We love it when phone manufacturers dare to compete with the Apple and Samsung stranglehold, especially when they make phones that genuinely compete with the very best smartphones in the world. That’s what the OnePlus 6 did when it was released last year – and now it’s as cheap as chips thanks to the Amazon Summer Sale.
You can save yourself over £100 on the regular OnePlus 6 price at Amazon now, which means you get the 6.28-inch full HD display, Snapdragon 845 chipset, 6GB of RAM, dual 20MP + 16MP rear cameras, a 16MP seflie snapper and a 3,300mAh battery (*breathe*) all for the bargain basement price of £349.
That’s a 25% saving, and a price cut on the OnePlus 6 that we’ve previously only seen briefly on Amazon Prime Day (Amazon’s own-brand equivalent of Black Friday, if you’re out of the loop).
So if you’re looking for a reasonably priced flagship-standard smartphone, Amazon may just have come up trumps. Take that, Apple and Samsung!
OnePlus 6 deal in the Amazon Summer Sale
TechRadar is scouring Amazon over the course of its Summer Sale to make sure that you’re seeing the best of its price cuts without having to wade through all of the rubbish (there really is quite a lot of that). We’ll tell you all about our favourites over the course of the next week – or simply head straight to the Amazon website to see all the offers in one place.
Having gained some momentum in the second Test at Lord’s – eventually ending in a draw – England will be looking to level matters as the 2019 Ashes series this week moves to Headingley in Leeds. If you’ve been completely bowled over (sorry!) by this cricket series, we’ll tell you the best ways to get an England vs Australia 3rd Test live stream.
The home side have named an unchanged 12-man squad for the third Test and will be hoping for more of the same from Jofra Archer following his explosive Test debut at Lord’s which saw him deliver as a constant menace to the Australian attack.
England vs Australia Ashes 3rd Test – where and when
The 3rd Ashes Test takes place at Headingley in Leeds, ordinarily the home venue of Yorkshire CCC.
The action begins on Thursday, August 22 with each day’s play beginning at 11am BST local time, making it an 8pm AEST evening start for those looking to tune in Down Under.
The key issue ahead of the action in Leeds is how will the Aussies deal with the loss of Steve Smith? Having provided successive centuries for the visitors, Smith was struck by a short, 92.4 mph ball from Archer on an unprotected part of his neck at Lord’s, with the subsequent concussion sustained ruling him out of action for Headingley.
For England, they’ll be looking for the likes of Joe Root, Jason Roy and Jos Buttler to finally fire and avoid the kind of mi-order collapse that seems to have become the norm for this side in recent years.
Will England draw level or can the Aussies extend their series lead? You can watch all the action from pretty much anywhere on Earth by following our Ashes 3rd Test cricket live stream guide below.
Watch the 3rd England vs Australia Test away from your country
In the UK, Australia, India or the US and looking to find out how to watch the third Ashes Test? We’ve got all the details about the broadcaster with the rights to show the series in your region below.
But if you’re away from home country – maybe abroad on business or on holiday – but still want to tune in to your domestic Ashes coverage then you’ll run in to issues. Because of broadcaster geo-blocking, you won’t be able to watch online from overaseas. By using a VPN however, you’ll be able to watch the game without having to resort to watching a potentially illegal feed from a dubious website.
We’ve tested all the major VPNs and we rate ExpressVPN as our pick of the bunch, thanks to its ease of use and strong security features. It’s also compatible with just about any streaming device out there, including Amazon Fire TV Stick, Apple TV, Xbox and PlayStation, as well as Android and Apple mobiles.
So to get that home broadcast and stay safer online, Express VPN (which also comes with a 30 day money back guarantee) is the #1 rated best VPN in the world right now. You can watch on many devices at once including Smart TVs, Fire TV Stick, PC, Mac, iPhone, Android phone, iPads, tablets etc. Check out Express VPN and get 3 months extra FREE when you sign up for an annual plan.
Once you’ve chosen and installed it, simply open the service’s corresponding app, hit ‘choose location’, select the appropriate country and you’ll be able to watch the broadcast as if you were back at home. It’s really easy to do.
How to watch the Ashes 3rd Test in the UK
Sky Sports has the rights in the UK to show watch the entire Ashes Test series live this summer. You’ll be able to watch all the action as it happens on your TV, or you can live stream it to your phone or tablet using the Sky Go app. If you’re a Sky Q subscriber, you’ll be able to watch all the action from the Ashes in glorious Ultra HD.
Coverage starts on Sky Sports Cricket at 10am each morning of the Test.
If you don’t have Sky and don’t really want to sign up, you can get all the Sky Sports channels with a Now TV sports pass for £8.99 for a day, £14.99 a week or £33.99 for a whole month which will cover the last three Test matches as well as a bunch of Premier League matches.
if you’re not in the UK but want to catch up with any of the coverage on Sky or Now TV, then you’ll need a VPN to relocate your IP to the UK and get around the region restrictions. Just follow those instructions above.
