Phone Reviews (page 29)
Smartphone review: UMiDIGI Bison
UMiDIGI Bison - durable, self-contained, non-playable?
The Chinese company Umidigi continues its activities in the volatile smartphone market with a huge number of opponents. The limited budget does not allow the corporation to claim leadership positions, but the latest phones from the manufacturer stand out among the company's main competitors. The hero of today's review has also become a representative of such devices.
Smartphone review: Realme C17
Realme C17 - supplementing autonomy with performance
Over the past few months, the C-line of smartphones from the Chinese company has grown significantly in size, but the new items turned out to be too similar, and the phones did not have enough power to meet the needs of gamers. The hero of today's review corrects this shortcoming and does not forget about the main advantage of the updated series - capacious batteries.
Smartphone review: Asus Zenfone 7 Pro
Asus Zenfone 7 Pro - all at once
Over the past couple of years, the Chinese company Asus has released several successful flagship phones, each of which was strong in a particular area. The superb 5Z impressed with its photographic capabilities, the six-digit model impressed with its innovative design. The hero of today's review will try to be the best in all respects.
Smartphone review: UMiDIGI A7S
UMiDIGI A7S - medical smartphone?
The Chinese company Umidigi is coming up with new ways to distinguish its inexpensive phones against the background of numerous opponents. Stylish design, decent autonomy, lots of cameras - how else to surprise a whimsical user? The hero of today's review offers the buyer a full-fledged laser thermometer for measuring the temperature of surrounding objects. But will the novelty be interesting in its other parameters?
Smartphone review: Vivo IQOO 5 Pro
Vivo IQOO 5 Pro - crazy fight with opponents
The Chinese company Vivo, together with its brothers in the face of Oppo and Realme, is throwing all its strength into capturing the smartphone market and competing with industry leaders. So, the hero of today's review must do the impossible, namely, overcome the recent flagship hit Xiaomi Mi 10 Ultra, while providing a more humane price tag. Did the developer manage to create a technologically advanced and functional bestseller?
Smartphone review: Vivo IQOO 5
Vivo IQOO 5 - "charged" smartphone
Technology is making significant progress every year, allowing flagship phones to win our hearts again. Performance, photographic capabilities, functionality - all of this is greatly improved, as well as battery charging speed. The hero of today's review offers incredible fast charging at 65W , thanks to which the 4500mAh battery gains full capacity in just over 25 minutes. But is the device capable of impressing the buyer with other parameters?
Smartphone review: Realme X7 Pro
Realme X7 Pro - closer to flagships
The Chinese company Realmi does not forget to produce smartphones that are excellent in functionality and appearance at the turn of the middle and upper price segments. From such devices, the audience demands impressive performance and an abundance of chips, which are usually owned by top flagship solutions. That is why, in order to be successful, developers have to save on the cost of the final product without the user noticing it. Did you manage to complete such a difficult task in the hero of today's review? Definitely.
Smartphone review: Realme X7
Realme X7 - it's all about speed
It's amazing how fast the mid-price segment of the smartphone market is developing. Already today, any user has the opportunity to purchase a phone that has almost all the functionality of a flagship and a similar design concept. However, the Chinese company Realmi is trying to erase the difference between inexpensive devices and top-end devices even faster.
Smartphone review: Ulefone Armor 8
Ulefone Armor 8 - practical savings
The flagship line of rugged smartphones from the Chinese company Ulefon has always been distinguished by an excellent value for money. However, not all users are willing to pay a lot of money for a durable and functional phone, so the corporation often expands the range of the series and at the expense of more affordable devices. The hero of today's review is trying his best to retain the familiar functionality of the flagship, although it is characterized by a reduced price tag.
Smartphone review: Oppo LiFi
Oppo LiFi - light innovation
Technology does not stand still, but sometimes it is so difficult to move from familiar things to the latest. WiFi networks have become a part of the lives of most people, but the parameters of such a connection are already becoming insufficient for many organizations and even some users. The Chinese company Oppo decided to use in the hero of today's review a completely new data transmission format through visible light at a speed of up to 20 Gbps, better stability and reliability. But what can surprise the buyer in addition to the specified innovation?
