Phone Reviews (page 22)
Smartphone review: Coolpad Cool 20
Coolpad Cool 20 - say no to the plastic!
The Chinese company Kulpad quite strongly declared itself in the smartphone market several years ago, and cooperation with the once popular LeTV was also successful. However, LeEco has actually sunk into oblivion, and the second developer's affairs went much worse. Affected and frank commercial failures of a number of phones, and mediocre marketing, and the creation of products exclusively for China. However, it seems that the position of the manufacturer is getting better.
Smartphone review: Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Ultra
Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Ultra - ultra-balanced hit
Many users are already accustomed to the fact that the Chinese company Xiaomi produces almost a couple of dozen smartphones per quarter. Of course, at such speeds, it is difficult to maintain the level of price-quality correspondence, which is why openly walk-through models still slip from under the conveyor of an experienced developer. Fortunately, representatives of the Note-line have always avoided such a fate and even brought something new to the middle price segment with each generation. The hero of today's review was no exception.
Smartphone review: Realme Quicksilver
Realme Quicksilver - quick response to competitors
It seems that the Chinese company is monitoring the actions of its opponents day and night. As soon as Oppo and Honor announced the imminent release of new models based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G processor, the equally well-known smartphone manufacturer announced its phone on the said chipset. What makes the novelty stand out against the background of analogs?
Smartphone review: Vivo IQOO Neo5 Vitality Edition
Vivo IQOO Neo5 Vitality Edition is a distant ideal
The Chinese company Vivo has a wide range of smartphones on offer, but only some of them become bestsellers. Some phones lack the performance of technical specifications, others - a more democratic price tag. But sometimes the developer releases such interesting models that even sophisticated users want to buy them. So, the hero of today's review is characterized by an almost ideal balance between price and functionality, but for some reason the manufacturer decided not to represent it outside of China.
Smartphone review: Xiaomi Redmi K40 Light Luxury Edition
Xiaomi Redmi K40 Light Luxury Edition - you again?
The Chinese company Xiaomi decided to bring the number of smartphones in the new K40 line to infinity. We are sure that even the corporate marketers themselves are already confused by the abundance of similar models with a variety of different indices. Thank God, this behavior of the manufacturer does not affect the quality of its products.
Smartphone review: Oppo Find X3 Pro Mars
Oppo Find X3 Pro Mars - the pride of China
The launch of the interplanetary station, the final destination of which was the beloved red planet by millions, becomes a landmark moment for any state. The Chinese company Oppo decided to devote a modified version of its incredibly beautiful and technological flagship to such an event. The solution is unusual, but interesting.
Smartphone review: Xiaomi Poco M3 Pro 5G
Xiaomi Poco M3 Pro 5G - almost a hit
The Chinese company Xiaomi releases smartphones at an enviable frequency, and most of them are commercially successful. However, not many are able to achieve the title of true bestsellers, which will be talked about by millions of people. The hero of today's review could well be such a phone, but a number of small flaws still leave it beyond the boundaries of super successful devices.
Smartphone review: Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 2021
Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 2021 - stock balance?
Restarting successful models is a rare phenomenon in today's smartphone market. Usually companies with incredibly popular phones in the past allow themselves such a luxury. However, another situation is also possible. For example, a corporation has a lot of unused components in warehouses that they do not want to dispose of at all. This is how devices like the hero of today's review are born.
Smartphone review: Vivo IQOO Neo3s
Vivo IQOO Neo3s - hit resurrection
The line of Neo-smartphones of the Chinese company Vivo is a mystery to many of its fans around the world. These devices to this day remain without global versions, although such a combination of functionality and affordable prices would raise the devices to the rank of bestsellers. The hero of today's review is a significantly modified model without the S index, which, while maintaining the price tag, is distinguished by even greater performance and manufacturability.
Smartphone review: Realme GT Neo Flash
Realme GT Neo Flash - was the change worth it?
The Chinese company Realmi has definitely set itself the goal of expanding the range of smartphones, because it is difficult to explain otherwise the appearance of many of the same type of phones. It comes to the point that finding the differences between the models is possible only with an extremely careful comparison. This situation happened to the hero of today's review.
