Phone Reviews
Ulefone Armor 28 Ultra Thermal Version phone review
Ulefone Armor 28 Ultra Thermal Version - Something Fantastic
Rugged smartphones with increased durability from not the largest Chinese companies rarely please users with real flagship phones. It is not so easy to buy full-fledged top processors and photo modules in large quantities, unless you are Xiaomi, Realme or another A-brand. However, the Ulefone corporation still managed to do this and create a truly technological and interesting device.
Ulefone Armor 28 Ultra phone review
Ulefone Armor 28 Ultra - a real rugged flagship
The Chinese company Ulefone is not one of the most successful and financially secure smartphone developers, but it is trying to reach ever greater heights in the market. Thus, the manufacturer decided to release a full-fledged flagship phone of the highest price category, distinguished by advanced technical characteristics. But will such a device be popular? Let's try to figure it out.
ASUS Zenfone 12 Ultra phone review
ASUS Zenfone 12 Ultra - too classic flagship
Taiwanese company Asus can hardly be considered a leader in the smartphone market, but even a sophisticated fan of mobile electronics will find it difficult to express any significant complaints about the quality of its products, functionality or other parameters. But why then do the corporation's phones not sell in millions of copies around the world? Perhaps, the list of reasons can include not very humane price tags and sometimes excessive conservatism. And in the hero of today's review they can be traced quite clearly.
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 phone review
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 - Expensive, but so attractive
Folding smartphones, despite their innovation and premium status, are still expensive and not always practical devices. Their design, which involves a flexible screen and a complex hinge mechanism, often raises questions about durability and ease of use. However, every year, developers improve such units, eliminating shortcomings and increasing their reliability. The hero of today's review from Samsung has come close to the point where a phone in the aforementioned form factor can compete on equal terms with traditional models, not inferior to them in performance, functionality, or convenience. And this is an important step in the evolution of mobile assistants.
Samsung Galaxy A36 phone review
Samsung Galaxy A36 - small but significant changes
The proprietary Exynos processors that the Korean company Samsung traditionally uses in its smartphones are often criticized for problems with throttling and high power consumption. These shortcomings are especially noticeable under long loads, which can negatively affect performance and battery life. In this context, the appearance of a chipset from another manufacturer in the hero of today's review makes the model much more interesting. Even if the real improvements in other aspects compared to the previous version are not so large-scale.
Oppo Find N5phone review
Oppo Find N5 - Folding Magnificence
Oppo continues to strengthen its position in the global market, becoming increasingly well-known outside of China. The brand pleases users with innovative and technologically advanced smartphones that combine stylish design, productive technical characteristics and an affordable price tag. Every year, the corporation demonstrates impressive achievements in the field of mobile technologies, which is also noticeable in their amazing foldable smartphones. The hero of today's review is one of these types of engineering solutions, providing premium assembly and incredible functionality.
ASUS ROG Phone 9 FE phone review
ASUS ROG Phone 9 FE - Simplifications That Even Gamers Won't Notice
Gaming smartphones have long gained popularity among fans of mobile electronics thanks to powerful hardware, advanced cooling and unique functions that transform them into a real portable console. However, the downside has always been the high price, which turned such gadgets into things inaccessible to many users. But the situation is changing: the hero of today's review promises to be a pleasant exception to this rule. Created on the basis of the best technologies, it retains all the advantages of its older brothers, but will be available at a more affordable price.
Samsung Galaxy A56 phone review
Samsung Galaxy A56 - Slow Improvements
This year, the Korean company Samsung did not please fans with innovations in its smartphones. Flagship models, namely the S-series, are characterized by minimal improvements compared to the previous generation, which awakens a number of not the most pleasant questions from fans. The same situation is relevant for the middle price segment, where new products also practically do not differ from their predecessors either in functionality or in appearance. A similar conservative approach is also manifested in the hero of today's review.
Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra phone review
Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra is a great but boring flagship
The S-series of smartphones from the Korean company Samsung has been extremely popular among all lovers of portable electronics for more than a decade. The original design, proprietary software, and decent price-quality ratio are still preserved in the lineup, but there are fewer and fewer cardinal changes between generations. There are not many reasons to replace the previous model with the hero of today's review.