Smartphone review: Oukitel WP8 Pro
Oukitel WP8 Pro - a power bank that is not afraid of anything
The protected smartphones of the Chinese company Aukitel found love among a large number of people, although they never became real bestsellers. Good performance for the price range, excellent for the IP68 segment against dust and moisture and, of course, impressive battery life have been appreciated by hundreds of thousands of users. And the hero of today's review tries not to change the developer's traditions.
Smartphone review: Blackview BV4900
Blackview BV4900 - durability for undemanding users
A modern smartphone has a lot of functions and purposes. That being said, most of today's Android users buy a phone for such purposes as making calls, instant messengers, surfing the web, watching video content, and listening to music. Demanding games are not needed by everyone, and if you belong to this category of people, then the hero of today's review was created just for you.
Smartphone review: Oppo Reno5 4G
Oppo Reno5 4G - it's all about the price
The fourth generation of Reno smartphones from the Chinese company Oppo caused mixed emotions among the audience. While the phones were very beautiful, with decent photographic capabilities, their price tags were definitely overpriced for the level of performance provided. The hero of today's review will not create a revolution in the price segment, but will correct most of the shortcomings of its predecessor.
Smartphone review: OnePlus N1
OnePlus N1 - the flagship on the diet
The Chinese company Vanplace is struggling to adapt to the realities of the smartphone market. The emphasis on expensive flagship models does not allow the corporation to expand its audience and gain additional profit. In this situation, a neat entry into other price categories looks like a logical solution. And if Nord can only be called the first swallow of the middle value segment, then the hero of today's review should seriously strengthen the developer's position in relation to opponents.
Smartphone review: Elephone U5
Elephone U5 - too ordinary smartphone
The time has come when, in order to release a successful phone, a manufacturer has to endow even relatively inexpensive models with a huge number of competitive advantages and distinctive features. Otherwise, the novelty may get lost in the abundance of offers on the market. The hero of today's review can hardly be called an unbalanced product, but it differs little from numerous opponents.
Smartphone review: Cubot Note 20 Pro
Cubot Note 20 Pro - ambiguous improvements
The release of an improved version of the popular smartphone significantly saves the manufacturer's money. The design is already ready, it remains to remove the obvious flaws of the original and hold out the technical characteristics of the updated model to the standards of a higher price category. Does the hero of today's review match this description? Unfortunately, only partially.
Smartphone review: Cubot C30
Cubot C30 - copy and paste
Many users have already got used to the fact that the leaders of the smartphone market have an unusual tendency to create a number of practically identical models in their assortment. However, in some cases, this phenomenon is explainable. For example, Xiaomi and Huawei are adapting phones to the needs and tastes of residents of different countries. But with the hero of today's review, the situation is less straightforward.
Smartphone review: ZTE Axon 20 5G
ZTE Axon 20 5G - sudden innovation
A significant number of people have already forgotten the fact that a few years ago the Chinese company ZTE was considered one of the leaders in the smartphone market and produced devices that tens of millions of people wanted to buy. However, litigation with the United States and the payment of related fines, a kind of filling the range of offered phones in recent years have negatively affected the popularity of the brand. But at the same time, the manufacturer has not lost his experience and is still trying to regain its former positions. Therefore, we sometimes get such curious and technological novelties like the hero of today's review.
Smartphone review: Xiaomi Mi 10 Ultra
Xiaomi Mi 10 Ultra - demonstration of the best qualities
Expensive flagship smartphones are produced by manufacturers for several reasons. These include the need to fill the price segment for competition, make a profit, replenish the audience of users and, of course, show all the capabilities of the corporation. And the hero of today's review will really demonstrate that the Chinese company Xiaomi is not in vain occupying a leadership position in the modern market.
Smartphone review: Xiaomi Redmi K30 Ultra
Xiaomi Redmi K30 Ultra - ultra-budget flagship
The Chinese company Xiaomi pours new products as if from a cornucopia. It will be easy for an ordinary user to get lost in the variety of smartphones released, but there is also a pleasant moment - there are no frankly unsuccessful models among the updated range. And if the buyer can still get to the hero of today's review, then he will just get a lot of positive emotions.
