Autumn isn’t only the season of new coats — but also of shiny devices we slide into pockets.
Among the latest iterations are unusual and innovative designs.
Here’s our pick of the best.
TCL Plex
The name might not ring a bell here, but TCL is the number-one TV manufacturer in China and number two in the world. Which means a phone with its NXTVISION display tech is a big deal. The Plex promises “cinematic immersion” with incredible colours and real-time conversion to HDR quality.
About £300 | TCL | Buy it soon
Light Phone 2
You won’t catch many manufacturers saying their products are “designed to be used as little as possible”, but that’s the whole point of the E Ink Light Phone. It’s intentionally light on features: calls, texts, alarm clock, hotspot — and that’s about it.
About £290 | The Light Phone | Buy it now
Sony Xperia 5
While many smartphone makers are going for phablets (phones the size of tablets), Sony is trying for the best of both worlds: a capacious full HD+ screen that’s still narrow enough to hold in one hand.
From £56 a month (£9 upfront) with a free PS4 | Vodafone | Buy it now
Nokia 7.2
Each new generation seems to have another camera or more megapixels. This is one of the first phones to count a whopping 48MP sensor among its four cameras.
About £270 | Nokia | Buy it soon
Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro
The 20MP panoramic selfie camera on this surprisingly affordable Android phone pops out of the top of the device. That means there’s nothing to spoil the 6.39in AMOLED display.
£399 | Amazon | Buy it now
F(x)tec Pro1
From a London start-up promising to resurrect some of the popular features of smartphones past, this has a landscape-oriented slide-out Qwerty keyboard hiding under a screen that tilts to complement it.
£649 | F(x)tec | Buy it now
Samsung Galaxy Fold 5G
The long, long, long-awaited butterfly phone is here, and it’s flying off the shelves. The Fold expands book-style into a huge, flexible AMOLED screen. Dear lord, don’t drop it.
From £199 a month | EE | Buy it now
