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Katharine Byrne

When Katharine's not glued to her Wii U and 3DS, she's usually found darting between tiny smartphones and huge pieces of home cinema equipment.She’s tested everything from laptops and monitors to motherboards and projectors, but she currently specialises in smartphones, games and AV.

Recent articles by Katharine Byrne

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Sunless Sea review
Gaming

Sunless Sea keeps its treasure under tight lock and key, but this slow-burning rogue-like text adventure is still strangely compelling

£15 inc VAT
Huawei Honor Holly review
Mobile phones

The Honor Holly doesn't have the best battery life, but this is a good value budget smartphone with lots of storage

£90 inc VAT SIM-free
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Alcatel One Touch Idol 3 review - hands on
Mobile phones

Alcatel's latest One Touch Idol 3 has dual microphones and dual speakers so you can use it upside down

Onkyo TX-NR636 AV receiver
Onkyo TX-NR636 review
AV receivers

The TX-NR636 is a fantastic AV receiver with lots of 4K-ready ports, and Atmos support gives it a great (if expensive) edge over its rivals

£449 inc VAT
LG Magna
LG Magna review - hands on
Mobile phones

We go hands on with LG's curved mid-range smartphone, the LG Magna

Huawei TalkBand B2
Huawei TalkBand B2 review - hands on
Fitness trackers Wearable technology

Huawei's second wearable from MWC is part fitness band, part Bluetooth headset. Here are our first impressions

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Motorola launches all new Moto E 2015 with 4G & Lollipop 5.0
Mobile phones

New Moto E now supports 4G, has a larger 4.5in screen, Android 5.0, a front facing camera and a quad-core processor

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Motorola Moto E review (2014) - Successor launched
Mobile phones

The Moto E's camera could be better, but this £90 phone has great performance and superb battery life

£90 inc VAT SIM-free
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Sony's budget Xperia E4 smartphone gets 4G upgrade
Mobile phones

The Sony Xperia E4G will launch in April for just 129 Euros

LG's new phone range for MWC
LG to launch new mid-range phones at MWC
Mobile phones

LG's new curved Magna and Spirit handsets and flat Leon and Joy will join the G Flex 2 at MWC next month