My Tech

My current & past tech - and future plans

My Current Tech

Beth Nicole Gordon - Tech
Mobile Phone
Samsung Galaxy S23+

2023 Nov - £899
2026 Nov - review replacement (3yrs)
such as Oppo Find X9 (mobiles.co.uk)

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Laptop
Lenovo Yoga 7i 16" - Two-in-One

2022 Oct - £1,147
2025 Mar - battery replaced
2025 Nov - upgrades £186
2026 Feb - battery replaced
2027 Nov - review replacement (5yrs)

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Desktop PC
PCSPECIALIST Icon 211 Gaming PC

2024 Nov - £699
2029 Nov - review replacement (5yrs)

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Android Tablet
LENOVO Tab Plus 11.5" Tablet

2026 Feb - £229
2029 Feb - review replacement (3yrs)

Current & Planned Future Phones
phone
Oppo Find X9
TBC Nov 2026 - £800 approx 

IP68/IP69 dust tight/water resistant
12GB RAM - Storage 512GB
Bluetooth 6.0, A2DP, LE, aptX HD, LHDC 5
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6/7, dual-band, Direct
USB Type-C OTG
Fingerprint (under display, ultrasonic)
Charging 80W wired, 80W UFCS, 55W PPS, 11.7W PD
50W wireless - 10W reverse wireless
Android 16 - ColorOS 16
Improved features in bold, from Samsung Galaxy 23+ (gsmarena)

phone
TCL 50 5G
4 Nov 2024 - £150 (Currys)

IP54 dust/splashes
4GB RAM - Storage 128GB
Bluetooth 5.3, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band
USB Type-C 2.0
Fingerprint (side mounted)
Charging 18W
Android 14
(used as spare phone - rarely used)

phone
Samsung Galaxy S23+
19 Nov 2023 - £899 (Currys)

IP68 dust/water resistant
8GB RAM - Storage 256GB
Bluetooth 5.3, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6e, tri-band
USB Type-C 3.2, USB On-The-Go
Fingerprint (under display, ultrasonic)
Fast charging 45W PD3.0 (~45 mins)
15W Wireless, 4.5W reverse wireless
Android 13 - One UI 5.1
Improved features in bold, from Oppo Find X3 Neo

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Personal Number

2026 Feb (Primary SIM)
iD mobile (Vodafone3) Credit Check
£6/month (SIM only)
20GB Data + data rollover

07392 444 ASK
Benico Enterprises

2025 Apr (Backup SIM)
1p Mobile (EE) No Credit Check
£4/month
calls/texts only - data boosts as required

Beth Nicole Gordon - Tech - Phones and Computers

BE0022 - Laptop - Daily use

Lenovo Yoga 7i 16" - Two-in-One Laptop

2022 Oct 29 - Windows 11 (£1,049) Upgraded 2025
2025 Nov - Dual Boot with Linux Mint Cinnamon (primary OS)
2027 Nov - consider replacement

DISPLAY: 16" 2560x1600 touch
CPU: Intel® i7-1260P (12th Gen) - 3.4 GHz 12- core (4.70 GHz turbo)
RAM: 16GB (2 x 8GB 4800 LPDDR5)
STORAGE: M.2 SSD 512 GB (replaced)
(2022 Nov) M.2 SSD 1 TB NVMe Gen4 (£98) (replaced)
(2025 Nov) CRUCIAL P510 M.2 Internal SSD - 2 TB (£151) for dual boot
GRAPHICS: Intel® Iris® Xᵉ Graphics
Battery replaced (2025 Mar £35 & 2026 Feb £35)

Lenovo Yoga 7i 16" - Two-in-One Laptop
Lenovo Yoga 7i 16" - Two-in-One Laptop
Lenovo Yoga 7i 16" - Two-in-One Laptop
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BE0024 - Desktop PC - Occasional use

PCSPECIALIST Icon 211 Gaming PC

2024 Nov 23 - Windows 11 (£699) dual boot with Linux Mint 
2020 Oct - Iiyama G-Master Black Hawk 24.5" Full HD Monitor (£103)

