Phone Reviews (page 18)
Ulefone Armor 12S phone review
Ulefone Armor 12S - gaining chances for success
The Chinese company Ulefone knows how to create not only high-quality, but at the same time interesting smartphones for the audience, however, many models lack just a few strokes before reaching the title of bestseller. The hero of today's review seems to have decided to correct this situation.
OnePlus Nord CE 3 phone review
OnePlus Nord CE 3 - not in vain expectations
Fans of the Chinese company Oneplus were looking forward to the new generation of the budget line of smartphones. In 2021-2022, the world-famous developer managed to release almost a dozen bestsellers with excellent value for money. And the hero of today's review did not disappoint.
Oppo Find N2 phone review
Oppo Find N2 - the pursuit of leadership
The Chinese company Oppo is not afraid to experiment and fight the most famous smartphone manufacturers. Thus, the developer releases a continuation of the line of expensive flip phones, which has an even higher price tag, but at the same time improved performance, photo capabilities and functionality. Can such a novelty become commercially successful and win the love of millions of people? The question is difficult.
Vivo IQOO 11 phone review
Vivo IQOO 11 is the best in many aspects
It is difficult to surprise the modern audience of the smartphone market even with flagship products, but manufacturers around the world are still trying to increase the performance and functionality of devices, to bring something new to compact electronics. So, the Chinese company Vivo tried to transform the exterior of the novelty and make it incredibly balanced.
Oppo Reno 9 Pro 5G phone review
Oppo Reno 9 Pro 5G - beautiful both inside and out
A well-designed smartphone is a really important factor for the success of a device, but the modern user is becoming more and more picky. Now a sophisticated audience cannot be attracted by an exceptionally beautiful picture, it needs performance, functionality and autonomy. Fortunately, the hero of today's review is able to boast of all of the above.
Oppo Reno 9 phone review
Oppo Reno 9 - when it's hard to resist buying?
Why are some smartphones incredibly popular, while others are forgotten by a demanding audience in a matter of months? One of the reasons for success is not only competent marketing, but also the balance of the device, which simply must combine beauty, performance and autonomy. The hero of today's review is trying to add a reasonable price to the list.
Honor 80 Pro phone review
Honor 80 Pro - photo flagship and nothing more
An increasing number of people refuse to use full-fledged cameras for shooting. The reason lies in the improving photo capabilities of modern smartphones. Especially in this area, flagship devices have advanced, ready to amaze sophisticated photographers even with evening shots. The hero of today's review also belongs to such phones, which also carries an abundance of other competitive advantages.
Honor 80 phone review
Honor 80 - sub-flagship without compromise
The Chinese company Honor temporarily lost its ability to create truly balanced smartphones in terms of price, functionality and beauty of the exterior. So, the 60s and 70s lines of flagship phones received a lot of controversial reviews and simply fell short of their legendary predecessors. Fortunately, the hero of today's review is much more interesting and relevant.
Doogee S41 Pro phone review
Doogee S41 Pro - expanding functionality, but not performance
The Chinese company Doogee continues to expand the range of secure smartphones. It was the turn of representatives of the lower price category. The appearance of new chipsets and photomodules could significantly increase the attractiveness of the products, but the developer decided to go a different way. Will buyers like the updated device? Let's figure it out.
Vivo X90 phone review
Vivo X90 - the basic version of a flawless smartphone
The Chinese company Vivo unspeakably pleases its fans with the flagship phones of the X-line. Even its most affordable representatives incredibly combine top-end performance, innovative design, and dozens of other competitive advantages that analogues twice as expensive will envy. The hero of today's review has not changed the traditions of the series. The only pity is that we can not wait for the global configuration of the device.
Oppo Reno 9 Pro+ phone review
Oppo Reno 9 Pro + - perfection for budget buyers
Flagship smartphones are a desirable thing for millions of fans of portable electronics, but not everyone can afford such a mobile assistant. The reasons for abandoning phones of the highest price category may be different, but if the top performance and wide functionality are realized in a gadget cheaper, then it will be simply impossible to resist purchasing it. It was with this thought that the hero of today's review was created.
Blackview A85 phone review
Blackview A85 - the perfect low-cost smartphone?
The Chinese company Blackview has brought a lot of pleasant surprises to its fans over the past year. Particularly surprising is the fact that the manufacturer has created several excellent phones at once in the low price segment. The hero of today's review belongs to this group of outstanding budget devices.
Meizu 20 phone review
Meizu 20 - a new era for a forgotten company?
Meizu Corporation has long ceased to be one of the industry leaders, losing brand fans every year even in its homeland. However, the actual purchase of the organization by the Geely automaker gives the manufacturer hope for regaining its former glory. And the hero of today's review may be the first step towards the return of the once popular developer.
