Phone Reviews (page 25)
Smartphone review: Honor Magic V
Honor Magic V - improving the controversial form factor
"Clamshells" were one of the most popular design options for phones about 15-20 years ago, but the gradual introduction of touchscreen displays led to the dominance of ordinary candy bars. But time does not stand still, the emerging technology of flexible OLED screens was able to revive the forgotten fashion. The hero of today's review is a great example of what a folding smartphone can be in 2022.
Smartphone review: Xiaomi 11i HyperCharge
Xiaomi 11i HyperCharge - success in battery
Autonomy is an important criterion for choosing a mobile assistant, however, no matter how long the phone functions, it needs to be charged in one way or another. This process can hardly be called fast in most Android smartphones, but the Chinese company Xiaomi is not ready to put up with this state of affairs and presented the hero of today's review, which has a charging capacity of a record 120W.
Smartphone review: Realme 9i
Realme 9i is a great solution for undemanding users
The functionality of modern smartphones is growing every day. This fact makes mobile assistants more and more accessible. Today, even a relatively budget phone is ready to provide functions that only flagships could boast of a couple of years ago. The hero of today's review does not bring anything new to the value category, but the gadget does not get any worse from this.
Smartphone review: Nokia G400
Nokia G400 - correct actions
Over the past few years, the Nokia company has lost a fair number of loyal fans, because the corporation's smartphones were in many ways inferior to the decisions of their opponents for optimizing software and functionality. This situation was especially relevant for the middle price segment. The hero of today's review is trying to correct the current state of affairs. But does the novelty work well?
Smartphone review: Vivo IQOO 9
Vivo IQOO 9 - a volley of new products
IQOO-series of smartphones of the Chinese company Vivo has always had great potential, but its possible success was often limited by the lack of global versions of devices and their small assortment. If the first problem remains relevant for the most part, then the manufacturer tries to actively fight the second.
Smartphone review: Vivo Y01
Vivo Y01 - affordable and beautiful
Technologies do not stand still; user requests are developing along with them. So, if a few years ago buyers wanted from a budget smartphone only to launch applications that are undemanding to resources, today the audience needs both functionality and even an attractive design. The hero of the review possesses all of the above parameters.
Smartphone review: Oppo A96 5G
Oppo A96 5G - design that impresses
The Chinese company Oppo has always been famous for its ability to make beautiful smartphones in all price segments. Over the years, the skill of the manufacturer's designers has only grown stronger, as can be seen by looking at the hero of today's review. But just as beautiful is the gadget inside?
Smartphone review: Realme GT2 Pro
Realme GT2 Pro - flagship without unnecessary functions
The first representative of the flagship GT-line of smartphones from the company Realmi was able to conquer the audience with top performance and the absence of critical drawbacks at a reasonable price, although its functionality was sometimes curtailed against the background of expensive analogs. Subsequent phones in the series for the most part belonged to the mid-value category, but they tried to maintain the competitive advantages of their predecessor. The hero of the review is trying to develop the inherent dignity of the line even more.
Smartphone review: Realme GT2
Realme GT2 - elimination of defects
The first smartphone of the GT-line from the Chinese company Realmi turned out to be successful. The crazy combination of top-end performance and relatively low price has made the phone very popular among gamers, but ordinary users were not always happy with the photographic capabilities and body materials. The manufacturer decided to correct these shortcomings and bring the hero of today's review closer to the ideal.
Smartphone review: Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G
Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G is the flagship, not their killer
The Korean company Samsung this year somewhat surprised with its line of flagship smartphones. So, its younger representative has undergone a number of simplifications compared to its predecessor and acquired, for example, a plastic case. The manufacturer heard the outrage of the audience and decided to release a more affordable sub-flagship model that retains many of the advantages of the original. But what did you have to cut out of the novelty?
