Phone Reviews (page 21)
Smartphone review: UMiDIGI Bison Pro
UMiDIGI Bison Pro - extraordinary expansion of the line
Bison-series of rugged smartphones of the Chinese company Umidigi has become a sudden event for the fans of the brand. Its first representative turned out to be extremely technologically advanced for the price category, which had a positive effect on its sales. In addition, the developer decided to consolidate the success and release a whole clip of successors to the successful gadget. The hero of today's review also refers to her.
Smartphone review: Huawei Nova 8i
Huawei Nova 8i - forgetting about performance
What is most important for an Android user? In addition to the beauty of smartphone design, functionality, photographic capabilities, many people will also note the responsiveness of the interface, the speed of launching applications and the smoothness of their work. Unfortunately, the hero of today's review is deprived of precisely these parameters, which can negatively affect his sales.
Smartphone review: Lenovo K13 Note
Lenovo K13 Note - affordable and technological
Creating an inexpensive smartphone that is interesting to the audience is not as easy as it seems at first glance. To ensure a low price, you have to save on components, while serious savings will lead to the loss of the competitiveness of the product. But it looks like the Chinese company Lenovo was able to find the right balance and is ready to present a potential hit to the world.
Smartphone review: Realme Y6
Realme Y6 is the wrong economy?
It's no secret that a low-end smartphone cannot be perfect. To reduce the cost, developers need to sacrifice something, but with the right approach, the gadget can still turn out to be balanced and relevant. Unfortunately, the first representative of the new line of the company Realmi came out less attractive than it could have.
Smartphone review: Xiaomi Redmi Note 10T
Xiaomi Redmi Note 10T - somewhere I saw you
The Chinese company Xiaomi never ceases to amaze with the number of clones in the range of smartphones offered. So, the 5G version of the most popular and at the same time affordable Note-line phablet first received a copy in the person of Poco M3 Pro, and now the hero of today's review. But is there any sense in such actions of the corporation?
Smartphone review: Huawei NZone S7 Pro
Huawei NZone S7 Pro - expensive, but not pleasant
The Chinese company Huawei suddenly decided to create a new sub-brand aimed at the domestic market. The main features of the new products were supposed to be a premium appearance and a balanced technical characteristics with a reasonable pricing policy, but something clearly went wrong.
Smartphone review: Huawei NZone S7
Huawei NZone S7 - a new stage in the life of the company?
Huawei is still unable to recover from US sanctions and many restrictions on its activities, but the corporation is trying to get out of a difficult situation. So, the developer decided to create an additional sub-brand for the Chinese market. And already the first product of the organization pleases with its balance and beauty. But are these qualities enough for the success of the gadget?
Smartphone review: Xiaomi Mi CC11
Xiaomi Mi CC11 - not beauty alone
The CC-series of smartphones from the Chinese company Xiaomi was distinguished not only by the increased content of vitamin C, but also by its excellent design, which markedly distinguished it from the competitors. However, in the current realities of the market, only an attractive appearance will not help a product become really popular. That is why, in the hero of today's review, the developer also relied on practically flagship functionality.
Smartphone review: Realme Narzo 30
Realme Narzo 30 - optimal acquisition
Quite often, mid-range smartphones are more positive than their flagship counterparts. This is due to the fact that minor flaws are much easier to forgive for an inexpensive device, and the functionality of affordable phones is often similar to that of flagships or close to this concept. The hero of today's review fully corresponds to the words given earlier and is able to be a wonderful mobile assistant without any compromises.
Smartphone review: Motorola Defy 2021
Motorola Defy 2021 - overpayment for the brand
A large number of people will agree with the statement that it is very pleasant to use a thing from a famous manufacturer. A name known all over the world often guarantees both the quality of the product and its relevance for a long time. However, sometimes developers are forced to pay too much for the use of their gadgets. So, a new product from Motorola is noticeably more expensive than analogues with similar functionality, but is it worth the requested money?
Smartphone review: Oukitel WP12 Pro
Oukitel WP12 Pro - a smartphone without ambition?
