Phone Reviews (page 32)
Smartphone review: Vivo X60T
Vivo X60T - cheaper and better?
The Chinese company Vivo is gaining more and more popularity around the world. Although its smartphones are far from being the most affordable, their beauty, technology and balance make millions of Android users admire. The X60 line has been particularly well received by critics and consumers alike. The hero of today's review is a new phone in the series, but there is a feeling that it is he who will receive the greatest sales.
Smartphone review: Motorola Moto G50
Motorola Moto G50 - out of budget
The Motorola company today is very unstable in terms of the release of successful smartphones. From under its conveyor, both extremely competitive and interesting models and passing products that do not arouse a drop of interest among the audience come out in the same sequence. And it seems that due to its price, the hero of today's review is closer to the second category.
Smartphone review: Realme V13 5G
Realme V13 5G - destruction of the lower price segment
The Chinese company Realmi is one of the fastest growing smartphone manufacturers today, but the corporation does not intend to slow down its attack on its direct competitors. The hero of the review should not only provide users with the much-desired 5G networks, but also surprise with the ratio of price, functionality, performance and autonomy.
Smartphone review: Xiaomi Mi 11i
Xiaomi Mi 11i - repetition for foreign countries
The Chinese company quite often practices the release of the same smartphone under different names. There are several reasons for this. These include the expansion of the range of products offered, and the adaptation of the product to the peculiarities of a particular region (change in the list of supported LTE frequencies, small cosmetic design metamorphoses, etc.). The hero of today's review is almost an exact copy of the previously released Redmi K40 Pro +, but this fact does not make the new product worse.
Smartphone review: Realme GT Neo
Realme GT Neo - playful and inexpensive
A pass to the world of the most beautiful and demanding Android games often costs more than one hundred dollars, because sometimes even flagship devices are not able to demonstrate real smoothness of gameplay. The hero of today's review is trying to do everything possible to satisfy the needs of gamers, even at his modest price. But what is the novelty ready to give apart from performance?
Smartphone review: ZTE S30 SE
ZTE S30 SE is the secret of overpricing
The Chinese company ZTE is striving to regain its former positions in the smartphone market, but it is still too early to call this process successful. So, the advertising campaign of new products is weak in many regions, and along with interesting and sometimes even innovative phones (for example, Axon 20 with a sub-screen selfie camera), openly walk-through models are also being produced. The latter may well include the hero of today's review, because he does not correspond to the realities of the mid-high price segment.
Smartphone review: Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra
Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra - camera phone without compromise
The Chinese company Xiaomi a couple of years ago announced the creation of a special unit responsible for improving the photographic capabilities of smartphones. So, the flagships of the corporation have been delighting fans of the brand with magnificent pictures for the past few years, but the hero of today's review raises the bar much higher.
Smartphone review: Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite 5G
Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite 5G - a design that is difficult to take your eyes off
Sub-flagship smartphones are one of the most challenging products for a developer. For the success of such devices, the manufacturer needs to do several things at once, namely, to reduce the cost, to retain most of the functionality of the older model, and also to transfer the appearance of an expensive flagship almost without simplification. The last feature is fully implemented in the hero of today's review, but what about his other indicators?
Smartphone review: ZTE S30
ZTE S30 - smartphone without audience
Android users are becoming more demanding every day, so modern phone manufacturers are trying to combine the beauty of design, functionality, and a number of other advantages, even in relatively inexpensive models. Although the Chinese company ZTE is recovering from a long downtime, its products still lag behind the best in the market. So, the hero of today's review is unlikely to become really popular due to the abundance of shortcomings that his opponents do not have.
Smartphone review: Xiaomi Mix Fold
Xiaomi Mix Fold - bringing innovation closer
Foldable smartphones are beautiful, relevant, but extremely expensive due to the complexity of the technology. Similar models from Huawei and Samsung cost incredible money, but they still deserve the love of the audience. Now the time has come to demonstrate its strength to the Chinese corporation Xiaomi. And it seems that its version of the innovative device will not only be the most affordable on the market, but also extremely productive and functional.
Smartphone review: Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite
Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite - significant simplifications
Flagship smartphones have increased significantly in price over the past year. One of the reasons for this rise in price was the expensive top-end processors with 5G support, the other was the fact that manufacturers actually repeated the price policy of competitors. The only salvation in such a situation for buyers with not the most huge budget is the phones of the mid-high cost segment. For example, the hero of today's review largely repeats both the functionality and design, and almost the performance of the "older brothers".
