The ‘S’ verion of the iPhone 6 has a few extra bells and whistles compared with its year-old predecessor. But are they enough to tempt current iPhone users to upgrade? Is it that time again already? Every September for the past few years, Apple has chosen to hold an event which focuses around the launch … Read more
John McCann’s hands look positively tiny holding this mobile monster! The OnePlus 6 is the most polished, premium smartphone the firm has made in its short existence. It boasts an all-glass design, bringing it in line with big-name flagships such as the Samsung Galaxy S9 and iPhone X, a large 6.28-inch display complete with the … Read more
For a long time, Motorola’s Moto G was our favourite budget phone. Then the G5 let us down, and despite attempts to revive the franchise by launching several alternative versions, including the somewhat more successful G5S, it never quite recovered. Read our Motorola Moto G6 Review. [content-egg module=Amazon template=custom/gallery_images next=1] You may also like: Motorola Moto X4 … Read more
Samsung Galaxy S9+ Review – Samsung sets a new benchmark for super-sized Android phones, despite making only modest changes from last year’s model To look at the S9+, you’d be hard pressed to tell the difference from last year’s S8+, except for the new twin-camera setup on the back and the better fingerprint sensor position. Yes, … Read more
A big-screen phone for a lot less When the iPhone appeared in 2007, it changed our idea of what a mobile phone should be. It also changed how much we expected to pay for one. Smartphones started off pricier than their button-based ancestors, and they’ve got even more expensive since, with high-end models now. This … Read more
A Word To The Wise Microsoft introduces its latest tablet, the Microsoft Wise Pad W7 – a device that boasts of productivity ^m and flexibility. Although its price point is a lot more appealing towards customers, the Wise Pad W7 still has a lot to prove in terms of performance and daily usability. DESIGNED FOR … Read more
A budget Windows Phone that isn’t a Microsoft handset? Can this simple little device compete with the bargains being churned out by the Redmond software giant? It’s tough being a non-Microsoft handset in a Windows Phone world. The company has inadvertently put a stranglehold on its own OS, producing solid handsets across the entire line … Read more
Motorola Moto X4 – SMART, TIME-SAVING INCLUSIONS IN A UNDERSTATED HANDSET. WE’RE NOT SURE if we’ve ever called a smartphone ‘polite’ before. Not in the sense that it says ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ when you offer it a cup of tea [Ed — Why are you offering your phone a cup of tea?], but one that’s … Read more
SAMSUNG Galaxy J5 (2017) VERDICT With better performance and a longer battery life, Samsung’s updated Galaxy J5 is a low-cost marvel android 7.0 smartphone LAST YEAR’S EXCELLENT Samsung Galaxy J5 proved to be one of the few worthy competitors to the Motorola Moto G series. It was a top-notch phone, hitting all the right buttons at … Read more
APPLE iPhone 8 Plus – 4/5 iOS 11 phablet VERDICT The latest plus-sized iPhone is faster, better, but ultimately more of the same [wpsm_box type=”gray” float=”none” text_align=”left”] [rehub_affbtn button_from_review=”1″] [/wpsm_box] BACK IN THE day, Apple used to revamp the design of its smartphones every two years and boost the specifications in between. Recently, however, it has … Read more
A pleasant enough phone, but squeezable edges aren’t enough to justify its price or its heft. Read our HTC U11+ Review. While all its major rivals jumped aboard the 18:9 screen bandwagon in 2017, HTC decided to go slow: it launched the squeezable HTC U11 last June, and we’ve had to wait until 2018 for the … Read more
IT MAY BE powerful and perfectly capable, but the HTC U12+ strays a little too far from the path to earn our plug. There are a few features from its predecessor, the U11+, that have been furthered with HTC’s current flagship, and some of these we’d rather wish they hadn’t. Unfortunately, the company has decided … Read more