Samsung Galaxy S25+ phone review
Samsung Galaxy S25+ - a stagnant bestseller
The mid-priced representative of the flagship line of smartphones from the Korean company Samsung is the model with the Plus index. It combines the most popular dimensions, top performance and a good balance of other indicators. However, over the past few years, the developer has simply been re-releasing the same gadget without any noticeable changes. Does such a device remain competitive today? Let's figure it out.
Samsung Galaxy S25 phone review
Samsung Galaxy S25 - too classic flagship
The Korean company Samsung regularly pleases its fans with an updated flagship line of smartphones every year, but not all of its representatives arouse delight in the sophisticated audience. Thus, users have already managed to get used to such a competitive advantage of the younger model as compact dimensions, but the new product cannot offer serious improvements in photo capabilities, display quality or autonomy.
Doogee Note 58 phone review
Doogee Note 58 - a smartphone that does not arouse interest
Low-end smartphones are becoming more popular every year due to gradual progress in chipset performance and the quality of inexpensive photo modules. If a few years ago it was not always comfortable to use phones under $100, today they are functional and balanced mobile assistants. The hero of today's review can be classified as such, but the abundance of more technologically advanced and interesting alternatives calls into question the relevance of its purchase.
DOOGEE S Cyber Pro phone review
DOOGEE S Cyber Pro - Durable, but so unbalanced
The mid-price segment of waterproof smartphones from the Chinese company Doogee has begun to stagnate. Thus, over the past couple of months, we have already seen several phone models that are actually reissues of the corporation's bestsellers. Thus, the hero of today's review largely duplicates the popular S118, slightly improving it in some aspects. It's a pity that the changes for the better did not occur where the sophisticated audience would like to find them.
Realme 14T Pro phone review
Realme 14T Pro - inexpensive and tasteful
This year, the Chinese company Realme decided to significantly expand the range of smartphones in the mid-price segment, covering more categories of buyers with different needs and financial statuses. The hero of today's review offers the optimal combination of price and quality for those people who need far from basic functionality of a mobile assistant and at the same time still not an empty wallet.
Realme 14T phone review
Realme 14T - The Right Mid-Range Smartphone?
The Chinese company Realme decided to suddenly expand the line of inexpensive smartphones with representatives with a previously unseen T-index in the series. The hero of today's review is the most affordable of the new products, pleasantly pleasing with both balanced technical characteristics and an attractive design for the price segment.
Xiaomi 15 Ultra phone review
Xiaomi 15 Ultra - Improving the Photo Flagship
The Chinese company Xiaomi does not forget to update its flagship line of smartphones every year, in which the leading role is occupied by the model with the Ultra index. It is a treasure trove of all the technologies that the famous developer in the mobile electronics industry is capable of. And the hero of today's review does not disappoint, providing new levels of performance and autonomy. And the photo capabilities have slightly advanced.
HOTWAV Note 15 Pro smartphone review
HOTWAV Note 15 Pro - Reliable, Affordable, But Not the Most Unremarkable
Low-end smartphones rarely make the hearts of demanding mobile electronics enthusiasts melt. Unfortunately, maintaining a modest cost price and at the same time rewarding the device with an abundance of competitive advantages is a difficult task even for the largest mobile electronics developers. The Chinese company HOTWAV can hardly be classified as such, but the manufacturer tried to do everything possible to make the new Note 15 Pro relevant and competitive. And in many ways, the company succeeded, although the device is quite far from ideal.
Doogee Note 58 Pro phone review
Doogee Note 58 Pro - not a hopeless smartphone
The Chinese company Doogee is not against borrowing ideas from its competitors, if it does not come to obvious plagiarism. The manufacturer especially often likes to use design elements of competitors' flagship devices in its inexpensive products. Thus, the hero of today's review sometimes strongly resembles Apple products. However, it also has a number of interesting advantages that distinguish it from its opponents.