Smartphone review: Xiaomi Mi 11 Pro
Xiaomi Mi 11 Pro - excellence in all aspects
Xiaomi's flagship line of smartphones has ceased to be extremely affordable. On the one hand, this fact can upset some of the fans of the corporation, who do not have an outstanding budget for the purchase of mobile assistants, on the other hand, the products manufactured by the company are now striking in their beauty, manufacturability and performance. The hero of today's review is no exception.
Smartphone review: Vivo IQOO Z3 Pro
Vivo IQOO Z3 Pro - cold calculation
Every major smartphone manufacturer has to fight for a place in the sun literally every minute. Corporations need to not only track and even predict the needs of their audience, but also analyze the present and future actions of opponents. The hero of today's review is definitely a game ahead of the curve on the part of Vivo, because it combines a reasonable price tag, thoughtful design, and an innovative chipset.
Smartphone review: Realme 8
Realme 8 - spying on opponents
The popularity of the Chinese company Realmi is growing every day, but it is quite easy to fall from the Olympus of fame, if you do not take into account the requests of buyers and the actions of competitors. The main opponent of the aforementioned company, represented by the Xiaomi corporation, decided to equip its budget novelties with AMOLED panels. The hero of today's review largely copies their best features and adds a number of competitive advantages at the same price level.
Smartphone review: OnePlus 9R
OnePlus 9R - hidden self-repeat
Initially, the Chinese company Vanplas specialized exclusively in the creation of flagship smartphones, but the market dictates its own rules, and the developer had to try his hand at the lower and middle price segments to be successful. Although the new items sold well, the manufacturer is still known mostly for top-end devices, often differing in the novelty of the exterior and technical characteristics. Unfortunately, the hero of today's review is rather a modified copy of the previously released 8T. But is it really that bad?
Smartphone review: Motorola Moto Denver
Motorola Moto Denver - the jubilation of artists and writers
The Motorola company is trying to reach an increasing number of buyers around the world with its smartphones. So, many people need a mobile assistant not only for web surfing, calls, SMS and games, but also for creating real masterpieces of painting or literature. However, if most phones with stylus cost insane amounts of money, then the hero of today's review pleases with an extremely democratic price tag. And he has many other merits.
Smartphone review: OnePlus 9 Pro
OnePlus 9 Pro - the ideal is unattainable again
The Chinese company Vanplas has significantly moved away from the concept of "flagship killers". Much to the regret of old fans of the brand, the pricing policy has not changed for the better. However, along with the price tag, the functionality and performance of the devices have increased, their design has become much more beautiful. So, the hero of today's review surpasses most of his opponents from China, Korea, Europe and the United States, but the series will be close to perfection only in a few generations.
Smartphone review: OnePlus 9
OnePlus 9 - sudden flaws
The flagship smartphones of the Chinese company Vanplas have always been considered an example of technology, beauty and performance of a modern phone. Surprisingly, with the combination of such advantages, the devices were also able to amaze at a reasonable price. But there are no perfect things, so some aspects of the bestsellers still didn't appeal to the audience. The hero of today's review tried to absorb all the best from his predecessors and add many new advantages to this.
Smartphone review: Xiaomi Black Shark 4 Pro
Xiaomi Black Shark 4 Pro - premium for gamers
The release of many interesting games for Android systems has significantly increased the relevance of gaming smartphones and their popularity. A huge number of people are ready to spare their money for the most comfortable and smooth gameplay with fantastically beautiful graphics. The hero of today's review is able to satisfy the needs of this part of the audience, but its price will be the main obstacle on the way to becoming a bestseller.
Smartphone review: Xiaomi Black Shark 4
Xiaomi Black Shark 4 - immersion in gambling addiction
The gaming line of smartphones from Xiaomi has always found a large number of fans, but it is difficult to call the representatives of the series bestsellers. Still, a significant number of these phones had a strong focus on gamers, which seriously affected other aspects. Not the widest functionality, average photographic capabilities would hardly please a sophisticated user. The hero of today's review is trying to eliminate these disadvantages, while creating even more pleasant conditions for prolonged gameplay.
Smartphone review: Oppo Reno5 Lite
Oppo Reno5 Lite - including everything you need
Surprisingly, sometimes mid-range smartphones are far more balanced from manufacturers than flagships. In pursuit of excess performance, newfangled technological chips, developers forget about such important aspects as autonomy, ergonomics, and so on. The hero of today's review does not set records in benchmarks, he cannot be called a camera phone, but it is very difficult to find critical flaws in it.
