Phone Reviews (page 22)
Ulefone Note 12 phone review
Ulefone Note 12 - affordability without major compromises
Not all buyers want to buy a flagship smartphone with outstanding gaming performance or top photo capabilities. Often, the use of a mobile assistant comes down to surfing the web, working with undemanding applications and making calls, which the hero of today's review copes with. But its virtues do not end there.
Oppo Reno8 Pro+ phone review
Oppo Reno 8 Pro+ - the miser does not pay twice
Flagship smartphones, although still sold in millions of copies, are gradually losing their relevance in terms of technology and functionality. The reason for this is the progress of phones in the middle and medium-high price segments. So, the hero of today's review is almost as good as expensive opponents in terms of performance, autonomy, and photo capabilities.
Smartphone review: Oppo Reno8 Pro
Oppo Reno8 Pro - it's all about looks
The Chinese company Oppo is not afraid to experiment. So, the design concept of the Reno-line has changed dramatically several times along the way of its development. And this year, the developer decided to update the look of their products again and at the same time seriously worked on the balance of technical characteristics. The hero of today's review is one of these new products.
Smartphone review: Oppo Reno8 5G
Oppo Reno8 5G - a new stage in the life of the series
Over the past couple of years, the average price segment of smartphones has undergone significant changes. It also includes a significant increase in the performance of technical characteristics, and an improvement in photographic capabilities. And even though the hero of today's review turned out to be somewhat more expensive than its predecessors, this is really an uncompromising gadget without obvious flaws.
Vivo T2x phone review
Vivo T2x - incredibly optimal
Vivo is not as popular in Europe and the CIS than in its native China. Unfortunately, not all smartphones of the manufacturer reach the global market, and sometimes there are real diamonds among them. Such is the hero of today's review, which combines the functionality and performance of the flagship at a not just reasonable, but indecently modest price tag.
Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 SE phone review
Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 SE - 5G for everyone
The Chinese company Xiaomi strives to surprise the audience not only with flagship, but also with budget smartphones, the functionality of which is expanding exponentially. So, the hero of today's review gives both work in 5G networks, and excellent autonomy, and many other nice things for very modest money that every Android user will like.
Xiaomi Redmi Note 11T Pro+ phone review
Xiaomi Redmi Note 11T Pro+ - dream sub-flagship?
The line of Redmi-smartphones of the Chinese company Xiaomi evokes different emotions with each generation. Sometimes we see a real revolution in the price category, and sometimes just a few phones with the same set of qualities as their main opponents. However, the hero of today's review is much closer to the first group of devices, which is definitely pleasing.
Xiaomi Redmi Note 11T Pro phone review
Xiaomi Redmi Note 11T Pro - a serious gaming
The Chinese company Xiaomi does not forget to delight gamers with excellent smartphones, most of which, however, are aimed at the high price segment of the market. However, not every fan of Android games is ready to pay a thousand dollars for a technological novelty. The hero of today's review is designed for these economical buyers. But what compromises did the developer have to make?
Xiaomi Redmi K50S Pro phone review
Xiaomi Redmi K50S Pro - when there is really a lot of performance
The Chinese company Xiaomi decided this year to conquer the market with a huge number of flagship smartphones for every taste and color. Gamers will definitely like the hero of today's review, because it has the most powerful technical characteristics, a decent cooling system and a very affordable price. And the developer managed to avoid serious shortcomings.
Smartphone review: Cubot Pocket
Cubot Pocket - when being compact won't save the day
A potentially successful smartphone simply must have a number of competitive advantages that can distinguish it from monotonous opponents. However, sometimes manufacturers focus too much on one distinctive feature, forgetting about other aspects of the product. Such a situation has developed with the hero of today's review.
Smartphone review: Vivo S15
Vivo S15 - change of accents
Since its inception, the S-series of smartphones from the Chinese company Vivo has been aimed at providing customers with impeccable design and excellent front cameras. However, users are becoming more demanding in terms of performance and functionality of their mobile assistants. It is in this direction that the hero of today's review has advanced.
