The latest wave of gadget and hardware reviews points to a significant shift in the market that manufacturers are trying to put desktop-class performance into thinner, lighter and more specialised devices.
Laptops, gaming machines, tablets, smartphones and creator-focused equipment, don’t just have added more features. Instead, hardware makers are competing on performance per kilogram, battery efficiency, AI capability, display quality and specialised workflows.
For consumers, this means the traditional approach of buying the device with the highest specifications may no longer be the best strategy.
Portable devices are becoming serious computers
One of the clearest trends is the rise of high-performance ultraportables.