Smartphone review: Asus Zenfone 8
Asus Zenfone 8 - expensive compactness
The laurels of the Apple iPhone 12 keep many developers awake. An extremely popular gadget has become such not only due to cameras or functionality. Compact dimensions and outstanding ergonomics are not the latest reasons for the success of a product from an American corporation. The Taiwanese company Asus tried to repeat the formula of the famous hit. It turned out very decently, but the price tag is not far from the main competitor.
Smartphone review: Samsung Galaxy A22s
Samsung Galaxy A22s - invasion of "Chinese territory"
The Korean company Samsung is becoming less and less comfortable in the smartphone market. This situation is largely due to pressure from Chinese competitors in the lower and middle price segments. These cost categories are developing at an incredibly fast pace, and today at their turn it is possible to purchase a beautiful, functional and autonomous phone with support for 5G frequencies. The hero of today's review matches the specified description, but will he be able to catch up with his opponents ahead of him?
Smartphone review: Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro+
Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro+ is the best for your own
Some time ago, the Chinese company Xiaomi said that all smartphones of the corporation, produced within its homeland, should be endowed with support for 5G networks. As a result, we see a completely different range of models provided by the organization in China and the countries of Europe and the CIS. So, the hero of today's review is unlikely to get to you and me in the official sale, but such a list of advantages with a democratic price tag would have found more than one million buyers.
Smartphone review: Ulefone Power 7
Ulefone Power 7 - insane or thoughtless autonomy?
The Chinese company Ulefon, to the delight of loyal fans, decided to revive the Power-line of its smartphones, the main feature of which was a huge battery. However, today it is difficult to surprise a sophisticated audience with only one competitive advantage, the market requires beautiful, balanced and functional phones in any price segment. Unfortunately, such epithets are only partially suitable for the hero of today's review.
Smartphone review: ZTE Blade A51
ZTE Blade A51 - budget and tasteless?
The assortment of the Chinese company ZTE has managed to seriously decrease due to the long actual downtime, and the range of the manufacturer's available smartphones has also suffered. And if today the user requires even from the most expensive smartphone a wide functionality, coupled with a decent design, then the developer mentioned earlier still lives in the past and does not realize such desires of the audience.
Smartphone review: ZTE Blade A71
ZTE Blade A71 - a smartphone that is better left in the past
The Chinese company ZTE is one of those manufacturers that produce both bestsellers and highly controversial models, the target audience of which is very difficult to find. So, the hero of today's review is a collection of outdated things that hardly anyone wants to see in their mobile assistant.
Smartphone review: Xiaomi Redmi K40 Gaming Lite
Xiaomi Redmi K40 Gaming Lite - subtle simplifications
The desire of the Chinese company Xiaomi to expand the range of products offered knows no boundaries. Almost a dozen of the same models can come out under different names, and the so-called new items often duplicate most of the technical characteristics of their predecessors. However, sometimes this behavior of the manufacturer only simplifies the life of ordinary users. For example, the hero of today's review is a little simpler than his "big brother", but the changes are subtle, and the price has become even lower.
Smartphone review: ZTE Axon 31 Pro
ZTE Axon 31 Pro - different numbers, the same essence
For a long time, the Chinese company ZTE has been in creative simplicity, which is why the range of products offered to it now is significantly inferior to that of Xiaomi, Samsung, Realme and other market leaders. The manufacturer definitely wants to compensate for the existing gaps, but his methods of achieving the result are unique. So, it is very difficult to find the differences between the hero of today's review and his predecessor.
Smartphone review: ZTE Axon 31
ZTE Axon 31 - pleasant metamorphosis
The Axon line of smartphones from the Chinese company ZTE has been in demand all over the world for some time. The original design of these phones has always been combined with top-end functionality and a number of competitive advantages. However, the period came when the gadget lost its former identity, which, combined with a weak marketing campaign, became the reason for the failure. But it seems that the once famous developer is trying to fix the situation.
Smartphone review: ZTE Blade A31 Ultra
ZTE Blade A31 Ultra - subflag without cons
Creating a successful smartphone at the turn of the middle and upper price segments is a really difficult task. From such devices, a demanding audience wants to see both a democratic price and, in fact, flagship functionality. The situation will be even less pleasant if the manufacturer is just recovering from serious difficulties. But the experience of the Chinese company ZTE allows it to overcome any obstacles even in this position.