Live stream the 2019 Ashes 3rd Test in Australia for FREE
Aussie cricket fans have it made – the entire 2019 Ashes series is available to watch free-to-air, with Channel Nine holding exclusive rights to live TV coverage.
The first ball of each day is set to played at around 8pm AEST in the evening – rain permitting, of course.
You can also live stream the Test on the Nine Network’s free 9Now web platform. The 9Now app is available to download for both iOS and Android devices from their respective app stores.
Outside Australia for the cricket? For those wanting to watch the Channel Nine coverage when you’re overseas, you’ll need to go down the VPN route as above.
How to watch England vs Australia: live stream in India
If you’re in India, Sony Six is the channel you’ll need to find on your EPG if you’re looking to watch the third Test as well as the rest of the 2019 Ashes series.
Those in the region hoping to stream on a computer or mobile device should head to Sony Liv.
Play is set to start at 3.30pm New Dehli time.
How to live stream England vs Australia in North America
Cricket broadcaster for the USA and Canada Willow TV has the live rights for the 2019 Ashes series. That also means that subscribers can watch on their mobiles devices, too. The channel comes as part of numerous satellite and cable packages such as Dish and Sling and costs $9.99 per month (so much cheaper than what you’d pay in the UK, for example).
To watch Willow TV when you’re out of America and geo-blocked, our VPN workaround as described above should really do the trick.
Play is set to start at the somewhat inconvenient time of 3am PT and 6am ET each day.
How to get an Ashes 3rd Test live stream in New Zealand
Sky has snapped up exclusive rights to show the Ashes contest in NZ.
If you’re away from your TV, then you can download and watch on the Sky Go app. And if you’re overseas then the VPN method as mentioned above is the best way to go.
Play in the third Test is due to start each day at 10pm NZST from Thursday night onwards.
Xiaomi Mi Mix 4 has been spotted on the internet and could be launched in September in China. It follows the Mi Mix 3 which was announced last year in October and is arguably Xiaomi’s most premium smartphone.
According to a report by MyDrivers which cites a tipster from China, we now have a fair knowledge about some of the key specifications of the Mi Mix 4. The leak first appeared on Weibo accompanied by an alleged image of the Mi Mix 4.
Xiaomi Mi Mix 4 leaked specifications
Xiaomi Mi Mix 4 could be powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 855+ chipset which consists of an overclocked octa-core CPU @ 2.96GHz. The SD855+ is a slightly tweaked SoC for better gaming performance and power-hungry tasks. The leak states that this setup will be paired with 12GB of RAM and upto 1TB of UFS 3.0 storage options.
The phone is expected to feature a curved screen with a 2K (2048 x 1080 pixels) resolution. It could also have a 4,500mAh battery at its disposal with support for 30W fast charging. It’s also likely that the phone is compatible with wireless charging solutions.
The pictures accompanying the leak indicate at a triple camera setup on the back. This includes a primary 108MP sensor, 16MP ultra-wide lens and a 12MP Periscope lens.
Details around the front camera of the Mi Mix 4 are still under the wraps but we wouldn’t be surprised if Xiaomi opts for a pop-up camera solution. The Mi Mix 4 is also expected to be one of the first smartphones to run on MIUI 11.
The leak also mentions that the Mi Mix 4 supports NFC and will reintroduce a 3.5mm audio jack to the lineup.
While it’s only rumoured, we could likely see the Mi Mix 4 in the flesh in September. Until then, we request our readers to take this leak with a bit of salt. We will be keeping an eye out on the developments as we head to the official release, whenever that happens.
With Disney Plus launching in Australia this November, there’s been a lot of speculation about what happens to Stan’s current library. If its short-term deal with the Walt Disney Company does expire once Disney Plus arrives Down Under, subscribers needn’t worry as Stan’s library will still remain – ahem – titanic.
The Nine Entertainment-owned Australian streaming platform has just announced that it has signed a long-term partnership with Paramount Pictures, giving Stan exclusive rights to a plethora of TV shows and movies.
One of the first upcoming releases to arrive on Stan will be Paramount Television’s adaptation of the John Green novel Looking For Alaska, and it will be available to stream from October.
Other new Paramount Television shows that will be added to Stan’s library in the future include The Great, Made For Love, The Spy Who Came In From The Cold, and a prequel to Sexy Beast.
And, of course, Paramount’s existing extensive library will find a home on Stan over the coming weeks – Aussies will be able to watch the Mission: Impossible movies, feel the need for speed with Top Gun, go where no man has gone before with the original Star Trek series, and learn that revenge is a dish best served cold from The Godfather Trilogy.
“Paramount has built a fantastic slate of premium scripted television series in addition to their iconic box office blockbusters, legendary film franchises and library of classics,” Stan’s CEO Mike Sneesby said in a statement. “We’re thrilled to expand our relationship with Paramount under this new long-term output agreement as part of our ongoing commitment to bring the world’s greatest TV series and movies to Australians.”
With licenses already in place with Showtime, Starz and MGM, the new deal with Paramount Pictures shows that Stan is focusing on bringing content from major production houses, unlike rival Netflix which is concentrating on creating original content.