Smartphone review: Asus Zenfone 9 Flip
Asus Zenfone 9 Flip - increasing productivity
Sometimes it is really difficult for smartphone manufacturers to create a sequel to a successful product. When the phone already possesses advanced technical characteristics, a number of innovative design solutions and an abundance of other advantages, the developers can only slightly update the working formula.
Smartphone review: Vivo V23 Pro
Vivo V23 Pro - graceful and productive
The V-series of smartphones of the Chinese company Vivo can hardly be called extremely successful or insanely popular, but its representatives have always found fans both within China and abroad. Moreover, even the absence of a global version of devices did not become an obstacle for the latter category of people. The hero of the review will not be an exception because of the harmonious combination of performance, well-designed design and good autonomy.
Smartphone review: Vivo V23
Vivo V23 - ubiquitous improvements
What should be the continuation of a commercially successful smartphone? Many people will answer that they would like to see a more functional, productive, autonomy and beautiful model, however, all of the above together appears in updated phones extremely rarely. Fortunately, the hero of today's review has become a pleasant exception to this rule.
Smartphone review: Asus Zenfone 9
Asus Zenfone 9 - in pursuit of individuality
The flagship line of smartphones from the Taiwanese company Asus has gone through quite a lot of changes lately. The eighth generation of gadgets decided to surprise fans of the brand with its compactness (model without indexes) and folding camera (Flip), the hero of today's review tries not to break this rule and offers impeccable durability, manufacturability and ergonomics. But it was not without unpleasant cons.
Smartphone review: Vivo Y21T
Vivo Y21T - when compromises turn into disadvantages
The Chinese company Vivo knows how to create balanced smartphones, which are difficult to find fault with, but sometimes even the recognized masters have mistakes. So, a well-known developer tried to reduce the cost of the hero of today's review to a low-middle price segment, but some simplifications became critical.
Smartphone review: Blackview OSCAL S60 Pro
Blackview OSCAL S60 Pro - boring improvement
The actions of the Chinese company Blackview are not always easy to explain. The creation of a new sub-brand that produces essentially similar products, the release of many similar smartphones within the same price category, strange marketing is an incomplete list of the manufacturer's illogical actions. The hero of the review also raises a number of questions.
Smartphone review: Xiaomi 12X
Xiaomi 12X - did you order a compact flagship?
Although there is a tendency in the smartphone industry to increase the size of mobile assistants, there are always people who are not satisfied with the current situation. The grass used to be greener and smartphones were more ergonomic. It is for such people that the Chinese company Xiaomi has created the hero of today's review. What did the developer have to sacrifice for the compactness of the novelty?
Smartphone review: Xiaomi 12 Pro
Xiaomi 12 Pro - to the envy of competitors
The Chinese company Xiaomi continues its onslaught on leading smartphone manufacturers in the hopes of taking the lead. So, the hero of today's review is not only the flagship phone of the corporation, but also demonstrates an incredible combination of strength, beauty and performance. But was the developer able to maintain a reasonable price of the product and make it truly competitive?
Smartphone review: Xiaomi 12
Xiaomi 12 - fast speeds
The rivalry between the leaders of the smartphone market is leading to better value for money in new products, as well as an acceleration in the pace of phone launches. So, if earlier the flagships of this or that developer came out every couple of years, today such terms have become less than a year. Surprisingly, even for such a period of time, the Chinese company Xiaomi manages to create extremely technologically advanced and relevant flagship devices.
Smartphone review: Oppo K9x
Oppo K9x - design rate
The choice of a smartphone depends on dozens or even hundreds of different factors, but it cannot be denied that a good appearance of a phone greatly increases its chances of commercial success. That is why the Chinese company Oppo does not forget to hire really talented designers in its staff. The hero of today's review is a clear confirmation of this.
Smartphone review: Realme GT 2 Pro Master Edition
Realme GT 2 Pro Master Edition - sub-flag revision
The Chinese company Realmi is trying to keep up with eminent opponents, or even outstrip their actions. So, the increasingly popular developer decided to release several representatives of the updated flagship line at once for every taste, color and wallet. The hero of today's review is the most affordable novelty, but this fact does not negate its relevance and competitiveness. In addition, the phone turned out to be a competent work on errors in comparison with its predecessor.
