors. Taking the same La La Land scene for comparison, Mia’s yellow dress, the green bushes, and the red outfits of some party-goers all looked much more vibrant on the QN80H. The UR8’s colors looked natural, but lacked that wow factor I expected from an RGB TV.
The UR8 has some of the best backlight control I've seen from a mini-LED TV (Image credit: Warner Bros. / Future )It was a shame the UR8’s colors weren’t as dazzling as I’d hoped, because in other areas, the UR8 shines, especially its backlight control. Standard mini-LED TVs can really suffer from blooming (where light from a bright object against a dark background can create a halo effect around said object), but this wasn’t the case with the UR8, which demonstrated little to no blooming through most tests. Watching the UR8 at more extreme angles did reveal some blooming, but it was better than what I’ve seen on some mini-LED TVs in the past.
Watching The Batman, the UR8 demonstrated solid contrast too, with mostly deep black tones and a good balance between light and dark tones, shown as Batman wanders around the crime scene at Mayor Mithcell’s home, or in the bright lights around the Batcave. I did notice blacks could take on a gray hue in some scenes, but for the most part, The Batman looked good.
I did find that the Dolby Vision Dark picture mode was too dim to watch in a bright room, despite the anti-reflection screen, but worked well in ambient and dimmer conditions. The brighter Dolby Vision IQ picture mode works best for brighter rooms. If you do use Dolby Vision IQ, I recommend dropping the brightness from 50 to 49 and turning off precision detail and super resolution for a more natural-looking image with better contrast.
It was a similar story with Alien: Romulus. The UR8 did a solid job displaying the scenes in space, with good contrast between the light from the moon and the black of space as the crew approached the Renaissance station. The black of space was occasionally gray, but still very good for a mini-LED, backlit TV. Again, backlight control proved to be the UR8’s strong suit.
Textures and details appear crisp in most movies, seen here in La La Land (Image credit: Future)In all HDR movies, the UR8 delivered crisp textures, with refined detail in people, clothing and objects. The UR8 did a good job showing the intricate textures of the various consoles onboard the mining ship in Alien: Romulus. Close-up shots showed sweat, hairs, and facial details like wrinkles with real clarity as well.
One thing I did find odd was that for non-Dolby Vision content, the Filmmaker, Movie, and IMAX Enhanced picture modes all looked identical. There seemed to be no real difference in brightness, color or contrast — something I would expect from a TV.
The UR8 did a good job with sports. Watching some World Cup highlights on BBC iPlayer, motion was smooth in the default Sports picture mode. While most of the motion styles worked, I found myself using either Clear or Standard. Color enhancer is on by default in this mode, and I personally found the colors too oversaturated, so I turned this off, and colors looked more natural. I did notice there was muddying of textures during very quick camera pans, but for the most part, the UR8 worked well for sports.
- Picture quality score: 4 / 5
- 2.1.2 channel speaker array
- Good bass and accuracy
- Soundstage can be narrow
The UR8 has a built-in 2.1.2 channel speaker array, tuned by Devialet, with a total power of 70W. There are a good number of preset sound modes and settings, but I mainly used Standard and Theater mode for my testing.
Watching the Penguin chase scene from The Batman, the UR8 delivered good bass levels, accurately conveying the loud rumble of the Batmobile’s engine. The UR8 demonstrated good accuracy too, mapping the sound of swerving tires, bullet sprays and the horns of passing traffic to the action on screen with solid precision.
While I typically use Theater mode on most TVs, I found that the UR8’s could get harsh at times, with a sudden brightness that I found distracting. Standard mode was a more than suitable alternative, and although it didn't have as wide a sound field as Theater mode, it was more controlled.
The UR8 delivers solid sound overall, but I did feel its soundstage was narrow, meaning not every element of The Batman scene was given room to breathe. It’s a decent sound system for a TV, but overall I’d still recommend a soundbar to go with it.
- Sound quality score: 4 / 5
- Sturdy build
- Solid pedestal stand
- Slightly bulkier depth
The UR8 has a functional, safe design. The TV itself feels sturdy when installed on its central pedestal stand, which does feel solid even though it’s made of a plastic material. The TV is slighter deeper than some rivals, such as the Samsung QN80H, but again it feels well built.
As I mentioned above, the UR8 features an anti-glare screen, which does a good job of limiting reflections in brighter conditions. The 65-inch model I tested felt light for its size and it has a trim bezel, although the bottom bezel is thicker than those on the top and sides. Connections are easily accessible on the side of the rear of the TV.
The UR8 comes with Hisense’s own USB-C and solar rechargeable remote, which for me is one of the better controllers on the market. It does feel a bit light, but for me the button layout is logical, and it’s nice to see a rechargeable remote supplied with a cheaper TV.
- Design score: 4 / 5
- Google TV US, VIDAA UK and Australia
- Good number of picture and audio settings
- Dated appearance
As I’m based in the UK, I’ll be discussing the VIDAA smart TV platform featured in the UR8 (also used in Australian models). If you’re based in the US, the UR8 uses Google TV as its smart TV platform instead.
VIDAA is a serviceable smart TV system. It supports a good number of major apps including Netflix, Disney Plus and Prime Video, as well apps from UK broadcasters, including BBC iPlayer and ITVX. The home screen offers a lot of content recommendations, but there's also a large banner space at the top of the screen for ads, which can be distracting.
The menus are neatly and logically laid out, with most settings easy to find. Response times when navigating these menus is good too. There are plenty of settings for adjusting both the picture and sound, although I didn’t use a lot of them.
VIDAA does, however, look a little dated, especially in the menus. It doesn’t have the sleekness of Samsung’s Tizen or Google TV, or the simplicity and color of Roku. Secondly, as someone who does change settings a lot, a pop-up eco warning appears every time and this can get frustrating; and there seems to be no way to turn it off.
- Smart TV score: 3.5 or 4
- Near-full suite of features
- 11.7ms input lag (with the right settings)
- Up to 4K 180Hz refresh rate supported
The UR8 is actually very well equipped for gaming. It has four HDMI 2.1 ports that support 4K up to 180Hz (4K 120Hz for consoles is supported), VRR including FreeSync Premium Pro, both Dolby Vision and HDR10+ gaming, and ALLM.
To get the lowest input lag time, which I measured at 11.7ms in 4K 60Hz, you do have to mess around with some settings. Having put the UR8 into Game mode, I then had to turn on a refresh rate feature, which prioritized faster frame rates, and this is how I got the above result. Without adjusting those settings I measured the input lag time at 20ms, above the 15ms threshold we look for in testing.
Playing Battlefield V in 4K 120Hz, actual gameplay felt smooth, and the UR8 did a good job handling fast-moving action sequences like a shootout in a desert mission. The overall picture quality was good, with high brightness, bold color and solid contrast. I did notice that, during particularly quick camera pans, some textures could muddy, but this didn’t happen every time.
- Gaming score: 4.5 / 5
- Great value in the US and Australia
- Overpriced in the UK
- Overall good performance for the price
Value is a tough attribute to grade for the Hisense UR8. As RGB mini-LED is still in its infancy (having only been introduced in 2025, and only come to smaller screens for the first time this year), I did anticipate that RGB TVs would be pricey, even more entry-level models like the UR8.
With the UR8, it all comes down to where you are. When it's on sale, you can pick the 65-inch model up for $1,499 in the US, and prices are only going to drop. This puts the UR8 in direct competition price-wise with standard mini-LED, giving people looking for a TV within that price range more choice. It's also good value in Australia, with the 65-inch launching for AU$2,495, which translates to $1,799 / £1,299. I expect prices in Australia to come down reasonably quickly too.
The same can’t be said for the UK, unfortunately. The 65-inch launched recently at £2,299, which is actually pricier than the LG C6 OLED — and while RGB is meant to be a direct rival to OLED, as I've mentioned, it’s not there yet. I have seen the UR8 drop to £1,999 at some retailers, but this is still OLED-level pricing.
Overall, the UR8 does deliver pretty good value for money. It’s got a good feature set, delivers decent built-in sound, and is good for gaming, and while the picture doesn’t quite deliver what I’d hoped for, it’s still solid compared to most mini-LED. It’s just a shame that the value proposition is region-dependent.
- Value score: 4 / 5
Attributes
Notes
Rating
Features
A great list of features, especially for gaming
4.5/5
Picture quality
Detailed picture with good contrast and backlight control, though colors don't have the RGB wow-factor
4/5
Sound quality
Solid built-in sound with good bass and clear speech, but soundstage can be narrow
4/5
Design
Sturdy build and safe design. Slightly bulkier than other TVs
4/5
Smart TV and menus
Google TV (US) or VIDAA (UK/Aus) smart TV. Plenty of useful settings, but design is dated
4/5
Gaming
Near-full suite of features, including four HDMI 2.1 ports, with very good performance
4.5/5
Value
Affordably priced for RGB in US and Aus; overpriced at launch in the UK
4/5
Buy it if...You want a mini-LED with good backlighting
The UR8's backlight control is great, meaning darker movies show less blooming and viewing angles are improved.
You want a great TV for gaming
The UR8 has a near-full suite of gaming features, and offers very good overall performance once you've adjusted some settings.
You want a good TV for daytime viewing
The UR8 has an anti-glare screen that's good at reducing mirror-like reflections in brighter rooms.
You want the best of RGB mini-LED
While the UR8's picture quality is good overall, its colors don't match my test measurements, lacking the vibrancy I'd hoped for.
You like variety in your movie picture modes
The UR8's three movie picture modes — Filmmaker, Movie, and IMAX Enhanced — all look pretty much the same.