Smartphone review: Xiaomi Mi Mix Alpha 2
Xiaomi Mi Mix Alpha 2 - dream concept
The original representative of the Mix-line of the Chinese company Xiaomi with Alpha-index amazed the imagination with its design and manufacturability, being more a kind of greeting from the future than a real product for a wide audience. Actually, the incredibly high price tag has become one of the obstacles to launching the model into mass production. The other obstacle was, as it turned out, creating an even more impressive sequel.
Smartphone review: Realme C12
Realme C12 - attack of the clones
It seems that the Chinese company Realmi has gradually begun to suffer the same problem as its opponents Xiaomi and Huawei, namely the abundance of almost identical models in the offered range. Most recently, the corporation presented users with extremely similar smartphones C11 and C15. The hero of today's review is already the third representative of the line of monotonous devices.
Smartphone review: OnePlus Clover
OnePlus Clover - straight to the bottom
It seems that the Chinese company Oneplace has completely decided to rethink its ideology and brand vision. If a few years ago the corporation was associated exclusively with flagship smartphones, now the developer has imposed a fight on opponents in the middle and even lower price segments. However, judging by the hero of today's review, the first pancake in the budget value category from the manufacturer may come out lumpy.
Smartphone review: Doogee S58 Pro
Doogee S58 Pro - hit failed?
The Chinese company Dougie produces secure smartphones with enviable consistency. At the same time, a significant number of models are distinguished by an excellent combination of price and functionality, due to which they provide good competition to the best representatives of the segment. However, the developer cannot do without controversial devices with a number of rather critical and, even more surprising, obvious shortcomings. Unfortunately, the hero of today's review is closer to the second category.
Smartphone review: Meizu 17 Lite
Meizu 17 Lite - an unnoticed bestseller
It's hard to admit that the Chinese company Meizu has lost much of its fame and fans. A few years ago, the manufacturer's smartphones fought for the market audience on a par with the best representatives of China's smartphones, but today the corporation is making its final sighs and spending its last funds in the hope of finding a buyer. Unfortunately, without decent marketing, even such an attractive phone as the hero of today's review has every chance to pass by the majority of users.
Smartphone review: UMiDIGI A7
UMiDIGI A7 - cheaper and better ?!
The Pro index in the name of a smartphone in the overwhelming majority of cases means the superiority of the model in performance, autonomy or photographic capabilities over an ordinary brother from the manufacturer's range. Surprisingly, the Chinese company Umidigi thinks completely differently, and the hero of today's review is in some aspects significantly more interesting than the Pro-analog.
Smartphone review: Xiaomi Mi CC10e
Xiaomi Mi CC10e - easy self-repetition
The Chinese company Xiaomi does not miss the opportunity to once again expand the range of smartphones on offer. Moreover, models with a similar design and technical characteristics come out both under the main brand and sub-brands (Poco, Redmi). The hero of today's review, for example, seriously resembles the recent Note 9S, but still differs in a number of important innovations.
Smartphone review: OnePlus Aurora
OnePlus Aurora - loss of individuality?
The Chinese company Vanplas, which has established itself as excellent flagship smartphones, has released several rather controversial products this year. So, the main flagships of the corporation came out not quite ideal from the point of view of critics and ordinary buyers, and the mid-budget Nord model turned out to be not the most durable and beautiful in terms of the screen. The hero of today's review is another experiment of the company and is aimed at an even lower price category. But should the manufacturer have taken such a desperate step?
Smartphone review: Huawei Honor 40
Huawei Honor 40 - a fateful moment
The Chinese company Huawei has been able to overcome many trials in recent years, but the US government continues to restrict the conditions of the corporation. For example, a world-famous manufacturer will now virtually not be able to create its own Kirin processors, which is why a significant number of new models will now acquire analogs from another developer. The hero of today's review is no exception. But will the audience like this change?
