Apple iPhone SE Review: An Old But New Smartphone
This year’s unveiling of the iPhone SE smartphone felt like a mediocre trip down memory lane. Nevertheless, Apple’s $399 iPhone SE might just be one of the most important releases for the iPhone line...
View ArticleHow to Buy a Smartphone: Recycling Old Cell Phones
Good smartphones are now cheap, which means good smartphones are now disposable. The Honor 5X is a quality $200 phablet from Huawei. According to the EPA, some 130 million smartphones are added to...
View ArticleHow to Buy a Smartphone: Picking the Right Smartphone Plan
Now that you’ve picked a wireless carrier, it’s time to pick a plan. Fair warning: this can be almost as difficult as picking a carrier, and the on-again/off-again nature of special deals can serve to...
View ArticleHow to Buy a Chinese Smartphone
There are excellent smartphones coming out of China. And they’re cheap! While some, like Huawei handsets, have a small foothold in the US, most only ship to other overseas markets. So how do you get...
View ArticleHuawei P9 Smartphone Review: A Step In The Right Direction
Huawei is no longer chasing the competition. With the P9, it has a flagship that matches the most powerful devices on the market. The P9 is also an evident improvement compared to its predecessors,...
View ArticleLG G5 Review: Excellent Camera, Modular Design
LG changed its game plan with the G5, emphasizing design practicality and innovation over aesthetics and finishing touches. This is best represented in the LG G5’s Magic Slot that makes this a...
View ArticleHTC 10 Smartphone Review: Much-Needed Improvement
There are such slim differences between flagship smartphones that device makers can’t get away with compromise. Just ask HTC, which has a history of compromising its flagships, and a sinking market...
View ArticleSamsung Galaxy Note 7 Gets an Edge, Secure Folder, & New S Pen Features:...
Samsung’s latest Note has an edge. In fact, it has two of them, along with new S Pen capabilities, security features, and perhaps the sleekest design ever molded into a smartphone. It’s called the...
View ArticleZTE Zmax Pro Hands-On Preview: A lot for a little
There’s no question ZTE has been setting their sights on the high-end smartphone market. With the company’s latest flagship the ZTE Axon 7 — set to officially release later this month in the US — the...
View ArticleSamsung Galaxy Note 7 and Gear VR Preview: A Closer Look at the Specs
The Galaxy Note 7 might be Samsung’s newest and hottest smartphone thanks to a premium materials and an advanced feature set that includes the enhanced S Pen and the new Gear VR powered by Oculus. That...
View ArticleSamsung Galaxy Note 7 Review: The Only Android Flagship
The Galaxy Note is Samsung’s true flagship. It’s big and powerful, with unique features that set it apart from the smartphone pack. The S Pen brings added utility and productivity potential, which goes...
View ArticleHuawei Brings Premium to the Mid-range with Nova and Nova Plus: Hands On
Huawei Nova Plus Huawei came to IFA in Berlin to launch its brand new mid-range smartphone series, Nova. To be precise, it revealed a 5-inch device simply called Huawei Nova, as well as the larger, but...
View ArticleSony Xperia XZ and Xperia X Compact Hands On
Sony Xperia XZ Sony launched its last flagship, the Xperia X, just six months ago. And here we are at IFA in Berlin where Sony just launched its next “best” device, the Xperia XZ. Furthermore, Sony...
View ArticleSamsung Gear VR (2016) Review
With the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 now in stores, the mobile giant has decided to release a rehashed version of its virtual reality headset, the Samsung Gear VR. Not all the much has changed, though. Of...
View ArticleWater Resistant Apple iPhone 7 and 7 Plus Ditch Headphone Jack, Bring More...
The new Apple iPhone 7 and Apple iPhone 7 Plus are official. These have twice the storage capacity of last year’s models at the same prices, improved cameras, a redesigned Home button, water...
View ArticleHuawei Honor 8 Review: 90 Percent Flagship at 50 Percent Price
Good smartphones are getting cheaper; in fact, they are fast becoming a commodity. Little separates a mid-range handset from the flagships in terms of utility. In addition, mid-range handsets are...
View ArticleMoto Z Play Droid Review: Innovative and Everlasting
The modular smartphone is a great idea. It just makes sense, considering the smartphone is such a diverse and ubiquitous gadget. Smartphones already double as PDAs, GPS units, cameras, and even...
View ArticleGoogle Takes on Apple with Powerful Pixel and Pixel XL Phones
Google just took the wraps off a pair of cutting-edge Android phones: the Pixel with a 5-inch AMOLED display, and the Pixel XL with a 5.5-inch display. The two seem squarely aimed at the new iPhone 7...
View ArticleMotorola Moto G4 Play Review: Cheap and Capable
Motorola has the budget phone market figured out, evident by devices like the Moto E and the Moto G iterations. These phones, while obviously nowhere near the top-of-the-line in terms of performance...
View ArticleThe Best Cheap Smartphones for $100, $200, $300, & $400
The Apple iPhone 7 Plus and Samsung Galaxy S7 edge are the best smartphones. The Google Pixel and Pixel XL have potential to join them. They all cost north of $700. Samsung Galaxy S7 edge You shouldn’t...
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