You want the best TV for motion
I noticed during some of my testing that textures could blur during fast-paced action, meaning some detail was lost in games and sport.
Hisense UR8
Hisense UR9
Samsung QN80H
LG C6
Price (65-inch)
$1,499 / £2,299 / AU$2,495
$1,699 / £2,299 / AU$3,499
$1,599 / £1,299 / AU$1,999
$1,799 / £2,299 / AU$3,499
Screen type
RGB mini-LED
RGB mini-LED
Mini-LED
OLED
Refresh rate
120Hz (Up to 180Hz)
120Hz (up to 170Hz)
144Hz
165Hz
HDR support
Dolby Vision, HDR10+, HDR10, HLG
Dolby Vision, HDR10+, HDR10, HLG
HDR10+, HDR10, HLG
Dolby Vision, HDR10 and HLG
Smart TV
Google TV (US) / VIDAA (UK/Aus)
Google TV (US) / VIDAA (UK/Aus)
Tizen
webOS 26
HDMI ports
4 x HDMI 2.1
3 x HDMI 2.1
4 x HDMI 2.1
4 x HDMI 2.1
Hisense UR9
The step-up model from the UR8, the UR9 delivers higher brightness, more dimming zones and bolder colors. It's also the same price as the UR8 in the UK at the time of writing. The UR8 is the better choice for gamers with multiple consoles, however, as the UR9 only offers 3 HDMI 2.1 against the UR8's 4.
Samsung QN80H
A standard mini-LED, the QN80H isn't as bright as the UR8, and its backlight control isn't as good, resulting in more blooming than the UR8. Side-by-side however, the QN80H does seem to deliver bolder, punchier colors than the UR8.
Check out my Samsung QN80H vs Hisense UR8 comparison
LG C6
The LG C6 is an OLED with deeper blacks, bolder colors and better motion handling than the UR8, while the UR8 offers higher brightness for better bright-room viewing. In the US and UK, the C6 is priced very similarly to the UR8, but in Australia, the C6 is closer to the step-up UR9 in price.
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How I tested the Hisense UR8 (Image credit: Future)- Tested over two weeks
- Tested in different lighting conditions in lab
- Measurements taken using Portrait Displays' Calman color calibration software
My first step in testing the Hisense UR8 was to establish the best picture modes for critical testing, and I landed on Filmmaker Mode and Cinema mode (which admittedly looked very similar).
I then used reference scenes to test the UR8's picture quality, focusing on brightness, color, detail, upscaling, contrast and backlight control. I used a couple of these same scenes to test the TV's built-in speakers.
I also used an Xbox Series X to test the TV's gaming features and performance, playing Battlefield V.
Apart from objective testing, I took measurements of the UR8 using specialized equipment. This included a Jeti Spctral 15VA Spectroradiometer and Klein K-10A colorimeter (with both meters profiled together), with a Murideo Six G 8K Metal test-pattern generator. I took measurements using Portrait Displays' Calman color calibration software.
The first measurements I took were the UR8's brightness, in both SDR and HDR. I used white window patterns in sizes ranging from 1-100%, with peak (10%) and fullscreen (100%) windows serving as the primary focus. I took measurements in the UR8's Standard and Filmmaker Mode pictures modes.
After this, I measured the color and grayscale accuracy (in SDR), focusing on the Delta-E values (the margin for error between the test signal sent and what's displayed on screen).
Next, I measured the UR8's HDR color gamut coverage, focusing on the BT.2020 and UHDA-P3 color spaces.
I also measured the UR8's HDR EOTF in 1,000, 4,000 and 10,000 nits. This shows the UR8 accuracy at both light and dark levels. I also tested the UR8's spectral power distribution, which demonstrates color performance.
Finally, I tested the UR8's input lag time using a Leo Bodnar 4K HDMi Input Lag Tester.
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- First reviewed: July 2026
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Emerging from the COVID-19 times of 2020, IPRoyal kicked off as a humble IPv4 and IPv6 address leasing business before blossoming into a full-blown proxy powerhouse. The company caters to virtually everyone: from solo devs and data teams to bustling startups and enterprises.
Alongside the usual residential, mobile, datacenter, and ISP proxies, IPRoyal also offers specialized enterprise proxy solutions, an AI-powered Web Unblocker, and a video scraper API for YouTube content. Its network spans 195 countries for residential proxies and over 60 datacenter locations, with support for 650+ tools and scraper integrations.
IPRoyal: Plans and PricingWhen it comes to picking your proxy flavor, IPRoyal’s menu is thoroughly stocked.
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Although IPRoyal doesn’t offer a free trial, it does give access to its trial proxies (for companies only, though) so you can test its features before deciding.
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You can choose from an endless list of proxies to scrape data from external websites. If one gets blocked, select another and continue your scraping activity. Residential proxies also hide your online identity and prevent third-party tracking. As far as a website is concerned, your device is browsing from whichever IP proxy you use and not the actual location. You could be in the U.S. and surf the web with a German IP address.
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ISP proxiesIPRoyal’s static residential network has grown to include over 500,000 ethically sourced unique IPs across 31+ countries. You get 100% dedicated IPs with unlimited bandwidth, zero thread limits, full protocol support spanning HTTP(S), SOCKS5, plus both UDP and TCP connections, and reliable server health that guarantees up to a 99.99% success rate and 99.9% uptime.
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Upon testing, there were some problems with erroneous rerouting of certain proxies to the wrong locations (like choosing a Portugal IP address and getting a UK one). Thankfully, the IPRoyal staff was helpful and quick to act, so we got the correct location not long after contacting them. That said, some users have reported not getting proper assistance with similar issues.
(Image credit: IPRoyal)Mobile ProxiesCompared to last time we checked in with IPRoyal, its mobile network has almost doubled, expanding from 2.5 million to over 4.5 million real 3G/4G/5G/LTE mobile IPs. You can drill down to target specific countries, states, cities, and major cellular carriers (like T-Mobile and Verizon in the United States, or Orange and Vodafone in Europe).
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The mobile proxies were notably fast during our test, with up to 100 Mbps download speeds.
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You can manage as many social media accounts as possible with mobile proxies. You can also create many social accounts for research purposes, e.g., an academic study, without being flagged.
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IPRoyalDatacenter coverage covers over 60 locations worldwide, complete with state and city-level targeting. The underlying hardware delivers roughly 2 Gbps throughput with 10 ms latency and a 99.9% uptime guarantee, easily handling high-concurrency workloads.
You can connect to IPRoyal’s proxy servers via the HTTP/HTTPS and SOCKS5 protocols. During our test, they offered first-rate speed and performance with no downtime. IPRoyal places no bandwidth or session limits on proxy IPs, making them ideal for bandwidth-intensive use cases like data scraping, online streaming, content downloads, and app testing.
Browser extensionIPRoyal offers a browser extension (IPRoyal Proxy Manager) that makes deploying and managing proxies easier. Instead of frequently logging into your dashboard to choose new proxies, you can use the extension to switch with a click. The proxy add-on is available on Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Brave, Vivaldi, and Opera.
IPRoyal has an intuitive, user-friendly dashboard (Image credit: IPRoyal)These browser extensions offer all-in-one proxy management. You can create distinct profiles for different proxies and switch between them with a single click. Each profile can have a single proxy or use different proxy IPs for specific traffic types (HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP). You can assign a backup proxy to ensure your internet access remains secure if your current proxy fails, and build custom IP bypass lists to exclude specific URLs from proxy routing.
Furthermore, you can log directly into your IPRoyal account inside the extension to buy bandwidth, generate residential profiles, adjust city/state targeting, toggle high-end pools, or set session rotation rules without visiting the main website.
The browser extension doesn’t only work with IPRoyal’s proxy IPs. You can use it to manage IP addresses from other proxy providers your organization uses.
Enterprise ProxiesIntended to take over the heavy lifting, IPRoyal's enterprise proxies are specifically designed for high-volume corporate workloads. You get custom access to dedicated IPs, city/state-level targeting, and ethically sourced, fully compliant proxy pools across residential, ISP, datacenter, and mobile networks.
Thanks to flexible scaling, you can add as many IP addresses as needed out of the 68+ million proxy pool. Enterprise proxies pair custom infrastructure scaling with dedicated account managers, 24/7 network surveillance, and fastlane support so your automated pipelines never hit an (un)expected wall.
Web UnblockerYou can think of the AI-powered Web Unblocker as an automated master key for instances where anti-bot algorithms and CAPTCHAs lock out your scraping scripts. Instead of spending hours tinkering with request headers or troubleshooting IP bans, this tool manages all anti-scraping roadblocks in the background.
Under the hood, the Web Unblocker utilizes AI-driven smart IP selection across 195 countries, real-time CAPTCHA solving, dynamic browser fingerprinting, and automatic retries to mimic organic human browsing behavior. Perhaps best of all, dropping it into your tech stack requires zero code changes: you simply swap out your current proxy endpoint.
Video Scraper APIA dedicated extraction engine built specifically to turn YouTube content into structured, AI-ready datasets, Video Scraper API integrates into your existing codebase with a few lines of code. As a result, you can search and select video IDs, and perform single or bulk video downloads directly to your cloud storage.
Designed with scalable infrastructure and compliance-first practices, the API delivers recorded video content rather than live streams. At the moment, it’s available via an early access request, where data teams can join the waitlist to test it for their workflows.
IPRoyal: Ease of UseOne of IPRoyal’s strengths is its high level of user-friendliness. Users get an intuitive dashboard to manage their proxies and other complementary tools. All features are neatly arranged in the left-hand menu, whereas on the right, you can gain access to the main menu. The interface is visually pleasing and easy to navigate, and you can select between light theme, dark theme, or the automatic theme that matches your browser settings.