Smartphone review: Samsung Galaxy M22
Samsung Galaxy M22 - an evolution that we did not expect
The M-series of the Korean company Samsung has always contained smartphones that are quite attractive in terms of price and quality, but often the models in the line lacked functionality or performance to achieve bestseller status. The hero of today's review must change this state of affairs, for this he has all the possibilities.
Smartphone review: Realme C25s
Realme C25s - a smartphone that could be better
It seems that the Chinese company Realmi began to pursue not quality, but quantity. Truly interesting phones like the X2 Pro or C3 have not come out from under its conveyor for a long time, and the gadgets released today are striking both in monotony and lagging behind opponents in a number of parameters. For example, the hero of today's review is aimed at the border of the lower and middle price segments, but cannot boast of the corresponding functionality.
Smartphone review: Vivo X70
Vivo X70 - affordable perfection
Smartphones of the Chinese company Vivo are becoming more technologically advanced and more beautiful every year, while maintaining a pricing policy by the manufacturer. More recently, the corporation's products seemed at times unreasonably expensive, but the general increase in prices for sub-flagship and flagship phones has led to the fact that the gadgets produced by the developer are now much more attractive to the user. The hero of today's review is close to the title of the ideal in its value category.
Smartphone review: Realme C20A
Realme C20A is a useless novelty
Smartphone manufacturers have different approaches to updating successful models. So, some companies are trying to improve most of the phone's parameters while maintaining a similar pricing policy, while others are releasing an updated device in a higher cost category with a different set of positive qualities. The Chinese firm Realmi decided, on the contrary, to slightly worsen its bestseller with a slight drop in the price tag. Isn't such an action meaningless?
Smartphone review: Vivo X60t Pro
Vivo X60t Pro - a flagship with nuances
The Chinese company Vivo is extremely popular in its homeland, where the corporation has already earned the trust of the audience thanks to its stylish, high-quality and functional smartphones. Outside of China, not every Android enthusiast is willing to pay a lot of money for a little-known brand. Moreover, sometimes new items manage to be inferior to analogs from the A-brand at a similar price. So, the hero of today's review is distinguished by technical characteristics that are also found in much more affordable alternatives. But will this become an obstacle to success?
Smartphone review: Blackview A90
Blackview A90 - claim for success
Smartphones of the Chinese company Blackview with the index "A" quite often combined a low price and good functionality, but recently the number of really competitive and interesting phones in the line has decreased. Fortunately, the corporation is aware of the state of affairs and is doing its best to fix it. So, we got an extremely curious hero of today's review, who has every chance of a decent sale.
Smartphone review: Vivo IQOO Neo5 Lite
Vivo IQOO Neo5 Lite - clever simplifications
Making a flagship smartphone cheaper while making it even more attractive to an audience is a daunting task even for the most experienced manufacturers. Sometimes developers save on things that are too important for users, which is why the released model is not in great demand. However, the hero of today's review avoided such problems and will be an amazing choice to buy.
Smartphone review: Honor Play 5
Honor Play 5 - attack of the middle price segment
The popularity of Honor is gradually declining both in its native China and in Europe and the CIS. This is due to the litigation of the former owner of the corporation in the person of Huawei, as well as the long absence of Google services in the company's products. Now the situation has changed, and the manufacturer is trying to keep the audience in his hands. That is why we see many decent and competitive models like the hero of today's review.
Smartphone review: Samsung Galaxy M42 5G
Samsung Galaxy M42 5G - it could be a hit
It's amazing how the impression of a perfectly balanced smartphone can be overshadowed by a few major flaws. The Korean company Samsung tried to combine in the hero of today's review almost everything that a potential bestseller should have, but something clearly went wrong.
Smartphone review: Vivo V21e
Vivo V21e - all for selfies
Almost every modern Android user today has accounts on the social networks Instagram, VK, Facebook and so on. Of course, most of the profiles are replete with various information, including photographs. You cannot scare people with low-quality pictures, and a high-quality front camera is often found only in flagships. Fortunately, the hero of today's review is a rare exception to this rule.
