So many new phones end up being evolutionary than revolutionary, that it becomes a welcome surprise when a company brings something new to the table.
Category: First Impressions
Nokia aims to shake up the midrange market with the high-performing Nokia 7.1
As flagship phones get increasingly expensive, there’s an ever-growing market in the mid-range for affordable, but still well-performing, smartphones. Today Nokia launched the Nokia 7.1,
Honor Play: An affordable gaming phone that’s also a great smartphone for anyone
Honor has been building phones for almost everyone, but did it have one especially for gamers? Well, it does now! The Honor Play is Honor’s
Galaxy Note 9, Tab S4 and Watch: Hands-on with the latest additions to Samsung’s family
Yesterday at a lavish event in New York, Samsung unveiled the new Galaxy Note 9, along with the Galaxy Watch and a new Bixby-powered Galaxy
Huawei P20 Series Launch: P20 Pro changes the game for mobile photography
Today in Paris, Huawei unveiled three new P-Series smartphones; the P20 Lite, P20 and P20 Pro. For reasons you’ll discover soon, I am concentrating my
Hands-on with the Honor 9 Lite
A short hands-on with the Honor 9 Lite, and some first impressions of the new ‘affordable premium’ phone.
Honor UK Launch Event: Affordable 7X and flagship View 10 unveiled
Honor invited me to see the launch of two exciting new smartphones just in time for Christmas. Check out the Honor 7X and View 10.
Gemini PDA: 20 years on, meet the all new Psion Series 5
I knew that having been in the game for so long would pay off eventually, as I finally got a hands-on with a device I’ve
Huawei Mate 10 Pro Hands-on: First impressions of Huawei’s brand new flagship
I’ve seen the future, and it’s not a smartphone! At least that’s the marketing that Huawei will be using to sell the brand new Mate
Vodafone launches the Smart V8, the spiritual successor to the Smart Ultra 6
As part of Vodafone’s 2017 collection of own-brand smartphones and tablets, the network has today announced the Smart V8 as its new flagship. At a
Camera Test: Huawei P10 vs Huawei P9 vs Huawei Mate 9 (day)
At last, the daytime photos I promised from my group test, comparing Huawei’s P10 with last year’s P9, and also the Mate 9 (which on
Camera Test: Huawei P10 vs Huawei P9 vs Huawei Mate 9 (night)
I’ve been meaning to post these pictures earlier, but sadly had some trouble with the photos after a little trouble with backed up photos. I
Alcatel A5 LED: Making smartphones a little more fun!
This morning I saw Alcatel’s new A5 LED, a mid-range smartphone that comes with a rear filled with colourful LEDs to add a new dimension
Huawei P10: More photos around Barcelona during MWC 2017 (pt 2)
Spending all day at MWC didn’t give me as much time as I would have hoped to go out and take photos with the Huawei
Huawei P10: Night photos around Barcelona and first impressions (pt 1)
Ahead of the official start of Mobile World Congress, a number of manufacturers couldn’t wait to spill the beans about their new products. In the
Wileyfox adds Swift 2 X to Swift 2 family and confirms Cyanogen OS exit strategy
Remember when Wileyfox launched the Swift 2 and Swift 2 Plus last year? Well, amongst the press materials supplied at the time was details of
BLU Vivo 6 Hands-On: A powerful mid-ranger that’s a perfect buy for Black Friday
I have to confess that while seeing BLU mobiles on sale online before, I’ve never actually had the chance to hold one, let alone test one. That
HTC 10 Evo: It’s not a flagship, but in many ways it trumps the HTC 10
HTC has today launched the HTC 10 Evo, a phone that can initially cause a bit of confusion. It’s not flagship, but it has a
Huawei Mate 9 Camera Test part 2: Alton Towers & Warwick Castle
Following my earlier gallery with camera samples from the Huawei Mate 9 and Pixel XL, I thought I’d post more photos taken on a weekend away to
Camera Test: Huawei Mate 9 vs Google Pixel XL [Updated]
Within just a couple of hours of the launch of the Mate 9, I thought there was no point wasting time and got cracking with
