Phone Reviews (page 24)

Smartphone review: Vivo Y72 5G

Vivo Y72 5G - the pride of designers

Creating a new flagship smartphone with an attractive exterior is not the easiest task, but still feasible for most major manufacturers. But to give your fans a beautiful inexpensive phone of the middle price segment is much more difficult. However, it seems that the Chinese company Vivo was able to cope with such problems, because the hero of today's review has an extremely elaborate design. But is everything going well with the rest of the parameters of the novelty?

Smartphone review: Honor V40 Lite

Honor V40 Lite - created for youth

The Chinese corporation Honor is now in the hands of other owners, which means that it needs to quickly show its complete independence from the previous parent company Huawei. The first flagship did not become a bestseller due to several peculiar solutions (for example, controversial technical characteristics), but its "younger brother" has every chance of winning the love of the audience. But what exactly is the hero of today's review ready to surprise the sophisticated audience with?

Smartphone review: Asus Zenfone 8 Flip

Asus Zenfone 8 Flip - continuation of traditions

The latest representatives of the Zenfone line of the Taiwanese company Asus delighted the fans of the corporation with folding camera mechanisms, which are still a real rarity today. The announcement of the "ordinary" eight came as a shock to fans of the mentioned form factor, because it was a simple candy bar. Thank God that in the hero of today's review released later, the well-known manufacturer has retained the beloved feature of the previous flagships.

Smartphone review: Oppo Reno 6 Pro

Oppo Reno 6 Pro - a flagship without flaws

The products of the Chinese company Oppo are gradually becoming popular all over the world. At home, the corporation's smartphones have long earned the love of the audience due to their excellent design, excellent assembly and wide functionality. Of course, such a combination of qualities is often impossible without a somewhat inflated price tag against the background of other opponents. But such phones as the hero of today's review, work off every penny invested in them and will not force you to regret the purchase.

Smartphone review: Oppo Reno 6 5G

Oppo Reno 6 5G is a smartphone worthy of attention

The Reno line of phones from the Chinese company Oppo has always placed high priority on photographic capabilities and impeccable style. In the hero of today's review, the emphasis is also on the above parameters, however, the performance and autonomy of the novelty have also made significant progress. Is the resulting gadget worthy of impressive sales with not the most modest price tag?

Smartphone review: Oppo Find X3 Pro

Oppo Find X3 Pro - excessive attractiveness

The modern audience demands more and more functionality from flagship smartphones. It is difficult to surprise a sophisticated audience even for experienced manufacturers, because during development it is necessary to restrain the growth of costs, to determine the correct appearance and future technical characteristics of a novelty. Fortunately, the Chinese company Oppo was able to create an almost flawless hero of today's review, but its price tag turned out to be appropriate.

Smartphone review: Oppo Find X3

Oppo Find X3 is a super attractive flagship

The flagship smartphones of the Chinese company Oppo have never lagged behind the decisions of their opponents in terms of design and performance, but the corporation's advertising campaigns are not always impressive in their scale. The PR of new products is especially unnoticeable in the CIS countries. This fact cannot but grieve, because missing the hero of today's review is a real crime.

Smartphone review: ZTE S30 Pro

ZTE S30 Pro - return to service

For a long time, the Chinese company ZTE has delighted its fans around the world with extremely high-quality and interesting smartphones in all price segments. For example, gamers, audiophiles, and ordinary users alike have made up legends about the Axon 7 model, and even before the V967s and Red Bull phones made a real revolution in the lower cost category. Unfortunately, litigation with the US government, sanctions and other kinds of countermeasures have noticeably crippled the activities of the once popular corporation. But it seems that all the problems are in the past for the company.

Smartphone review: Oukitel WP12

Oukitel WP12 - long-playing but outdated

Smartphones of the middle price segment have managed to make significant progress in terms of functionality over the past few months. The advent of affordable 5G processors has made low-cost phones much more popular. Unfortunately, things change much more slowly in the category of devices protected from dust and moisture according to IP68 standards. So, the hero of today's review is not much different from their counterparts last year.

Smartphone review: Xiaomi Mi 10S

Xiaomi Mi 10S - premium for half the price

The Chinese company Xiaomi has kept its promise to produce more expensive, but at the same time, insanely technological flagships. Of course, some of the corporation's fans were upset by this fact, but one glance at the hero of today's review is enough to understand how correct the developer's decision was.