Realme Narzo 50 5G phone review
Realme Narzo 50 5G - same as the rest
Modern budget smartphones have come a long way to the functionality that they have today, but it's hard not to find some stagnation in the segment. The bar for performance, autonomy and other aspects of low-cost phones set by the Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro, which was released a couple of years ago, remains relevant. Unfortunately, the hero of today's review does not surpass her either.
Realme Narzo 50 Pro 5G phone review
Realme Narzo 50 Pro 5G is a simplified bestseller
The Chinese company Realme pleased its fans this year with an inexpensive and at the same time extremely balanced camera phone of the ninth series with the Plus index, which was able to sell millions of copies. The popularity of the model made the manufacturer think about releasing its simplified version, aimed more at gamers than at photographers. Is this the right move on the part of the developer? Let's figure it out together.
Vivo T2 5G phone review
Vivo T2 5G - cheaper and more practical than flagships?
There has been some stagnation in the segment of top mobile processors for more than a year. The most productive solutions are subject to throttling, overheating, and do not surprise with energy efficiency. Perhaps that is why even demanding gamers are increasingly paying attention to flagship chips from two years ago. It is this CPU that characterizes the hero of today's review, which is also distinguished by a number of other competitive advantages at a reasonable price.
Oukitel WP15 S phone review
Oukitel WP15 S - sacrifices for autonomy
The Chinese company Oukitel does not stop experimenting. So, the manufacturer decided to create, perhaps, the most autonomous smartphone to date. However, the desire to install a huge battery and at the same time maintain a reasonable cost has led to the emergence of a rather extraordinary device.
OnePlus Ace Racing Edition phone review
OnePlus Ace Racing Edition is an affordable gaming bestseller
The performance of the latest flagship and sub-flag processors for Android devices is amazing, but devices based on such chips usually ask for impressive money. Fortunately, smartphone manufacturers understand the desire of buyers to get a powerful and at the same time inexpensive mobile assistant. That is why gadgets like the hero of today's review come out, pleasing with power and only slightly upsetting with simplifications in other aspects.
Smartphone review: Motorola Moto G82 5G
Motorola Moto G82 5G is generic and boring?
Large representatives of the Android smartphone market are less likely to surprise the audience in the low and medium price ranges. Manufacturers copy the actions of rivals and, as a result, present similar devices with literally identical technical characteristics. Differences are visible only in the asking prices, but in design. The hero of today's review largely corresponds to the situation described above.
Ulefone Note 6T phone review
Ulefone Note 6T - insufficient improvements
The Chinese company Ulefone was not included in the first echelon of smartphone manufacturers, but it always found its client. People seeking to purchase an inexpensive and at the same time functional phone could always find something interesting for themselves in the assortment of the company's products. However, sometimes completely uncompetitive gadgets came out from under the assembly line of the corporation, even tangible improvements of which would have little effect on commercial success. The hero of today's review is trying to correct the shortcomings of its predecessor, but there were too many of them.
Oppo Reno8 SE phone review
Oppo Reno8 SE - technology reuse
A significant number of people criticize the Chinese company Xiaomi for creating numerous clones of the same smartphone under different brands and names. But it is precisely this policy that brings the corporation the greatest profit, because it is much easier to make meager improvements to the device for various markets and users and receive additional sales due to this. Another manufacturer from the Middle Kingdom, Oppo, also decided to follow a similar path.
Oukitel WP19 phone review
Oukitel WP19 - excess autonomy
For commercial success, a smartphone simply must have some kind of competitive advantage that is ready to attract an audience to purchase. However, sometimes manufacturers focus on a single parameter so much that it only harms the final device. This is exactly the situation that happened to the hero of today's review.