Realme 10 Pro+ phone review
Realme 10 Pro+ - changes that are noticeable to the eye
The Chinese company Realme did the almost impossible at the beginning of this year, namely, it released an affordable smartphone with flagship photographic capabilities. Productive and stylish camera phone quickly won the hearts of millions of people. But was the manufacturer able to create a worthy follower of the hit? The answer was not so clear.
OUKITEL WP21 phone review
OUKITEL WP21 - brutality at its maximum
The Chinese company Oukitel continues to expand the range of smartphones offered with protection against dust and moisture according to IP68 standards. However, it is nice to see that not only quantitative but also qualitative growth of the brand's products is taking place. So, the hero of today's review is ready to provide indecently great autonomy and decent functionality for the middle price segment.
OnePlus 11 Pro phone review
OnePlus 11 Pro - insanely attractive
With each generation, OnePlus flagship smartphones are becoming more technologically advanced, beautiful and functional. At the same time, the developer practically does not change its pricing policy, thanks to which the number of brand fans is growing every day. The hero of today's review has every chance of making the manufacturer even more popular.
Huawei P60 phone review
Huawei P60 - conservative ideal
Technology does not stand still, so standard monoblock smartphones are replaced by analogues with folding displays, front cameras become literally invisible. The hero of today's review, despite its flagship status, is not ready to boast of any innovations, but every aspect of it has been brought to perfection.
Realme 10 5G phone review
Realme 10 5G - lack of necessary changes
The global economic crisis, huge inflation rates and many other factors make life difficult for smartphone manufacturers. So, it becomes difficult to maintain the old pricing policy that users have gotten used to. That is why even well-known developers produce products that are slightly different from previously released models.
Blackview A52 phone review
Blackview A52 - autonomy and design as the main advantages
Building a truly successful low-end smartphone is not easy. The need to maintain a reasonable cost leads to compromises that are not always approved by a demanding audience. The hero of today's review also did not do without serious simplifications, but he still has a couple of trump cards up his sleeve.
Samsung Galaxy A54 5G phone review
Samsung Galaxy A54 5G - good old friend
The Korean company Samsung over the past few years has greatly changed the A-series of its smartphones. So, if the first models were aimed exclusively at the low price segment, then their followers captured the middle price category as well. Phones A50, A51, A52 and A53 have always been successful due to the attractive design and the balance of technical characteristics, so it is not surprising that the hero of today's review has the same advantages and continues his victorious march.
OnePlus Ace 2 phone review
OnePlus Ace 2 - the changes that everyone has been waiting for
The Chinese company OnePlus recently pleased its fans with a new Ace-line of smartphones. It included representatives of the middle price segment, who tried to combine almost flagship performance and decent functionality. The hero of today's review not only adopted the advantages of his predecessors, but also provides much more interesting photo opportunities.
Xiaomi Redmi A11 phone review
Xiaomi Redmi A11 - a new era of low-cost smartphones?
The Chinese company Xiaomi recently resumed the production of truly affordable phones. The first representative of the lowest price segment was the A1 (Plus) model, which had basic functionality and a pleasing exterior. Her follower is trying to add improved performance and photo capabilities to the list.
Vivo IQOO Neo 7 SE phone review
Vivo IQOO Neo 7 SE - from good to better
The Chinese company Vivo is increasingly releasing its products around the world, but the best representatives of the range of smartphones often remain in the country. The hero of today's review is a sub-flagship of the corporation, aimed exclusively at the domestic market of China. However, outside the Celestial Empire, the gadget could well become a hit.
Honor Magic5 phone review
Honor Magic5 is a perfect but rare smartphone
The Chinese company Honor consistently produces dozens of excellent products around the world, but does not forget to please the inhabitants of its homeland with technological innovations. Unfortunately for fans of mobile electronics from other countries, sometimes such devices are much more interesting than their international counterparts. The hero of today's review is a clear confirmation of this.
Realme 10 Ultra phone review
Realme 10 Ultra - jump into the flagship segment
The Chinese company Realme sometimes does extremely risky things that you don’t always expect from a brand with a rather restrained organization policy. So, the hero of today's review was supposed to be just an improved representative of the manufacturer's budget line, but in reality it turned out to be a real flagship killer.
Realme 10 phone review
Realme 10 - beautiful stagnation
A significant number of fans of mobile electronics are accustomed to the fact that each subsequent generation of smartphone lines is better than the previous one in literally all respects. However, such a trend, unfortunately, is not always seen in the products of the Chinese company Realme. So, the hero of today's review of the moment is even simpler than his successful predecessors.