The Chinese company Aukitel is today on the Android smartphone market in approximately the same positions as a few years ago. It cannot be attributed to the "basement" brands, however, the manufacturer is very far from the leaders. The reason for this stagnation is not only modest marketing campaigns, but also the products themselves. For example, the hero of today's review is not capable of evoking either positive or negative emotions, he is so ordinary and unremarkable.
Smartphone review: Lenovo K13 Pro
Lenovo K13 Pro - point improvements
Although the Chinese company Lenovo is not as popular in Europe and the CIS as several years ago, the experience of its employees and an impressive budget allow the corporation to at least potentially think about leadership positions. So, smartphones of the middle price segment from this manufacturer over the past couple of years have seriously added in functionality and design. The hero of today's review has become even better than its predecessors, but the changes can hardly be called cardinal.
Smartphone review: Vivo IQOO Fold
Vivo IQOO Fold - long-awaited innovations
The Chinese company Vivo is trying to keep up with its opponents on all fronts, including the introduction of innovative technologies. Flexible displays are becoming more common, so performance could not remain indifferent and did not create a clamshell phone with advanced technical features. How competitive was the hero of today's review?
Smartphone review: Samsung Galaxy M32
Samsung Galaxy M32 - slow degradation?
Each next smartphone in the line should be more interesting than the previous one. Something like this sounds like the unspoken rules of the market, and in the overwhelming majority of cases, manufacturers are trying to improve the design, functionality and performance of future models in the hope of making the audience pay attention to the new product. But it looks like the Korean company Samsung has decided to take a slightly different approach. Is the hero of today's review better than his predecessor?
Smartphone review: Oneplus Nord N200
Oneplus Nord N200 is the first real bestseller?
The Chinese company Vanplas has successfully started its march in the lower and middle price segments with the Nord-line. The cheapest representative of the series also received decent sales, however, until the title of a hit, it lacked functionality and photographic capabilities. The hero of today's review is its successor and corrects the indicated shortcomings. But will the increased price affect the popularity of the new item?
Smartphone review: Realme X9 Pro
Realme X9 Pro - the flagship available to everyone
The Chinese company Realmi does not forget about the development of the highest price segment of smartphones. Currently, in this cost range, there is a tendency to an increase in the price tags of top-end solutions, because many users are ready to give impressive amounts of money to get the ultimate in wide functionality and the most relevant design. The hero of today's review is trying to break existing stereotypes and offer all of the above for much more modest money.
Smartphone review: Honor 50 Pro
Honor 50 Pro are excellent changes?
The flagship smartphones of the Chinese company Honor have always become bestsellers due to their advanced photographic capabilities at a reasonable price and wide functionality. However, not all customers liked the proprietary Kirin processors, the performance of which sometimes suffered significantly due to overheating. The hero of today's review is built on a solution from a completely different manufacturer, which will be another reason to take a closer look at buying a gadget.
Smartphone review: Honor 50
Honor 50 - total changes
Having separated from the parent company, the Chinese corporation Honor is trying not to lose the remnants of its former glory. The ability to use Qualcomm products and Google services makes this task somewhat easier for the manufacturer, but a sophisticated audience requires more and more functional, beautiful and at the same time affordable devices. It is difficult to respond to such requests, especially after a long period of downtime. Will the organization be able to change its products to the point where they easily become a hit in today's marketplace?
Smartphone review: Honor 50 SE
Honor 50 SE - the most affordable among the flagships?
The updated flagship line from the Chinese company Honor caused quite controversial emotions among the fans of the brand. The tangible changes in device design and pricing were not well received by all of the manufacturer's fans. However, the most inexpensive representative of the series is more similar to the previous products of the corporation.
Smartphone review: Honor 50 Lite
Honor 50 Lite is one hundred percent failure?
Smartphones of the middle price segment from the Chinese corporation Honor have always been optimal in terms of price and quality, but after the separation from the parent company, the range of such products has noticeably decreased. The hero of today's review should fix the current situation, but has the developer lost his talent for creating bestsellers?
