Vertu AlphaFold starting at $6,880 makes the Galaxy Z Fold seem ultra-affordable
When mainstream smartphone designs became too generic, the next evolution took the form of foldable phones. These devices, targeted towards power users who want the…
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$199 Galaxy A17 Beat the Galaxy S22 to One UI 8.5
Budget smartphones have always existed in a sort of software slow lane. Manufacturers have typically prioritized their flagship and upper-midrange lines when rolling out major…
Xiaomi 17T Pro Review: Refined in All the Right Places
Xiaomi is bringing back its T series with the Xiaomi 17T and Xiaomi 17T Pro, but this time the schedule feels unusually aggressive. Instead of…
REDMAGIC 11S Pro Review: Gaming Phone That Shows Its Worth, Literally
Most premium smartphones are converging toward the same design language: a glass sandwich, a growing camera island, and a polished finish that looks good in…
The $519 E-Ink Phone Hiding an LCD on Its Back
Scroll through any tech community online, and the same frustration keeps surfacing: people are exhausted by their screens. The perpetual brightness, the notification pull, the…
Galaxy Z Fold 7 Hit 4.2mm by Killing the S Pen: Worth the Trade?
Foldables have spent the last two years chasing a simpler goal: to feel less like category experiments and more like normal premium phones that happen…
OPPO Find X9 Ultra Review: An Exceptional Camera Phone That Gets Everything Else Right Too
The OPPO Find X9 Ultra is a true flagship with a clear camera-first identity, but what makes it stand out is how little it sacrifices…
Most Phone Cameras Flatter Your Shots, Sony Xperia 1 VIII Doesn’t
Smartphone photography has come a long way, but there’s always been a tension between what these cameras can do and what serious photographers actually want…
Galaxy S26 Ultra Buried the Note’s Boxy Soul, and Fans Are Split
The race to make flagship phones thinner, smoother, and more visually unified has become one of the defining stories in premium smartphone design. Hard angles…
Phone Cases Are Boring, This One Puts a Living Terrarium Inside
Phone cases have largely settled into two camps: the ones that protect your phone without anyone noticing they exist, and the ones that make a…
vivo X300 FE Review: The Compact Flagship That Earns Its Keep
Premium smartphones have been trending bigger, heavier, and more visually imposing for years. It’s reached the point where “flagship” is almost synonymous with large, and…
This Google-Free Phone Is IP68-Rated and Has a Replaceable Battery
Most smartphones ship with an assumption baked in: that you’re fine with your data running through Google’s servers, your habits feeding its algorithms, and its…