IPRoyal has an intuitive, user-friendly dashboard (Image credit: IPRoyal)IPRoyal’s browser extensions also contribute to its ease of use. It lets you manage proxies regardless of the web page you’re currently on. The updated extension also provides a direct login inside the popup to your account, where you can generate proxy profiles, adjust location targeting, purchase bandwidth on the fly, and more.
IPRoyal: Customer SupportIPRoyal makes getting assistance easy with 24/7 customer support available around the clock. Rather than leaving you waiting up to 24 hours for an email, you can get near-instant help via live chat directly on the website and dashboard, email support, or the official Discord community server. Enterprise clients even get bumped to VIP status with dedicated account managers and fastlane support.
The only real omission is no telephone support option, though given how fast live chat and Discord respond, you won't miss phone hold music.
If you prefer troubleshooting on your own, you have IPRoyal’s self-service library at your disposal. The official Docs hub and Help Center cover everything from quick-start integration tutorials to detailed API specifications and code examples.
On top of that, IPRoyal provides several free built-in utilities, like browser extensions, a standalone proxy tester, an online proxy checker, IP lookup tools, and a WebRTC leak test.
IPRoyal: The CompetitionIPRoyal has numerous competitors, and we’d like to highlight Webshare, Oxylabs, and Bright Data.
Webshare offers a network of roughly 80 million+ IP addresses across residential and datacenter proxy tiers, putting its total count slightly ahead of IPRoyal’s 64 million+ residential pool. Just like its competitor, Webshare provides an intuitive user dashboard and straightforward proxy management, with a dedicated browser extension to boot, though it differentiates itself with a free-forever 10-proxy plan.
Oxylabs has a massive network of 175 million proxy IPs, triple that of IPRoyal. This broader network provides users with more redundancy and reliability. Oxylabs remains a powerhouse for large-scale enterprise data collection, though IPRoyal delivers a significantly more budget-friendly entry point with no monthly commitments or minimum spend requirements.
Bright Data rounds out the competition with 72 million+ residential IPs (and an overall global pool reaching up to 400 million monthly IPs), together with extensive unblocking toolkits and enterprise compliance certifications. However, while Bright Data caters primarily to large corporate budgets with higher minimum commitments, IPRoyal offers a simpler self-service alternative that gives individual developers and growing teams access to enterprise-grade features without the steep pricing curve.
IPRoyal: Final verdictIPRoyal has built a reputation as a go-to proxy provider for everyone from weekend solo developers to data-hungry corporations, and it’s easy to see why. Between a sizable proxy network, transparent pricing, reliable uptime, and 24/7 customer support that admirably does its job, it punches well above its weight class.
In older reviews, the main knocks against IPRoyal were its smaller IP pool and a lack of built-in web scraping APIs. But those criticisms are officially out of date, as the network has scaled dramatically. On top of that, the addition of the AI-powered Web Unblocker and dedicated tools like the Video Scraper API completely bridges the gap for automated, hassle-free data collection.
Add in perks like bandwidth that never expires on pay-as-you-go plans, expanded payment options, and dedicated Enterprise Proxies, and IPRoyal is no longer a budget-friendly option for small outfits, but a serious full-spectrum proxy ecosystem for operations of any size.
- To find out more, see our guide to the best proxies available.
- You might also like to read our guide to sneaker proxies, or find out the difference between residential and datacenter proxies.
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Klaviyo Sign-Up Bug May Have Exposed Passwords to Ad Trackers
Klaviyo says fewer than 200 people are known to be affected by a sign-up bug that may have exposed passwords to third-party trackers.
The post Klaviyo Sign-Up Bug May Have Exposed Passwords to Ad Trackers appeared first on TechRepublic.
Categories: Technology
'The Nerd Reich' tracks the 'unmasking of Silicon Valley's true politics'
Journalist Gil Durán argues that a small circle of Silicon Valley billionaires and venture capitalists have concluded that democracy is in their way — and that they should be governing in its place.
Categories: News
30% of UK Manufacturers Report Cyber Incidents in Their Business or Supply Chain
Cyber incidents are reaching UK manufacturers through both their own systems and their suppliers, putting production continuity under pressure.
The post 30% of UK Manufacturers Report Cyber Incidents in Their Business or Supply Chain appeared first on TechRepublic.
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Will AI Data Centers Overwhelm the Power Grid? What US Grid Data Shows
AI power demand is surging, but the grid problem emerging in US data is more local and complicated than a nationwide electricity shortage.
The post Will AI Data Centers Overwhelm the Power Grid? What US Grid Data Shows appeared first on TechRepublic.
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The Physical Cost of Spending Hours on Your Smartphone
Research links prolonged smartphone use to neck discomfort and hand pain, while evidence for spinal damage and weaker grip remains less certain.
The post The Physical Cost of Spending Hours on Your Smartphone appeared first on TechRepublic.
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Despite Mideast wars, 20 million gather in Iraq for Shia pilgrimage
Despite wars ranging across the Middle East, more than 20 million Shia pilgrims gather in Iraq shrine city for Arbaeen festival
(Image credit: Mohammed Sawaf for NPR)
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What is the release date for X-Men '97 season 2 episode 9 on Disney+?
X-Men '97 season 2 is almost over. Indeed, with just one episode remaining of the popular Marvel TV show's latest season, we'll soon be saying goodbye to the titular super-team until their animated series returns for its third instalment.
There's a great deal for this season's finale to wrap up, too. Will the comatose Remy win his battle of wills with Apocalypse? Does X-Force teaming up with X-Factor mean we should prepare ourselves for an almighty showdown between their combined forces and the X-Men? And how will this season's last chapter ultimately set the stage for X-Men '97 season 3?
I can't answer any of those questions yet — but, I can tell you when season 2 episode 9, titled 'Survival of the Fittest', will be released. So, read on to find out when it'll come out!
What is the launch time for X-Men '97 season 2 episode 9?I'm not sure Rogue would be able to take losing Gambit for a second time... (Image credit: Marvel Animation/Disney+)The finale of X-Men '97's second season will make its Disney+ debut on Wednesday, August 12 at 12am PT / 3am ET.
That's the time it'll air in the US and Canada, anyway — for fans in the nations listed below, here's when it'll premiere on one of the world's best streaming services in your neck of the woods:
- US — Wednesday, August 12 at 12am PT / 3am ET
- Canada — Wednesday, August 12 at 12am PT / 3am ET
- UK — Wednesday, August 12 at 8am BST
- India — Wednesday, August 12 at 12:30pm IST
- Singapore — Wednesday, August 12 at 3pm SGT
- Australia — Wednesday, August 12 at 5pm AEST
- New Zealand — Wednesday, August 12 at 7pm NZST
No. However, Marvel's Head of TV, Animation, Streaming, and Comics Brad Winderbaum recently confirmed that the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) adjacent TV show's third season will drop sometime in 2027. That follows Winderbaum previously stating that new seasons of the highly-rated cartoon will start to arrive every year from here on out.
Even so, I believe it'll be a long time before an official launch date is announced. There'll be plenty of opportunities for Marvel to reveal one before the end of 2026, with D23 Expo (14-16 August) and New York Comic-Con (8-11 October) traditionally being prime candidates for the comic giant to tease new details about upcoming seasons.
That said, Marvel usually doesn't unveil release dates for its TV shows until much closer to their actual launches, so I'd be amazed if we find out when the Marvel Phase 6 show's third season will premiere in the near future.
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Microsoft reportedly pours fuel on PC pricing flames as it implements a 'significant increase' for Windows 11 licenses
- Microsoft has hiked the cost of a Windows 11 license for PC makers
- A new report claims that the annual price increase is 'significantly' more this year
- That's really not going to help the PC market, coming on top of all the pain with hardware price rises that we're already experiencing
PC prices are already facing various unfortunate pressures — thanks to the RAM crisis, and other increased component costs aside from memory –— but it appears that Microsoft is throwing fuel on the fire with hikes on the software side.
Wccftech spotted a report from Economic Daily News (EDN), a Taiwanese site, claiming that Microsoft has increased the price it charges PC makers for a Windows 11 license. Apparently the cost of installing Windows 11 on a pre-built desktop PC or a laptop has gone up by 7% to 10% as of last month.
Of course, bear in mind this is just a rumor (and the article is translated, so we need to be careful about any potentially lost meaning), but it's an alarming sounding prospect.
Microsoft puts up the price of a Windows 11 license every year, so this isn't new or unexpected, but normally Microsoft applies a single-digit increase, and this year the price hike has reportedly been a good deal more, possibly tipping into double-digits (10%). The (translated) article calls this a "significant increase" compared to past years, and the information comes from an executive at an (unnamed) PC maker.
Seemingly current product prices already reflect Microsoft's extra charge, with the bigger rises in fees having been given to PCs with faster processors, we're told.
EDN observes that the prices of PCs are expected to rise by 5% in the third quarter of 2026, at least for Acer and Asus systems in the Taiwanese market. Other regions and vendors may, of course, vary, but all OEMs (PC makers) must pay Microsoft for a Windows 11 license (if using the OS, of course).
Analysis: software salt(Image credit: Microsoft)As noted, these cost increases are supposedly already priced into hardware on the shelves, and EDN observes that neither consumers nor businesses have really batted an eyelid.
That's mainly because the hardware-based pricing misery — for more expensive RAM, SSDs, GPUs (increasingly of late) and other components — is driving the nastier price rises, and the Windows 11 increase is relatively small fry in comparison. So, this software hike has purportedly flown under the radar, effectively eclipsed by the hardware pain.