Smartphone review: Blackview A100
Blackview A100 - without unnecessary savings
Low-mid-range smartphones are usually a collection of compromises. Cost reduction is difficult to achieve without simplifications, but technological advances make them less visible. So, the hero of today's review, with his democratic price tag, is ready to be a reliable mobile assistant for a decent part of the audience.
Smartphone review: OnePlus Nord CE 5G
OnePlus Nord CE 5G - substitution of names
The Chinese company Vanplas continues its consolidation in the middle price segment. The Nord-line turned out to be quite controversial for the manufacturer, but these devices still managed to find their audience and even millions of fans. The expansion of the series was only a matter of time, which is decided by the hero of today's review. This is a full-fledged continuation of the N10 phone, but we all expected a slightly different name for the new product. Apparently, the developer has his own vision of the situation.
Smartphone review: Doogee N40
Doogee N40 - almost a camera phone?
The N-series smartphones of the Chinese company Dodge have been commercially successful literally from the very beginning. However, the manufacturer was in no hurry to expand the lineup, which made fans of the brand feel some excitement. But one way or another, the sequel still came out and is aimed at providing good photographic opportunities in the price category. What about other aspects of the gadget?
Smartphone review: Oppo A16
Oppo A16 - smartphone without audience
The mobile phone market is represented today by thousands of different models, it is easy to get lost in the variety of which. Of course, such an assortment is not complete without successful devices, which are praised by both critics and ordinary users. However, most of the sold Android-smartphones are deprived of commercial success due to the discrepancy between price, quality, design and functionality. Unfortunately, the hero of today's review definitely belongs to the second category.
Smartphone review: Vivo X70t Pro
Vivo X70t Pro - a delicate balance between bestseller and failure
Creating a lightweight version of a flagship smartphone is not an easy task, even for an experienced manufacturer. With a tangible difference in cost, the novelty should retain most of the advantages of its expensive predecessor and at the same time surpass direct opponents with a similar price tag. Does the hero of today's review succeed in the listed tasks?
Smartphone review: Vivo Y73
Vivo Y73 - belated hit
The smartphone market is developing at an incredibly fast pace, so even a slight delay on the part of the developer can turn into a commercial failure for him. So, the hero of today's review could become a real bestseller if he came out six months ago. Today, he has a lot of rivals with a variety of competitive advantages, which is not easy for a gadget to answer.
Smartphone review: Samsung Galaxy A22 4G
Samsung Galaxy A22 4G - unexpectedly good
The initial A-line models from the Korean company Samsung have never had great photographic capabilities or excellent performance. Even though they were quite balanced devices for the price segment, the fight against competitors from China was not always easy for them. However, everything ever changes, and the hero of today's review seeks to prove this statement.
Smartphone review: Samsung Galaxy A22 5G
Samsung Galaxy A22 5G - when there is nothing to complain about
The Korean company Samsung has recently joined the rivalry in the segment of inexpensive 5G smartphones. Surprisingly, the corporation, accustomed to inflating the price tags on its products due to the popularity of the brand, suddenly decided to please its fans with extremely balanced and viable new items without any particular flaws.
Smartphone review: Oukitel C21 Pro
Oukitel C21 Pro - are you definitely an iPhone?
It seems that the Aukitel company sometimes likes to feel nostalgic for the times when Chinese smartphones were associated exclusively with fakes of Apple and Samsung products. So, the hero of today's review outwardly almost literally copies the bestseller from the American brand, but also upsets a number of simplifications in comparison with its predecessor without the Pro-index.
Smartphone review: Realme XT 3
Realme XT 3 - the long-awaited sequel
In most cases, a commercially successful smartphone quickly enough acquires successors or updated versions aimed at generating additional profit. However, there are sometimes exceptions. So, the Chinese company Realmi only after almost two years decided to update its bestseller. But it looks like the wait was worth it.
Smartphone review: Oppo Reno6 Pro+
Oppo Reno6 Pro+ is a good addition
Reno-line of smartphones of the Chinese company Oppo has always been popular both in China and outside its territory. Not the cheapest phones fully justified their price with functionality, thoughtful design and top-end performance. However, the accelerating pace of the industry is forcing manufacturers to update their flagship lines with increasing frequency. As a result, new items are often almost indistinguishable from their predecessors. But these words hardly apply to the hero of today's review.
