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Google Pixel 2 XL Review: Imperfect Phone of the Future?

Steve Litchfield

All of Google's ducks were seemingly lined up in a row. The industry was moving towards 'bezel-less' phones with 18:9 screens, its Assistant is now pretty mature, its camera image processing is

Google Pixel 2 Review: Compact and Concise, but Who’s It For?

Steve Litchfield

And so to this year’s Google Pixels, now with ‘2’ in the name, still with the two sizes (regular and XL), with pumped up internals and stereo speakers but sadly missing a standard headphone

Xiaomi Mi A1 Review: The Android One Handset We Have Been Waiting for

Rajesh Pandey

Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Review: The Most Capable Smartphone on the Planet

Steve Litchfield

The thing about the Galaxy Note 8 is that it’s not ‘just’ a smartphone. It’s that and a stylus-centric tablet and a pocket computer, all in one. Even though there are annoyances,

Nokia 6 Review: A Solid Return to Smartphones

Steve Litchfield

The Nokia 6 is the current* spearhead of the brand’s return to the smartphone world in 2017 and follows several years of being locked out, following the Microsoft buyout of its Devices division in

Xiaomi Mi Max 2 Review

Rajesh Pandey

Before you dismiss this review thinking large phones like the 6.44-inch Mi Max 2 which blur the line between a phone and a tablet are impractical for use in daily life, think again.

HTC U11 Review: Shiny and futuristic – yet also stuck in the past

Steve Litchfield

There are numerous superlatives that could be levelled at the new HTC U11. It’s super-speedy, it takes superb photos, it’s virtually ‘stock’ (Android), the display’s fabulous… and it’s a great

OnePlus 5 Review: The Well Balanced World Flagship

Steve Litchfield

After much testing of the new OnePlus 5, this flagship is all about balance. Every manufacturer has to juggle specifications, hardware design constraints and component prices in order to bring the product home at just

Samsung Galaxy S8+ Review: A Flawed Slice of the Future

Steve Litchfield

LG G6 Review: The Perfect Component Compromise?

Steve Litchfield

After a torrid year living down the interesting but horribly flawed G5, LG has seemingly come good with this, the G6 - it does seem as though the even numbered in the ‘G’ range are always

Huawei P10 Review: The P9 ‘Fashion Update’ with a Twist All of Its Own

Steve Litchfield

A year on (from the P9) and a subtle shift in emphasis for the latest Huawei consumer flagship - the company has gone all out for the most profitable sector of the market, traditionally dominated by

Moto G5 Plus Review

Rajesh Pandey

Honor 6X Review: Impressive and Stylish at a Bargain Price

Steve Litchfield

Huawei has been fine tuning its digital native (for which read teenagers and twenty somethings) smartphones for a couple of years now and, with the Honor 6X, has (almost) perfected the delicate balance between technology

Xiaomi Mi Mix 18K Review: A Slippery Slice of the Future

Steve Litchfield

Smartphones have been getting closer to this Star Trek-like form factor for years. Just as the original Samsung Galaxy Nexus appalled us all with a giant 4.7” screen in 2011, a vision of

Xiaomi Mi 5s Review: The Perfect ‘s’ Upgrade

Rajesh Pandey

To much fanfare, Xiaomi unveiled the Mi 5 at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this year. Despite the handset being primarily available in China and India, Xiaomi decided to unveil its flagship handset for

Google Pixel XL Review: Premium Android Phone, Premium Price

Steve Litchfield

Time to answer a few questions. Yes, this is Google’s headline Android phone for the year. Yes, it goes under the Pixel brand rather than Nexus. Yes, Google’s marketing department has gone into

Xiaomi Redmi 3S Prime Review: Game Changer!

Rajesh Pandey

Xiaomi is no longer the unicorn of the smartphone market that it was once hailed by everyone. The company has been outgunned by other local Chinese OEMs like Huawei, Oppo, and Vivo. Nonetheless, this does

Review: Samsung Galaxy Note 7

Sagar Gandhi

Building on the very successful Galaxy S7 and S7 edge, Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Note 7  on the 2nd of August. The company's latest Note packs in many firsts for the series and also