If this report is true, and Microsoft has indeed put prices up a good deal more than normal, that's a distinctly unhelpful move. On the hardware side of the equation, we know prices to manufacture goods are going up — and that cost increases will inevitably be passed on to the end buyer. That's just business, but there's no obvious reason why software costs should be hiked more than normal, other than what the cynical might suggest appears to be opportunism from Microsoft (and maybe the growing cost of the AI side of the company).
This is effectively rubbing software salt into hardware wounds, and the PC market could really do without it. Although speaking of salt, all of this depends on whether this rumor is on the money, and I think it's worth remaining somewhat skeptical in that regard, albeit that EDN has proved a reliable source in the past.
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Alienware 15 (2026) review: exceptional performance at a remarkable price... just ignore the single-channel RAM
Alienware 15 (2026) review: Two Minute Review
Alienware's going "entry-level" with this one. Or, at least sort of. The whole list of configurations of the new Alienware 15 (2026) is a little confusing. Officially it starts at £879 in the UK, but for that you get an RTX 3050 GPU instead of the 5050 that we have in this review unit. That's a five year old graphics card there hidden away in a 2026 laptop. So first thing's first, keep a bloody good eye on the spec you get. The last thing you want is to think you're snatching up a bargain, only to be caught out by a sub-par silicon mix-up crushing your frame-rates in the process.
The good news, though, is that on the whole the specs of the Alienware 15 (2026) we were sent (Ryzen 7 260, RTX 5050, 16GB DDR5, and 512GB SSD), is actually remarkably good value for money. Particularly in the US. You can pick one up for about $1,160 or so. It's a lot more expensive in the UK (£1,333) but Stateside, it's a healthy config that delivers some impressive performance as it just peeks over that $1,000 parapet.
Ultra graphical presets aren't off the table here, at 1920x1200, but medium-high on those AAA titles is really going to be the place that leverages that 165 Hz 1920x1200 panel most efficiently. It's not the best of screens, though, as Alienware's got this thing labelled as "IPS", and I'm just not sure about that, because to be frank, the color reminds me more of a TN panel from 2011, than a modern-day IPS, "IPS-like" maybe. Perhaps we've been spoiled with OLED displays of late. Perhaps.
(Image credit: Future)It's not the only place that's been stripped back either; connectivity still touts Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2 (yes, in 2026), the build quality is a little plasticky, and the bevelled edges and rounded corners everywhere feel a bit dated, even if it keeps in-line with the brand's style. Oh and then there's my personal pet peeve, the dreaded single-channel memory setup. So you (yes you) can spend more money and increase the capacity at a later date (I mean you could do that with a dual-channel setup as well, but what do I know?).
Fortunately, a lot of the usual laptop woes that crop up with single-channel memory are easily overlooked by that hefty RTX 5050 delivering the frame-rate goodness, but it's still worth bearing in mind, if you are fixated on using this thing for productivity over gaming.
Oh and the SSD is just sad. Sure it's a PCIe 4.0 drive, and the sequential speeds are good, but the random 4K writes are savagely low, and it's a 512GB model, leaving you with about 480GB to play with once Windows 11 is installed. Ouch.
Still, for the price, and those negatives aside, it's remarkably robust and a genuine bargain, particularly around deal time.
Alienware 15 (2026) review: Price & Availability- Available for $1,159.99 / £1,333 (around AU$2,500)
- UK buyers pay a hefty premium compared to the US
- Base config still ships with RTX 3050 or 4050 era silicon
On the cost front, the Alienware 15 (2026), also known by its model number DA15265, is a curious thing. And its appeal is almost entirely dependent on where exactly your PC gaming escapades are based.
If you're in the US, it's a strikingly good deal. At $1,160 at time of writing, you get top-tier performance, delivering high frame-rates in modern titles, for a smidge over the $1K mark. If you're in the UK, though, this specific config will set you back £1,333.81. That's the equivalent of about $1,800. And yes, I know sales tax is a thing as well, but it's not $640 that's for sure. What a markup.
The more confusing element, however, is the broad range of SKUs available. It's not uncommon to see a single product and design offer many different configurations, especially graphics cards for gaming laptops, but the fact that the Alienware 15 (2026) is available with cards all the way down to an RTX 3050 does muddy the waters somewhat. Particularly if you're snapping up a quick deal around Black Friday, and don't take time to check the specs.
- Value score: 3.5 / 5
Base
Review
Price
$1,049.99 / £879 (around AU$1,679)
$1,159.99 / £1,333.81 (around AU$2,548)
CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 220
AMD Ryzen 7 260 (8 cores, 16 threads, up to 5.1GHz)
GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 (UK) / RTX 4050 (US)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 8GB
RAM
8GB DDR5 5,600 MT/s
16GB DDR5 5,600 MT/s
Storage
512GB M.2 PCIe 4.0 NVMe
512GB M.2 PCIe 4.0 NVMe
Display
15.3-inch WUXGA (1920 x 1200) 16:10, 165Hz
15.3-inch WUXGA (1920 x 1200) 16:10, 165Hz
Ports and Connectivity
2x USB-A 3.2 Gen 1, 1x USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 (PD 100W + DP 1.4a), 1x USB-C 3.2 Gen 1, HDMI 2.1, RJ45 (1GbE), combo audio; Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2
2x USB-A 3.2 Gen 1, 1x USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 (PD 100W + DP 1.4a), 1x USB-C 3.2 Gen 1, HDMI 2.1, RJ45 (1GbE), combo audio; Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2
Battery
70Whr - 130W Adapter
70Whr - 180W Adapter
Dimensions
13.76 x 9.85 x 0.9 in / 349.5 x 250.3 x 22.95 mm
13.76 x 9.85 x 0.9 in / 349.5 x 250.3 x 22.95 mm
Weight
4.85lbs (2.2kg)
4.96lbs (2.25kg)
Alienware 15 (2026) review: Design- Slimmer than you'd expect from Alienware
- Dated design leaves a lot to be desired
- Spongey keyboard and abrasive trackpad
Surprisingly for a 15-incher, the Alienware 15 (2026) is... well, not quite as bulky as you'd expect for an Alienware unit at the budget end of the spectrum.
It's not light at 2.2kg (4.85lbs), at least not in this configuration, but it's a far cry from what you'd usually expect for an affordable gaming laptop. Sadly, Alienware's still hanging onto that smooth-faced design somewhat here, and there's a lot of curvature. The panels, the chassis, the hinge, the edges, they all slowly curve downwards, into an almost egg-shaped design. Even the screen has a bevelled curved edge smoothly radiating outwards, which does feel a touch dated compared to some of the competition out there.
Perhaps unsurprisingly for a laptop at this price, the materials aren't the best either; there's a lot of plastic here, and it's the single biggest indicator that, yeah, this might be on the cheaper end of the budget spectrum.
(Image credit: Future)The keyboard too, is remarkably spongy. If you told me it was a membrane board, I'd believe you, and the trackpad has this weird cheap semi-abrasive finish to it that gives me the ick a little bit (thanks Gen Z). But you know, no gamer worth their salt is going to be using that over one of the best gaming mice anyway.
Port selection is fairly minimal too, and there's no Thunderbolt either (given it's an AMD platform), although you do get HDMI 2.1, and Gigabit Ethernet to cover the essentials.
- Design score: 3.5 / 5
- RTX 5050 and 1200p screen are a radical pairing
- Single-channel RAM is frustrating
- Rapid sequential SSD performance, but it struggles on large transfers
3DMark: Solar Bay: 39,795; Steel Nomad: 8,995
Cinebench R24: Single Core: 103; Multi Core: 826
Crossmark: Overall: 1,447; Productivity: 1,454; Creativity: 1,538; Responsiveness: 1,186
CrystalDiskMark: Sequential Read: 6,936.23 MB/s; Sequential Write: 5,899.46 MB/s; 4K Random Read: 57.73 MB/s; 4K Random Write: 119.74 MB/s
HandBrake 4K to 1080p: 125.6fps
Total War: Warhammer III: Mirrors of Madness (1080p, Medium): 134fps
Cyberpunk 2077: (1080p, Medium): 90.2 fp; (1080p, Medium, FSR Quality + FG): 156.6fps
Battery Life (PCMark 10): 4 hours and 9 minutes
Alienware's paired Nvidia's RTX 5050 laptop chip with that (I'm still calling it an) "IPS-like" 1920x1200 display capable of driving 165 Hz refresh rates, with AMD FreeSync to back it all up (at least in this configuration), and the good news is that performance absolutely slaps at that resolution.
Cyberpunk 2077 on the medium preset averaged 90fps at 1080p with the lows sliding in at just 72, and not a drop of upscaling insight. Switch to DLSS on quality with frame generation, and that figure skyrockets to 157 fps on average. Total War: Warhammer 3, also managed an impressive 134 fps as well, and Final Fantasy XIV's Dawntrail benchmark clocked an impressive 102 fps on the High (laptop) preset. Ultra at native resolution isn't off the cards here, and it shows.
As for the CPU, that's one of AMD's Zen 4 Hawk Point Ryzen 7 260s, complete with eight cores and 16 threads, and it cuts just as neatly a line in professional activities as its RTX 5050 counterpart does in game. Cinebench 2024 managed 826 points in the multi-core test, and it savaged 3D Mark's CPU Profile benchmark with a juicy 7,558.
(Image credit: Future)There are a few caveats worth mentioning. Namely, the SSD is a bit... underwhelming. For one, it's just a 512GB model, and although its sequential performance is solid (it's a PCIe 4.0 unit provided by Samsung), the figures that count for game load times, random 4K read and writes, were well under par.