Smartphone review: Samsung Galaxy M42

Samsung Galaxy M42 - moving for the better

The A-series of smartphones from the Korean company Samsung evokes controversial emotions among fans of Android devices. On the one hand, the buyer gets beautiful products from a well-known A-brand, not deprived of a number of competitive advantages, on the other hand, the mentioned phones are often upset with mediocre performance and the same photographic capabilities. The hero of today's review eliminates these shortcomings while maintaining a democratic pricing policy.

Smartphone review: Asus ROG Phone 5 Ultimate

Asus ROG Phone 5 Ultimate - ultimate game

Combining a game console and a smartphone into a single device has long been in the dreams of millions of gamers. However, it is not so easy to think over the appropriate gadget while maintaining its ergonomics and design beauty. But it seems that the Taiwanese company Asus was able to cope with a similar task, even if the hero of today's review has become far from the most affordable.

Smartphone review: Realme C25

Realme C25 is an irrelevant novelty?

Each user wants to buy an up-to-date smartphone in terms of design, technical characteristics and functionality, no matter which price segment the model belongs to. Unfortunately, even experienced developers are not always aware of this fact. So, the hero of today's review has a number of outdated features that are unlikely to be approved by the audience.

Smartphone review: Asus ROG Phone 5

Asus ROG Phone 5 - trade-offs for gamers

The phrase "gaming smartphone" is becoming more and more popular among fans of Android devices. A few years ago, such words aroused derision, but today the user can immerse himself in dozens of incredibly beautiful games with thought-out gameplay to the smallest detail. Of course, many of them require a very powerful device. The hero of today's review has the power to run such applications and a number of other advantages, but in the pursuit of performance, the developer forgot about the ergonomics of the novelty.

Smartphone review: Xiaomi Redmi Gaming Phone

Xiaomi Redmi Gaming Phone - gamers' wallets will be fine

Modern smartphones often become full-fledged substitutes for game consoles for more and more people. The power of technical characteristics is increasing, the diagonal of the screens is increasing, the responsiveness of touch panels is increasing, the autonomy of phones is growing. However, truly impressive Android gaming smartphones often cost a lot of money. But this shortcoming does not apply to the hero of today's review.

Smartphone review: ZTE Nubia Red Magic 6 Pro

ZTE Nubia Red Magic 6 Pro - hit without cut

The Chinese company ZTE is loved and remembered both in Europe and in the CIS countries, but its popularity has noticeably decreased in recent years. So, litigation with the US government for some time brought the manufacturer out of the struggle for leadership in the industry, and the current budget is not always enough for a high-quality advertising campaign, as well as for the development of software for the phones produced. Unfortunately, it is from this factor that the hero of today's review suffers most of all.

Smartphone review: ZTE Nubia Red Magic 6

ZTE Nubia Red Magic 6 - flawlessly playable

Over the past couple of years, the mobile games industry has made significant strides forward. Incredibly beautiful and well-thought-out projects in terms of gameplay (Genshin Impact, Pascal's Wager), ports from full-fledged consoles (GRID Autosport), new console emulators make gamers pay attention to Android smartphones. The hero of today's review is ideal for this category of users, and other part of the audience will not be disappointed with its functionality.

Smartphone review: Xiaomi Poco F3 Pro

Xiaomi Poco F3 Pro - continuation of the legend

A sub-brand of the Chinese company Xiaomi called Pocophone started its activity with perhaps its most successful F1 model. For a modest amount of money, this phone presented top-end performance at that time, and in terms of autonomy, design and functionality, it was extremely worthy. The hero of today's review is trying to continue the endeavors of his famous ancestor, he succeeds in this process quite well.

Smartphone review: Xiaomi Mi 11X Pro

Xiaomi Mi 11X Pro is a potential leader

Flagship smartphones are becoming more and more functional and technological, but the price of such gadgets does not stand still. If a few years ago such devices cost about $ 400-500, today their price tag quite often exceeds the $ 1000 mark. The hero of today's review is trying to combine both advanced functionality and the affordable pricing policy of its predecessors. At the same time, there are not so many weaknesses in the novelty.

