Although the coronavirus pandemic is likely to slow down the nationwide rollout of 5G both in the UK and worldwide, the changeover will still happen. So far, it is only major cities and urban areas that have access to 5G in the UK, but more areas are being added all the time. We have already […]
Recently, with the exception of the Razr, Motorola have been focusing their efforts on producing budget and mid-ranged smartphones. The G8 range is no exception to this, with 4 handsets sat squarely at the budget end of the market. The G8 is the vanilla version of the family, with the Power, Play and Power Lite […]
The Realme 6 range consists of 3 phones, the 6, the 6i and the top of the range Pro. As the 6i is virtually identical to the 6, with the exception of a bigger 5000 mAh battery, we are going to confine this quick overview to the 6 and 6 Pro. Let’s start by saying […]
Vivo is a brand that is not well known in the UK but is big in China. A sister company of Oppo, Realme and OnePlus, Vivo is gaining a reputation for making good quality and value for money handsets with nice innovative touches. The Vivo NEX 3 5G is no exception to this. Shipping at […]
The Oppo Find series set out to push the boundaries of technology. With the Find X2 series (not to be confused with the Realme X2) they have produced a flagship phone that is arguably capable of standing comparison with the best the like of Samsung, Huawei and Apple can offer. But it is not cheap, […]
Still releasing phones at a rapid rate, despite the current Covid 19 crisis, Xiaomi slipped out a couple more back in February. The Mi 10 5G and the Mi 10 Pro 5G. There is very little difference between the 2 handsets, so we’ll give you 2 overviews in one for this pair. With a 6.67” […]
LG have been running two parallel flagship brands for a while now. The G series was originally the best LG you could buy, but the introduction of the V series, back in 2015, offered a smartphone targeted at media producers with higher spec internals and better cameras. Now, the latest iteration, the LG V60 ThinQ […]
Following on from last year’s Oppo Reno 2, 2020 sees the launch of the Reno 3 and the Reno 3 Pro. In this review we are going to be looking at the more expensive of these new options the 3 Pro version. Sadly, it has lost the great shark fin, pop-up selfie camera of the […]
Released in Mar and April 2020 respectively, the Note 9 Pro and Pro Max are Xiaomi’s latest incarnations of their Note series that started way back in 2014. Fortunately, the name is all it shares, as this latest version is streets ahead of the original and a definite upgrade on the 8. Firstly, there are […]
With smartphone manufacturers getting increasingly desperate to differentiate their offerings from the competition, having the biggest, fastest, lightest etc. etc. is viewed as essential. To most users this is not important. They want a decent quality handset, with a good screen that takes clear pictures and does not cost the earth. Basically, they want a […]
The One in the name of this phone refers to Android One, for which this phone is part of the program. For those not in the know, Android One is the out-of-the-box Google version of Android without the manufacturer updates most versions have. This means that any smartphone running Android One will get the important […]
Released just before the flagship Galaxy S20 and the innovative Z flip, the not-so glamorous Xcover pro probably slipped under most people’s radar. That’s because this is not an exciting or technology-packed handset, but a proper smartphone designed for people who need a tough, no-nonsense phone for use a lot outside. So, let’s start by […]