And then there's the memory. I've banged on enough about how frustrating it is dealing with the memory crisis, and manufacturers continually turning to single channel setups for their off the shelf PCs and laptops, and it's unfortunately true here. If you do want to expand and chuck another 16GB stick in later, yeah you can, but there really ought to have been a default option for that from the get go. It's like we're going backwards in performance, not forwards.
- Performance score: 4/5
- Rapid charging
- 70 Whr battery can't compete against hungry silicon
Let's not beat around the bush here; this is a gaming notebook. It's not a Snapdragon-based Acer model with ridiculously impressive multi day battery life, nor is it one of Intel's hyper-efficient Panther Lake units like we saw in Dell's latest XPS, no sir.
You can throw all the Nvidia Optimus screen switching tricks you can at this thing, but at the end of it all, it's still going to chew through battery life faster than I get through cable ties. And chew through it it did.
(Image credit: Future)The Alienware 15 managed just 89 minutes in PC Mark's gaming battery benchmark, before tapping out at 2%. The video test faired much better however, scoring 4 hours and 9 minutes, although again a far cry from the 14 hours Asus's Vivobook S 15 Copilot managed.
Should I buy the Alienware 15 (2026)?Attributes
Notes
Rating
Value
The performance per $ you're getting here is insane, particularly with that GPU and screen combo. However there's a catch, and if you're in the UK, you're going to be sorely disappointed.
3.5 / 5
Design
It's slimmer than its typical counterparts, and the port selection is solid, just don't expect modern 2026 connectivity standards.
3.5 / 5
Performance
Gaming performance? Tick. CPU performance? Also tick. But the SSD and RAM direly need an update.
4 / 5
Battery Life
89 minutes of gaming; four hours of content streaming; your ten year old Dell probably manages the same.
3 / 5
Final Score
If you're US based, and all you care about is gaming on the move, the Alienware 15 won't leave you disappointed. Just remember to keep it plugged in while you do it.
3.5 / 5
Buy it if…You want a plug-in 1200p gaming notebook that actually puts that 165 fps panel to work
The RTX 5050 paired with the screen is genuinely smart, and delivers impressive performance at the price without any upscaling or frame-gen trickery.View Deal
You're on a tight budget, but you still want to game
This might be one of the best gaming laptops we've seen for the price. Yes, it's got a few rough edges, but if you smooth them out, it'll easily deliver.View Deal
You care about color accuracy, or brightness
Officially, the panel's rated for just 62.5% sRGB coverage at 300 nits. Creative work, at least color-accurate creative work, is off the table entirely. This isn't a punchy OLED, that's for sure.View Deal
You're after a modern design
Bevelled edges everywhere really don't help sell the "premium" aesthetic that Alienware's after here. Maybe it's time to retire the curves in favor of something a little sharper.View Deal
Lenovo LOQ 15
Lenovo's budget line is the one to beat. The current LOQ 15 pairs similar RTX 50-series graphics cards with street prices that regularly undercut the DA15265 by quite the margin. Dodge the Alienware tax, and benefit with a better piece of kit.
Read our full Lenovo LOQ 15 review
Acer Nitro 16
Acer's Nitro line follows in a very similar vein and its latest line-up including the RTX 50 series equally packs in some serious clout. You get the same GPUs, with better panels, consistently cheaper. That's a win through and through.
Read our full Acer Nitro 16 review
How I tested the Alienware 15 (2026)- Tested at home, in the office and on the move
- Benchmarked and used across a wide variety of gaming and productivity tasks
- 11 years of expertise testing laptops, and three weeks with the Alienware 15
I put the Alienware 15 (2026) through its paces, testing it against my usual suite of gaming laptop benchmarks, covering everything from CPU performance, to gaming and everything else in between. I compared it against my database of similarly priced laptops, and used it as my daily driver for three weeks of thorough testing.
Every result was captured under identical, controlled conditions, on a clean Windows 11 install, with the latest updates and drivers. No programs or bloatware were removed, and no power profiles altered during testing, to better represent what an end-user might expect.
- First reviewed: August 2026
Categories: Technology
Alienware 15 (2026) review: exceptional performance at a remarkable price... just ignore the single-channel RAM
Alienware 15 (2026) review: Two Minute Review
Alienware's going "entry-level" with this one. Or, at least sort of. The whole list of configurations of the new Alienware 15 (2026) is a little confusing. Officially it starts at £879 in the UK, but for that you get an RTX 3050 GPU instead of the 5050 that we have in this review unit. That's a five year old graphics card there hidden away in a 2026 laptop. So first thing's first, keep a bloody good eye on the spec you get. The last thing you want is to think you're snatching up a bargain, only to be caught out by a sub-par silicon mix-up crushing your frame-rates in the process.
The good news, though, is that on the whole the specs of the Alienware 15 (2026) we were sent (Ryzen 7 260, RTX 5050, 16GB DDR5, and 512GB SSD), is actually remarkably good value for money. Particularly in the US. You can pick one up for about $1,160 or so. It's a lot more expensive in the UK (£1,333) but Stateside, it's a healthy config that delivers some impressive performance as it just peeks over that $1,000 parapet.
Ultra graphical presets aren't off the table here, at 1920x1200, but medium-high on those AAA titles is really going to be the place that leverages that 165 Hz 1920x1200 panel most efficiently. It's not the best of screens, though, as Alienware's got this thing labelled as "IPS", and I'm just not sure about that, because to be frank, the color reminds me more of a TN panel from 2011, than a modern-day IPS, "IPS-like" maybe. Perhaps we've been spoiled with OLED displays of late. Perhaps.
(Image credit: Future)It's not the only place that's been stripped back either; connectivity still touts Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2 (yes, in 2026), the build quality is a little plasticky, and the bevelled edges and rounded corners everywhere feel a bit dated, even if it keeps in-line with the brand's style. Oh and then there's my personal pet peeve, the dreaded single-channel memory setup. So you (yes you) can spend more money and increase the capacity at a later date (I mean you could do that with a dual-channel setup as well, but what do I know?).
Fortunately, a lot of the usual laptop woes that crop up with single-channel memory are easily overlooked by that hefty RTX 5050 delivering the frame-rate goodness, but it's still worth bearing in mind, if you are fixated on using this thing for productivity over gaming.
Oh and the SSD is just sad. Sure it's a PCIe 4.0 drive, and the sequential speeds are good, but the random 4K writes are savagely low, and it's a 512GB model, leaving you with about 480GB to play with once Windows 11 is installed. Ouch.
Still, for the price, and those negatives aside, it's remarkably robust and a genuine bargain, particularly around deal time.
Alienware 15 (2026) review: Price & Availability- Available for $1,159.99 / £1,333 (around AU$2,500)
- UK buyers pay a hefty premium compared to the US
- Base config still ships with RTX 3050 or 4050 era silicon
On the cost front, the Alienware 15 (2026), also known by its model number DA15265, is a curious thing. And its appeal is almost entirely dependent on where exactly your PC gaming escapades are based.
If you're in the US, it's a strikingly good deal. At $1,160 at time of writing, you get top-tier performance, delivering high frame-rates in modern titles, for a smidge over the $1K mark. If you're in the UK, though, this specific config will set you back £1,333.81. That's the equivalent of about $1,800. And yes, I know sales tax is a thing as well, but it's not $640 that's for sure. What a markup.
The more confusing element, however, is the broad range of SKUs available. It's not uncommon to see a single product and design offer many different configurations, especially graphics cards for gaming laptops, but the fact that the Alienware 15 (2026) is available with cards all the way down to an RTX 3050 does muddy the waters somewhat. Particularly if you're snapping up a quick deal around Black Friday, and don't take time to check the specs.
- Value score: 3.5 / 5
Base
Review
Price
$1,049.99 / £879 (around AU$1,679)
$1,159.99 / £1,333.81 (around AU$2,548)
CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 220
AMD Ryzen 7 260 (8 cores, 16 threads, up to 5.1GHz)
GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 (UK) / RTX 4050 (US)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 8GB
RAM
8GB DDR5 5,600 MT/s
16GB DDR5 5,600 MT/s
Storage
512GB M.2 PCIe 4.0 NVMe
512GB M.2 PCIe 4.0 NVMe
Display
15.3-inch WUXGA (1920 x 1200) 16:10, 165Hz
15.3-inch WUXGA (1920 x 1200) 16:10, 165Hz
Ports and Connectivity
2x USB-A 3.2 Gen 1, 1x USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 (PD 100W + DP 1.4a), 1x USB-C 3.2 Gen 1, HDMI 2.1, RJ45 (1GbE), combo audio; Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2
2x USB-A 3.2 Gen 1, 1x USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 (PD 100W + DP 1.4a), 1x USB-C 3.2 Gen 1, HDMI 2.1, RJ45 (1GbE), combo audio; Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2
Battery
70Whr - 130W Adapter
70Whr - 180W Adapter
Dimensions
13.76 x 9.85 x 0.9 in / 349.5 x 250.3 x 22.95 mm
13.76 x 9.85 x 0.9 in / 349.5 x 250.3 x 22.95 mm
Weight
4.85lbs (2.2kg)
4.96lbs (2.25kg)
Alienware 15 (2026) review: Design- Slimmer than you'd expect from Alienware
- Dated design leaves a lot to be desired
- Spongey keyboard and abrasive trackpad
Surprisingly for a 15-incher, the Alienware 15 (2026) is... well, not quite as bulky as you'd expect for an Alienware unit at the budget end of the spectrum.