Smartphone review: OnePlus 8T Pro
OnePlus 8T Pro - flawless and boring
The Chinese company Vanplas has long positioned itself as a brand that creates full-fledged "flagship killers". The smartphones released by the developer were distinguished by outstanding functionality, reasonable price and original design. Unfortunately, the last two parameters are hardly relevant to the hero of today's review.
Smartphone review: Vivo S7
Vivo S7 - a smartphone for yourself
The Chinese company Vivo pleases its fans with a huge number of new products for every taste and color. So, the hero of today's review should satisfy the needs of lovers of high-quality selfies, and gamers may definitely like the model.
Smartphone review: Ulefone Armor 8E
Ulefone Armor 8E - perfect simplification
The Chinese company Ulefon continues to expand the range of products offered, however, this process is logical. So, in the segment of secure smartphones, the corporation had a gap between the lower and middle price categories, which it was decided to fill with the eighth generation of Armor phones. The hero of today's review is also included in the list of new products and offers a phenomenal combination of price and quality.
Smartphone review: Asus ROG Phone 3
Asus ROG Phone 3 - playful to the bone
Since the appearance of a large number of interesting and technologically advanced multiplayer Android games (Call Of Duty Mobile, PUBG, Fortnite and others), interest in smartphones that are productive and adapted for them has increased significantly. The hero of today's review is a worthy continuation of the popular ROG line and will be the best choice for gamers. But should other users pay attention to the phone?
Smartphone review: Xiaomi Black Shark 3S
Xiaomi Black Shark 3S - minor improvements?
Gaming smartphones of the Chinese company Xiaomi have found their audience, but they have not become world bestsellers. Somewhere the photographic abilities pumped up, in some model users did not appreciate the work of designers. But a significant number of fans of expensive Android phones were saddened by the lack of contactless payments. The hero of today's review, unfortunately, does not change the situation.
Smartphone review: Realme V5
Realme V5 - successful start of a new line?
The Chinese company Realmi is rapidly expanding the range of products offered, while the corporation still has much more logic in dividing the model lines than, for example, their main opponents, Xiaomi. So, the hero of today's review should be the foundation of the latest series of smartphones that offer impressive performance for a reasonable price.
Smartphone review: OnePlus Nord
OnePlus Nord - cold calculation
The Chinese company Vanplas wants, if not global dominance in the smartphone market, then certainly an increase in the number of buyers. Expensive flagship phones are not affordable for everyone, so the release of mid-range devices to expand the audience is a logical action for the manufacturer. The hero of today's review became the first representative of the brand's new inexpensive line.
Smartphone review: Xiaomi Poco C3
Xiaomi Poco C3 - when only the name is new
The Chinese company Xiaomi has recently taken a fashion for the release of essentially identical products under different names. For example, the same model can be represented in the assortment of several sub-brands at once. So, the hero of today's review is incredibly similar to the previously released Redmi 9C.
Smartphone review: Lenovo Legion Pro
Lenovo Legion Pro - from laptops to smartphones
Legion-line of gaming laptops from the Chinese company Lenovo has been giving a lot of pleasure to modern gamers for many years. However, the development of the mobile entertainment industry is pushing the developer to create a special "smart" phone with incredible performance and futuristic looks. The hero of today's review has definitely succeeded in these aspects.
Smartphone review: Realme C15
Realme C15 - cold-blooded competition
Although the Chinese company Realmi is a young player in the smartphone market, it is under the wing of the very experienced Oppo corporation, thanks to which the firm's budget and the experience of its specialists are incredibly high. Having immediately chosen such a mastodon as Redmi for the role of the main competitor, the manufacturer tries not to blindly copy every new product of the opponent, but to improve almost every component of the released devices.
Smartphone review: Oppo K7 5G
Oppo K7 5G - following fashion
Mid-range smartphones with 5G support are becoming more popular, which is why a huge number of manufacturers are trying to release their bestseller. The Chinese company Oppo also decided to grab part of the audience. The hero of today's review relies on the overall balance of parameters and a low price. But can these advantages distinguish the novelty from the background of opponents?
