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DJI Mini 4 Pro
If you’re a professional drone pilot with a raft of real estate and TV commissions under your belt, you’ll likely want to buy the DJI Mavic 3 Pro. But if you’re an ordinary person who takes high-quality 4K aerial videos and high-res still images so y
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Best Running Backpacks
The Norvan 14 backpack is designed for mountain running and technical hikes. It features breathable stretch mesh material, multiple adjustment points and ample storage for hydration, essentials and gear, including two 500ml hydration flasks. $300, ar
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Sennheiser Accentum Plus
When Sennheiser launched the excellent Accentum headphones in late 2023, it offered a more wallet-friendly way to get some great sound and active noise cancelling (ANC) compared to the flagship Momentum 4 Wireless, but with smaller drivers and fewer
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Best Of The Best
Find the lowest prices at: t3.com/au/bestphone From $1,849, apple.com/au The iPhone 15 Pro Max continues to push what is possible from a smartphone. It’s lighter and stronger than ever, boasts a better camera array, and has USB-C charging for the fi
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Bose Ultra Open Earbuds
The Bose Ultra Open Earbuds are earbuds that don’t actually go into one’s ears at all. They’re also earbuds that don’t isolate – quite the opposite, in fact, as environmental sound is purposefully allowed to pass through at all times. But are they th
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Showstopper
When it comes to musical icons, there is arguably none bigger than the Fender Stratocaster guitar. This iconic instrument has been played by some of the greatest guitarists known to man, from Jimi Hendrix and Buddy Holly to John Mayer and Kurt Cobain
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Top 10
$11,690, leica-camera.com When the market for premium full-frame mirrorless cameras exploded at the turn of the decade, there was one name notably absent. Leica released the flagship SL in 2017, and the SL2 in 2019; while the latter (and its 2020 sor
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OnePlus 12
The fight to be crowned the best Android phone on the market is always fiercely competitive. We’re now seeing more evidence of that. The Samsung Galaxy S24 range launched a few months back. Now, we have the OnePlus 12, and this looks set to take the
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Why The Apple Car’s Demise Is Good For EVs
It seems that Apple has finally pulled the plug on its plans to create an electric car. The project has been rumoured to have been in the making for years, though not even a prototype has ever been officially released. Building cars is hard, even whe
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Now Playing
Alex Horne, Tim Key and Mark Watson do a regular Zoom call playing a name game that Guru himself has now forced his wife to play in the car. Mrs Guru is less funny than them. More Netflix Adam Sandler. A reviewer says “a movie about a space spider tr
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Nothing Phone (2a)
We knew exactly what we were going to get from the Nothing Phone (2a): an affordable, quirky-designed mid-range Android handset. What we didn’t get to know in advance, of course, was just how successful Nothing’s attempt at winning the mid-range sect
T3 Australia2 min readSecurity
What Can I Do To Secure My Pocket Info?
A recent New York Times article shocked many, me included, by showing how easily a stolen passcode can ruin your digital and financial life. It centred on iPhones but Android users are no safer. A criminal would observe someone entering their passcod
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Stay Dry, Keep Moving
Geared for alpine and mountaineering adventures (but equally at home on platform 16 at Central during the morning grind), the 224g uber-featherwight Summit Papsura will keep you comfy and dry when it’s miserable out. This breathable-waterproof, seam-
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Lighter, Bouncier, Faster
With the Paris 2024 Olympics looming just over the horizon, one might assume that Asics’ highly anticipated Metaspeed Sky Paris and Metaspeed Edge Paris aren’t a new iteration of the brand’s super shoes but more like a colour variation. Building on t
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Gadget Guru’s Magic Box
A furtive scour of the dark web indicates that eagle-eyed Guru superfans are absolutely foaming about the fact that GaGu has not actually talked about magic in his so-called ‘magic box’ for, like, forever. Let us change that. First, the magical kind,
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Hot 100
The concept art for this space elevator, designed by 30-year-old Jordan-William Hughes, might look like it belongs on a Magic: The Gathering card, but the concept of switching out rockets for wires connected to a seafaring spaceport might just transc
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Dell XPS 16
The earth spins, the seasons turn and Dell updates its best laptops. The powerhouse model for 2024 is the XPS 16, a glass and aluminium-clad device that will be well-suited for those who want a powerful, portable laptop. You buy a big laptop because
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OnePlus Open
When it comes to the best folding phones, the OnePlus Open is a different story to its rivals. It’s a much more ‘normal phone size’ when folded, unlike the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5, making it immediately more usable. Indeed, it’s so commendable in its
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Editor’s Letter
Sometimes the world gives you a signal it’s time for some new tech. That might be getting a bumper pay cheque or the kicking off of a new sale. For me, the real clue was my Nintendo Switch’s Joy-Con sticks starting to drift like a butterfly in a wind
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MacBook Air M3 13-inch
When it comes to MacBooks, it’s the MacBook Air that’s long been the favourite for most people thanks to its balance of power and portability. Since Apple ditched Intel inside for its own silicon, the first of those pillars has only increased (as has
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Tested
In T3, we feature only the finest gadgets out there, and we believe that you – our loyal reader – deserve only the best tech in your life. We don’t want you to waste time, and money, on inferior products, and that’s exactly why our Tested section exi
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Portable Projectors
Portable projection technology is on the move. Thanks to innovative designs and advances in brightness and battery tech, the latest generation of bijou beamers have liberated the big screen experience. Whether you’re planning a long overdue road trip
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T3 Australia6 min readIntelligence (AI) & Semantics
Trailblazing AI Tech
While sci-fi books and movies have been exploring the idea of artificial intelligence for many decades, in the last year AI has been thrust front and centre into the tech that we make use of every day. We’re now in a brave new world of AI, and there’
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The Future Of Mobile Tech
The first major smartwatch launch of the year is from OnePlus, a follow-up to the original OnePlus Watch we saw in 2021. The OnePlus Watch 2 brings with it an impressive 100-hour maximum battery life, as well as a faster processor than the original,
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Gadget Guru
A Guru’s oldest and most Canadian enemy, Linus off of YouTube behemoth Linus Tech Tips, would have you believe it is his ratcheting LTT Screwdriver, with the bits hidden in a fancy pop-out compartment in the handle. Through gritted teeth GaGu will ad
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Samsung HW-Q600C
Soundbars like the Samsung HW-Q600C, which uses physical speaker drivers to create sonic ‘height’ rather than sound processing algorithms, should be high on the list when choosing a spatial audio system. But does the HW-Q600C have what it takes to de
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Kef Lsx II Lt
Ever since the 2016 launch of its LS50 Wireless stereo speaker system, KEF has been knocking it out of the park. And now there’s this, the LSX II LT. It’s a pared-back, more affordable variation on the LSX theme. But has the company managed to move d
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Solar Express
Electric cars still need to get their power from somewhere. That’s the argument often thrown at EV’s environmentally friendly credentials. But when that source is from renewable solar power, there’s not much doubters can say. I was invited by Skoda t
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Thru-hiking Perfection
As pack suppliers for every emergency service organisation in Australia, there’s no question the team at Summit Gear make quality kit. The latest in its Ultralight series is the Overland 40, which is forged from a laundry list of the latest materials
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