Available in shimmering blue, iridescent green or pearly grey, the Honor 10 is very much what you’d expect from Huawei’s sub-brand, which specialises in bling. It is affordable for a high-end phone by today’s standards, and nobody would call the Honor 10 basic. On paper, it’s reminiscent of last year’s excellent (and more expensive) View … Read more
You’ll recall that the Moto G6 revived our faith in Motorola’s budget G family. If you want to pay even less, the G6 Play is a similar size and shape but with a slower processor, plastic back, single rear camera and lower-resolution screen. It also lacks the G6’s water-repellent coating, but if you drop it … Read more
In the 1999 sci-fi film The Matrix film, Keanu Reaves, as Neo, receives a high-tech matt black monolith that slides out into a very cool curved mobile phone. For the rest of us, the original Nokia 8110 (1998) didn’t pop open like the spring-loaded Hollywood mockup, and nor does this revival, but you can flick … Read more
‘Mid-range’ may not sound exciting, but to us it’s the best bit of the tech industry, where you find products that have more than basic features at less than top-end prices. The Nokia 7 Plus is a perfect example. You’d better like your phones big, because the six-inch 18:9 screen has borders at the top … Read more
A decade ago. analysts were suggesting Apple should make a smaller version of its smartphone – an iPhone Nano – for users who didn’t want a big, heavy device in their pocket. At that time, the iPhone 3G had a 3.5in screen and weighed 133 grams. Today, the iPhone X has a 5.8in screen and … Read more
Huawei’s Honor brand has a lot of current models, and a lot of them are called 7. The 7A costs more than the 7S but less than the 7C. There’s also a 7X, but somewhere around this point we gave up. The exact price is also something of a mystery. At any of these prices … Read more
A year ago, BlackBerry announced the KEYone, an Android smartphone with a button keyboard, and everyone said, ‘Wow! BlackBerry still exists?’ In fact, the phone was made by a company called TCL, which had bought the rights to the name after the once-giant Canadian firm announced it was giving up hardware to focus on software … Read more
LG G7 ThinQ Review – It’s lime for LG to wade into this year’s flagship phone battle, and the G7 could be a winner. Though announced at a higher price, it’s cheaper than Apple’s iPhone 8 and Samsung’s Galaxy S9. Yet it looks and feels top end. The huge screen has almost no border and an … Read more
A few months ago we mentioned Land Rover was making a smartphone. Here it is. The Explore is a rugged device, rated to survive a drop from head height or full submersion in sea water. Read our Land Rover Explore Review. You may also like: Planet gemini pda review Motorola Moto G6 Review: Glass in pocket It’s … Read more
IS BEAUTIFY MODES FOR SELFIES Dedicated mute toggle that shuts off the primary ringtone USB Type-C is a welcomed addition Beauty Objectified TP-Link, through its Neffos smartphone brand, has put out some of the best value-for-money smartphones to-date. With the Neffos N1, the dream of accessing flagship features in affordable devices has come true. This … Read more
Samsung Galaxy Note FE Review – While Samsung has definitely saved itself from the clamor brought by the Samsung Galaxy Note7 through the launch of the Samsung Galaxy Note8, the South Korean smartphone giant has not given up with the Note7 as it introduced the Samsung Galaxy Note Fan Edition (FE). by Jonnah Lynne Pante Known … Read more
The best phone Sony has produced in years. It’s big, but you get a lot of phone for your money Sony Xperia XA2 Ultra review – The Sony Xperia XA2 has one key attraction: its price. It costs the same as the excellent Honor 9 at launch and is less than the OnePlus 5T. What you … Read more