Quote:As part of our Holiday Season series of best picks, sometimes the items that impress aren't in those lists. Out of all the people on our team, Anton as our news editor has the widest remit, so I asked him to come up with a list of the products the most impressed him through 2018. It's a super fun list, as Anton goes through his interesting laptops, smartphones, displays, and SSDs. There's even spinning rust on this list. 

Impressive Products from 2018: Anton's List

One of the annoying things of 2017 was that manufacturers released a number of minor speed-bump refreshes of their offerings, mainly because revolutionary -performance components were not ready for prime time. By contrast, in 2018, we've seen CPU, SoC, display panel and some other hardware updates that have enabled truly generational updates and noted improvements to change our perception of what to expect from devices. So, without further ado, I'm going to talk about products that impressed me the most this year.

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