Smartphone review: Vivo S12 Pro
Vivo S12 Pro - optional addition
Smartphones with the Pro-index are increasingly appearing in the assortments of well-known manufacturers. Sometimes such models have significant improvements in performance, exterior and photo capabilities, but there are also cases when the updated edition is not much superior to its predecessor. This is exactly the situation that happened to the hero of today's review. The device cannot be criticized within the price category, however, it does not have much difference with the younger representative of the line.
Smartphone review: Vivo S12
Vivo S12 - for yourself
The Chinese company Vivo never ceases to amaze with balanced and technological novelties for every taste and color. So, the corporation decided to continue the S-series of smartphones, one of the main competitive advantages of which was the excellent photographic capabilities of the front camera. However, the hero of today's review is trying to combine this advantage with excellent functionality, which is not far from that of expensive flagships.
Smartphone review: Blackview BV8800
Blackview BV8800 - overall and balanced
Rugged smartphones of the middle price segment are becoming more and more popular among Android users around the world, because their functionality, autonomy and other parameters are improving every year. Progress can also be seen in the hero of today's review, the only significant drawback of which is its considerable size.
Smartphone review: Vivo IQOO Neo5 SE
Vivo IQOO Neo5 SE is a powerful gift for China
The Chinese company Vivo, although it successfully entered the global smartphone market, still reserves some of its products for the Middle Kingdom. Moreover, these devices often turn out to be more interesting than their international counterparts. For example, the hero of today's review will be a real joy for gamers and fans of high-quality IPS panels.
Smartphone review: Vivo IQOO Neo5s
Vivo IQOO Neo5s - envy awakening?
It seems that the Chinese company Vivo has been simply mocking Android users from Europe and the CIS for the past few months. The new representatives of the Neo-line of smartphones simply amaze with their technical characteristics and a whole scattering of competitive advantages at a very reasonable price, and it is not so easy to buy them outside of China. The hero of today's review brings the price-to-quality ratio to some indecent heights.
Smartphone review: Honor Play 30 Plus
Honor Play 30 Plus - narrow-focus smartphone
The Chinese company Honor is getting worse at identifying the needs of its loyal fans. So, if earlier extremely versatile and competitive phones came out from under the conveyor of the corporation, today most of the new products are frustrating with a number of visible shortcomings. Belongs to the second category and the hero of today's review.
Smartphone review: Samsung Galaxy M33 5G
Samsung Galaxy M33 5G - minimal compromises
The Korean company Samsung continues to develop the M-series of smartphones, aimed at not providing maximum autonomy and excellent functionality. Surprisingly, even the basic models of the line are ready to please the buyer with balanced technical characteristics, and the representatives of the middle price segment will be pleasantly surprised with their performance. The hero of today's review belongs precisely to the mentioned value category.
Smartphone review: Xiaomi Redmi 10 2022
Xiaomi Redmi 10 2022 - unexpected changes
The Chinese company Xiaomi is a storehouse of both successful and rather controversial decisions that still get away with corporations due to its popularity around the world. So, the hero of today's review is a re-release of not the most successful developer's product, featuring a slightly reduced price and a number of strange metamorphoses.
Smartphone review: Oppo Find N
Oppo Find N - layouts change
The Chinese company Oppo is getting closer to the leading positions in the smartphone market every day. The impressive budget of the BBK concern and the abundance of qualified specialists gave the corporation the opportunity to quickly compensate for the technological gap and catch up with such A-brands as Samsung, Huawei. Now it's time to launch the company's first phone with a flexible display.
