IFA 2023 is a large present, and quite a lot of corporations introduced some critically cool stuff for us to see. We acquired to go hands-on with quite a lot of these merchandise throughout our time on the occasion, and we’re right here to indicate you a few of our favorites. From gaming PCs you’ll be able to take wherever to some actually cool AR experiences, right here is a few of the finest tech we acquired to see this yr.
Lenovo Legion Go
Handheld gaming PCs are actually booming due to the Steam Deck’s recognition, however Lenovo is basically kicking issues up 5 notches with the Legion Go. Put merely, it is a higher Asus ROG Ally in each manner whereas costing about the identical. Inside, you may discover the identical AMD Ryzen Z1 Excessive processor in addition to 16GB of RAM, nevertheless it’s all the pieces else that impressed us extra.
The Lenovo Legion Go comes with an enormous 8.8-inch Quad HD+ show with a 16:10 facet ratio and a 165Hz refresh charge that appears improbable with 97% protection of DCI-P3. Very similar to the Nintendo Change, the controllers are literally removable, so you’ll be able to play video games with out holding the complete system. On prime of that, the best controller works like a mouse, due to a devoted stand that comes with the machine.
Contemplating all of this can price the identical $699 worth because the Asus ROG Ally, we had been blown away. So long as you do not thoughts sacrificing portability, the Legion Go may be the hand-held console for you when it launches in October.
Honor Magic V2
The Honor Magic V2 earns a spot in our awards due to the innovation that it brings to the foldable market. It is the world’s thinnest foldable by far — one way or the other even thinner than an iPhone 14 Professional Max when folded — and it is lighter as nicely.
Packing a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, as much as 1TB of storage, and 16GB of RAM, this telephone is each bit as flagship as all the opposite choices available on the market. It is an absolute winner due to its design and capabilities. It feels similar to a daily slab telephone when folded, and it has a ton of options that work across the foldable nature of the show in a beautiful manner.
Sadly, we’ll have to attend for the Honor Magic V2 till early 2024, and it’ll solely launch in choose European nations. The corporate hasn’t introduced any European pricing simply but. Nonetheless, it is nice to see that one thing like that is coming down the pipe in any respect.
Lenovo Legion 9i
Lenovo did not simply make a splash within the handheld gaming area. Over within the laptop computer world, the corporate is launching the Legion 9i, a top-of-the-line gaming laptop computer that mixes the ability of the Legion Professional sequence and the portability of the Legion Slim fashions. This thinness is all due to the brand new cooling system, which incorporates the first-ever self-contained water-cooling loop in a 16-inch laptop computer.
Certainly, along with a number of followers and many holes for air flow, the Lenovo Legion 9i has a correct watercooling system designed in partnership with Cooler Grasp to chill the GPU’s VRAM, which is likely one of the elements that are likely to warmth up probably the most. For the remainder of the elements, the laptop computer has a vapor chamber system. This mix means the laptop computer can use a large 230W of energy and match an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 whereas being simply 18.99mm at its thinnest level.
It additionally comes with a shocking Mini-LED show with as much as 1,000 nits of brightness, so the viewing expertise right here is improbable. After all, this all makes for a dear laptop computer, and it is set to begin at $4,399, however there’s nothing fairly prefer it. Just like the Legion Go, it is set to launch in October.
TCL RayNeo X2
It hasn’t felt prefer it in a very long time, however sensible glasses are very a lot again. TCL’s RayNeo X2 are an extremely spectacular piece of tech that overlays your smartphone on the world round you. When you can pair these together with your smartphone and take heed to music, get notifications, and extra, there are such a lot of different capabilities. We had been proven a demo of how somebody might converse in Chinese language to the wearer, and subtitles would seem to indicate what they had been saying, and the wearer might then reply again. It was loopy cool.
There is a digital camera built-in, too, together with microphones and audio system, they usually’re simply an extremely thrilling piece of tech. That is why they simply earned a spot in our IFA 2023 awards.