Smartphone review: Realme X3 Pro
Realme X3 Pro - demonstration of the best qualities
The world is changing. A few years ago, the Chinese company Xiaomi had to fight for an audience and conduct an extremely favorable price policy for buyers. Now the manufacturer is not much different in terms of the price tag of devices and their technological equipment from well-known European and American A-brands. But how pleasant it is to realize that the place of the company was taken by another developer from China, offering a magnificent flagship for very reasonable money.
Smartphone Review Xiaomi Mi Mix 2020
Xiaomi Mi Mix 2020 - evolution in the wrong direction
The mix-line of smartphones of the Chinese company Xiaomi tried to combine not only incredible beauty, but also innovative technologies. Although the list of phones in the series is small, each new model surprised the audience. Unfortunately, the hero of this review, although it carries a number of interesting design and technical solutions, some of its features, together with an overpriced price, can scare away buyers.
Smartphone review: Ulefone Note 9P
Ulefone Note 9P - an accessible assistant in any business
Low end smartphones fail to deliver flagship performance or expensive build materials. This fact can easily be explained by the prime cost of the phones, but the manufacturer can try to do everything possible to ensure that the device is balanced in every detail. The hero of today's review is quite worthy of such a definition and has only a few minor flaws within the asking price.
Smartphone Review Vivo X50 Pro
Vivo X50 Pro - an innovative camera phone?
Modern users want to get from a mobile assistant not only functionality, beauty and autonomy, but also outstanding photographic capabilities that can in many cases forget about the existence of full-size cameras. The hero of today's review is trying to give such high-quality photos and videos that it is hard to believe what is happening. But what about the other parameters of the device.
Smartphone Review Vivo IQOO 3
Vivo IQOO 3 - are the games over?
The IQOO-line of smartphones of the famous Chinese company Vivo was originally intended for gamers and provided incredible performance for the asking price. However, in other aspects, the phones were slightly different from other representatives of the segment. The hero of today's review is ready to correct this situation for the better.
Smartphone review: Ulefone Armor 9E
Ulefone Armor 9E - leaving the best
How often do we overpay for unnecessary functions in flagship smartphones. Although developers sometimes want to surprise their target audience with unusual tricks, not every buyer uses them. So, the hero of today's review was spared from the thermal imager and excess RAM, which had a positive effect on the price.
Smartphone Review Ulefone Note 9
Ulefone Note 9 - superiority of form over content
Smartphones of a low price category are more beautiful for developers every day. It’s hard not to notice how the display bezels become thinner, and the design of the back panel starts copying that of the flagships with almost perfect accuracy. However, in terms of technical characteristics and functionality, inexpensive phones continue to lag significantly behind more expensive opponents. Unfortunately, the hero of today's review will not be an exception.
Smartphone Review Doogee N20 Pro
Doogee N20 Pro - improvements without zest
The Chinese company Dodge has not lost its ability to create inexpensive, but stylish and functional smartphones without serious flaws. However, the general level of corporation products and their software, as inferior to the best manufacturers in the market, continues to do so. The hero of this review, unfortunately, although noticeably more interesting than its predecessor, does not seek to change the situation and has every chance of getting lost among a dozen similar devices.
Smartphone review: Ulefone Armor X9
Ulefone Armor X9 - solid stagnation
The most affordable representatives of the Armor line of the manufacturer Ulefon rapidly developed in terms of functionality and design up to the X5 model. Unfortunately, the future products of the lineup were distinguished by the worst technical characteristics and did not represent as strong interest. The hero of today's review does not even try to partially correct the situation, he cannot be called a full-fledged improvement of his predecessors.
Smartphone Review OnePlus Nord Lite
OnePlus Nord Lite - the remains of the flagship or a budget hit?
Vanplas’s decision a few years later to make a second attempt to conquer the middle price segment looks twofold. On the one hand, users are clearly not opposed to getting really high-quality smartphones at a reasonable price, on the other hand, the corporate image has nevertheless been associated with flagship phones for a long time. The hero of this review is trying to resemble his more expensive brothers, but does he manage this difficult task?