Smartphone review: Xiaomi Redmi Note 10S

Xiaomi Redmi Note 10S - familiar strengths and weaknesses

We have already got used to the fact that almost every smartphone of the Chinese company Xiaomi is becoming a bestseller. The developer is extremely competent in determining the pricing policy of his products, thanks to which we are often ready to forgive obvious shortcomings due to a democratic price. So, the hero of today's review is not devoid of disadvantages, which he actually took over from his predecessor, but he does not want to criticize the gadget at all.

Smartphone review: Xiaomi Mi 11X

Xiaomi Mi 11X - adaptation of the hit

The Chinese company continues to confuse its potential buyers with an abundance of smartphones being produced. An additional complexity in the analysis of the developer's assortment is introduced by the presence of virtually identical models under different names. So, Redmi K40 for India and a number of other countries has become the hero of today's review. Was there any point in such a decision by the manufacturer?

Smartphone review: Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 5G

Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 5G - technology to the masses

The Chinese company Xiaomi likes to pleasantly surprise its fans, even if sometimes the corporation's surprises cause mixed emotions. For example, the recently released Poco F2 Pro does not quite comply with the developer's policy of providing the best functionality at an extremely affordable price. But the hero of today's review is much closer to a similar formulation.

Smartphone review: Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro

Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro 4G is a boring bestseller?

The love of the Chinese company Xiaomi for creating a huge number of similar models in its range does not think to subside. The success of Poco X3 from the sub-brand made the corporation think about releasing a similar product from another subsidiary in the person of Redmi. So, the hero of today's review partially copies the technical characteristics of its predecessor, providing a number of innovations. But was this what the sophisticated audience wanted?

Smartphone review: Xiaomi Redmi Note 10

Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 - lost ideal

The marketers of the Chinese company Xiaomi know their job. The ninth generation of the line of budget phablets of the corporation turned out to be quite passable, because it is much easier to skip this figure and quickly bring all the brand's products to the coveted "top ten", including the flagship Mi-series. However, it is difficult to force a sophisticated user to purchase new items that are not much different from their predecessors. That is why the hero of today's review has significant changes. However, some of the metamorphoses did not go to his advantage.

Smartphone review: Realme GT

Realme GT - playful or versatile?

Most smartphones designed for gamers are distinguished by extremely bright and catchy designs, which are often repulsive for ordinary users. In addition, representatives of this segment usually do not surprise with photographic abilities and additional functionality. Fortunately, the hero of the review managed to avoid all the above disadvantages.

Smartphone review: Cubot King Kong 5 Pro

Cubot King Kong 5 Pro - return to previous positions?

For a long time, the Chinese company Kubot did not please its fans with smartphones capable of fighting on equal terms with the best representatives of price segments. But it seems that now financial or other kinds of problems have ceased to be relevant for the manufacturer, because the hero of today's review attracts attention with both functionality, price, and autonomy.

Smartphone review: Samsung Galaxy A82 5G

Samsung Galaxy A82 5G - an alien from the past or a current hit?

The A-line of smartphones of the Korean company Samsung has been extremely budgetary for a long time, but a few years ago a world-famous manufacturer decided to seriously change its positioning. So, the senior representatives of the series are already similar to full-fledged sub-flags both in terms of functionality and price. The hero of today's review is just an example of such a device, however, in order to obtain impressive performance, the developer had to take rather unusual measures.

Smartphone review: Meizu 18 Pro

Meizu 18 Pro - ghost flagship

Much to the disappointment of many fans of the Chinese company Meise, this corporation has finally become a market outsider, which can only cause bouts of pleasant nostalgia. And even quite competitive smartphones like the hero of today's review are unlikely to significantly change the current situation.

Smartphone review: Meizu 18

Meizu 18 - signs of life

The peak of fame for the Chinese company Meizu came in 2011-2017, when the corporation was not afraid to release smartphones with an original design and impressive competitive advantages. Built-in DACs and amplifiers for better sound in headphones, additional AMOLED screens - all this was perceived by the audience extremely positively. However, over time, the developer lost its individuality, and some things like the proprietary FlymeOS shell began to noticeably inferior to competitors' solutions. Unfortunately, the hero of today's review is unlikely to become a world hit due to weak marketing, but the model proves that the company, beloved by millions, still has gunpowder in the powder flasks.

