Phone Reviews (page 8)
Apple iPhone 16 Pro phone review
Apple iPhone 16 Pro - the best again?
Smartphones from the American company Apple with the Pro prefix have always been loved by the audience, because they combined all the best that is on the smartphone market. Amazing software optimization, top technical characteristics, advanced photographic capabilities - this is only an incomplete list of the advantages of the models. And the hero of today's review continues this tradition, while delighting with an improved design and several new features.
Apple iPhone 16 Plus phone review
Apple iPhone 16 Plus - Expected Evolution
The most affordable phablet from the American company Apple was also updated in September. Loyal fans understood perfectly well that the new product would hardly be noticeably better than its predecessor, and so it happened. The device pleases with improved technical characteristics, updated software, as well as a new touch button for camera control for the line.
Apple iPhone 16 phone review
Apple iPhone 16 - Modest Innovations
The American company Apple has gradually turned from one of the main innovators of the smartphone market into its conservative. The line of phones is updated every year, but sometimes even devoted fans of the brand do not quite understand whether they need to change their device for a new one. The hero of today's review has a serious difference from its predecessors, although literally one.
Infinix Zero 40 5G phone review
Infinix Zero 40 5G - Increased competitiveness
The Chinese company Infinix is rapidly reducing the gap with the leaders of the smartphone market. The reason for this is largely due to the excellent price-quality ratio of the phones, although the developer's profit from them is not so high. The hero of today's review surprises with productive technical characteristics, thoughtful design and even a number of flagship functions. At the same time, the new product will not empty the buyer's wallet.
Xiaomi Redmi 14C phone review
Xiaomi Redmi 14C - interesting design, boring filling
The Chinese company Xiaomi still does not forget to surprise its fans with a number of smartphones that change the state of affairs in the price segment. However, the number of such models is definitely not the same as at the very beginning of the corporation's activity. Unfortunately, the hero of today's review is not one of them and is ready to truly attract the audience only with its attractive appearance.
OUKITEL G2 phone review
OUKITEL G2 - Rugged, but very simplified
The Chinese company Oukitel is trying to use its limited budget most rationally. This is also expressed in the manufacturer’s love for multiple re -release of smartphones with slightly changed technical characteristics. Unfortunately, the desire to transfer the hero of today's review into a lower value category led to a number of critical simplifications.
Motorola Edge 50 Neo phone review
Motorola Edge 50 Neo - Elite Middle Class
In fact, the Chinese company Motorola has already chosen an interesting tactic for mid-budget smartphones. These devices, of course, do not catch up with their truly flagship counterparts in terms of performance and photo capabilities, but they try to be similar to top models in design and functionality. The hero of today's review is proof of this.
ZTE Red Magic Gaming Pad phone review
ZTE Red Magic Gaming Pad - Ideal for a Gamer?
Gaming tablets are becoming more and more common due to the emergence of hundreds of interesting projects and emulators. The Chinese company ZTE has not remained aloof from the trend. The hero of today's review is one of the most balanced and relevant solutions for any fan of mobile entertainment and is definitely worth attention.
OnePlus Pad 2 phone review
OnePlus Pad 2 - an inexpensive tablet for gamers
The Chinese company OnePlus knows how to pleasantly surprise its fans. So, completely unexpectedly, the world-famous manufacturer decided to please all fans of mobile games with an incredibly productive and at the same time affordable device. It is this device that became the hero of today's review.
Realme 13 5G phone review
Realme 13 5G - an inexpensive camera phone with features
The Chinese company Realme has found its approach to the mid-price segment of smartphones. The corporation focused on the design of the products and their photographic capabilities, thanks to which it received the approval of millions of satisfied customers. The hero of today's review is also made according to the specified concept and has a high chance of success.
Realme 13+ 5G phone review
Realme 13+ 5G - the further, the simpler?
The range of smartphones in the low and mid-price segments of the Chinese company Realme has recently seen some stagnation. The increase in numbers in the name is far from always a guarantee that the user will receive a device that has been improved in comparison with its predecessor. This situation happened to the hero of today's review.
OUKITEL C32 Pro phone review
OUKITEL C32 Pro - A Colossal Delay
The Chinese company Oukitel knows how to surprise. Sometimes this word is used in a negative way. Thus, the hero of today's review, in terms of its technical characteristics, is an alien from 2022, so it is very difficult to talk about its relevance today. What's wrong with the new product from a well-known developer? Let's figure it out.
IIIF150 Air3 phone review
IIIF150 Air3 - too unusual
The sub-brand of the Chinese company Oukitel with a name that is not the easiest to pronounce does not forget to update the range of smartphones protected from dust and moisture according to IP68 standards. However, attempts to distinguish phones from competitors using design, as well as unique competitive advantages, raise questions. The hero of today's review is no exception.