Xiaomi Redmi Pad phone review
Xiaomi Redmi Pad is a great device available to everyone
The tablets of the Chinese company Xiaomi consistently find millions of buyers around the world. The reason for this success is the ability of the developer to make the right and almost imperceptible compromises and, as a result, the optimal ratio of price and quality. The hero of today's review, aimed at the low-mid-value segment, is not deprived of it either.
Doogee X98 phone review
Doogee X98 is a budget smartphone with a focus on battery life
The Chinese company Doogee does not forget about people with a limited budget, steadily releasing good inexpensive devices. And even though their functionality is far from the flagship, such products are still ready to seriously make life easier for users. And the hero of today's review is no exception.
OnePlus Nord N300 5G phone review
OnePlus Nord N300 5G - too generic?
Fans of the Chinese OnePlus company are used to the fact that literally every new model of the brand turns out to be extremely competitive and relevant. However, smartphones of the low-mid price segment are obtained from the corporation not always meeting the needs of fans. Unfortunately, the hero of today's review did not escape a similar fate.
Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro phone review
Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro - cameras as the main weapon
Android smartphone users are becoming more and more demanding of their mobile assistants, regardless of the price of the latter. So, it is difficult even for eminent manufacturers to sell a simply balanced phone in the middle price segment without obvious competitive advantages. That is why even the well-known Chinese Xiaomi company has to surprise the audience every time. And it seems that the hero of today's review is able to do this.
Smartphone review: Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro+
Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro+ - unexpected surprises
The older models of the Note-line from the Chinese company Redmi (a sub-brand of Xiaomi Corporation) over the past few years have become noticeably closer to the flagship segment in terms of design, performance, and functionality. The hero of today's review advances photo opportunities, allowing significant savings for sophisticated photographers.
Doogee X98 Pro phone review
Doogee X98 Pro - a necessary minimum
Surprisingly, the modern audience is becoming more and more demanding of low-end smartphones. There are many reasons for this, but the main ones are the gradual technological progress and the increasing introduction of mobile assistants into people's everyday lives. If a few years ago an inexpensive phone was only supposed to make calls and receive messages, today it is a camera, a compact game console, and a replacement for many other gadgets. The hero of the review also tries to fulfill all the indicated roles, albeit with varying success.
XXX phone review
Cubot Pocket 3 - compact and charismatic
The Chinese company Cubot is well aware that in order to find its audience in such a competitive smartphone market, it needs to take risks and experiment. So, an experienced manufacturer decided to please that part of the population that is trying to find an inexpensive, small, but functional phone without any serious compromises. And the hero of today's review fits this description quite well.
Xiaomi 12 Lite 5G NE phone review
Xiaomi 12 Lite 5G NE - sudden and dramatic changes
The Chinese company Xiaomi knows how to surprise, even though today it does such things and not so often. So, a world-famous corporation decided to make not a simple, but a really large-scale improvement of its already popular smartphone model. What exactly will the user get for a not so big surcharge?
UMIDIGI A13 Pro Max 5G phone review
UMIDIGI A13 Pro Max 5G - beauty complemented by performance
The designers of the Chinese company Umidigi do not get their salaries in vain. Corporation smartphones are invariably stylish and attractive, regardless of the price category. However, the elaborate design, unfortunately, is not always combined in these devices with powerful CPUs and other aspects of successful modern phones. But the hero of today's review is clearly not one of these models.
Ulefone Power Armor 18T phone review
Ulefone Power Armor 18T - is it really a real flagship?
The Chinese company Ulefone is trying to pay attention not only to smartphones in the low and medium price segments, but also to more expensive models. Unfortunately, not all representatives of the highest cost category were commercially successful with the manufacturer. However, the hero of today's review is likely to become a favorite of the audience due to the increased performance and improved photo capabilities compared to its predecessors.
Ulefone Armor 17 Pro phone review
Ulefone Armor 17 Pro - manufacturability plus strength
The Chinese company Ulefone is able to inspire respect. The manufacturer, although he could not break into the ranks of the most successful corporations in the Celestial Empire, but consistently pleases fans with balanced and up-to-date smartphones. In addition, there is a clear progress in the quality of the components used and their compliance with the needs of a demanding audience. So, the hero of today's review is unlikely to be criticized within its price category.
Smartphone review: Cubot Note 30
Cubot Note 30 - important improvements for everyone
The latest budget smartphones from the Chinese company Cubot left critics and the audience with rather mixed emotions. On the one hand, the developer's products have noticeably improved in terms of design and had a number of competitive advantages, on the other hand, the devices were often characterized by obvious shortcomings, like software problems. The manufacturer took into account the wishes of users and corrected most of the errors.