While we’ve known for a while that Disney Plus will be launching in the US on November 12, the Walt Disney Company’s new platform has been rather vague about its international rollout. All we knew was that Disney+ would expand to “major markets” within two years of its launch.
But, when you wish upon a star, dreams come true, because Disney has revealed that the platform will launch in Australia and New Zealand on November 19, only a week after the US launch.
Until then, Aussie streaming service Stan will continue to be the home of Disney, with the Nine Entertainment Co-owned platform having signed a short-term deal in 2018. It’s still uncertain what will happen to all the Disney content on Stan’s library, although it has been reported that the original contract between the two companies ends in October 2019.
The bare necessities
Whether Stan loses its Disney content or not, Disney Plus looks like its going to undercut its rivals when it comes to pricing.
Where Netflix, Stan and 10 All Access have plans starting at about $10 a month, Disney Plus will only set you back $8.99 a month (or $89.99 annually).
At launch, the Disney Plus app will be available on both iOS and Android, and will also support streaming via Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku devices and gaming consoles (Xbox One and PS4).
Can you feel the love?
In terms of content, the library will include movies and TV shows from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, the Star Wars franchise and from National Geographic, with the first episode of The Mandalorian available to stream on day one.
With the merger of Fox and Disney earlier this year, the upcoming streaming platform will also include content from 20th Century Fox’s library. The US will get 30 seasons of The Simpsons, but it’s as yet unclear whether it will also be available to viewers Down Under.
Whatever the library looks like at launch, Disney Plus is shaping to be a major contender in the streaming market, with a new study from research firm Telsyte claiming one in four Aussies are keen on signing up for Disney Plus.
Steve Jobs when the iPhone introduced capacitive multi-touch to the masses. He was right, to be honest, and today the stylus only exists in phones like the Galaxy Note series.
The Apple Pencil, Apple would argue, is not a stylus but a creative input tool (or some jazz like that) reserved for its larger screen iPads. The iPhone has been firmly not given that functionality – until now, according to case company Olixar (via ).
The case is listed for pre-order onfor £19.99 with the product name ‘Olixar Genuine Leather iPhone 11 Pro Case & Apple Pencil Holder’ and has a slot in the back of the case for an Apple Pencil to slide into.
It also suggests that will indeed have a squircle camera module with triple sensors and a flash.
There are two Apple Pencils currently, both the original and the newer wireless charging Apple Pencil 2 for the latest iPad Pros. Both are too long to slide into an iPhone case, so this fuels the rumour that the new iPhone will not only support the Pencil but also introduce a much shorter model.
The ‘iPhone 11 Pro’ moniker could well be a placeholder for the site as we don’t yet know the official names of the iPhones to be launched in September, but it has long been rumoured the iPhone would introduce a ‘Pro’ model to fit in line with the iPad Pro and MacBook Pro. Many people would consider Apple Pencil support a pro feature, though what exactly it’d be best for is unclear given the much smaller display of the iPhone compared to all iPads.
Whether or not this case is an accurate representation of the sort of upgrade the new iPhone will get remains to be seen as we approach the rumoured 10 September .
5G is the next big thing in mobile technology, but right now it comes at a high price from mobile carriers, has limited availability, and is tied to expensive smartphones 5G phones.
The good news is that Nokia brand phone-maker HMD Global has plans to change one aspect of that equation with a more affordable 5G smartphone, Digital Trends reports.
“We see a particular opportunity for us in bringing 5G to a more affordable segment as we enter the market,” according to HMD Global Chief Product Officer Juho Sarvikas. He then mentioned an aim to offer a phone at around half the price of what 5G devices currently cost.
Specifically, Sarvikas said, “I would love to see us at half of the price where you have 5G today.” That phone will have a launch date in 2020.
The 5G market today
A 5G-ready Nokia phone that’s half the price of current 5G phones could still be fairly expensive. Right now, it’s almost exclusively premium devices that get the 5G treatment, and even then, it can be the premium versions of those premium version.
For instance, Samsung Galaxy S10 and Note 10 families both have a 5G variant, but the Samsung Galaxy S10 5G is like an upgraded S10 Plus, and its $1,299/£1099/AU$1,850 price fits. The Note 10 didn’t get a 5G variant, but the Note 10 Plus did, and that bumps the starting price up to $1,299/£1,099.
LG has a more affordable 5G phone in the LG V50 ThinQ, but it still hits a hefty $999 (about £820, AU$1,445) price point. And, the OnePlus 7 Pro 5G is hard to compare since it’s been exclusive to one carrier.
If HMD Global can release a 5G phone at half the price of these competitors, it would make the new networking standard more accessible to many more people.
Come 2020, the 5G Nokia phone might not be the only affordable option, though. There are rumors that Samsung has an affordable 5G phone in the works, and other manufacturers like Oppo and Xiaomi in the race as well.
Motorola also has a claim to affordable 5G with the 5G Moto Mod paired with a Moto Z3 or Moto Z4, but the bulky mod is far from an elegant solution.
More details on a 5G Nokia phone are likely to surface in the coming months, and we could see a debut at MWC next year.