ZTE Axon 40 Ultra phone review
ZTE Axon 40 Ultra - hot-tempered camera phone
The Chinese company ZTE did not forget to please its fans with the release of a full-fledged flagship capable of competing on equal terms with other top solutions from market leaders. However, the device, striking in its manufacturability and photographic capabilities, still did not remain without several unpleasant shortcomings.
ZTE Axon 40 Pro phone review
ZTE Axon 40 Pro - not a flagship, but a bestseller?
The Chinese company ZTE is getting closer to the status it had a few years ago before the US sanctions. This fact is evidenced by the better financial performance and the availability of truly competitive models. The most relevant in terms of price and quality in the developer is the Axon-line, the new representative of which is the hero of today's review. How can a gadget surprise a potential buyer with its affordable price tag?
Smartphone review: Vivo IQOO Neo6 SE
Vivo IQOO Neo6 SE - wasted efforts
The Chinese company Vivo, although it does not forget about the smartphone market in Europe and the CIS, usually exports products of the lower and middle price segment to these countries. For China, the corporation produces many more phones with advanced functionality and increased performance. The hero of today's review belongs precisely to the given category of devices, which arouses genuine interest among Android users around the world. Is this not a sign of the company's success?
Smartphone review: OnePlus Nord 2T
OnePlus Nord 2T - optional improvement
The rapidly developing smartphone market requires manufacturers to constantly replenish the range of devices sold, update their technical characteristics. However, sometimes developers manage to release such models that remain competitive for a long time without significant improvements. Perhaps that is why the hero of today's review is practically no different from his predecessor.
OnePlus K1 phone review
OnePlus K1 - built for gaming
The OnePlus company is trying to adapt to the changing market conditions as much as possible and is increasingly expanding the range of products offered. So, the corporation decided to create a line of smartphones that offer amazing performance for little money. At the same time, the first representative of the new series is not deprived of many important advantages.
AGM Glory G1Sphone review
AGM Glory G1S - too expensive and unique
The Chinese company AGM is clearly trying to find its place in the market, which, it would seem, was groped by the corporation a few years ago with the excellent X3 smartphone. However, either the developer's budget has been reduced, or the desire to create productive secure phones has disappeared, but the hero of today's review surprises with an impressive price tag, a budget processor, and, at the same time, extremely unusual additional functionality.
Blackview BL8800 Pro 5G phone review
Blackview BL8800 Pro 5G - not quite what you expected
The Chinese company Blackview is no longer a newcomer to the smartphone market. Although the corporation has not become a leader, it has a fairly large number of fans who want to see not only low and middle price segment phones in the manufacturer's assortment. And although the company has the ability to produce a full-fledged flagship, it still creates models that are controversial in functionality and performance, endowed with peculiar competitive advantages.
Smartphone review: Blackview BL8800 5G
Blackview BL8800 5G - when autonomy becomes unnecessary
The line of rugged smartphones of the highest price segment from the Chinese company Blackview has seriously changed in recent years. Significant improvement in functionality and performance, transformation of appearance - this is a small list of changes that affected these phones. However, sometimes the desire to make gadgets best in class goes against the manufacturer itself.
Smartphone review: Xiaomi Poco M4 5G
Xiaomi Poco M4 5G - the importance of the corrected deficiencies
The sub-brand of the Chinese company Xiaomi called Poco quickly found a huge number of fans around the world. The ability to combine functionality in its products, a competent balance of technical characteristics and, at the same time, an extremely attractive price distinguishes the corporation from its opponents. The smartphone called M3 met all these criteria and instantly became a bestseller, but a year after its release, it slightly lost its relevance. The hero of today's review should repeat the success of his predecessor and even multiply it. Why? Let's figure it out.
UMIDIGI F3 SE phone review
UMIDIGI F3 SE - simplified but not useless
The third generation of F-line smartphones from the Chinese company Umidigi turned out to be quite balanced and competitive for the price category. However, the developer decided to add to the series a representative of the lower cost segment, made on the basis of their more expensive counterparts. What exactly did the manufacturer have to sacrifice to maintain the attractiveness of the device?