DISPLAY: 24.5" 1920x1080
CPU: AMD® Ryzen5-5500 (5th Gen) - 3.6 GHz hexa core - 19 MB cache
MOTHERBOARD: ASUS PRIME A520M-A II/CSM - MicroATX (smaller than 2020 build)
RAM: 32 GB DDR4 Corsair Vengeance (3600 MHz) (inc 16 GB RAM from 2020 build)
STORAGE: 1 TB SSD
GRAPHICS: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 - 8 GB GDDR6
Bluetooth 5.3 - WiFi 6E

PCSPECIALIST Icon 211 Gaming PC - AMD Ryzen 5, RTX 3050, 1 TB SSD
PCSPECIALIST Icon 211 Gaming PC - AMD Ryzen 5, RTX 3050, 1 TB SSD
PCSPECIALIST Icon 211 Gaming PC - AMD Ryzen 5, RTX 3050, 1 TB SSD
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Android Tablet - Occasional use - primarily for outside home use

LENOVO Tab Plus 11.5" Tablet

2026 Feb 22 - Android 14 (£229) launched 2024 Jun
upgrade until Android 16 - security updates until Jun 2028

DISPLAY: 11.5" 2000x1200 - IPS LCD 90Hz 5:3 ratio
CPU: MediaTek Helio G99 - 2.0-2.2 GHz - 8 core (2x A76 2.2GHz + 6x A55 2.0 GHz Cortex)
GRAPHICS: ARM Mali-G57 MC2 GPU
RAM: 8 GB LPDDR4x (not upgradable)
STORAGE: 128 GB UFS 2.2 - expandable with 1TB MicroSD
WiFi 5, Bluetooth 5.2
CAMERAS: 8MP rear 1080p@30fps video & 8MP front
BATTERY: 8600 mAh - 45W fast charging
Octa JBL speakers (4 x tweeters, 4 x force-balanced bass units) 26W
IP52 
Weight 650g - 268.3 x 174.25 x 7.77 (13.58 with speaker bump)

My End of Life Tech

Not Suitable for Windows 11

Beth Nicole Gordon - Tech - Phones and Computers

BE0001 - Given to a friend - Daily use

Lenovo Z51-70 80K6 Laptop

2016 Apr - Windows 10 (£600)
2025 Jul - Upgraded RAM & SSD (£58) dual boot with Linux Mint (primary OS)
2026 - needs replacing

DISPLAY: 15.6" 1920x1080
CPU: Intel® i5-5200U (5th Gen) - 2.20 GHz dual core
RAM: 2x4GB DDR3-1600 (Max 2x8GB 1866)
2025 Jul - replaced with 2X8GB DDR3-1600 Mhz
STORAGE: 1 TB 5400rpm (R/W 120/120)
2025 Jul - replaced with 1TB SSD
GRAPHICS: Intel® HD 5500 & AMD Radeon R7 M360

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BE0003 - Mum's - Daily use

2014 Jan - Zoostorm PC

2014 Jan - Windows 7 (£250) upgraded to Windows 10
2022 Nov - Upgraded RAM & HD (£23)
2026 - to be scrapped - Replacing with Mini PC

CPU: Intel® Celeron G1620 (3rd Gen) - 2.69 GHz dual core
RAM: 4GB DDR3-1333
2022 Nov - 8GB - 2 x 4GB DDR3-1600
STORAGE: HDD 500GB 5400rpm
2022 Nov - 480GB SATA SSD (from another PC)
GRAPHICS: Intel® HD

My Past Tech

Sold or Scrapped

Beth Nicole Gordon - Tech - Phones and Computers

Android Tablet - replaced 2026 Feb

HONOR Pad X8 10.1" Tablet

2024 Jan 13 - Android 12 Magic UI 6.1 (£129) launched 2022 Sep
Slow but it works - CEX value approx £30 (2026 Feb)
2026 Feb - FOR SALE £20

DISPLAY: 10.1" 1920x1080 TFT LCD 16:10 ratio
CPU: MediaTek MT8786 - 1.8-2.0 GHz - 8 core (2×Cortex A75 2.0GHz + 6×Cortex A55 1.8GHz)
GRAPHICS: ARM Mail-G52
RAM: 4 GB 
STORAGE: 64 GB ROM - expandable with 512GB MicroSD
Wi-Fi 5 - Bluetooth 5.1
CAMERAS: 5MP rear & 2MP front
BATTERY: Li-Po 5100 mAh - 10W charging type-C
Dual speakers - HONOR Histen
Weight 460g - 240.2 x 159 x 7.55