Doogee S Punk Pro phone review
Doogee S Punk Pro - Improving the Wrong Parameters
Smartphones with the Pro index are overwhelmingly enhanced versions of successful predecessors, offering significant improvements in technical characteristics and more. Of course, the price tag of such devices is also growing. However, sometimes positive changes occur far from those places where they were necessary for the previous model. As a result, work on errors turns out to be not very successful. This is exactly what happened to the hero of today's review.
ZTE Nubia Flip 2 phone review
ZTE Nubia Flip 2 - a sequel that can't be considered successful
The Chinese company ZTE continues to make attempts to create an inexpensive folding smartphone that could attract a significant part of the market audience. The first such smartphone did not become a huge success due to a number of serious simplifications of technical characteristics in comparison with ordinary monoblocks at the same price. Unfortunately, the hero of today's review almost did not improve the situation.
HOTWAV T7S phone review
HOTWAV T7S - Reanimated Corpse
The Chinese company Hotwav knows how to surprise fans of protected smartphones, but it does not always do it in a positive sense. For some reason, the corporation decided to revive last year's not very popular phone model without making any serious changes to it. There is little faith in the success of such a product.
Realme 14 Pro+ phone review
Realme 14 Pro+ - a leisurely pursuit of flagships
It is nice to see and realize how every year the mid-price smartphones from the Chinese company Realmi acquire better technical and other characteristics. At the same time, the manufacturer manages to keep the price of gadgets so that they are accessible to almost every electronics lover. Thus, the hero of today's review becomes one of the most technologically advanced and balanced phones in the price category.
ZTE Nubia Music 2 phone review
ZTE Nubia Music 2 - an inexpensive smartphone with speaker function
The Chinese company ZTE tries to surprise its fans even in the low price segment of the smartphone market. If you don’t jump over your head in terms of technical characteristics due to a serious increase in the final cost, then it is quite possible to please buyers with a bright design and impressive sound. The hero of today’s review has these qualities.
Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Pro+ phone review
Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Pro+ - a mid-range flagship
The smartphone market has changed significantly over the past few years. Literally every price category greets us with dozens, if not hundreds of different offers. And if earlier it was quite easy to recommend the best model for its price tag, now even experts get confused by the variety of devices. But it seems that the hero of today's review is ready to bring back those pleasant old times.
Xiaomi Poco X7 phone review
Xiaomi Poco X7 - Making the Price Segment Better
2024 became quite important for smartphones of the average value category. The mentioned devices are increasingly obtaining high -quality displays, more advanced photographic capabilities. The hero of today's review adds to the list and improved performance, which makes the maximum his chances of commercial success.
OnePlus 13R phone review
OnePlus 13R - a sub-flagship without serious simplifications
The Chinese company OnePlus does not change tradition and again surprises its loyal fans with a number of balanced and technological smartphones of the highest price segment. And if the senior model is aimed at the richest electronics lovers, then the hero of today's review will allow you to save money and get impressive functionality.
OUKITEL WP100 Titan phone review
OUKITEL WP100 Titan - a huge and so inconvenient monster
Fans of mobile electronics definitely love innovations, as well as originality from the manufacturer. However, sometimes the developer's imagination goes beyond all limits. The hero of today's review confirms this fact. We have not seen such an interesting and at the same time repulsive device for a long time.
Xiaomi Redmi 14C 5G phone review
Xiaomi Redmi 14C 5G - filling the range
Despite the fame of Xiaomi and its incredible ability to create best-selling smartphones that move the industry forward, it also has many mediocre models. The developer needs to expand the range of phones offered, but it is simply impossible to pay maximum attention to each individual device. This is why sometimes units like the hero of today's review appear, which are unlikely to be future hits.
Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro phone review
Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro - Almost a Revolution
The Chinese company Poco makes its competitors nervous every year. Thanks to an impressive budget and excellent specialists, the corporation creates smartphones with an unprecedented combination of price and quality, which are also supplemented with new competitive advantages. This is exactly what the hero of today's review is.