UMIDIGI Power 7 Max phone review
UMIDIGI Power 7 Max - a long-liver without obvious disadvantages
Modern smartphones have become much more functional, their use is no longer limited to calls and instant messengers. But the more we use mobile assistants in our daily lives, the more autonomy they need. The hero of today's review will definitely please fans of long-playing Android smartphones, but what can he offer to other user groups? Let's figure it out.
Smartphone Overview UMiDIGI F3
UMiDIGI F3 - the grace of the middle price segment
The Chinese company Umidigi tries to harmoniously develop the range of products in all value categories, without depriving the entire market audience. However, it is very difficult today to guess to modern users with increased requirements for the design and functionality of a smartphone. Has the corporation coped with this task?
UMIDIGI F3S phone review
UMIDIGI F3S - hope for success
The Chinese UMIDIGI company is still lagging behind the more successful Chinese smartphone manufacturers, but it still keeps afloat and regularly releases several dozen devices a year. The developer has now decided to please his fans with a budget balanced model that tries to accurately copy the design of modern flagships. Should this be enough for excellent gadget sales?
Huawei Mate Xs 2 phone review
Huawei Mate Xs 2 is a slow but correct form factor evolution
Folding smartphones, unfortunately, have not become a mass phenomenon over the years. Both the shortage of components and inflated price tags due to manufacturability, as well as a number of technical problems, played against them. The hero of today's review, released by the Chinese company Huawei, tried to correct the influence of the last two factors.
Motorola Edge 30 phone review
Motorola Edge 30 is the best way to save money
Modern users of Android smartphones are becoming more demanding of their mobile assistants, but not all developers are able to meet their growing needs. Fortunately, Motorola is not one of them, which for a reasonable amount of money is ready to give a beautiful, ergonomic, catchy phone with decent functionality.
Smartphone review: Xiaomi Poco F4 GT
Xiaomi Poco F4 GT - thunderstorm games
The Chinese company Xiaomi is releasing more and more smartphones aimed at fans of Android games. If earlier we could see such an orientation exclusively in the Black Shark line, today gaming phones are also available in other sub-brands of the corporation. For example, the hero of today's review is able to please both top performance and other parameters that will definitely interest gamers and not only.
Smartphone review: Oppo K10 Pro 5G
Oppo K10 Pro - new sub-flagship standard
The Chinese company Oppo has somewhat disappointed its fans with the latest K10 model. Fans of the company expected top-end performance and wide functionality from the model, but at the end they got a pass-through budget phone without any frills. But it turned out that users were waiting for a whole K10-series of smartphones, which still carries an extremely interesting and attractive device.
Oppo K10 5G phone review
Oppo K10 5G is another representative of the almost flagships
It seems that the current year will turn into a flurry of inexpensive smartphones with extremely high-performance specifications. The well-known Oppo developer from China also similar models. The hero of today's review, however, relies not only on gaming power, but also on other indicators that are important for modern buyers.
Vivo X80 Pro phone review
Vivo X80 Pro - the most optimal flagship?
Sometimes flagship smartphones evoke more negative emotions than their more affordable counterparts. The pursuit of the best performance or photo opportunities often leads to obvious flaws in gadgets. For example, top phones can suffer from throttling, lack of autonomy, and other unpleasant things. However, sometimes there are also models that managed to avoid any critical shortcomings. The hero of today's review belongs to such devices.
Vivo X80 phone review
Vivo X80 is a discounted flagship?
The X-series of smartphones from the Chinese company Vivo with each generation is becoming more beautiful, more technologically advanced and often more pleasant in terms of pricing. The need for greater coverage of the audience, as well as maintaining competition with market leaders, is forcing the corporation to create phones that are closer to perfection. The hero of today's review also applies to this kind of devices.