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BE0018 - All-in-One PC

HP 22-b031na All-in-One PC

2018 Apr - Windows 10 (£600)
2025 - used for OS testing
2026 Jan - scrapped

DISPLAY: 21.5" 1920x1080
CPU: Intel® i3-6100U (6th Gen) - 2.3 GHz dual core
RAM: 16GB - 8GB DDR4-2133 (max 16GB) + 8GB 2400 (from HP laptop - added 2021 Mar)
STORAGE: HDD 1 TB 7200rpm
2021 Jun - 512GB SATA3 (from laptop)
GRAPHICS: Intel® HD 520

Beth Nicole Gordon - Tech - Phones and Computers

Tactus GEO Geotab 110 10.1"

2023 Apr 12 - Windows 11 (£149)
2026 Jan - scrapped - as too slow for any practical use

DISPLAY: 10.1" 1920x1200 touch
CPU: Intel® Celeron® N2040 - 2.0 GHz
RAM: 4GB (LPDDR4-SDRAM)
STORAGE: 128GB eMMC
GRAPHICS: Intel UHD Graphics 600

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HP x2 11da0504na 11" 2 in 1 Chromebook

2022 Feb - ChromeOS (£499)
2022 Nov - Sold £110

DISPLAY: 11" - Quad HD 2160 x 1440p - IPS LCD
CPU: Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Processor - Octa-core
RAM: 8 GB LPDDR4X
STORAGE: 128 GB eMMC
Sold due to very limited functionality

Beth Nicole Gordon - Tech - Phones and Computers

Self Build 2

2020 Oct-Nov - Windows 10 (£1,125)
2024 Nov - Scrapped

DISPLAY: iiyama G-Master Black Hawk 24.5" Full HD Monitor 1920x1080
CPU: AMD® Ryzen5-3600 (3rd Gen) - 3.60 GHz six core
MOTHERBOARD: MSI MAG X570 Tomahawk
RAM: 16 GB (2 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB DDR4-3600)
STORAGE: 2 x M.2 SSD 500GB + 1 x SATA3 SSD 512GB
GRAPHICS: MSI Radeon RX 570 ARMOR 8GB GPU

Beth Nicole Gordon - Tech - Phones and Computers

HP Pavilion x360-14 - 2-in-1 Laptop

2019 Mar - Windows 10 (£630)
2021 Dec - 2021 Jan - Windows 11 - upgrades £125
2023 Apr - Scrapped

DISPLAY: 14.0" 1920x1080 touch - Display failed Nov 2022
CPU: Intel® i5-8250U (8th Gen) - 1.60 GHz quad core
RAM: 8 GB DDR4-2400
2020 Dec - 16GB (2 x 8GB 2400 max) (£60)
STORAGE: M.2 SSD 256 GB
2021 Jan - M.2 SSD 512 GB (£65)
GRAPHICS: Intel® HD 620

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HP Pavilion x360-11

2015 Apr - Windows 7 (£330)
2020 Oct - Scrapped

DISPLAY: 11.6" 1366x768 touch
CPU: Intel® Pentium N3540 (3rd Gen) - 2.15 GHz quad core
RAM: 4GB DDR3-1066
STORAGE: 750 GB 5400rpm
GRAPHICS: Intel® HD

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Sony Vaio F15

2014 - Windows 7
2017 - Scrapped

DISPLAY: 15.5" 1366x768
CPU: Intel® i5-3337U (3rd Gen) - 1.80 GHz dual core
RAM: 4GB DDR3-1333
STORAGE: 500 GB 5400rpm
GRAPHICS: Intel® HD 4000

Beth Nicole Gordon - Tech - Phones and Computers

Self Build 1

2013/4 - Windows 7 (£400+)
2020 Nov - Scrapped

DISPLAY: 21.5" 1920x1080
CPU: AMD FX-6100 6 Core - 3.30GHz
MOTHERBOARD: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 HDMI
RAM: 8GB 1600MHz Dual Channel DDR3
STORAGE: 1TB Internal Hard Drive 3.5" SATA 6GB/s 32MB 7200RPM
GRAPHICS: Radeon HD 3000 (integrated) + GeForce GT 610

