Phone Reviews (page 19)
Smartphone review: UMiDIGI Bison X10 Pro
UMiDIGI Bison X10 Pro - is the overpayment worth it?
Buying a Pro version of a smartphone can result in different results. In some cases, we get a huge increase in functionality and productivity, in other situations it is sometimes difficult to understand why the money was overpaid. And although the hero of today's review more than meets the standards of the price category, it is not so easy to find differences from its predecessor in it.
Smartphone review: UMiDIGI Bison X10
UMiDIGI Bison X10 - available update
The Chinese company Umidigi has successfully launched a new Bison-line of smartphones with protection against dust and moisture according to IP68 standards. Users around the world have appreciated the combination of affordable prices, case durability and wide functionality. The hero of today's review is trying to preserve the performance and autonomy of its predecessors and focuses on an even more reasonable price tag.
Smartphone review: Oukitel C25
Oukitel C25 - a smartphone with great potential
The Chinese company Aukitel is no longer as noticeable as it was several years ago. Android smartphones in the middle price segment are usually inferior in technical characteristics and price, while devices in the lower cost category often come out too monotonous and uninteresting. However, it seems that sometimes pleasant exceptions like the hero of today's review sneak into the assortment of the corporation.
Smartphone review: ZTE Nubia Red Magic 6s Pro
ZTE Nubia Red Magic 6s Pro - maximum for gamers
Gaming smartphones are a narrowly focused thing, but such devices are finding an increasing number of fans around the world thanks to the appearance of beautiful and sophisticated Android games. The creation of a gadget in the mentioned segment is not an easy task even for very experienced manufacturers, but the Chinese company ZTE coped well with such tasks. The hero of today's review was no exception to the rule, but in the pursuit of additional performance and gameplay comfort, other aspects of the phone were missed.
Smartphone review: Oukitel K9 Pro
Oukitel K9 Pro is a sudden oversimplification?
In almost 100% of cases, the release of a smartphone with a Pro-index means an easy improvement of a popular phone in order to maintain its relevance for potential buyers or eliminate the most critical shortcomings. Unfortunately, not all manufacturers share this opinion. So, the Chinese company Aukitel simplified the hero of today's review in many respects in comparison with the previous model, but at the same time made it cheaper. Is this the right move by the developer?
Smartphone review: Vivo S10e
Vivo S10e - beauty, not deprived of functionality
The S-series of smartphones from the Chinese company Vivo has always been distinguished by an advanced design that set the phones apart from boring opponents. However, gradually the devices of the line have improved in terms of technical characteristics, photo capabilities, and other parameters of potentially successful Android smartphones. As a result, the hero of the review could become a world bestseller, but acquiring it outside of China would be extremely problematic.
Smartphone review: Realme 8s
Realme 8s - tangible metamorphosis
Over the past couple of years, the Chinese company Realmi has been able to release several bestsellers in the middle price category. These smartphones were distinguished by increased autonomy with a nice looking design and competitive performance. Of course, the success of gadgets would not have been achieved without an attractive price tag. The hero of today's review retains all the above qualities and even tries to develop them.
Smartphone review: Realme 8i
Realme 8i - instructions for creating an inexpensive smartphone
For the first time, the Chinese company Realmi simply amazed Android users with a multitude of very competitive phones capable of fighting on equal terms with the products of such market mastodons as Xiaomi, Huawei. However, a little later, the set of successful gadgets began to subside. Fortunately, the hero of today's review is an exemplary example of what a smart mobile assistant should be at the turn of the low and medium price segments.
Smartphone review: Xiaomi Redmi 10 Prime
Xiaomi Redmi 10 Prime - plus autonomy, minus functionality
The Chinese company Xiaomi is trying to cover the needs of an increasing number of people with its products. So, sometimes almost the same smartphone can come out with different names and configurations, each of which differs only in little things that are important for a particular category of buyers. A similar situation has developed with the hero of today's review.
Smartphone review: Vivo X70 Pro+
Vivo X70 Pro+ - a step forward or to the side?