Smartphone review: Motorola Hanoip

Motorola Hanoip - a camera phone that is forgotten

A good name is an important factor in the success of any product, but sometimes marketers of even experienced corporations make strange decisions. So, the hero of today's review is unlikely to be remembered by anyone for his name, and this flaw may even block his path to bestsellers. Moreover, in its price category, the gadget has something to surprise.

Smartphone review: Oppo F19 Pro+

Oppo F19 Pro+ - a compromise replacement for flagships

Smartphones of the highest price segment are not mass products, but every Android user wants to get a functional and beautiful phone with almost top-end technical characteristics. The hero of today's review tries his best to be such a device, but achieving such results is not possible without a number of compromises.

Smartphone review: Oppo A54 5G

Oppo A54 5G - unexplained prices

With the development of the smartphone market, its audience is becoming more advanced. If a few years ago the phone could become a bestseller only due to its appearance, autonomy or other single advantage, today users are much more demanding and want the maximum ratio of price tag, beauty and functionality from a mobile assistant. Unfortunately, in this regard, the hero of today's review lags behind many of his opponents.

Smartphone review: Xiaomi Redmi K40 Pro+

Xiaomi Redmi K40 Pro+ - strange flagship

A sub-brand of the Chinese company Xiaomi called Redmi has long set us up to expect a perfect flagship device with a fantastic value for money. However, the resulting phone is capable of upsetting the buyer in a number of its parameters. Where did the developer save unnecessarily?

Smartphone review: Xiaomi Redmi K40 Pro

Xiaomi Redmi K40 Pro - when changes are expected

Representatives of the K-line of smartphones of the Chinese company Xiaomi with Pro-indexes have always played a transitional role between sub-flagship and flagship solutions. These models had excellent design, top-end performance and decent autonomy, but in other respects the phones were still inferior to other devices of the higher price range. The hero of today's review corrects a number of critical disadvantages of the past device, but still remains far from being a real flagship.

Smartphone review: Xiaomi Redmi K40

Xiaomi Redmi K40 - flagships are no longer needed

Smartphones at the turn of the middle and high price segments are becoming more and more popular. In many ways, this process is facilitated by the gradual increase in the functionality of phones and their performance, because progress does not stand still. So, the hero of today's review turned out to be so balanced and relevant that a large part of the audience would not want to look towards more expensive analogs.

Smartphone review: Honor 11X

Honor 11X - fast bestseller

The Chinese company Honor recently acquired virtually complete independence from the once parent corporation Huawei. Now the newly minted market player is trying to demonstrate all his power and ambitions. And such smartphones as the hero of today's review are ready to give the manufacturer a profit and an increase in the audience in a short time.

Smartphone review: Realme C21

Realme C21 - optional copy

The Chinese company Realmi is still extremely unstable in terms of the release of low-end smartphones. In this category, the manufacturer can create both a very productive and competitive model like the C3, and frankly pass-through phones with repetitive mediocre technical characteristics. Unfortunately, the hero of today's review belongs precisely to the second group.

Smartphone review: Lenovo Legion 2 Pro

Lenovo Legion 2 Pro - game evolution

"It is not worth fixing what is not broken" - it seems that these were the words that the Chinese company Lenovo was guided by when creating the hero of today's review. The manufacturer carefully transferred all the competitive advantages of a rather successful predecessor to the novelty and made only a few touches to the overall picture in order for the gadget to leave the majority of opponents behind.

Smartphone review: Oppo Reno 5k

Oppo Reno 5k - unexpected improvements

It's amazing how often force majeure factors can affect the activities of large companies. Thus, the Huawei corporation is still not recovering from sanctions by the US government, but for Oppo, sudden circumstances played into the hands. Due to the shortage of the used processors, the developer had to change the chipset, but the performance has hardly changed, and the price tag of the hero of today's review has become more pleasant.

Smartphone review: Motorola Moto G100

Motorola Moto G100 - conquering the global market

The Motorola company is still far from leadership positions, however, the corporation's efforts to increase the audience are visible to the naked eye. So, the firm decided to recall the recent hit of its competitor, Xiaomi PocoPhone F1, and develop a more modern and advanced version with the same emphasis on performance and affordable price. Will the hero of today's review be able to increase the popularity of his creator?