It is nonetheless not completely clear when the RayNeo X2 will launch in North America or Europe, however a Chinese language launch is going on within the coming weeks, and there are plans to carry it abroad.
TCL 40 NXTPAPER
TCL’s NXTPAPER expertise already impressed us when it made its debut on tablets some time again, however now it is set to come back to smartphones with the TCL 40 NXTPAPER. This telephone makes use of a particular show coating that offers it the texture of paper, and as with related expertise, it is really very nice to the contact. It is also a lot simpler on the eyes because it reduces blue mild emissions, making this the right telephone for studying late at night time. It seems fairly a bit like E Ink, however once I went to make use of it, I used to be really stunned that all the pieces on display screen simply flowed usually as a substitute of with the bizarre low refresh charge you’d get with an precise E Ink machine.
It is not a premium telephone in any other case, nevertheless it’s not geared toward that market. It begins at €199 in European markets, and that will get you a MediaTek Helio G88 chipset, 8GB of RAM, and 256GB of storage. The show is Full HD+, and it has a 90Hz refresh charge, so the expertise is strong should you’re searching for a price range telephone. It will likely be out there in September, so that you should not have lengthy to attend if this idea sounds cool to you.
Sennheiser Ambeo Mini
For a strong soundbar at a smaller stature, the Sennheiser Ambeo Mini actually managed to wow us in an indication. Its virtualized encompass sound and excessive quantity paired with six drivers make this a wonderful addition to any house cinema system. You possibly can decide up the larger ones, too, however if you wish to both save on area or on money, the Ambeo Mini is certainly a great product to try.
The Sennheiser Ambeo Mini is offered to order proper now for $799, so should you’ve been ready for an excellent compact soundbar, this can be for you.
Fairphone 5
Fairphone has been altering the smartphone sport for just a few years now, and for 2023, the corporate launched the Fairphone 5. This comes with just a few upgrades, beginning with a Qualcomm QCM6490 chipset (designed for IoT and industrial use) and a 90Hz show that, frankly, seems fairly good. However the large promise with this one has to do with software program, with Fairphone promising eight years of software program updates, together with plans for 5 full Android OS upgrades, which is exceptional.
After all, very similar to earlier Fairphone fashions, the large focus is sustainability and repairability. On prime of the software program upgrades, the Fairphone 5 permits you to simply restore and change lots of its elements, with 11 completely different elements available for purchase. That features the show, the person cameras, the USB Kind-C port, and extra. Plus, it makes use of 70% recycled and fairly-sourced supplies for the construct, and Fairphone guarantees it is e-waste impartial, that means the corporate recycles the identical quantity of e-waste that the Fairphone 5 would equate to.
The Fairphone 5 is offered proper now for €699 in European markets.
Withings ScanWatch 2
You won’t have heard of Withings, however the ScanWatch 2 will certainly catch your eye. It is a seemingly customary watch with a twist: it scans your whole vitals, on a regular basis. It is predecessor is in use in lots of German hospitals, and this machine has an EKG built-in, an SpO2 monitor, respiratory dysfunction monitoring, sleep monitoring, temperature monitoring, and exercise monitoring. Even higher is that it lasts as much as 30 days on a single cost, so you’ll hold monitor of your vitals whereas by no means worrying about how a lot juice you could have left.
The Withings ScanWatchh 2 can be out there proper now for about €350 in choose European markets.
A lighter present however nonetheless loads of tech
Admittedly, IFA 2023 wasn’t the largest present within the occasion’s historical past, however there was nonetheless some actually cool stuff. We got here away significantly impressed by units just like the Lenovo Legion Go, which is about to actually shake up the hand-held PC market, and the TCL RayNeo X2, which presents some fairly neat AR experiences with out being too cumbersome. The Sennheiser Ambeo Mini additionally delivers actually highly effective audio for such a small soundbar, and it is an excellent choice for anybody with extra restricted area.