Sequels of flagship smartphones usually offer buyers tangible changes in specifications, functionality and other parameters. Otherwise, only a small number of users will want to get a new product, while the owners of the previous top models will not want to change their mobile assistant. The hero of today's review, at first glance, is not much different from its predecessor. However, upon closer examination, everything falls into place.
Smartphone review: Vivo X70 Pro
Vivo X70 Pro - uncompromising beauty
The flagship smartphones of the Chinese company Vivo have always been famous for their design, worked out to the smallest detail, the ideas of which were copied by opponents in the blink of an eye. It seems that the hero of today's review will also become a fashion herald, however, in addition to external attractiveness, the gadget carries an excellent balance of technical characteristics.
Smartphone review: Nokia G50
Nokia G50 - late ignition?
The success of this or that smartphone today depends not only on the balance of its technical characteristics or the correspondence between price and quality. No matter how wonderful the product was, if there are already many opponents similar to it on the market, then the path to decent sales will be difficult. The hero of today's review does not upset with performance and functionality, but it will clearly not be easy to fight countless competitors.
Smartphone review: Honor X20 Max
Honor X20 Max - gaming half-tablet
The Chinese company Honor continues to fight for every potential buyer. Expanding the range of smartphones on offer is a good way to attract an audience to your products. The hero of today's review should appeal not only to fans of large displays, but also to avid gamers. But how will the other part of users react to the new product?
Smartphone review: Realme GT Neo Gaming
Realme GT Neo Gaming - hit repetition
Surprisingly, sometimes even experienced smartphone manufacturers cannot always predict the likelihood of success of a particular product. So, the original phone of the company Realmi with the Neo-index, unexpectedly for the developer, became a real bestseller in China. And even without a global version, it was popular in Europe and the CIS. As a result, the corporation decided to transform the already relevant gadget and re-release it.
Smartphone review: Realme GT Neo2 5G
Realme GT Neo2 5G - for games and more?
The original smartphone with the Neo-index from the Chinese company Realmi has found a huge number of fans in its homeland. At the same time, the phone was acquired by many people from Europe and the CIS, although the model was not officially presented in these regions. The reason for the excitement was a rare combination of low price, flagship performance and the same design today. The hero of today's review is trying to advance even further in the given parameters, however, it seems that the global version of the device is also not planned.
Smartphone review: Realme Note 9
Realme Note 9 - over-copying?
The Chinese company Realmi is definitely trying to snatch the leadership in the smartphone market from its main opponent, Redmi. However, in pursuit of an audience, the corporation sometimes too explicitly copies the actions of the Xiaomi sub-brand. So, the hero of today's review took over the famous Note-set-top box from the competitor's line of phablets. How would potential users perceive such a decision? Will the company become associated with fakes of a more famous brand?
Smartphone review: Realme 9A
Realme 9A - even cheaper, even easier
The Chinese company Realmi resembles not only the name of its main opponent (spoiler: Redmi), but also its actions. Thus, the corporation decided to expand the main line of its smartphones with a budget device with the familiar "A" index. Was the creation of such a device so important and will the device become popular? Let's figure it out.
Smartphone review: Xiaomi Poco C4
Xiaomi Poco C4 - a small step to perfection
The sub-brand of the famous Chinese company Xiaomi called Poco is becoming more and more popular in dozens of countries around the world. The reason for this is the grandiose combination of price and functionality without compromises in quality. The hero of today's review is unlikely to be the best-selling phone of the corporation due to minor changes in comparison with its predecessor, but there are reasons to praise him too.
Smartphone review: Blackview BV6600 Pro
Blackview BV6600 Pro - is performance needed?
Smartphones have forever become a part of our life due to their wide functionality. A few years ago, it was absolutely impossible to believe that a camera, phone, player, navigator and a hundred other things could fit into a trouser pocket. However, times are changing, and today even a relatively inexpensive gadget like the hero of today's review is able to provide all the listed functions. In addition, the novelty is characterized by increased durability and moisture protection. But is the newly-minted device so perfect?