Smartphone review: Oppo Reno6 Pro
Oppo Reno6 Pro - a professional in his field
The Chinese company Oppo knows exactly what smartphones of the middle and upper price segment should be, as evidenced by its popularity in the domestic market. But the corporation's ambitions to enter the countries of Europe and the CIS make it think about the citizens of other states. The hero of today's review will definitely appeal even to sophisticated Android users around the world, because it combines advanced technical characteristics, an extremely relevant design and a reasonable price.
Smartphone review: Asus Zenfone 8 Pro
Asus Zenfone 8 Pro - the flagship is not without flaws
Flagship smartphones for the most part represent the best that the market has to offer. In addition, each manufacturer tries to demonstrate its full potential and technological developments in top-end devices. But it seems that the Taiwanese company Asus has its own vision of creating devices of the highest price category. So, the hero of today's review not only lost the competitive advantages of its predecessors, but also acquired serious flaws.
Smartphone review: Oppo Reno6
Oppo Reno6 - full-fledged sub-flag
The initial representatives of the flagship smartphone lines are usually extremely cut-down in performance or functionality, the main goals of which are to preserve the appearance of a top-end analogue and at the same time to motivate to buy a real leader of the series. However, in the case of the hero of today's review, the situation is completely different, because the Chinese company Oppo decided practically not to resort to any simplifications.
Smartphone review: Realme X7 Max 5G
Realme X7 Max 5G - flagship or not?
What are the hallmarks of a flagship smartphone? In answering this question, many users will indicate top-end performance, beautiful design, decent functionality and long battery life. The hero of today's review has all the above parameters, but at the same time it is very inexpensive. What is the manufacturer's secret?
Smartphone review: Vivo IQOO U5x
Vivo IQOO U5x - modest and unremarkable
Sometimes the line between a successful and a downright unsuccessful budget smartphone can be imperceptible both for the buyer and for the manufacturer itself. The need to save money on assembly materials, cameras, technical specifications and other components is difficult to deny, but sometimes the pursuit of cost reduction leads to disastrous results. This is practically the situation with the hero of today's review.
Smartphone review: UMiDIGI A11 Pro Max
UMiDIGI A11 Pro Max - success was so close
The Chinese company Umidigi is actively fighting for life in the competitive smartphone market. The corporation has learned to make phones that are really beautiful for their price category with balanced technical characteristics, but problems with software and sometimes strange solutions in terms of functionality are still relevant for the developer. The hero of today's review did not avoid the described shortcomings.
Smartphone review: ZTE Nubia Red Magic 6R
ZTE Nubia Red Magic 6R - not simplistic at all?
Gaming smartphones are far from cheap to buy. Installing a flagship processor with competent cooling costs a lot of money, but we must not forget about autonomy and photographic capabilities. But how can a manufacturer save money and provide gamers with a device of at least a mid-high price segment? The Chinese company has an answer to this question.
Smartphone review: Samsung Galaxy A03s
Samsung Galaxy A03s - no progress
Inexpensive smartphones of the Korean company Samsung still cannot get rid of the shortcomings that should not be inherent in modern phones from a large brand. A number of devices upset with cut-down functionality, other products are endowed with mediocre performance. The hero of today's review will disappoint with the quality of the screen and other unpleasant moments.
Smartphone review: Doogee S86 Pro
Doogee S86 Pro - hastily added innovations?
The Chinese company Dodge definitely wants to show itself and all its capabilities, but sometimes such a desire may not go into the hands of the organization's popularity. For example, the hero of today's review received a laser thermometer instead of one of the camera modules. But does the audience really need this feature, or should the developer have paid attention to improving the technical characteristics?