Beth Nicole Gordon - Tech - Phones and Computers

HP G56-130SA

2011 - Windows 7
2014 - Scrapped

DISPLAY: 15.6" 1366x768
CPU: Intel® Pentium - 2.3 GHz dual core
RAM: 2 x 2GB DDR2
STORAGE: 500 GB 5400rpm
GRAPHICS: Mobile Intel® 4 Series

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Acer Veriton M410

2008 - Windows XP
2013 - Scrapped (it drank coffee)

CPU: AMD Athlon 4000+ 2.1 GHz
RAM: 1 GB DDR2-SDRAM
STORAGE: 160 GB 7200rpm
GRAPHICS: AMD 690V

My Retro Computers

Beth Nicole Gordon - Tech - Phones and Computers

Commodore Amiga 1500
(UK Spec of the Amiga 2000)

circa 1991

CPU: Motorola 68000 7.14 MHz
RAM:1MB
STORAGE: 2 x 3.5" Compact Floppy Disks 1.44MB

I think I had the Amiga 500 before this

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Acorn Electron

circa 1985

CPU: Synertek SY6502A 2MHz
RAM: 32 KB RAM, 32 KB ROM
STORAGE: Cassette Tapes & 5.25" Floppy Disk 1.2MB

My Past Phones

phone
Oppo Find X3 Neo
4 Nov 2021 - £599 (EE contract) Sold Oct 24 £60

IP54 dust/splashes (unofficial)
5G - Storage 256GB
Bluetooth 5.2, A2DP, LE, aptX HD
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6
USB Type-C 3.1, USB On-The-Go
Fingerprint (under display, optical)
Fast charging 65W (30 mins)
No wireless charging. Reverse wired charging
Android 13 - Color OS 13.0
Improved features in bold, from Oppo Reno2

phone
Nokia G11
21 Feb 2023 - £99 - given away 2024

IP - no rating
4G - Storage 32GB
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct
USB Type-C 2.0, OTG
Fingerprint (side-mounted)
18W wired, PD3.0 (2.5hrs@10W)
Android 11 (Android One)
FM Radio & 3.5mm jack

phone
Apple iPhone 12 mini
22 Apr 2022 - £529 (Currys) Sold Sep 2022 £290

IP68 dust/water resistant
5G - Storage 64 GB
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6
USB 2.0 Lightening
Fast charging 20W (Wireless 7.5W)
iOS 15.4.1

phone
Oppo Reno2
14 Dec 2019 (EE contract) Sold Feb 2023 £22

IP - no rating
4G - Storage 256GB
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
USB Type-C 3.1, USB On-The-Go
Fingerprint (under display, optical)
Fast charging 20W
Android 11 - Color OS 11.1
actual weight: 204g

phone
Nokia 8
2018 (O2 work discount) Sold Sep 2022 £34

IP54 dust and splash resistant
4G - Storage 64GB
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct
USB Type-C 3.1
Fingerprint (front-mounted)
18W wired, QC3
Android 7.1.1

phone
Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017)
2017 (EE contract) Sold 2019 £20

IP68 dust/water resistant
4G - Storage 32GB
Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct
USB Type-C 2.0
Fingerprint (front-mounted)
18W wired
Android 6.0.1

phone
Microsoft Lumia 640 LTE
2016 (O2 work discount) - Died 2022

IP - no rating
4G - Storage 8G
Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA
microUSB 2.0
Windows Phone OS

phone
Samsung Galaxy A5
2015 (EE contract)

4G - Storage 16GB
Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct
microUSB 2.0
Android 4.4.4

phone
Samsung Galaxy S5 mini
2014 (EE contract)

IP67 dust/water resistant
4G - Storage 16GB
Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE, aptX
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct
microUSB 2.0
Android 4.4.2

phone
BlackBerry Curve 8900
2009

2G
BlackBerry OS
Bluetooth 2.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
microUSB 2.0

phone
Nokia 6500 slide
2009

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phone
O2 XDA mini S
2008

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phone
Nokia 6820
2005 - died

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phone
Nokia 3200
2004

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phone
Nokia 3510
2003

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phone
Nokia 6110
1999

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