It's not light at 2.2kg (4.85lbs), at least not in this configuration, but it's a far cry from what you'd usually expect for an affordable gaming laptop. Sadly, Alienware's still hanging onto that smooth-faced design somewhat here, and there's a lot of curvature. The panels, the chassis, the hinge, the edges, they all slowly curve downwards, into an almost egg-shaped design. Even the screen has a bevelled curved edge smoothly radiating outwards, which does feel a touch dated compared to some of the competition out there.
Perhaps unsurprisingly for a laptop at this price, the materials aren't the best either; there's a lot of plastic here, and it's the single biggest indicator that, yeah, this might be on the cheaper end of the budget spectrum.
(Image credit: Future)The keyboard too, is remarkably spongy. If you told me it was a membrane board, I'd believe you, and the trackpad has this weird cheap semi-abrasive finish to it that gives me the ick a little bit (thanks Gen Z). But you know, no gamer worth their salt is going to be using that over one of the best gaming mice anyway.
Port selection is fairly minimal too, and there's no Thunderbolt either (given it's an AMD platform), although you do get HDMI 2.1, and Gigabit Ethernet to cover the essentials.
- Design score: 3.5 / 5
- RTX 5050 and 1200p screen are a radical pairing
- Single-channel RAM is frustrating
- Rapid sequential SSD performance, but it struggles on large transfers
3DMark: Solar Bay: 39,795; Steel Nomad: 8,995
Cinebench R24: Single Core: 103; Multi Core: 826
Crossmark: Overall: 1,447; Productivity: 1,454; Creativity: 1,538; Responsiveness: 1,186
CrystalDiskMark: Sequential Read: 6,936.23 MB/s; Sequential Write: 5,899.46 MB/s; 4K Random Read: 57.73 MB/s; 4K Random Write: 119.74 MB/s
HandBrake 4K to 1080p: 125.6fps
Total War: Warhammer III: Mirrors of Madness (1080p, Medium): 134fps
Cyberpunk 2077: (1080p, Medium): 90.2 fp; (1080p, Medium, FSR Quality + FG): 156.6fps
Battery Life (PCMark 10): 4 hours and 9 minutes
Alienware's paired Nvidia's RTX 5050 laptop chip with that (I'm still calling it an) "IPS-like" 1920x1200 display capable of driving 165 Hz refresh rates, with AMD FreeSync to back it all up (at least in this configuration), and the good news is that performance absolutely slaps at that resolution.
Cyberpunk 2077 on the medium preset averaged 90fps at 1080p with the lows sliding in at just 72, and not a drop of upscaling insight. Switch to DLSS on quality with frame generation, and that figure skyrockets to 157 fps on average. Total War: Warhammer 3, also managed an impressive 134 fps as well, and Final Fantasy XIV's Dawntrail benchmark clocked an impressive 102 fps on the High (laptop) preset. Ultra at native resolution isn't off the cards here, and it shows.
As for the CPU, that's one of AMD's Zen 4 Hawk Point Ryzen 7 260s, complete with eight cores and 16 threads, and it cuts just as neatly a line in professional activities as its RTX 5050 counterpart does in game. Cinebench 2024 managed 826 points in the multi-core test, and it savaged 3D Mark's CPU Profile benchmark with a juicy 7,558.
(Image credit: Future)There are a few caveats worth mentioning. Namely, the SSD is a bit... underwhelming. For one, it's just a 512GB model, and although its sequential performance is solid (it's a PCIe 4.0 unit provided by Samsung), the figures that count for game load times, random 4K read and writes, were well under par.
And then there's the memory. I've banged on enough about how frustrating it is dealing with the memory crisis, and manufacturers continually turning to single channel setups for their off the shelf PCs and laptops, and it's unfortunately true here. If you do want to expand and chuck another 16GB stick in later, yeah you can, but there really ought to have been a default option for that from the get go. It's like we're going backwards in performance, not forwards.
- Performance score: 4/5
- Rapid charging
- 70 Whr battery can't compete against hungry silicon
Let's not beat around the bush here; this is a gaming notebook. It's not a Snapdragon-based Acer model with ridiculously impressive multi day battery life, nor is it one of Intel's hyper-efficient Panther Lake units like we saw in Dell's latest XPS, no sir.
You can throw all the Nvidia Optimus screen switching tricks you can at this thing, but at the end of it all, it's still going to chew through battery life faster than I get through cable ties. And chew through it it did.
(Image credit: Future)The Alienware 15 managed just 89 minutes in PC Mark's gaming battery benchmark, before tapping out at 2%. The video test faired much better however, scoring 4 hours and 9 minutes, although again a far cry from the 14 hours Asus's Vivobook S 15 Copilot managed.
Should I buy the Alienware 15 (2026)?Attributes
Notes
Rating
Value
The performance per $ you're getting here is insane, particularly with that GPU and screen combo. However there's a catch, and if you're in the UK, you're going to be sorely disappointed.
3.5 / 5
Design
It's slimmer than its typical counterparts, and the port selection is solid, just don't expect modern 2026 connectivity standards.
3.5 / 5
Performance
Gaming performance? Tick. CPU performance? Also tick. But the SSD and RAM direly need an update.
4 / 5
Battery Life
89 minutes of gaming; four hours of content streaming; your ten year old Dell probably manages the same.
3 / 5
Final Score
If you're US based, and all you care about is gaming on the move, the Alienware 15 won't leave you disappointed. Just remember to keep it plugged in while you do it.
3.5 / 5
Buy it if…You want a plug-in 1200p gaming notebook that actually puts that 165 fps panel to work
The RTX 5050 paired with the screen is genuinely smart, and delivers impressive performance at the price without any upscaling or frame-gen trickery.View Deal
You're on a tight budget, but you still want to game
This might be one of the best gaming laptops we've seen for the price. Yes, it's got a few rough edges, but if you smooth them out, it'll easily deliver.View Deal
You care about color accuracy, or brightness
Officially, the panel's rated for just 62.5% sRGB coverage at 300 nits. Creative work, at least color-accurate creative work, is off the table entirely. This isn't a punchy OLED, that's for sure.View Deal
You're after a modern design
Bevelled edges everywhere really don't help sell the "premium" aesthetic that Alienware's after here. Maybe it's time to retire the curves in favor of something a little sharper.View Deal
Lenovo LOQ 15
Lenovo's budget line is the one to beat. The current LOQ 15 pairs similar RTX 50-series graphics cards with street prices that regularly undercut the DA15265 by quite the margin. Dodge the Alienware tax, and benefit with a better piece of kit.
Read our full Lenovo LOQ 15 review
Acer Nitro 16
Acer's Nitro line follows in a very similar vein and its latest line-up including the RTX 50 series equally packs in some serious clout. You get the same GPUs, with better panels, consistently cheaper. That's a win through and through.
Read our full Acer Nitro 16 review
How I tested the Alienware 15 (2026)- Tested at home, in the office and on the move
- Benchmarked and used across a wide variety of gaming and productivity tasks
- 11 years of expertise testing laptops, and three weeks with the Alienware 15
I put the Alienware 15 (2026) through its paces, testing it against my usual suite of gaming laptop benchmarks, covering everything from CPU performance, to gaming and everything else in between. I compared it against my database of similarly priced laptops, and used it as my daily driver for three weeks of thorough testing.
Every result was captured under identical, controlled conditions, on a clean Windows 11 install, with the latest updates and drivers. No programs or bloatware were removed, and no power profiles altered during testing, to better represent what an end-user might expect.
- First reviewed: August 2026
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'Everyone who bought this game should be eligible for a full refund': A digital-only Nintendo Switch game just became unplayable for those who paid for it — showing exactly why gamers are rebelling against Sony's disc-free PlayStation plans
- Aliens: Fireteam Elite has been shut down on Nintendo Switch
- The game was offered as a cloud version on the platform, which meant it relied on being streamed from a server over the internet
- Those that spent money on the game do not appear to have been refunded
The Nintendo Switch version of Aliens: Fireteam Elite has been shut down, rendering it unplayable for those who bought it.
The game launched on Nintendo Switch on April 26, 2023, and unlike the versions available on other platforms, was a cloud version. That means it relied on being streamed from a server over an internet connection. A short demo version was available to try for free, but access to the full game cost $29.99.
There was even a $59.99 Ultimate Edition on offer, which threw in a raft of DLC, and means that some players would have paid 60 bucks for something that they can now no longer access at all.
Developer Cold Iron Studios quietly announced the shutdown back in March this year, sending a message to players thanking them for their support and confirming that the game "will be accessible until August 5, 2026" at which point buyers would "no longer be able to access the game."
It continued: "We apologize to our loyal customers for any inconvenience this may cause, and we appreciate your understanding. We hope you will continue to enjoy our other game titles."
Noticeably, there was no mention of any kind of refund for those who spent money on the game, and it doesn't appear that any affected players got one.
The news has picked up some steam on the r/gaming subreddit, with commenters rallying against cloud gaming and referencing fears surrounding the recent confirmation that Sony would be discontinuing the production of physical game discs in 2028 — pushing gamers towards digital formats.
"Everyone who bought this game should be eligible for a full refund," reads the top-rated comment. "This is why you don't buy a 'Cloud' version of a game," added another commenter. "It is a ticking clock."
One user wrote: "This is going to happen more and more as an all-digital future becomes standard... You don't own anything, you're just paying for the license to play something until it gets taken away."
A sequel, Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2, is expected to launch this year for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S on August 25. It's also expected to come to Nintendo Switch 2 at a later date. Importantly, it won't be a cloud version, which will likely come as a relief to potential buyers.