Vivo iQOO Z9s Pro phone review
Vivo iQOO Z9s Pro - Another Hit for India
It seems that the Chinese company Vivo has decided to simply capture the Indian region with the help of extremely balanced and competitive smartphones. The latest models of the Z-series, with their modest price tag, provide simply excellent functionality, complemented by a stylish design and decent autonomy. The hero of today's review is just the personification of all of the above.
Vivo iQOO Z9s phone review
Vivo iQOO Z9s - Beauty for India
The Chinese company Vivo knows how to make a great smartphone of any price category for one or another part of the globe. The hero of today's review is aimed at the Indian region and is ready to offer for a relatively small amount of money a practically flagship design, modern technical characteristics and excellent autonomy. However, for residents of European and CIS countries, the gadget will no longer be so relevant.
OUKITEL WP32 Pro phone review
OUKITEL WP32 Pro - the simplest way
The Chinese company Oukitel often releases commercially successful smartphones with a good combination of decent technical characteristics and a reasonable price tag. However, progress does not stand still. What seemed relevant yesterday may be uncompetitive today. To keep one of the popular phones in the low price segment afloat, the manufacturer from China decided to increase the memory capacity of the device. But will this be enough for repeated success?
Oukitel WP28E phone review
Oukitel WP28E - When the pursuit of savings was not crowned with success
Creating an inexpensive protected smartphone is an extremely difficult task, which is not always solved with a positive result even by experienced developers. Even if you save on the production of a new design and take the old model and its technical characteristics as a basis, you can greatly simplify the phone and get something not quite competitive. Unfortunately, this is what happened to the hero of today's review.
Cubot KingKong ES phone review
Cubot KingKong ES - a compromise hit
The cheaper the smartphone, the further it moves away from the ideal. Unfortunately, it is impossible to make any adjustments to this situation, because low cost is achieved only through serious savings. However, the Chinese company Cubot tried to do everything so that the hero of today's review evokes only positive emotions in the buyer. But of course, it was not without obvious disadvantages.
Samsung Galaxy A06 phone review
Samsung Galaxy A06 - Lost Competitiveness
The Korean company Samsung still remains one of the most famous smartphone manufacturers today, but it is difficult not to acknowledge the increasing pressure on the corporation from opponents from China. And if in the middle and high price segments the developer from Korea gives an equal fight, then the inexpensive products of the brand sometimes disappoint. One of these is the hero of today's review.
Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold phone review
Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold - Expensive Imperfection
Folding smartphones are extremely expensive, so every buyer hopes to get everything they need and even a little more from such a flagship gadget. Unfortunately, the American company Google was unable to make the hero of today's review truly balanced, so the model's compliance with the requested money is highly questionable.
OUKITEL G1 phone review
OUKITEL G1 - Repeat with Deterioration
The Chinese company Oukitel likes to repeatedly re-release successful smartphones with minor changes in technical specifications. This is how the manufacturer expands its product range and covers an impressive number of users. The hero of today's review is 99% a duplicate of the previously released WP28 phone, but has a slightly lower price tag. How did the cost price of the device decrease? Let's figure it out.
Google Pixel 9 Pro XL phone review
Google Pixel 9 Pro XL - Size Matters
There are fewer and fewer fans of compact smartphones, because the larger the display, the easier it is to work with a mobile assistant, and the more comfortable it is for the eyes. That is why the American company Google decided to please its fans with a fairly large phablet, delighting with flagship technical characteristics and top photographic capabilities.
Google Pixel 9 Pro phone review
Google Pixel 9 Pro - a new hit with old shortcomings
The updated line of flagship smartphones from Google is a real reason for happiness for many fans of the brand, because it offers a more interesting design, improved technical characteristics, and a significant number of other positive changes in phone parameters. However, if the developer definitely worked on the strengths of the devices, then he again forgot about their disadvantages and simply transferred them from previous models. Do the new items deserve close attention?
Google Pixel 9 phone review
Google Pixel 9 is an insufficient improvement on the hit camera phone
The Pixel series of smartphones from the American company Google has always found a response in the hearts of millions of customers due to its corporate style, amazing photographic capabilities and a number of other competitive advantages. However, the devices also had disadvantages. So, the design cannot be considered perfect, and the situation with technical characteristics was ambiguous. Unfortunately, although the hero of today's review has become better, he has not gotten rid of all the shortcomings.
Realme 13 4G phone review
Realme 13 4G - When Performance Is All That's Lacking
Creating an inexpensive best-selling smartphone is a task that only a small number of manufacturers can handle. It is too difficult today to please a sophisticated audience and at the same time maintain a reasonable cost price against the backdrop of rising prices for components. The Chinese company Realme managed to cope with it, although there was a hitch with the technical characteristics.
