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Asus Zenphone 3 Deluxe

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KEY FEATURES 5.7-inch 1080p screen Snapdragon 820 6GB RAM 20MP camera USB-C Manufacturer: Asus Asus Zenfones seem to be popular in every country that isn’t the UK. Asus has apparently sold 30 million of the things in 30 territories in three years, which is modestly successful. Asus excels in the mid-range portion of the market, but at   this year the company went big on luxury, launching the Zenfone 3 Deluxe alongside the regular Zenfone 3. It’s all about luxury here. There’s an all-metal, super-thin design with fancy-sounding camera tech and a range of colours. Asus was also insistent at its press conference that we should care about the ‘invisible’ aerial, but I find it very hard to raise my care-giving levels quite that high. Still, it might appeal to some. At the rear of the device, under the camera hump, is a fingerprint reader. It was placed just a little too high for my tastes, and I have fairly normal-sized hands so the smaller-handed might have

Angry Birds 2 Review: a fresh new take on a winning formula

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Back in 2009, a small Finnish company called Rovio released a mobile game you might have heard of – Angry Birds. It was fun, cute, addictive, and easy to play – an ideal time-waster regardless of whether you had a minute, an hour, or a day to spare. And the rest is history. Angry Birds was quick to land at the top of the video game charts, selling roughly 12 million copies within its first year on the App Store. Over time, it spawned multiple spinoffs, which, together with the classic Angry Birds game and its varieties, boast a whopping 3 billion downloads across multiple platforms. Angry Birds 2 is the latest title in Rovio's hit franchise and what might aid the series in reaching the 4-billion milestone. In a nutshell, the new game bets on classic slingshot action – something we're all familiar with – but spices things up quite a bit with larger levels, vastly improved graphics, spells, challenges, and boss battles, all with a dash of... in-game purchases. Ye