Buying tech and keeping it powered
Buying a used phone or a laptop, chargers and power banks, and protecting devices through power cuts.
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Buying a used phone without getting burned
The account lock that makes a phone useless, stolen and blacklisted phones, battery health, and the checks to make before you pay.
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Choosing a laptop for school, work or business
What the specifications mean, the minimum worth buying, new versus used, and the traps in laptop adverts.
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Protecting your devices through power cuts
Surges when the light returns, low voltage, generators and inverters. What a surge protector, a stabiliser and a UPS each do, and which you need.
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Choosing chargers and power banks
Why roadside chargers damage phones, what watts and mAh really mean, and how to spot a power bank that is lying about its size.