HOTWAV Hyper 7 Pro phone review
HOTWAV Hyper 7 Pro - Another Great Rugged Smartphone
Inexpensive phones with IP68 water protection have undergone significant changes this year. While the appearance of such devices still raises questions, they have advanced significantly in terms of performance, functionality and photo capabilities. The hero of today's review fully proves this statement and is capable of becoming a reliable mobile assistant for hundreds of thousands of satisfied customers.
OnePlus Open Apex Edition phone review
OnePlus Open Apex Edition - Spot Improvements
The Chinese company OnePlus has vast experience in producing high-quality smartphones of all price categories, but the manufacturer's first attempts to develop folding phones happened relatively recently. The model was extremely successful, so the corporation decided to slightly refresh it and re-launch it. Is this the right move? Let's figure it out.
Vivo V40 5G phone review
Vivo V40 5G - beauty that doesn't require a lot of money
Sometimes smartphones of the middle price segment give odds to other flagships in terms of design development. These words may well be addressed to representatives of the V-series of phones from the Chinese company Vivo. The hero of today's review will give in addition to an attractive exterior also an excellent display, excellent performance and many other advantages important for the modern user.
Vivo V40 Pro phone review
Vivo V40 Pro - beauty, performance, affordability
The Chinese company Vivo does not forget to update the V-series of smartphones every year, which are popular literally all over the world. The series, initially focused on excellent design, gradually acquired functionality, autonomy, and a number of other competitive advantages. The hero of today's review only continues to improve against the background of its predecessors.
TECLAST T50 Max tablet review
TECLAST T50 Max - squeezing out the maximum
Sometimes it is so difficult to surpass your own product, which is enjoying great popularity. The Chinese company TECLAST faced exactly this problem. The T50 Pro tablet differed from its opponents in its excellent assembly, and productive technical characteristics, and decent autonomy. It is almost impossible to create an even more impressive model with a similar price even today. However, an experienced developer was still able to cope with this task. Meet the newest TECLAST T50 Max.
Xiaomi Poco M6 Plus 5G phone review
Xiaomi Poco M6 Plus 5G - Cheap, But Not Useless
The Chinese company Poco tries to produce a significant number of balanced smartphones for different regions of the world. The popular manufacturer does not bypass India. The hero of today's review is aimed at it, possessing decent technical characteristics, attractive design and a number of other competitive advantages.
Motorola Edge 50 phone review
Motorola Edge 50 - a successful imitation of a flagship
Flagship smartphones have always surpassed their cheaper counterparts in many parameters, but one of the main ones was functionality and durability. It is extremely difficult to find an inexpensive gadget with full water protection according to IP68 standards, wireless charging and at the same time a relevant ergonomic design. However, Motorola decided to simplify this task for us.
Nothing Phone (2a) Plus phone review
Nothing Phone (2a) Plus - Not a Radical Change at All
Sooner or later, even the most popular smartphone begins to lose its relevance against the background of more technologically advanced opponents. At this point, the developer can set itself one of two tasks, namely the release of a full-fledged successor to a successful model or the creation of its slightly improved version with a similar pricing policy. The Nothing company took the second path, but it is difficult to predict the success of the predecessor for the hero of today's review.
Ulefone Armor 27T Pro phone review
Ulefone Armor 27T Pro - assistant for all occasions
The Chinese company Ulefone has not yet reached the heights when the manufacturer can produce expensive flagship smartphones and be confident in their excellent sales. That is why the developer's top solutions belong rather to the mid-price segment. However, even at their reasonable cost, such devices are ready to impress with a long list of competitive advantages.
Realme 13 Pro phone review
Realme 13 Pro - improvements plus deteriorations
The Chinese company Realme does not always do only rational things, despite its impressive experience. Thus, sometimes the new generation of the smartphone line can be worse than the previous one in a number of parameters. The hero of today's review, unfortunately, is a clear example of such a controversial approach.
Realme 13 Pro+ phone review
Realme 13 Pro+ - Improving the Segment
The Chinese company Realme never tires of improving its products literally every day. Sometimes, in its quest to achieve perfection, the corporation is too far ahead of its competitors. Thus, a manufacturer popular all over the world decided after not a very long time to release an updated line of the middle price category, the representatives of which have noticeably advanced in terms of photo capabilities.
Honor 200 Lite phone review
Honor 200 Lite - stylish, thin, balanced
Even the best mid-range smartphones can hardly be called ideal. Developers have to find a balance between reasonable cost and functionality, design and other parameters of phones. The Chinese company Honor gave preference to the beauty of the exterior and ergonomics in the hero of today's review, but in other respects the new product tries to keep up with its opponents.
HONOR 200 Pro phone review
HONOR 200 Pro is 99% flagship
The Chinese company Honor has not forgotten about that part of the audience that would like to save money, but at the same time get almost flagship functionality in their mobile assistant. The hero of today's review is aimed at such users. And although it is simpler in some aspects than the representatives of the top Magic line, the gadget has adopted a large percentage of their advantages.