Smartphone review: Motorola Moto Edge X30
Motorola Moto Edge X30 - imposing competition
Now, in fact, the Chinese company Motorola every year takes away an increasing part of the smartphone market from the leaders. If a few years ago it was not easy to single out successful models in the assortment of the corporation, today the number of potential hits from the manufacturer has noticeably increased. These include the newly-minted flagship of the company.
Smartphone review: Motorola Moto Edge S30
Motorola Moto Edge S30 - budget flagship for China
Motorola has been owned by Lenovo for quite some time. It is not surprising that the legendary manufacturer is now producing smartphones both for the global market and directly for the Middle Kingdom. The hero of today's review belongs precisely to the second category of devices, however, many users from Europe and the CIS will want to buy it for themselves, even taking into account all the difficulties of an international purchase.
Smartphone review: UMiDIGI Bison X10G NFC
UMiDIGI Bison X10G NFC - coverage decides
The Chinese company Umidigi sold out in earnest and decided to expand the range of products offered in a short time. The hero of today's review is designed for the middle price segment and is able to offer a combination of good functionality and good autonomy. But its main difference from opponents and analogues in the Bison-line is in a different factor.
Smartphone review: UMiDIGI Bison X10S NFC
UMiDIGI Bison X10S NFC - an increase in functionality
The Chinese company Umidigi decided to go for a small scam with the expansion of the Bison-line of secure smartphones. So, the manufacturer essentially released the same smartphone in four different variations, slightly different in design and set of functions provided. The hero of today's review has become one of the best modifications, but will this fact help him in achieving commercial success?
Smartphone review: UMiDIGI Bison X10G
UMiDIGI Bison X10G - durable and affordable
Competition in the modern Android smartphone market is growing every day, so even relatively small manufacturers are trying to produce products with pronounced competitive advantages. Some of them are becoming in demand, others - misunderstood by the audience. The hero of today's review will most likely belong to the first group.
Smartphone review: UMiDIGI Bison X10S
UMiDIGI Bison X10S - correct reduction in price
The Bison-series of secure smartphones from Umidigi did not take the corporation to a new stage of development, but it managed to find its buyer and bring quite a good profit. On the wave of success, the developer decided to expand the line by releasing several devices in the low-middle price segment. The hero of today's review is one of those Android smartphones.
Smartphone review: Honor 60 Pro
Honor 60 Pro - camera phone in theory
The release of the flagship line of smartphones from the Chinese company Honor, which occurred a few months ago, made many users question the competitiveness of the once leading corporation. If the concept of the appearance of the new products was liked by most of the audience, then the photo capabilities and the processor used caused an abundance of questions. The hero of today's review, unfortunately, does not correct the situation.
Smartphone review: Honor 60
Honor 60 - repeat failure?
The Chinese company Honor is experiencing hard times after the separation from the parent corporation Huawei. Sales have dropped significantly, and the expansion of the range of smartphones now with support for Google services is slow. In addition, the phones themselves are not very successful. So, the last line of flagships and sub-flagships of the company came out very controversial. It was the junior representative of the series that came under the most serious criticism. Will the hero of today's review try to correct all the shortcomings of his predecessor, or is such a difficult task beyond his powers?
Smartphone review: Oukitel WP16
Oukitel WP16 - sacrifices for the sake of autonomy
Battery life is one of the important aspects of a modern Android smartphone. However, even experienced manufacturers are unlikely to succeed in obtaining a successful model relying only on its battery. So, the Chinese company Aukitel has forgotten about the functionality of the novelty and its compliance with the asking price.
Smartphone review: Blackview A55
Blackview A55 - smartphone not for 2022
The market for Android smartphones is constantly changing, and the demands of users are increasing. This fact is especially noticeable at the request of users for phones of a low price segment. Unfortunately, the Chinese company Blackview does not fully realize the need to improve budget devices, not only in terms of design, but also their functionality. That is why the hero of today's review is unlikely to make his way to commercial success.
