Smartphones - Reviews

Moto E4: Full, in-depth review

With the E4, Motorola are insisting that cheap doesn’t have to mean half-baked. For the $249 price-tag, you get all the features that count, and executed well to boot.

Huawei Y5 (2017): Full, in depth review

The Y5 is Huawei’s cheapest smartphone of the year, and it’s got the look, feel and performance to live up to that mantle.

LG G6 Plus: Full, in-depth review

This supercharged version of the LG G6 features extra RAM, extra onboard storage and comes bundled with premium earphones (built by audio brand B&O PLAY) to take full advantage of the 32-bit Hi-Fi Quad DAC capabilities of the smartphone.

OnePlus 5: Full, in-depth review

According to OnePlus, there’s no reason you can’t squeeze the prestige, polish and performance of an iPhone or Galaxy smartphone into a product with a better price-point. The OnePlus 5 is their strongest embodiment of this yet.

Nokia 8: Full, in-depth review

Building on the momentum of its initial offensive into the mass market with the value-driven Nokia 3, 5 and 6, Finnish startup HMD Global are now taking a solid swipe at the giants of the industry with the Nokia 8.

Oppo A77 smartphone: Full in-depth review

We’ve reviewed a bunch of lower-mid-range phones recently and they’re all getting harder and harder to distinguish from much-more expensive phones.

Boost Dex phone: Full in-depth review

We’ve reviewed some cheap phones lately, but Boost’s exclusive Dex (otherwise known as the Alcatel Pixi 4) makes all of them look expensive with its $99 price point.

Huawei GR5 phone: Full, in-depth review

We’ve raved about Huawei’s ‘Leica' phones’ (P9, Mate 9, P10 and P10 Plus) photography prowess extensively and we even use them for in-house product photography. But despite offering great value they’re also expensive.

Sony Xperia XZ Premium phone: Full, in-depth review

After years of foisting overpriced mediocrity like the Xperia X Performance and the Xperia XZ on us (phones which were even outclassed by their predecessors), Sony has delivered up the Xperia XZ Premium.

Blackberry KEYone phone: Full, in-depth review

In the world of flagship Android smartphones, there are some great choices. But the differences between them are very small and the innovations that make each one great are subtle and don’t affect usability too much.