Honor 200 phone review
Honor 200 - a tainted ideal
Smartphones of the middle and high price segment from the Chinese company Honor have almost always pleased users not only with excellent build quality, but also with advanced functionality, good performance and an abundance of other competitive advantages. However, separation from the parent corporation, financial problems still affected the brand's products. But every year the manufacturer is getting closer to regaining its former leadership. And the hero of today's review is approaching the level of previously released bestsellers.
HOTWAV Note 15 phone review
HOTWAV Note 15 - Too Simple to Succeed
Just a few years ago, the smartphone market audience demanded literally two things from phones in the lower price category - to turn on and make calls. However, gradually the demands of buyers have increased many times, so today the manufacturer needs to make the device stylish, functional and convenient at a low cost price. Unfortunately, the Chinese company Hotwav, if it coped with the task, then very mediocrely.
AGM X6 phone review
AGM X6 - beautiful and strange
It is difficult to surprise a modern audience with just IP68 water protection of a smartphone, even if we are talking about a fairly inexpensive device. That is why developers try to give their products more and more competitive advantages, as far as the cost price allows. However, sometimes in pursuit of technology or individuality, a manufacturer can go too far. And it seems that the hero of today's review has become a victim of such actions.
ZTE Nubia Z60S Pro phone review
ZTE Nubia Z60S Pro - beauty in Chinese
It’s hard to deny the Chinese company ZTE its ability to make beautiful smartphones. The manufacturer's designers do not sit idly by and every year give us several dozen original, distinctive phones that are so easy to fall in love with at first sight. The hero of today's review also attracts attention, but in addition to his good appearance, he also has a number of other competitive advantages.
Oukitel WP28S phone review
Oukitel WP28S - when simplification is not beneficial
The original WP28 smartphone from the Chinese company Oukitel, although it did not become a huge bestseller, was able to find many satisfied customers. The model at the turn of the low and middle price segments was distinguished by its durability, large memory capacity, and good photographic capabilities. But a year later, for some reason, the developer decided that releasing a simplified version of the once commercially successful phone was a great idea. Unfortunately, in reality everything turned out to be not so clear-cut.
DOOGEE Blade 10 phone review
DOOGEE Blade 10 - simple but interesting
The most inexpensive smartphones protected from dust and moisture according to the IP68 standard rarely offer balanced models. Usually, the desire of the developer to contain the rise in costs leads to phones that are unattractive in appearance and not at all high-tech, but the hero of today’s review in some aspects became an exception to this rule.
Xiaomi Redmi K70 Ultra phone review
Xiaomi Redmi K70 Ultra - getting closer to ideal
The Chinese company Redmi (a sub-brand of Xiaomi) decided to give its fans several models of the flagship K70 series. However, it is its senior representative who is of greatest interest. He received a lot of serious improvements that significantly increase his chances of success.
Xiaomi Mix Fold 4 phone review
Xiaomi Mix Fold 4 - an uncompromising flagship
Every major smartphone manufacturer wants to show off its potential with flagship high-tech products. Flip phones are the most expensive and at the same time incredibly desirable devices for any fan of mobile electronics today. And the hero of today’s review, created by the world-famous company Xiaomi, will be one of the best representatives of the mentioned type of device.
Xiaomi Mix Flip phone review
Xiaomi Mix Flip is a serious bid for success
The Chinese company Xiaomi has already tried its hand in the folding smartphone segment, but its attempts cannot be considered very successful. Some models were disappointing due to their excessive thickness, others due to their unattractive price tag. The hero of today's review eliminates the shortcomings of his predecessors and has every chance of becoming much more popular.
OnePlus Nord 4 phone review
OnePlus Nord 4 - not like everyone else
I think almost every lover of mobile electronics has already become tired of the monotonous design of most smartphones. Sometimes you can only distinguish one monoblock from another with a microscope, but you really want to get not just a device, but also a beautiful, memorable and original accessory. If you have such a desire, then the hero of today’s review from the Chinese company OnePlus is ready to fulfill it.
Doogee Blade 10 Max phone review
Doogee Blade 10 Max - the flagship of the line, an outsider in the segment?
Sometimes creating several versions of the same smartphone leads to disastrous results, because not every manufacturer can successfully balance each option for different price categories. Unfortunately, the Chinese company Doogee was unable to cope with this task, because the hero of today’s review is not always competitive against the background of other representatives of the IP68 segment.
Doogee Blade 10 Ultra phone review
Doogee Blade 10 Ultra - stylish but too boring?
The Chinese company Doogee decided to make several configurations of essentially the same smartphone at the border of the low and middle price segments. However, if the most affordable representatives of the updated Blade line are characterized by a rather impressive price-quality ratio, their more expensive counterparts raise questions.