DOOGEE T36 phone review
DOOGEE T36 - a loud statement
The Chinese company Doogee is known to most electronics enthusiasts for its smartphones, but the manufacturer does not forget about developing tablets. Thus, the hero of today's review should attract the attention of potential buyers with its price-quality ratio, as well as impressive stereo sound. However, in reality, not everything is so clear-cut.
Realme 14 Pro phone review
Realme 14 Pro - beauty without the price
The next generation of mid-range smartphones from the Chinese company Realme has made several important steps forward. Thus, the phones, already excellent in terms of design, have become even closer to flagships in their exterior. At the same time, other parameters of the devices have been upgraded.
Xiaomi Redmi Turbo 4 phone review
Xiaomi Redmi Turbo 4 - Furious Power for Modest Money
The Chinese company Xiaomi remains one of those few smartphone manufacturers that can surprise even the most sophisticated user. Moreover, the developer does this with enviable consistency in literally all price categories of the market. Thus, the hero of today's review is rather in the middle price segment, but gives flagship performance and many other competitive advantages.
OnePlus Pad 2024 phone review
OnePlus Pad 2024 - A Great Device, But A Bad Continuer in the Series?
Tablets from the Chinese company OnePlus can hardly be called the most popular in the world, but each of the models released by the manufacturer has found its user. Of course, any fan of the corporation would like to see noticeable improvements in the new generations of devices, but the developer decided to take a different path. And although the hero of today's review beats most opponents in the price segment, it lags behind its predecessor in a number of parameters.
Realme Neo 7 SE phone review
Realme Neo 7 SE - Crazy Competition
The Chinese company Realme fiercely fights with its main enemy in the person of Xiaomi for the attention of the audience of the smartphone market. So, the announcement of Redmi Turbo 4 forced the corporation to accelerate and release literally on the same day of a full -fledged competitor in the form of a hero of today's review. What is the new product more interesting? Let's figure it out.
OPPO A5 Pro phone review
OPPO A5 Pro - rather a successful experiment
The Chinese company Oppo is looking for new ways to attract buyers in the smartphone market. Thus, the experienced developer decided to give the new mid-price segment a full-fledged water protection according to IP69 standards with stunning ergonomics of the case. And even if the manufacturer had to make some compromises to maintain the cost price, the device will definitely find its fan.
DOOGEE S119 phone review
DOOGEE S119 - Low-Performance Update
The range of smartphones from the Chinese company Doogee does not always succumb to logic. Thus, a continuation of a popular model with a higher numerical value can suddenly lose productivity and some other competitive advantages. This is what happened to the hero of today's review.
OnePlus Ace 5 Pro phone review
OnePlus Ace 5 Pro - Correct changes to the line
The Chinese company OnePlus is striving not only to catch up, but also to overtake the leaders. The Ace line of smartphones plays a significant role in this race for the manufacturer, offering almost flagship functionality for reasonable money. The hero of today's review offers an even higher level of performance and photo capabilities, thanks to which it easily claims the title of bestseller.
OnePlus Ace 5 phone review
OnePlus Ace 5 - new advantages, old disadvantages?
The Ace line of smartphones from the Chinese company OnePlus has always been famous for its excellent technical characteristics and reasonable price. However, over time, the audience has become more and more demanding, so now buyers want good photographic capabilities, impressive battery life, and an abundance of other competitive advantages from mid-price segment phones. The hero of today's review tries to please potential users in every aspect, but the result still cannot be considered perfect.
Doogee S118 Pro phone review
Doogee S118 Pro - bright and durable
Inexpensive smartphones with IP68 water protection are rarely famous for their attractive design. Still, resistance to the elements and additional strength do not correlate well with visual beauty and reasonable cost. But the Chinese company Doogee decided to correct this situation and give the hero of today's review a pleasant and memorable appearance, albeit with some reservations.
Xiaomi Redmi Turbo 4 Pro phone review
Xiaomi Redmi Turbo 4 Pro - Flagship Attack
The Chinese company Xiaomi has decided to start 2025 with several big announcements at once. The hero of today's review may not just be another commercially successful product of the manufacturer, but also a phone that is ready to significantly change people's attitudes towards devices at the turn of the middle and high price segments.