Smartphone review: Ulefone Armor X10
Ulefone Armor X10 - point and at the same time insufficient improvements
Armor-line of protected smartphones from the Chinese company Ulefon has long been popular with the audience, although few real bestsellers have appeared in it. However, gradually the manufacturer began to actually copy his own products, slightly changing its appearance. Unfortunately, the developer continues to develop similar trends to this day. So, the hero of today's review is only one iota superior to his predecessor.
Smartphone review: Samsung Galaxy A13 5G
Samsung Galaxy A13 5G - not forgetting about cameras
The Korean company Samsung has seriously improved its mid-range smartphones over the past few years. From low-functionality devices with obvious drawbacks, relatively budget phones have turned into extremely balanced and competitive products. However, the corporation did not stop there and decided to provide affordable Android smartphones with impressive photo capabilities.
Smartphone review: Blackview OSCAL S60
Blackview OSCAL S60 - strength or performance?
Choosing a smartphone at the turn of the low- to mid-price segments is not an easy task. The question is especially difficult for the fans of protected phones. A unit with protection against dust and moisture of IP68 standards always costs more, so you need to shell out a large amount of money or look for compromise options. This is exactly what the hero of today's review belongs to.
Smartphone review: Xiaomi Redmi Note 11T 5G
Xiaomi Redmi Note 11T 5G - illusion of choice
The range of smartphones of the Chinese company Xiaomi includes dozens and almost hundreds of names, but the variety in reality turns out to be fake. The manufacturer often releases the same model in different countries under completely different names, while limiting itself only to scanty adaptations of software or functionality. The hero of today's review has become an illustration of this approach.
Smartphone review: Oukitel K15 Pro
Oukitel K15 Pro - extra on the list?
The desire of the Chinese company Aukitel to save money on the development of new cases for its products is surprising, and sometimes in a completely negative light. So, the manufacturer now uses not only successful developments, but also the appearance of fairly walk-through models. As a result, the resulting phones are just bewildering.
Smartphone review: Xiaomi MIX 5 Pro
Xiaomi MIX 5 Pro - striving for the ideal
The Chinese company Xiaomi today is completely different from the manufacturer that we saw literally 5-10 years ago. The corporation gradually moved from the pursuit of the lowest price of products with its more or less good quality to a different production concept. Now, some of the most functional and technologically advanced devices of the highest price segment, which we will talk about in today's review, are coming out from under the developer's conveyor.
Smartphone review: Realme GT 2 Fold
Realme GT 2 Fold - joining the leaders
Flexible display technology has been used in the smartphone market for a couple of years, but only the most successful corporations like Samsung can afford the release of such premium phones. The Chinese company Realmi decided to join their number, the level of popularity of which is growing almost every day.
Smartphone review: Oppo Reno7 Pro
Oppo Reno7 Pro - losing to ourselves
The Chinese concern BBK, which includes Vivo, Oppo and OnePlus, is definitely not experiencing financial problems, because if you add up the smartphone market shares of the above companies, then it will exceed that of both Samsung and Apple. However, the variety of sub-brands and, as a result, the products they produce gradually affects the quality of the range. The hero of today's review cannot be scolded for flaws in design or functionality, but he has no less interesting opponents among his brothers in the parent corporation.
Smartphone review: Oppo Reno7
Oppo Reno7 - polishing virtues
Chinese company Oppo's Reno line of smartphones has always been based on such competitive advantages as excellent design and full compliance with the technical specifications of the asking price. The hero of the review does not change traditions, only improving the given parameters. However, the photographic capabilities and autonomy of the device have changed little in comparison with those of its predecessor.
Smartphone review: Oppo Reno7 SE
Oppo Reno7 SE - we saw you somewhere
It's no secret that the Chinese companies Realme, Vivo and Oppo belong to the same BBK concern. This fact is the main reason for the appearance of sometimes very similar in design and technical characteristics of smartphones from different brands. So, the hero of today's review in many ways resembles the recently released GT Master Edition and Neo 2. But is the similarity of the devices worth considering a disadvantage? Let's figure it out together.