Smartphone review: Realme GT Pro

Realme GT Pro - gaming excellence?

Building a relatively inexpensive flagship smartphone has become much more difficult today, even for market leaders. Expensive 5G processors negatively affect product costs, and marketing costs are growing every year. However, even in such conditions, the Chinese company Realmi was able to prepare a real surprise for its fans in the form of the hero of today's review.

Smartphone review: Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro Max

Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro Max is the best among equals

The range of smartphones of the Chinese company Xiaomi has always amazed with its diversity, but at the same time, almost every of its representatives was relevant in its value segment and easily rebuffed the most interesting and balanced opponents. The hero of today's review tries to surpass his rivals in every aspect while maintaining a completely democratic pricing policy.

Smartphone review: Vivo S9e

Vivo S9e - mysterious beauty

One of the main competitive advantages of the products of the Chinese company Vivo is the elaboration of their design. The corporation's specialists make a lot of efforts to ensure that even smartphones of the middle price segment are not inferior to the flagships of other brands in terms of appearance. But it is pleasant to note the fact that the hero of the review pleases with the exterior, technical characteristics, and even a humane price tag. How did the developer manage to achieve this combination?

Smartphone review: Samsung Galaxy F62

Samsung Galaxy F62 - a camera phone for games?

The Korean company Samsung perfectly analyzes the mood of consumers in the modern smartphone market. For a huge number of people, a smart phone has become a full-fledged replacement for a camera and a tool for creating content for social networks and blogs, for another part of the audience, gadgets have turned into compact handheld game consoles. The hero of today's review is trying to please both categories of users at once. But does he succeed?

Smartphone review: Samsung Galaxy S22

Samsung Galaxy S22 - making past mistakes

The flagships of the Korean company Samsung have always dispersed in large numbers and found the love of the audience, but the European versions of devices based on the developer's proprietary chipsets were characterized by excessive heating and mediocre connectivity. Although the manufacturer is trying to improve its processors, the effect of the modifications is still insignificant. So, the hero of today's review is unlikely to please everyone because of the problems mentioned earlier.

Smartphone review: Huawei P50 Pro+

Huawei P50 Pro+ - Shoemaker without shoes

The audience share of the smartphone market of the Chinese company Huawei is falling rapidly. Unfortunately, without Google services, the performance of a number of programs is under a big question, and the developer simply cannot create a full-fledged alternative. That is why even such beautiful and technological phones like the hero of today's review are unlikely to reach the title of bestsellers.

Smartphone review: Motorola Moto E7 Power

Motorola Moto E7 Power - expensive, but not rich

Although inexpensive standalone smartphones are popular with Android users, they have become commonplace. Now it is difficult to impress the audience only with the modest price of the novelty and its large battery; other competitive advantages are also needed. Unfortunately, the hero of today's review is deprived of those, and he has many opponents at a more reasonable price tag.

Smartphone review: ZTE Blade A31

ZTE Blade A31 - faceless novelty

It is difficult to deny the efforts of the Chinese company ZTE to return to its previous leadership positions, however, the filling of the assortment still remains heterogeneous for the manufacturer. Along with models strong in terms of price and functionality, there are openly pass-through products like the hero of today's review. What exactly are the disadvantages that prevent the phone from claiming great sales?

Smartphone review: Vivo APEX 2021

Vivo APEX 2021 - concept from the future

Modern flagship smartphones in their functionality began to differ little from the representatives of the middle price segment, which is why a part of the audience actually stopped paying attention to them. Major phone manufacturers are trying to bring something new to their flagships, so today we can see a number of interesting conceptual models that can only evoke positive emotions. The hero of today's review refers precisely to such devices.

Smartphone review: Xiaomi Mi 11 Pro+

Xiaomi Mi 11 Pro+ - the ultimate mobile assistant

The flagship line of the Chinese company Xiaomi over the past few years has significantly increased in functionality, performance, beauty and autonomy, however, the corporation's pricing policy has approached that of direct opponents in the face of Huawei, Apple and other major developers. The hero of today's review has become the most expensive smartphone from the company that has gone on mass sales, but its price is easy to explain.