Smartphone review: Vivo V21
Vivo V21 - economical camera phone
Finding an inexpensive smartphone with high-quality cameras is an extremely difficult task. If manufacturers try not to economize on screens, batteries and CPUs in phones of the middle price segment, then the situation is different with photo modules. However, if you take a closer look, you can always find pleasant exceptions to the rules like the hero of today's review.
Smartphone review: Xiaomi Poco F3 GT
Xiaomi Poco F3 GT is a sudden bestseller
The Chinese company Xiaomi is an amazing firm. Sometimes its most anticipated smartphones can disappoint the audience a little, and sometimes the corporation, without a special advertising campaign, presents a phone that has practically no competitors in the price segment. The hero of today's review belongs precisely to the latter category and is quite capable of competing for the title of a hit.
Smartphone review: Nokia X50
Nokia X50 - the need for change
The Nokia company has not really surprised its fans for the past couple of years. The developer's smartphones did not differ in an excellent balance of price and quality and were noticeably inferior to counterparts from Xiaomi, Realme, Huawei and other well-known brands. But it seems that the once most popular corporation has decided to pull itself together and fix the current situation.
Smartphone review: Honor Play 20
Honor Play 20 - parameter heterogeneity
One of the main criteria for the success of a smartphone in the market is the balance of its technical characteristics in its price segment. For example, buying a camera phone with an outdated processor or a small battery in millions of copies is unlikely to be. The hero of today's review is deprived of the feature described above, which will definitely affect his sales.
Smartphone review: Oppo A53s 5G
Oppo A53s 5G - no frills standard
Even the most innovative and interesting ideas become commonplace over time. So, six months ago, the appearance of 5G networks in inexpensive smartphones seemed like a real miracle, and today dozens of manufacturers can boast of such models. Unfortunately, the hero of today's review is lost against the background of so many opponents and is not ready to offer anything in response.
Smartphone review: Motorola Moto G20
Motorola Moto G20 - non-standard solutions
It is difficult to surprise a sophisticated audience with a low-mid-price smartphone, but manufacturers do not even think to give up. Not all attempts are equally successful, but experienced developers like Motorola are quite capable of creating functional and technological devices, albeit not without compromises. How did the corporation manage to answer all the requests of demanding Android users?
Smartphone review: Realme 8 5G
Realme 8 5G - he could be a hit
The Chinese company Realmi is not uniformly related to its own smartphones. Some models receive huge advertising campaigns, while other phones remain virtually unknown to potential buyers. It is doubly surprising that sometimes extremely competitive devices are deprived of advertising. The hero of today's review has also become such.
Smartphone review: Realme Q3i
Realme Q3i is an inaccessible ideal
Since its inception, the Q-series of smartphones of the Realmi company has been distinguished by an amazing balance of price and quality, however, the belonging of the line to the domestic market significantly limited the possibility of purchasing a gadget by residents of other countries. Hopes for a global release of the third generation of the developer's phones remained, but the hero of today's review did not leave a trace of them. It becomes doubly sad that the gadget turned out to be extremely interesting.
Smartphone review: UMiDIGI A11
UMiDIGI A11 - a novelty without a twist
It is difficult to achieve success of a product if it does not meet the needs of the audience and is not ready to surprise a sophisticated audience. Surprisingly, in the smartphone market, this statement applies even to the lower price segment. So, the hero of today's review is devoid of memorable features and in many respects repeats the phones of Xiaomi a year ago. Is such a gadget relevant today?
Smartphone review: Cubot X50
Cubot X50 - is this a flagship?
Android smartphone users are already accustomed to the fact that flagship devices are characterized not only by the corresponding price, but also by top-end performance, outstanding photographic capabilities and advanced functionality. However, not the largest manufacturers like the Chinese company Kubot are unable to afford the release of such a device. Although the hero of today's review is being promoted as the leader of the updated line, he is rather a good representative of the middle price segment.
Smartphone review: Samsung Galaxy F52 5G
Samsung Galaxy F52 5G - balanced solution
Finding the right balance between price and quality is not an easy task for any buyer. The sheer variety of products in the smartphone market only complicates the buying process. However, sometimes devices appear in one price segment or another that are ready to pleasantly surprise you with performance, functionality, autonomy and at the same time a reasonable price tag. And it seems that the hero of today's review belongs to the specified category of devices.