Smartphone review: UMiDIGI Bison 2021
UMiDIGI Bison 2021 - easy upgrade
How to extend the life of a once popular smartphone? Each of the manufacturers has their own answers to this question. Someone simply transfers the phone to a lower price category, someone prepares a full-fledged continuation of the hit. The Chinese company Umidigi decided to simply slightly tighten the technical characteristics of its successful device and update the software. Will the audience of the market have enough of such changes?
Smartphone review: Xiaomi Poco X3 GT
Xiaomi Poco X3 GT - the era of cheap gaming smartphones
For a long time, Android smartphones have been very expensive for gamers. Flagship chipsets were not cheap, as was the provision of additional functionality for such devices and decent heat dissipation. However, time does not stand still, the performance of even mid-budget CPUs has significantly advanced, so devices like the hero of today's review will soon become commonplace.
Smartphone review: Honor X20 Pro
Honor X20 Pro - flagship surprise
The once popular Honor has lost a significant portion of its audience for a number of reasons. The litigation of the former parent company Huawei and the sanctions imposed on it did not allow the corporation to use Google services in products, and the further sale of the company required several months to adapt to independent activities. The latter factor has taken a heavy toll on the range of phones it offers and marketing, but the organization is already recovering from problems and pleasantly surprising its loyal fans.
Smartphone review: Ulefone Armor 11T 5G
Ulefone Armor 11T 5G - stupid technologies?
The smartphone market is becoming more and more competitive, introduces its own complexities and demanding audience. Users have gotten used to the value-for-money ratio of the new products. It is especially difficult for smaller players who are unable to take advantage of economies of scale. So, although the hero of today's review pleases with a number of advantages, they are unlikely to be interesting with the requested price list.
Smartphone review: Realme Narzo 30 5G
Realme Narzo 30 5G - youth option
What should be the ideal smartphone for young people? A significant number of people will answer that such a mobile assistant must be beautiful, autonomous, functional and at the same time inexpensive. The hero of today's review tries to comply with each of the definitions given, but he succeeds in his task only partially.
Smartphone review: Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro 5G
Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro 5G - increase power!
The Chinese company Redmi, unlike the parent corporation Xiaomi, continues to produce smartphones that are extremely affordable for the provided functionality. However, for several years, the manufacturer has already managed to spoil the audience. Users are demanding more beautiful, productive and autonomous phones even in the mid-range price segment, and in order to make a profit, the developer has to fulfill the wishes of potential buyers. So, even the recent flagships are ready to envy the hero of today's review.
Smartphone review: Oppo Reno6 Z 5G
Oppo Reno6 Z 5G - successful filling of the assortment?
It is difficult to deny the Chinese company Oppo the ability to make high-quality and relevant smartphones, however, frankly mediocre products from under the manufacturer's conveyor are not uncommon. Especially often such models are found in low and medium price segments. The hero of today's review should become the most accessible representative of the updated Reno line, but will he not be in the category of the developer's pass-through devices?
Smartphone review: UMiDIGI Power 5
UMiDIGI Power 5 - further we go, worse it becomes?
The line of long-playing Power-smartphones of the Chinese company Umidigi is far from the most ambitious and successful, but its representatives still enjoyed success with the fans of the brand. For almost a year, the developer forgot about the series and only now thought about its resurrection. Unfortunately, the hero of today's review turned out to be not as interesting and relevant as the fans of the corporation expected, and he is significantly inferior to his predecessor.
Smartphone review: Vivo Y52 5G
Vivo Y52 5G - Beauty requires sacrifice
Creating the perfect smartphone at the turn of the lower and middle price segments is actually an impossible task. The manufacturer needs to maintain a perfect balance between the number of functions and the design of the gadget, while limiting the growth of its cost as much as possible. So, in the case of the hero of today's review, the bias went rather to the second side.
Smartphone review: ZTE Nubia Z30 Pro
ZTE Nubia Z30 Pro - technological flagship
Have you ever wanted to get the best smartphone on the market? Not just a beautiful and productive model, but a combination of all advanced technologies and all fashion trends in one graceful case? The Chinese company ZTE tried to implement everything listed in the hero of today's review, but the price tag of the novelty is now not at all humane, and minor flaws still crept into the device.