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Katharine Byrne

When Katharine's not glued to her Wii U and 3DS, she's usually found darting between tiny smartphones and huge pieces of home cinema equipment.She’s tested everything from laptops and monitors to motherboards and projectors, but she currently specialises in smartphones, games and AV.

Recent articles by Katharine Byrne

Sony Xperia Z2
Sony Xperia Z2 review
Mobile phones

A few minor improvements and huge battery life make this a better phone than the Z1, but it doesn't stand out from the competition

£535 inc VAT
HTC Desire 610 review
Mobile phones

Great performance, but oversized bezels, mediocre screen and noise-riddled camera make it an average handset

£235 inc VAT SIM-free
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Sunless Sea review
Gaming

Sunless Sea keeps its treasure under tight lock and key, but this slow-burning rogue-like text adventure is still strangely compelling

£15 inc VAT
Huawei Honor Holly review
Mobile phones

The Honor Holly doesn't have the best battery life, but this is a good value budget smartphone with lots of storage

£90 inc VAT SIM-free
Alcatel One Touch Idol 3 spinning home screen
Alcatel One Touch Idol 3 review - hands on
Mobile phones

Alcatel's latest One Touch Idol 3 has dual microphones and dual speakers so you can use it upside down

Onkyo TX-NR636 AV receiver
Onkyo TX-NR636 review
AV receivers

The TX-NR636 is a fantastic AV receiver with lots of 4K-ready ports, and Atmos support gives it a great (if expensive) edge over its rivals

£449 inc VAT
LG Magna
LG Magna review - hands on
Mobile phones

We go hands on with LG's curved mid-range smartphone, the LG Magna

Huawei TalkBand B2
Huawei TalkBand B2 review - hands on
Fitness trackers Wearable technology

Huawei's second wearable from MWC is part fitness band, part Bluetooth headset. Here are our first impressions

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Motorola launches all new Moto E 2015 with 4G & Lollipop 5.0
Mobile phones

New Moto E now supports 4G, has a larger 4.5in screen, Android 5.0, a front facing camera and a quad-core processor

Motorola Moto E
Motorola Moto E review (2014) - Successor launched
Mobile phones

The Moto E's camera could be better, but this £90 phone has great performance and superb battery life

£90 inc VAT SIM-free