HOTWAV Note 13 Max phone review
HOTWAV Note 13 Max - a repeat of not the best decisions
The Chinese company Hotwav does not have a huge budget for the smartphone market, which, unfortunately, often affects its products. Next to interesting and balanced models, it is easy to find either frankly unsuccessful devices or clones of previously successful products that have already lost most of their relevance. The hero of today's review belongs to the second group.
HUAWEI Mate X6 phone review
HUAWEI Mate X6 - a premium flagship not for everyone
The Chinese company Huawei, although still on everyone's lips among electronics enthusiasts, still cannot boast of its former popularity. Still, the lack of Google services, current chipsets from Qualcomm and MediaTek, as well as its own operating system HarmonyOS impose significant restrictions on the attractiveness of the corporation's products for international users. However, the hero of today's review will still find many fans thanks to a ton of competitive advantages that allow us to at least partially close our eyes to the aforementioned features.
Realme 14X 5G phone review
Realme 14X 5G - Numerous Compromises
The last few years have seen a certain stagnation in the low-mid-price segment of the smartphone market. Performance specifications are stagnating, and new competitive advantages are rarely found in the phones being released. And the Chinese company Realme tried to solve the current situation. However, the final result was quite controversial.
IIIF150 Air3s phone review
IIIF150 Air3s - only the design remains
Releasing a simplified version of a smartphone is a great idea if the original device was competitive and popular enough. Such a sound idea also came to the Chinese sub-brand of the company Oukitel with a peculiar name. However, the developer decided to cut the parameters of the model too much, which is why its relevance fell almost to zero.
Honor GT phone review
Honor GT - an inexpensive miracle for gamers
"Flagship killers" have been delighting smartphone lovers around the world for over a decade. These devices include phones with top or close to such technical characteristics, as well as simplified, but balanced and relevant other parameters. Perhaps the term originated from such bestsellers as Xiaomi POCOPHONE F1 and OnePlus One. But models like the hero of today's review continue the victorious march of "killers" and make them even more interesting for many categories of buyers.
Xiaomi POCO C75 5G phone review
Xiaomi POCO C75 5G - Striving for the Best
Smartphones at the boundary of low and medium price segments are experiencing some stagnation. It is easy to find dozens of similar models that are not much different from their predecessors released a year or two earlier. However, the Chinese company Poco (a sub-brand of the Xiaomi corporation) is not satisfied with this state of affairs. And the hero of today's review is obliged to correct the current situation in the cost category.
Xiaomi POCO M7 Pro 5G phone review
Xiaomi POCO M7 Pro 5G - where are the disadvantages?
The ability of the Chinese company Poco (a sub-brand of Xiaomi Corporation) to create successful smartphones in the lower and middle price segments can only be envied by competitors. The M-line of phones is probably the most popular. The combination of stylish design, decent technical characteristics and even, since recently, good photo capabilities could not fail to find a response among millions of buyers. And the hero of today's review only continues to improve the strengths of the series.
Doogee Blade 10 Power phone review
Doogee Blade 10 Power - Durable, Stylish and Humanely Priced
The Chinese company Doogee is becoming more and more experienced every year in creating inexpensive smartphones with IP68 water protection. The design of new products is improving, their ergonomics are expanding, and the functionality is expanding. And the hero of today's review is a clear example of such positive changes.
DOOGEE Blade GT phone review
DOOGEE Blade GT - Neat Borrowings
The Chinese company Doogee closely monitors the activities of its opponents, trying to adopt the most interesting solutions in their smartphones. Thus, the gaze of the corporation's employees fell on the products of the Nothing company, which is distinguished by an original, innovative design. Well, now we can see a similar exterior in the hero of today's review.
Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Pro 4G phone review
Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Pro 4G - Successful Marking Time
Marketers of the Chinese company Xiaomi know their business. Their research allows the developer to make serious changes in smartphones in certain price categories to achieve success, in others - essentially completely repeat last year's models with minor improvements in parameters. The second situation is true for the hero of today's review. However, why reinvent the wheel when the new product will be more than competitive even without significant improvements?