Smartphone review: Huawei Nova Y60
Huawei Nova Y60 - long-lasting boredom
The borderline of low and middle price segments for the Chinese company Huawei can hardly be called profitable, because it is not easy to single out standing smartphones of a corporation in the indicated cost range. The hero of today's review is unlikely to fundamentally correct the situation due to outright technological backwardness and problems with photographic capabilities. But many opponents will envy its autonomy.
Smartphone review: Motorola Moto E20
Motorola Moto E20 - bright cover, poor content
Often, a huge number of people choose their mobile assistant for such aspects as the popularity of the brand and the beauty of design, while forgetting about the functionality and technical characteristics of smartphones. It seems that the hero of today's review is designed specifically for such buyers.
Smartphone review: Blackview BV6600E
Blackview BV6600E - solid, budgetary and outdated?
The products of the Chinese company Blackview have remained without visible technological development for quite a long period of time. This fact is especially noticeable in its protected smartphones of low and middle price segments. For example, the hero of today's review is almost no different from their counterparts in the lineup two years ago.
Smartphone review: OnePlus 9RT
OnePlus 9RT - an unusual way out of the situation
The ninth generation of flagship smartphones of the Chinese company Vanplas came out not as unambiguous as the loyal fans of the corporation would like. As a result, the junior representative of the series turned out to be the most balanced and corresponding to the price tag. Perhaps that is why the world famous manufacturer decided to release an updated version of this particular phone. What changes will the hero of the review please us with?
Smartphone review: Realme Narzo 50A
Realme Narzo 50A - no expected changes
The Chinese company Realmi, although it demonstrates crazy growth in sales around the world, is still not characterized by stability in product release. So, a number of its smartphones can be head and shoulders above those of competitors, and some models can be passable and practically do not differ from their predecessors. The hero of today's review is close to the second category and is unlikely to reach the bestseller title.
Smartphone review: Ulefone Note 12P
Ulefone Note 12P - long-lasting mediocrity
Sometimes it becomes even more difficult to understand the range of products offered by Ulefon than in the variety of Xiaomi or Huawei smartphones. The lack of an adequate structure leads to the fact that models with a large number in the name are often worse than their predecessors, and sometimes simply radically differ from them. So, the hero of the review has significantly increased the autonomy against the background of the 11P device, but lost in performance and photographic capabilities.
Smartphone review: Asus ROG Phone 5S Pro
Asus ROG Phone 5S Pro - for generous gamers
ROG products of the Taiwanese company Asus from the very inception were aimed at people who could not imagine their life without games. Gradually, the gaming community has found a haven in the field of Android entertainment. The hero of today's review is one of the most expensive gaming phones today, but is it worth the overpayment?
Smartphone review: Oppo K9 Pro
Oppo K9 Pro - shuffle cards
The Chinese concern BBK, which includes many of the most popular smartphone manufacturers, is not averse to earning additional profits. One way to get one is to release essentially identical phones under different brands. The hero of today's review painfully closely resembles the bestseller Realme GT Neo with its technical characteristics, differing from it only in minor design touches.
Smartphone review: Huawei Nova 9
Huawei Nova 9 - handsome is not without flaw
The Chinese company Huawei is losing its audience rather quickly, but continues to release all new smartphones. Problems with Google services are still relevant, and the fight on an equal footing with opponents who do not waste time in vain is becoming more difficult. That is why the hero of today's review, although he does not look like an outsider, hardly pretends to sky-high sales values.
Smartphone review: Vivo IQOO 8
Vivo IQOO 8 - regional hit
IQOO-line of smartphones of the Chinese company Vivo has always been desired by millions of people. The rare combination of reasonable price, advanced technical characteristics and very good photographic capabilities today is difficult to find from competitors. However, to the chagrin of residents of the United States, Europe and the CIS, these devices are sold only in China. And it seems that the hero of today's review does not seek to change the current situation.
