Articles tagged "Hands-on"

Today Oppo announced the R11 Plus alongside the smaller R11 and we were there to watch it unfold and, as it happens, snap a ton of photos of the two devices. We wanted to share those photos with you guys so that you can get an idea of what...

The Xiaomi Mi 6 is special. With 6GB of RAM and a Snapdragon 835, it's Xiaomi's most powerful smartphone. It's also Xiaomi's best-looking phone. Yes we said it, call us when the Mi Mix comes in the lovely Blue and Gold trim of the Mi 6. The Mi 6 is...

A week after we reviewed the Xperia XA1, its bigger brother the Xperia XA1 Ultra came knocking at our office's door. Having similar design, the Jumbo-sized mid-ranger comes with mightier battery, bigger screen of higher resolution and more...

Sony's Xperia XZ Premium is certainly one of the hottest names of the season. It keeps coming back to our office and we keep coming to it. We had fun with the Bronze Pink XZ Premium last month and we already clocked in a preview from the MWC show...

The Sony Xperia XZ Premium was among the first devices to have a Snapdragon 835 inside and naturally we were curious how fast exactly it is. We've already seen what the S835 can do in our detailed Galaxy S8 review so let's compare it to...

The Huawei P10 Lite just walked through our door and is already going through our grueling test gauntlet. So we thought we'd share some initial impressions while you guys wait for the full review to go online. The Huawei P10 Lite comes with a...

Oppo released the F3 for five key markets, but before it hits the shelves, we snatched a unit for our tests. The company dubbed the Oppo F3 the "Selfie Expert," so we tinkered around a bit with the front camera to see if it stands up to its name,...

Huawei is doing a tremendous job lately with a variety of good smartphones both under its name and under the Honor brand. The latest addition to the portfolio is Honor 8 Pro, also known by its Chinese name Honor V9, and resembles Honor 8 and Honor...

Introduction Amazfit Moonbeam is a somewhat unorthodox fitness tracker in that it goes about design first and functionality second. There's a lot of sense in making elegance and style your top priorities, let's see how much compromise that...

It would be a while until the international Nokia 6 launches in Europe, but we've already managed to sneak in a unit from China. And here are our initial impressions before we send it to the lab for testing. For good or bad, the Nokia 6 is a...

HTC flagships are a rare breed these days. The last one we saw at HQ is the HTC 10 evo but like its name suggests, it was just a recycled HTC 10, and however lovely that one was - it was released almost a year ago. So you see we were very excited...

A few months after we welcomed the Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017), here comes the Galaxy A7 (2017). It arrives two months after the official launch, but hey, it is the biggest and heaviest in the current A-series family - we guess it needed extra time to...

LG announced a duo of Android Wear 2.0 smartwatches a couple of weeks ago - the LG Watch Style and LG Watch Sport. They both feature circular displays and are the first watches to come with the new Wear 2.0 OS. We spent some quality time...

Huawei is a company on the rise and part of their success is the high-end positioning of a select few of their devices. But it's not only the market segment they've chosen, it's also about the consistent product quality that they deliver. As a...

What is it Lenovo went big on modular last year, churning out a few phones with the ability to connect to a number of cool accessories. They snap seamlessly onto the Moto Z through a few strong magnets and start communicating hassle-free via...

Another CES has come to a close, and although there weren’t many huge announcements in the mobile space, a couple of notable appearances come quite close, particularly from the likes of TCL and BlackBerry. Honor’s 6X continued the idea that a...

Nokia is back in the smartphone game and even if the mid-range China-exclusive Nokia 6 isn’t exactly what we all wanted at least it will give us some valuable insights for the future of the HMD-owned brand. You see while the Nokia 6 will retail for...

We’re halfway through CES but as we head for the weekend we wanted to know which new device caught your eye. Smartphone launches were fairly rare and some weren’t even proper launches - Xiaomi, for example, brought a white Mi Mix but still won’t...

Rumors about Samsung Galaxy are going wild all the time and people tend to be a bit too critical. But there are some devices which deserve some love for their simplicity. We are talking about the new A-series that were silently launched in the...

Is it strange that we think the Samsung Galaxy A3 (2017) is adorable? It just looks so tiny after months of bigger than big slabs. This one is smaller than the iPhone 7, something few premium Androids can claim. This color option is also close to...