Smartphone review: Oppo K9 5G
Oppo K9 5G - outstanding middle class
Inexpensive smartphones are becoming more and more similar to flagships in both design and functionality. Even the performance level of budget devices is enough for the smooth operation of the operating system and for modern games. So, the hero of today's review will not completely empty the wallet and, at the same time, is distinguished by impressive balance and manufacturability.
Smartphone review: Xiaomi Redmi K40 Game Enhanced Version
Xiaomi Redmi K40 Game Enhanced Version - even cheaper and better!
The K40 line of smartphones from the Chinese company Xiaomi has become incredibly successful due to the combination of top-end performance, excellent screen, thoughtful design and advanced stereo sound at an extremely low price. Of course, there were some minor flaws, but they could be easily forgiven for the attractive pricing policy. The hero of today's review has retained all the listed advantages with an even more democratic price tag.
Smartphone review: Xiaomi Mi 12 Ultra
Xiaomi Mi 12 Ultra - refining innovations
The Chinese company Xiaomi recently presented to the world several innovative phones with interesting ideas. So, Mix Fold surprised fans of the brand with a folding screen and an innovative approach to photographic capabilities, the first representative of the Ultra-line was noted for a functional additional AMOLED display. The hero of today's review takes most of the advantages of these models and replenishes them with his own.
Smartphone review: Meizu 18 Mini
Meizu 18 Mini - the flagship for fans of the compact
The increase in the size of modern smartphones with bezelless screens leads to much greater comfort of web surfing, watching videos and other processes, but there are always people who need a compact mobile assistant. The hero of today's review is intended precisely for such users.
Smartphone review: Samsung Galaxy Jump
Samsung Galaxy Jump - a huge jump up?
The emergence of support for 5G networks in smartphones is one of the important achievements that can significantly speed up not only the speed of the Internet connection, but also increase the functionality of phones. 4K video streaming, cloud gaming and data storage have become really convenient and relevant, but for many months 5G frequencies have been the prerogative of only flagship devices. Several Chinese companies like Xiaomi and Realme have been able to remedy this situation in some mid-range models. Now it's time for Samsung to show its strengths in creating affordable and balanced 5G smartphones.
Smartphone review: ZTE Blade A31 Pro
ZTE Blade A31 Pro - remembering the middle price segment
The Chinese company ZTE today is not the market leader that we used to see a manufacturer several years ago. However, years of downtime and huge penalties for the US government are in the past, the developer is gradually recovering its position. Over the past year, we saw interesting budget smartphones, we were surprised at the balance and manufacturability of the updated flagship Axon line. However, a gap has emerged between these two cost categories. The corporation decided to compensate for it by the hero of today's review.
Smartphone review: ZTE Axon 30 Pro
ZTE Axon 30 Pro - performance, safety and comfort
Although the Chinese company ZTE has ceased to belong to the leaders of the smartphone market, the corporation does not lose hope of returning its audience. This can be seen both in the increased budget of the marketing campaign, and in a number of interesting new products with competitive advantages and even innovations. The hero of today's review belongs to just such devices.
Smartphone review: Oppo A54 4G
Oppo A54 4G - a smartphone that is difficult to remember
Every self-respecting manufacturer of Android smartphones is trying to fill the range provided with exclusively relevant and competitive devices. However, it is impossible to achieve one hundred percent success in this case due to the limited budget and the time frame for creating phones. Because of this, sooner or later, even the best developers have openly passable products that are in many ways inferior to their closest opponents. Unfortunately, the hero of today's review is close to this category.
Smartphone review: Ulefone Armor 8 Pro
Ulefone Armor 8 Pro - subtle improvements
The Chinese company Ulefon is trying to earn every last penny from each of its developments. The representative of the eighth generation of the Armor-line of rugged smartphones from the manufacturer turned out to be extremely popular due to a good combination of functionality, durability and autonomy. Unfortunately, everything ever gets old. The hero of today's review is intended to make the mentioned model more relevant, but this process turns out to be mediocre in the novelty.