Smartphone review: Vivo IQOO 8 Pro
Vivo IQOO 8 Pro - desire to show oneself
Flagship smartphones do not always bring the bulk of the profits to developers, but in most cases they are the ones that demonstrate the real and potential capabilities of the manufacturer. That is why the Chinese company Vivo tried to embody all the best in the hero of today's review. But at what cost will such an acquisition cost buyers?
Smartphone review: Ulefone Armor 12
Ulefone Armor 12 - no compromise protection?
A large number of people associate the Chinese company Ulefon with solid, but still far from ideal budget smartphones due to mediocre software optimization and not the most outstanding technical characteristics. However, the developer does not lose faith in changing the brand vision in the eyes of users and sometimes even releases flagship phones. The hero of today's review is trying to combine strength, performance, and functionality. Surprisingly, the device even manages to do much of the above.
Smartphone review: Mototora Edge 20 Fusion
Mototora Edge 20 Fusion - a camera phone accessible to everyone?
The middle price segment of the smartphone market today is replete with interesting purchase options that offer the user both a design close to the flagship and a wide range of functionality, flavored with good autonomy. However, inexpensive phones are often lacking in quality cameras, which makes them of little interest to mobile photographers. Fortunately, the hero of today's review is a rare exception to this rule.
Smartphone review: Honor Magic 3 Pro+
Honor Magic 3 Pro+ - perfection that knows no boundaries
For many years, the Chinese company Honor delighted its fans with excellent flagship smartphones, it was very difficult to single out a single focus of which. Photographic capabilities, autonomy, performance, design - all of the above was at a high level and was supported by a very pleasant price. And although the hero of today's review has the same number of competitive advantages, the corporation's pricing policy has changed significantly and, unfortunately, not for the better.
Smartphone review: Honor Magic 3 Pro
Honor Magic 3 Pro - a flagship too peculiar?
The Chinese company Honor, which is now a completely independent organization, continues to expand the range of products offered and tries to retain the rest of the audience. However, not all new smartphones of the corporation are able to compete on equal terms with counterparts from opponents both in functionality and in price. This fact, combined with the desire of the developer to at least somehow highlight the hero of today's review in terms of design, can play a cruel joke with the manufacturer.
Smartphone review: Honor Magic 3
Honor Magic 3 - beautiful disappointment
The Chinese company Honor is trying to regain its leading position in the Android smartphone market after splitting from its parent corporation Huawei. It is almost impossible to complete the task only by using phones of lower and middle price categories, because the serious attention of the audience is riveted on the flagship gadgets. That is why the hero of today's review should conquer not only with standard performance and beauty for flagships, but also with many technological and even innovative chips.
Smartphone review: Xiaomi Redmi K50 Pro+
Xiaomi Redmi K50 Pro+ - focus on performance
The Chinese company Xiaomi does not seem to rest for a second. All new models of smartphones are released from under its conveyor, while the number of straight-through phones is approaching zero. There are especially few controversial products in the upper price segment. So, the hero of today's review is able to attract both gamers and fans of technological, autonomous and stylish mobile assistants.
Smartphone review: Motorola Moto G60s
Motorola Moto G60s - expected moves
The Motorola company is gradually gaining lost popularity and is trying to compete with Xiaomi, Realme, Oppo and other major manufacturers that have become leaders in the market. A number of developer models have impressive competitive advantages within price segments, but it is simply impossible to devote so much attention and energy to each product. That is why the hero of today's review simply repeats the technical characteristics of the main competitors, not really trying to get ahead. Is this a justified step on the part of the corporation?
Smartphone review: Asus ROG Phone 5s
Asus ROG Phone 5s - better to skip improvement?
How often do we see the release of modified versions of popular smartphones, the changes in which are sometimes completely insignificant. You will definitely not want to change a recently purchased device from the same line for a novelty, and in most cases the predecessor attracts with a more reasonable price tag. A similar situation happened to the hero of today's review.
Smartphone review: Doogee X93
Doogee X93 - the smell of antiquity
The Chinese company Dougie seems to have come to terms with the fact that it cannot offer anything new in the price category. The hero of today's review is a frankly outdated model in terms of technical characteristics, which is unlikely to be of interest to most of the market audience.