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We spend £1.6bn a year on subscriptions we don’t want — fast tracked UK Government policy promises to make cancelling them easier, and will make ‘phoney bargains’ illegal
- UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has brought new subscription cancellation laws forward
- Originally scheduled for Spring 2027, they'll be in place by January 2027
- The government is also tackling 'phoney bargains' that promise bigger discounts than you're really getting
The UK’s Prime Minister Andy Burnham has announced consumer protection plans which aim to make it as easy to cancel a subscription as it is to sign up, and crack down on pretend deals, will be brought forward.
Originally set to land next spring, Burnham says they’ll be introduced by January 2027, “In time for when people often start new subscriptions, or cancel the ones they have, for the year ahead,” he explained in a Guardian article.
Once introduced the rules will require businesses to provide reminders before a free or discounted trial ends, and before a 12-month or longer contract automatically renews. Additionally UK subscribers will have a 14-day cooling off period once a free or discounted trial ends, or a 12-month or longer contract renews, to back out of the arrangement with a “full or proportionate refund.”
On top of this the government is mandating “straightforward cancellations,” such as requiring online exits for online sign ups.
(Image credit: Getty Images)According to government statistics, there are 155m active subscriptions in the UK — and nearly 10 million are believed to be unwanted, costing members of the public an estimated £1.6 billion a year. Burnham adds, “The changes we are introducing will save an average of £14 a month for every unwanted subscription.”
Shadow chancellor Mel Stride described the announcement as “reheated,” as the new subscription rules were already announced under former Prime Minister Keir Starmer in April.
Fake bargains be goneIn addition to the fast-tracked subscription changes, the new rules will now also tackle “phoney bargains” as Burnham describes them — which can trick shoppers into believing they’ve snagged a better deal than they really have.
Essentially, if a deal is described as being half-off it has to actually be half-off. This would prevent a shop from drastically raising prices right before a sale to make discounts look stepper, or from pointing out how much a product is discounted based on a misleading recommended retail price (RRP) that the item hasn’t been sold at price for some time.
Similar rules were included in 2024’s Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Act , however this change strengthens those protections and adds advertising false ‘was’ prices for on sale products to the Competition and Markets Authority list of banned practices.
This will make dishonest sales pricing illegal by default without the need to prove direct harm to consumers in each instance.
To hash out the exact rulings the government has said it will be launching a consultation this autumn.
Admittedly none of the changes are groundbreaking, nor will they entirely solve the cost of living squeeze we’ve been feeling, but I’m hoping they’ll make shopping online feel like less of a minefield — especially the new rules around sale prices.
I’ve covered half a dozen Black Fridays with TechRadar, rooting out the best tech deals I can find, and experienced first-hand how companies will try to obscure bad deals with bold discount promises — comparing sale prices to a long-forgotten RRP is one I’ve seen plenty of.
When it comes to subscriptions I think we can all conjure up memories of a free trial causing hurt when we forget to cancel, or setting up a recurring yearly subscription that gets lost to time, but continues to chip away at our finances.
Nothing will change right away, unfortunately. None of the new rules are set to land until January, though take this article as a reminder to look over your subscriptions today and maybe cancel the ones you don’t need any more.
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We spend £1.6bn a year on subscriptions we don’t want — fast tracked UK Government policy promises to make cancelling them easier, and will make ‘phoney bargains’ illegal
- UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has brought new subscription cancellation laws forward
- Originally scheduled for Spring 2027, they'll be in place by January 2027
- The government is also tackling 'phoney bargains' that promise bigger discounts than you're really getting
The UK’s Prime Minister Andy Burnham has announced consumer protection plans which aim to make it as easy to cancel a subscription as it is to sign up, and crack down on pretend deals, will be brought forward.
Originally set to land next spring, Burnham says they’ll be introduced by January 2027, “In time for when people often start new subscriptions, or cancel the ones they have, for the year ahead,” he explained in a Guardian article.
Once introduced the rules will require businesses to provide reminders before a free or discounted trial ends, and before a 12-month or longer contract automatically renews. Additionally UK subscribers will have a 14-day cooling off period once a free or discounted trial ends, or a 12-month or longer contract renews, to back out of the arrangement with a “full or proportionate refund.”
On top of this the government is mandating “straightforward cancellations,” such as requiring online exits for online sign ups.
(Image credit: Getty Images)According to government statistics, there are 155m active subscriptions in the UK — and nearly 10 million are believed to be unwanted, costing members of the public an estimated £1.6 billion a year. Burnham adds, “The changes we are introducing will save an average of £14 a month for every unwanted subscription.”
Shadow chancellor Mel Stride described the announcement as “reheated,” as the new subscription rules were already announced under former Prime Minister Keir Starmer in April.
Fake bargains be goneIn addition to the fast-tracked subscription changes, the new rules will now also tackle “phoney bargains” as Burnham describes them — which can trick shoppers into believing they’ve snagged a better deal than they really have.
Essentially, if a deal is described as being half-off it has to actually be half-off. This would prevent a shop from drastically raising prices right before a sale to make discounts look stepper, or from pointing out how much a product is discounted based on a misleading recommended retail price (RRP) that the item hasn’t been sold at price for some time.
Similar rules were included in 2024’s Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Act , however this change strengthens those protections and adds advertising false ‘was’ prices for on sale products to the Competition and Markets Authority list of banned practices.
This will make dishonest sales pricing illegal by default without the need to prove direct harm to consumers in each instance.
To hash out the exact rulings the government has said it will be launching a consultation this autumn.
Admittedly none of the changes are groundbreaking, nor will they entirely solve the cost of living squeeze we’ve been feeling, but I’m hoping they’ll make shopping online feel like less of a minefield — especially the new rules around sale prices.
I’ve covered half a dozen Black Fridays with TechRadar, rooting out the best tech deals I can find, and experienced first-hand how companies will try to obscure bad deals with bold discount promises — comparing sale prices to a long-forgotten RRP is one I’ve seen plenty of.
When it comes to subscriptions I think we can all conjure up memories of a free trial causing hurt when we forget to cancel, or setting up a recurring yearly subscription that gets lost to time, but continues to chip away at our finances.
Nothing will change right away, unfortunately. None of the new rules are set to land until January, though take this article as a reminder to look over your subscriptions today and maybe cancel the ones you don’t need any more.
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SK hynix Approves $38 Billion Memory Expansion as AI Demand Strains Supply
SK hynix approved about $38.1 billion for two memory fabs, but new HBM and NAND capacity may not ease AI-driven supply pressure until 2029.
The post SK hynix Approves $38 Billion Memory Expansion as AI Demand Strains Supply appeared first on TechRepublic.
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Lenovo Legion 5i is a huge $700 off with a gorgeous 165Hz OLED display and plenty of power for business, college, and creative work — and it comes with free Microsoft 365 Personal
We've tested several generations of the Lenovo Legion 5i, and always found it to be a well-rounded creative, work, and gaming laptop. So, this deal on the Lenovo Legion 5i for $1499 (was $2200) at Walmart caught my eye.
The powerhouse combines an Intel Core i7-14700HX processor with Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 graphics, 16GB of RAM, and a 1TB SSD. The 15.1-inch WQXGA OLED display pairs a 165Hz refresh rate with Lenovo's PureSight technology and anti-burn-in measures.
Legion Coldfront cooling helps manage temperatures under heavy loads, and you get TrueStrike keyboard and AI Engine+, plus three months of Microsoft 365 Personal.
Should you buy it?✅ Buy the Lenovo Legion 5i if...
You want a creative laptop with enough power to handle most tasks you throw at it. The RTX 5060 and Core i7-14700HX make for a capable combination, while the 165Hz OLED panel provides the fast refresh rate gamers look for alongside the contrast and image quality associated with OLED.
❌ Skip the Lenovo Legion 5i if...
Portability and long unplugged runtimes often matter more than performance. Powerful HX-series processors, discrete graphics, and high-refresh OLED displays aren't designed primarily around maximizing battery life. You may also want more than 16GB of RAM if you're planning on running particularly demanding workloads.
Intel Core i7-14700HX | 16GB DDR4 | 1TB SSD
The Legion 5i combines a Core i7-14700HX processor, RTX 5060 graphics, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD, and 15.1-inch WQXGA 165Hz OLED display with Coldfront cooling and a TrueStrike keyboard.View Deal
Why we recommend itThe Legion 5i packs several features we'd want from a modern laptop into one machine. You're getting RTX 5060 graphics rather than an older-generation GPU, a powerful 20-core Core i7-14700HX processor, and a fast OLED display instead of the more ordinary IPS panels found on many notebooks.
The 1TB SSD also provides a reasonable starting amount of storage for all your main files and applications.
Price context & historical valueDeals on high-powered creative laptops with graphics cards can sometimes be a bit underwhelming, but this one
The current $1,499 price is particularly interesting because we saw this laptop discounted to $1,621 just last week. That's another $122 knocked off in a matter of days, and Walmart lists the standard price at $2,199.99.
Compared with that price, you're saving $700.99, or almost 32%. Anyone who considered buying it during last week's deal will obviously be getting a substantially better offer now.
The Catch: What to know before you buyThe 16GB of RAM is adequate for most basic tasks today, but it's relatively modest alongside the powerful CPU and GPU, particularly if you also plan to use the laptop for heavy creative work.
There's a student bundle, and this has eligibility requirements, requires post-purchase redemption, and includes subscriptions that automatically renew.
While it's nice to get three months of Microsoft 365 Personal with it for free, that time will fly by and you'll need to think about what you'll do when the trial expires.
