Articles tagged "Featured"

Say hello to the Samsung Galaxy S10e - the value flagship in Samsung's S10 lineup and quite possibly the best compact phone period. We're on our way to deliver a detailed review of the Galaxy S10e early next week, but before that let's look at...

Periscope cameras are set to become "the next big thing" in smartphone photography, but they are not exactly new - they've been around for years actually. The history of optical zoom on mobile goes way back. Keep in mind that mobile phones have had...

As the MWC 2019 dust settled we took the time to look back and see what impressed us, what disappointed us and what implications all this has for the future of the smartphone market. Yordan: The future is closer than we think. I...

Sony introduced the Xperia 10 and Xperia 10 Plus at MWC 2019. The new midrangers are descendants of the Xperia XA series and are commemorating ten years since the whole Xperia smartphone lineup was started. The two phones are now in our hands, and...

When we first got wind of the Nokia 9 PureView and its multi-camera system, we were sure Nokia had hopped on the ultra-wide-regular-telephoto bandwagon with a time of flight 3D and monochrome auxiliary cameras to fill the quota up to five. We were...

Samsung's fresh new S10 lineup is once again powered by the best the industry can offer - Snapdragon 855 and Samsung's in-house Exynos 9820 Octa chipset. We already managed to put a Snapdragon 855 phone through its paces in our Xiaomi Mi 9 review,...

Samsung announced the Galaxy S10 family yesterday with updated internals, HDR10+ Infinty-O displays and unltrasonic fingerprint readers. Those are good and all, but the S-series have long been among the best cameraphones on the market, and this year...

We are entering what may become the busiest 10 days in the smartphone world in recent memory. The week leading up to the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and the first days of the actual MWC will see most major manufacturers introduce new devices...

We’re at a turning point – as of last year, over half of new phone models have a dual camera on their backs. The last time something like this happened was in 2003, except then the switchover was from “no camera” to “one camera”. If you look...

Detailed reviews of smartphones are one of our specialties, but sometimes you need more time to know all about a phone. We gave the Huawei Mate 20 Pro to Angie, who spend a few months with it and is now ready to report back with her...

This week, Motorola announced the G7 family consisting of no less than four smartphones. A couple of them, the Moto G7 and Moto G7 Plus, are now in our office for review. Moto G7 on the left, Moto G7 Plus on the right (trust us) The Moto G7...

In the beginning, USB could deliver up to 500mA of power at 5V, which worked out well enough for early phones. But as chipsets became faster and screens grew bigger, batteries ballooned in size (we covered the growth of battery capacity in a...

The dream of a mobile device that's all screen dates back to the times of Isaac Asimov. We are getting there, but we need to get take a few more painful steps. Last week my colleague Kaloyan said bezel-less is not the way forward, but I think he...

We had the opportunity to interview vivo about the NEX phones with a focus on their pop-up camera and the great notch debate. That aside, we also talked about smartphones in general and where they are headed in 2019 – foldable displays, punch hole...

First it was taller screens, then notches and now we have a new trend punch holes as the next stepping stone before all screen front panels become a reality. But how much of an improvement over waterdrop notches are they and is it worth holding your...

Apple's recent short movie "The Bucket" is said to be shot entirely on the iPhone XS but a closer inspection makes us rather suspicious if that's really the case. The end credits state that additional hardware and software was used, but some of the...

How do you imagine phones in three years? Foldable? Bezel-less? With invisible cameras? Powered by new long-lasting batteries? I could get behind a few of those ideas, sure. But bezel-less - that can't be the way forward. While I agree that the...

Phone makers are not immune to memes - just look at how many brands tweeted out photos of eggs. Another meme popular right now is the "10-year challenge" - posting a photo of yourself from 2009 and from today. Let's see how far phones have...

Sliders are experiencing a resurgence as the form factor has found a new use. In the early days it was used to make a phone smaller and protect the keypad from accidental presses (by putting the keypad on a slider), today they are used to maximize...

The Google Pixel Stand accessory was announced back in October along with the Pixel 3 and the Pixel 3 XL. It was Google's first wireless fast charger, designed specifically with the Pixel 3 phones in mind. At $79 it was definitely one of the most...