Smartphone review: Xiaomi Mi Mix 4
Xiaomi Mi Mix 4 is a technological miracle
The Chinese corporation Xiaomi is one of the leaders in the smartphone market, but it often has to confirm this title with the release of truly impressive flagship phones. The hero of today's review may not revolutionize the segment, but he will be able to adequately compete with the best representatives of the highest price category from other A-brands.
Smartphone review: Honor X20
Honor X20 - flagship at half price?
The Chinese company Honor, after separating from the once parent corporation Huawei, is trying not only not to lose the audience, but also to acquire new fans. The hero of today's review is focused on the gap between the middle and high price segments, but in a number of parameters he is quite capable of competing with other flagship counterparts. Unfortunately, there were some critical problems.
Smartphone review: Vivo Y75 5G
Vivo Y75 5G - not relevant for everyone
Residents of each individual region of our vast planet have their own requests for a mobile assistant. This fact is explained by factors such as differences in cultures, climate, professions, infrastructure, and so on. The hero of today's review will definitely appeal to the citizens of China, but for the countries of Europe and the CIS, its relevance is already in question.
Smartphone review: Xiaomi Redmi 10
Xiaomi Redmi 10 - a new era of budget smartphones
The Chinese company Xiaomi continues to develop its sub-brand Redmi, which is engaged in the production of inexpensive, but extremely balanced and functional phones. Time does not stand still, and the manufacturer needs to come up with the following competitive advantages of their products. For the hero of today's review, such was the appearance of cameras unseen before in the value category.
Smartphone review: Honor X50 5G
Honor X50 5G is a bestseller without a twist
Building a commercially successful smartphone over time becomes a daunting task, even for established manufacturers. An increasingly demanding audience makes requests that are difficult to satisfy, and numerous competing companies pose an additional difficulty. The Chinese corporation Honor has tried to make an extremely balanced and relevant device for the price category, but it noticeably lacks originality, its own face.
Smartphone review: Cubot KingKong 5
Cubot KingKong 5 - redundant simplifications
The Chinese company Kubot is trying with all its might to expand the range of products offered, but sometimes this desire leads to peculiar consequences. For example, the hero of today's review is a light version of an already controversial smartphone. Is the novelty capable of finding buyers when moving to the low-middle price category?
Smartphone review: Doogee V10
Doogee V10 - do you need a new ruler?
The Chinese company Dodge understands the need for change to maintain its position in the volatile smartphone market. However, instead of investing in software optimization, marketing and improving the value for money of manufactured devices, the corporation decided to expand its product range. But is the hero of today's review so important for the developer? Will it be useful?
Smartphone review: Honor Play 5T Pro
Honor Play 5T Pro is an unprofitable decision
In many situations, buying a product from a well-known brand guarantees its relevance and excellent value for money. However, sometimes completely uninteresting models may come out from under the conveyor of even the most popular smartphone manufacturers, which should be avoided. Unfortunately, the hero of today's review is very close to the specified formulation.
Smartphone review: Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 JE
Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 JE - privileges for distant countries
The Chinese company Xiaomi is trying to find its audience all over the world. So, the world-famous manufacturer has slowly made it to Japan, where it was decided to surprise Android users with an inexpensive, but durable and high-tech smartphone.
Smartphone review: Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite NE
Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite NE - forced measures
Why is the manufacturer suddenly changing the specifications of its smartphones? Often the reason for such changes lies in the response to criticism of the weaknesses of gadgets from buyers and critics, or in the need to make the product more relevant. In the case of the hero of today's review, everything is much more complicated.
Smartphone review: Motorola Edge S Pro
Motorola Edge S Pro - moving forward
The mobile phone industry is not standing still. Today, leadership in it is gradually leaving China, which is represented not only by national corporations, but also by acquired ones. One of these firms is Motorola. If the first models of the organization that underwent radical changes turned out to be rather mediocre, but over time, the developer eliminated the difference with the market leaders in the quality of his products. The hero of today's review already has every chance of a major commercial success.