Also considerAMD Ryzen 7 250 | 32GB DDR5 | 1TB
Packing serious hardware, this laptop combines RTX 5060 graphics with a Ryzen 7 processor, 32GB RAM, 1TB storage, and a sharp 15.3-inch WQXGA OLED display running at 165Hz.View Deal
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Lenovo Legion 5i is a huge $700 off with a gorgeous 165Hz OLED display and plenty of power for business, college, and creative work — and it comes with free Microsoft 365 Personal
We've tested several generations of the Lenovo Legion 5i, and always found it to be a well-rounded creative, work, and gaming laptop. So, this deal on the Lenovo Legion 5i for $1499 (was $2200) at Walmart caught my eye.
The powerhouse combines an Intel Core i7-14700HX processor with Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 graphics, 16GB of RAM, and a 1TB SSD. The 15.1-inch WQXGA OLED display pairs a 165Hz refresh rate with Lenovo's PureSight technology and anti-burn-in measures.
Legion Coldfront cooling helps manage temperatures under heavy loads, and you get TrueStrike keyboard and AI Engine+, plus three months of Microsoft 365 Personal.
Should you buy it?✅ Buy the Lenovo Legion 5i if...
You want a creative laptop with enough power to handle most tasks you throw at it. The RTX 5060 and Core i7-14700HX make for a capable combination, while the 165Hz OLED panel provides the fast refresh rate gamers look for alongside the contrast and image quality associated with OLED.
❌ Skip the Lenovo Legion 5i if...
Portability and long unplugged runtimes often matter more than performance. Powerful HX-series processors, discrete graphics, and high-refresh OLED displays aren't designed primarily around maximizing battery life. You may also want more than 16GB of RAM if you're planning on running particularly demanding workloads.
Intel Core i7-14700HX | 16GB DDR4 | 1TB SSD
The Legion 5i combines a Core i7-14700HX processor, RTX 5060 graphics, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD, and 15.1-inch WQXGA 165Hz OLED display with Coldfront cooling and a TrueStrike keyboard.View Deal
Why we recommend itThe Legion 5i packs several features we'd want from a modern laptop into one machine. You're getting RTX 5060 graphics rather than an older-generation GPU, a powerful 20-core Core i7-14700HX processor, and a fast OLED display instead of the more ordinary IPS panels found on many notebooks.
The 1TB SSD also provides a reasonable starting amount of storage for all your main files and applications.
Price context & historical valueDeals on high-powered creative laptops with graphics cards can sometimes be a bit underwhelming, but this one
The current $1,499 price is particularly interesting because we saw this laptop discounted to $1,621 just last week. That's another $122 knocked off in a matter of days, and Walmart lists the standard price at $2,199.99.
Compared with that price, you're saving $700.99, or almost 32%. Anyone who considered buying it during last week's deal will obviously be getting a substantially better offer now.
The Catch: What to know before you buyThe 16GB of RAM is adequate for most basic tasks today, but it's relatively modest alongside the powerful CPU and GPU, particularly if you also plan to use the laptop for heavy creative work.
There's a student bundle, and this has eligibility requirements, requires post-purchase redemption, and includes subscriptions that automatically renew.
While it's nice to get three months of Microsoft 365 Personal with it for free, that time will fly by and you'll need to think about what you'll do when the trial expires.
Also considerAMD Ryzen 7 250 | 32GB DDR5 | 1TB
Packing serious hardware, this laptop combines RTX 5060 graphics with a Ryzen 7 processor, 32GB RAM, 1TB storage, and a sharp 15.3-inch WQXGA OLED display running at 165Hz.View Deal
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I compared the iPhone Ultra's rumored screen sizes to the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8: which of these foldables would you rather buy?
The iPhone Ultra probably won’t launch for around another month, but we already have a fair idea of what to expect — and that’s not just thanks to leaks and rumors, but also because Samsung has launched what we think is a very similar phone.
That phone, of course, is the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8, a foldable device with a passport-like form factor, which is very much in line with what we’re hearing Apple is planning for its first foldable, reportedly called the iPhone Ultra.
That form factor, and particularly the screen sizes and shapes it results in, are arguably the most interesting things about these phones, since they’re different to the book-style and clamshell-style foldables we’re used to seeing.
But just how similar will the screens on these two phones be? Well, while we won’t be certain of anything until Apple unveils the iPhone Ultra, we’ve taken some educated guesses below, based on leaks and rumors about that phone, coupled with the confirmed specs of the Galaxy Z Fold 8.
iPhone Ultra (rumored)
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8
Display (unfolded):
7.7-7.8 inches, 4:3
7.6 inches, 4:3
Display (folded):
5.3-5.49 inches, 16:10
5.5 inches, 16:10
Dimensions (unfolded):
120.6 x 167.6 x 4.5-4.8mm
161.4 x 123.9 x 4.5mm
Dimensions (folded):
120.6 x 83.8 x 9.0-9.6mm
81.9 x 123.9 x 9.7mm
How will their foldable screens compare?The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8Richard Priday / TechRadarAn iPhone Ultra dummy unitSonny DicksonMuch like the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra, the Galaxy Z Fold 8 folds open like a book, but unlike the tall and narrow Z Fold 8 Ultra, it has a slightly smaller and more passport-like display, and we’re expecting something similar from the iPhone Ultra.
To be more specific, the Galaxy Z Fold 8 has a 7.6-inch 1828 x 2448 AMOLED screen with around 403 pixels per inch, a peak brightness of 3,000 nits, and an aspect ratio of 4:3.
That aspect ratio makes it more suited to watching widescreen video than typical book-style foldables like the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra, as our content viewing comparison shows, and speaking of books, it’s arguably also a better shape for reading, too.
So, what of the iPhone Ultra? Well, going by leaks, this device will probably have a foldable display of between 7.7 and 7.8 inches. Different sources point to slightly different numbers, but all the recent leaks put it in roughly that range.
So that would make it ever so slightly bigger than the Galaxy Z Fold 8’s screen — though still smaller than the 8-inch Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra.
The silhouette of the rumored iPhone Ultra atop the Galaxy Z Fold 8 (Image credit: Samsung / Future)We’re less sure of what the resolution will be, but leaker Digital Chat Station (via MacRumors) claimed last year that it would be 1920 x 2713 and that it would have a 4:3 aspect ratio. Though it’s worth noting that this resolution wouldn’t actually yield a 4:3 aspect ratio, so at least one of these numbers must be at least slightly wrong.
In any case, 4:3 would make for the same aspect ratio as the Galaxy Z Fold 8, and while this rumored resolution would be slightly higher, the marginally bigger display size should mean it still offers a similar number of pixels per inch.
We’re inclined to believe the aspect ratio here more than the resolution, as leaked renders of the iPhone Ultra show a very similar screen shape to that of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8.
We also fully expect the iPhone Ultra to have an AMOLED screen, just like Samsung’s phone, since other iPhones use that too.
We haven’t heard much about the iPhone Ultra’s screen brightness, but the iPhone 17 Pro, for example, has a 3,000-nit peak brightness, so the iPhone Ultra might well match that — and match the Galaxy Z Fold 8’s brightness in the process.
In which case, there may be no significant difference between their foldable screens, with the iPhone’s probably just being slightly larger — though it may also have a less visible crease, if rumors are to be believed. The iPhone Ultra’s corners are also likely to be curvier than the Z Fold 8’s, based both on leaks — such as the dummy unit above shared by Sonny Dickson — and Apple’s typical design practices.
How will their cover displays compare?The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 (left) and an iPhone Ultra dummy unit (right) (Image credit: TechRadar / Sonny Dickson)The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 has a 5.5-inch 1248 x 1972 AMOLED cover screen with around 428 pixels per inch, and with an aspect ratio of 16:10. This leaves it a bit more of a square shape than the screens on most phones.
As for the iPhone Ultra, that could either have a 5.49-inch cover display with a 1422 x 2088 resolution (according to the source detailed in the section above), or a 5.3-inch cover screen (according to a paywalled report on The Information). So, in other words, it might either be slightly smaller than the Z Fold 8’s cover display or roughly the same size. It will also most likely use AMOLED tech, since other iPhones do.
Not much has been said about the iPhone Ultra's outer aspect ratio, but this again is likely to be similar to the Galaxy Z Fold 8’s 16:10 one — both because it looks similar in leaked renders and dummy units, and because that would make sense if its internal aspect ratio is the same, as has been rumored.
So, as with their foldable screens, the main difference between the cover screen on the iPhone Ultra and the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 might just be their size, with Apple’s possibly being slightly smaller in this case — though some leaks suggest there will be no real difference there either. In which case, it could just be the iPhone’s potentially curvier corners that set it apart.
How will their dimensions compare?The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8Lance Ulanoff / FutureAn iPhone Ultra dummy unitSonny DicksonScreen sizes have a major impact on dimensions, but they’re not the only factor, with bezels and internal components also playing a role, so how will the iPhone Ultra compare to Samsung’s passport-style foldable there?
Well, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 is 123.9 x 161.4 x 4.5mm when unfolded and 123.9 x 81.9 x 9.7mm when folded shut.
Sources aren’t in total agreement about the iPhone Ultra’s dimensions, but going by various leaks, it seems likely to come in at 120.6 x 167.6 x 4.5-4.8mm when unfolded and 120.6 x 83.8 x 9.0-9.6mm when folded, so it’s mostly just the thickness that there’s disagreement on.
That, in any case, would make the iPhone slightly shorter than Samsung’s phone but also marginally wider. When unfolded, it could be either the same thickness or slightly thicker, and when folded shut, it would seemingly be marginally slimmer.
Based on these rumored screen sizes and dimensions, which foldable phone would you rather buy? Let us know in the poll or comments section below.
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