UMiDIGI F3 Pro phone review
UMiDIGI F3 Pro is not a flagship at all
Not every smartphone manufacturer has the budget necessary to create a full-fledged smartphone of the highest price category. So, the Chinese company Umidigi simply does not have the necessary amount of money for wholesale purchases of the best components, but its desire to create a top-end Android phone does not decrease from this. As a result, we get a kind of device like the hero of today's review.
XXX phone review
Honor X40 GT - note to gamers
Android smartphones are becoming more and more popular among game fans. The reason for this was both the release of excellent projects directly to the operating system itself (Pascal's Wager), and the abundance of multiplatform titles (Fortnite, Genshin Impact, Undecember), emulators (AetherSX2, Dolphin and others). It is for the mentioned category of people that the hero of today's review is presented. Unfortunately, other users may not evaluate the device immediately due to a number of problems.
ASUS ROG Phone 6D phone review
ASUS ROG Phone 6D - small experiments
The modern world economy is suffering another crisis, affecting the production of components. That is why smartphone manufacturers are gradually moving away from the idea of using only one company's chips in their products. The Taiwanese corporation Asus also took such measures in a series of gaming phones.
Ulefone Note 14 phone review
Ulefone Note 14 - beautiful but useless?
The Chinese company Ulefone continues to expand the range of its smartphones in the low price segment, but it does not always have time to follow the demands of the audience. Potential buyers over the years have become noticeably more demanding even of inexpensive devices in terms of performance and functionality. Unfortunately, in these aspects, the hero of today's review is bad, and it is impossible to atone for such shortcomings only by the beauty of the exterior.
Blackview BV7200 phone review
Blackview BV7200 - claims of success
The Chinese company Blackview is far from being a leader in the smartphone market, which affects its budget and, as a result, its products. So, it is simply impossible to find a full-fledged flagship device or a camera phone in it due to the high cost of the components. However, the developer has adapted to the conditions in which he is. That is why a lot of balanced products focused on the low-mid price segment began to come out from under the manufacturer's conveyor.
Xiaomi Poco F5 phone review
Xiaomi Poco F5 - even closer to the flagship segment
The F-series of smartphones from the Chinese company Poco (a sub-brand of Xiaomi Corporation) has been striving for the title of "flagship killers" since its inception. The F1 model was able to actually revolutionize the mid-range price category, providing users with the best processor, coupled with decent other indicators. The hero of today's review is trying not only to repeat the achievements of his predecessor, but also to improve them.
UMiDIGI G1 Max phone review
UMiDIGI G1 Max is an inexpensive smartphone that you want to buy
Phones of the low budget segment are often chosen by users as the first step into the world of mobile electronics, after getting acquainted with which you can understand what kind of assistant is needed. However, even the beginning of the path must be worthy. This is exactly what the hero of today's review will be for many people.
UMiDIGI C1 Max phone review
UMiDIGI C1 Max - making inexpensive smartphones better
The end of 2022 was marked by a significant increase in the performance of low-end smart phones. In addition, even not the most famous developers have finalized other aspects of their budget products. So, the Chinese company Umidigi was able to implement in the hero of today's review also an attractive design, decent autonomy.
Google Pixel 7a phone review
Google Pixel 7a - when simplifications are not useless
Pixel smartphones have never been cheap, but the developer is trying to gradually transfer the line of devices to the middle price segment. So, the hero of today's review is trying to preserve the functionality and photo capabilities of older brothers at a significantly more modest price tag. Surprisingly, the device does almost everything.
Oukitel WP18 Pro phone review
Oukitel WP18 Pro is still a power bank with phone features
It's never too late to correct your shortcomings. So, after a certain period of time, many manufacturers release Pro-versions of smartphones, which are aimed at eliminating all the shortcomings identified by a demanding audience. However, sometimes improvements still do not become serious and do not change the current situation. So, the hero of today's review, even after all the metamorphoses, is unlikely to boast of good sales.
Smartphone review: Google Pixel 7 Pro
Google Pixel 7 Pro - on the way to the perfect smartphone
Today's Android users are becoming more and more sophisticated with high-end phones. To be commercially successful, such devices must have the perfect balance of autonomy, advanced performance specifications and sophisticated design. The hero of today's review differs in the given parameters, however, the price tag of the device turned out to be appropriate.
Smartphone review: Google Pixel 7
Google Pixel 7 - getting rid of shortcomings
The sixth generation of flagship Android smartphones from Google turned out to be quite controversial due to a combination of not the most humane pricing policy of the manufacturer, as well as problems with throttling in the proprietary chipset, and minor design flaws. However, feedback from users and critics, as well as not particularly impressive sales, only spurred the corporation to correct its mistakes.