OnePlus 10R Lite phone review
OnePlus 10R Lite is a basic flagship with huge potential
The Chinese OnePlus company is constantly expanding the range of smartphones offered, but not all fans of the brand like this situation. The main reason for hatred is the presence of fairly average models that are not of particular interest against the background of numerous competitive analogues. However, sometimes extremely interesting gadgets come out from under the developer's pipeline, capable of attracting the attention of even the most sophisticated part of the audience. This is the hero of today's review.
Vivo S15e phone review
Vivo S15e is a reasonably simplistic flagship
The Chinese company Vivo knows how to create both excellent budget smartphones and stunning top models. However, the greatest difficulty for manufacturers is usually caused by phones of the medium-high price segment. Simplifying the flagship device, reducing its cost and at the same time retaining most of the advantages is not an easy task. But judging by the hero of today's review, the developer was able to cope with it.
Realme V23 phone review
Realme V23 - a smartphone for specific needs
Sometimes the focus of the phone on one or another part of the audience is easy to discern in its technical characteristics, design or other aspects. However, some models raise serious questions about their relevance. The hero of today's review has become a similar device, because it's hard to understand who exactly will like this device.
Oukitel WP20 phone review
Oukitel WP20 - a useless continuation of the series
The WP-series of rugged smartphones from the Chinese Oukitel company has always raised certain questions even among the manufacturer's loyal fans. So, directly by the number of a smartphone, it is simply impossible to guess its price category and, as a result, performance and functionality levels. The hero of today's review received a beautiful number "twenty" in the title, but in reality it is one of the most unpretentious and unattractive representatives of the line.
Smartphone review: OnePlus Ace
OnePlus Ace is a clone that is welcome
The large Chinese concern BBK, which includes such mastodons of the smartphone market as Oppo, Vivo and, of course, OnePlus, is gradually adopting a development strategy from its opponents. So, Xiaomi's love for releasing the same products under different brands is now relevant for the previously mentioned corporation. However, if the original gadget turned out to be extremely modern and technological, then why not re-launch it?
Realme Q5 phone review
Realme Q5 is a potential hit that will pass us by
Q-series of smartphones by the Chinese company Realme has been designed for the domestic market since its inception. However, the models turned out to be so successful that thousands of people outside the China purchased them for their own use and, of course, were satisfied. This behavior of the developer is surprising, because in the countries of Europe and the CIS they would be happy with such devices. But the situation indicated earlier awaits the hero of today's review, whose price-quality ratio is extremely high.
Doogee X95T phone review
Doogee X95T - bright design as an advantage
How can a budget smartphone stand out from the competition? Due to the need to contain the cost, the manufacturer cannot surprise with the performance of technical characteristics or the truly wide functionality of gadgets. However, the autonomy and beauty of the appearance of the devices are still available for the low cost segment. The hero of the review relies on the amazing exterior.
Smartphone review: Doogee S98 Pro
Doogee S98 Pro is a bulky ideal
The smartphones of the Chinese company Doogee, protected from dust, moisture and drops, can hardly be considered world bestsellers, but they consistently find their audience and provide decent functionality for a reasonable price. At the same time, the corporation has good potential, which it is trying to realize more and more over the years. So, the main disadvantage of the hero of today's review was its dimensions. In other aspects, it is noticeably superior to many competitors.
Realme Q5i phone review
Realme Q5i - forget about cameras
The smartphone market has captured the hearts and wallets of hundreds of millions of people, each with their own vision of the perfect mobile assistant. The Chinese company Realme decided to find the part of the audience which wants to get an inexpensive, high-performance and autonomous phone and which do not care about the photographic capabilities of the device. But how many buyers will be found?
Xiaomi CiVi S smartphone review
Xiaomi CiVi S - an optional but nice refinement
The Chinese company Xiaomi has never been afraid of experiments. So, the corporation recently released a folding smartphone, and a little earlier it created a new CiVi line of Android phones, pleasing with a flagship design and the same assembly materials. Her first product found its audience, however, there were also flaws in the device. The hero of today's review is a small work on the bugs, but is it worth the difference in order to change the previous model for a new one? Let's figure it out.