Smartphone review: Motorola Moto G60
Motorola Moto G60 - battle of camera phones
The Motorola company has not yet lost its popularity all over the world, however, it is far from leading positions. But the professionalism and experience of employees, a good budget allow the corporation to count on good sales and the return of part of the audience. So, the hero of today's review is ready to rebuff even such bestsellers as Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro in terms of performance, autonomy and, of course, photographic capabilities. Will the new product appeal to sophisticated mobile photographers, what are its chances of becoming a hit?
Smartphone review: Oukitel C23 Pro
Oukitel C23 Pro - marking time
The Chinese company Aukitel continues to expand the range of smartphones in the lower and middle price segments, but their positioning remains the same, as well as the technical characteristics. Once every few months, we consistently receive phones that try to look like the flagship models of more popular brands, but mediocre on the inside. The hero of today's review, unfortunately, matches the specified description.
Smartphone review: Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro
Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro - improving the ideal?
The latest smartphones from the Chinese company Pocophone, a sub-brand of Xiaomi corporation, have surprised even the most sophisticated Android device lovers with their value for money. Only a few were able to be full-fledged competitors to such functional, beautiful and thoughtful gadgets. But it seems that the developer is not satisfied with this situation, and he decided to completely get rid of all rivals. The hero of today's review is a clear proof of this.
Smartphone review: Xiaomi Poco F3
Xiaomi Poco F3 - the long-awaited sequel?
The F1 smartphone from PocoPhone, a sub-brand of the Chinese company Xiaomi, at one time was not only a bestseller, but also a real revolution within the price segment. The phone offered full-fledged flagship performance for little money, excellent photographic capabilities and innovative functionality like an infrared module for identifying the wearer's face. Unfortunately, the developer could not repeat the success of the hit. But it seems that the hero of today's review knows how to become a faithful follower of the legend.
Smartphone review: Realme 8 Pro
Realme 8 Pro - chasing numbers
The audience of the smartphone market is becoming more sophisticated. Now developers have to surprise buyers not only with the beauty and manufacturability of models of the highest price segment, but also produce something similar in the middle cost category. So, the Chinese company Realmi decided to focus in the hero of today's review on photographic capabilities, design and autonomy. And it looks like she's managed to create a potential bestseller.
Smartphone review: Vivo V21 SE
Vivo V21 SE - stylish, functional and inexpensive
The Chinese company Vivo is gradually increasing the number of fans outside their homeland. If in China the corporation has long been associated with excellent build quality of smartphones, sophisticated software and impeccable design of manufactured phones, then in Europe and the CIS countries a similar vision of the brand has yet to be won. However, with new products like the hero of today's review, the developer will not have problems with sales.
Smartphone review: OPPO Find X3 Neo
OPPO Find X3 Neo - small but important simplifications
Flagship smartphones are getting more expensive every year. The reason for this was the emergence of expensive 5G processors and other technological components that significantly improve the functionality of devices, but at the same time negatively affect the cost of the final product. The Chinese company Oppo decided not to chase the excess performance of top chipsets and innovations, but it did not skimp on other parameters of the hero of today's review at all. That is why it came out so balanced and relevant.
Smartphone review: Oppo Find X3 Lite
Oppo Find X3 Lite - a meter away from success
Sub-flagship smartphones have always been popular with audiences. Carefully preserving the best features of their "older brothers", such devices were much cheaper and tried to be extremely beautiful, functional and technological devices. The above description is quite suitable for the hero of today's review, but several unpleasant flaws make the phablet less attractive.
Smartphone review: Asus Zenfone 8 Mini
Asus Zenfone 8 Mini - compact manufacturability
The average screen size of smartphones is increasing every year. Technological progress also contributes to this process, thanks to which the display can be almost completely stripped of bezels. However, the number of people who want to get a frameless, but at the same time small in size, phone can hardly be called minimal. It is for this part of the audience that the hero of today's review is designed.
Smartphone review: Vivo iQOO U3x
Vivo iQOO U3x - Chinese economy
Launching a smartphone supporting 5G networks in the low-mid-price segment is a difficult task, but with a high degree of probability it will be profitable. To achieve this goal, the developer has to calculate the cost of the device and wisely save on things that are not so important for the end user. The hero of today's review is quite capable of becoming a bestseller in China, but residents of Europe and the CIS would not evaluate the new product so positively.
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.
