Sony is unlikely to challenge Apple or Samsung as the preferred mobile brand. Smartphones are by far the biggest product category in the electronics market (most of us carry a mobile phone in our pocket), and Sony is well positioned to attract consumers in droves with its gigantic ecosystem of content, products and technologies. That …
The Garmin Epix is a premium multisport watch in titanium, and my test sample has sapphire crystal glass. As soon as I open the box, I’m completely hooked – the watch is stylish with attitude, without standing out too much. It fits perfectly on the wrist, the weight is fine and it seems sturdy. The …
Xiaomi has had success with its entry-level Redmi phones, and the Redmi Note 11 Pro looks like a winner. In fact, it looks more like a premium phone. The AMOLED screen is big and fast (6.7 inches and 120 Hz), and the phone is encased in a solid titanium grey metal frame. The edge of …
Slowly but surely, Motorola is carving out a place for itself among the mobile manufacturers to be taken seriously. Also when it comes to the absolute top models. Last year’s Motorola Edge 20 Pro was certainly a good phone, combining a sharp price with impressive performance. Still, Motorola didn’t come close to the absolute Android …
We can try to put it more or less nicely, but the truth is that we are all environmental pigs. You’re a pig. I’m a pig. Sorry! Especially when it comes to mobile phones, we surround ourselves with electronics that are a fatal environmental burden. That’s why Dutch company Fairphone is undeniably on to something …
Apple has upgraded iPhone SE from 2020 with the new, fast A15 Bionic processor, which is also found in the latest iPhone 13 models, making the new iPhone SE the fastest smartphone in the mid-range. No other phone gives users this much performance for the money. Plus, the little iPhone finally gets 5G. But not …
Well, what can I say? OnePlus has launched a new phone at the cheap end of the mid-range, and it’s quite nice. Don’t get me wrong. I have been and still am excited about the entire Nord series that OnePlus introduced in the middle of the 2020 corona year, but in my review of the …
Last year, Samsung launched the first so-called Fan Edition of the popular but rather expensive Galaxy S series of smartphones. Samsung Galaxy S20 FE had come into the world on the principle of chopping a heel and cutting a toe. In other words, the specifications had been reduced here and there, but the most popular …
Heavy processing is one of the reasons you can get very good image quality from the tiny cameras on the back of mobile phones. But as we often see in our tests, there are limits to how much advanced image processing can correct. Very small image sensors have incredibly small pixels, and although records are …
Actually, I did not intend to test the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 at all, which is why we are somewhat late with this test. When Samsung launched the two new foldable smartphones Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3 this summer, I judged that it was most important to focus on the …
The largest Apple mobile, like its predecessor, the iPhone 12 Pro Max, comes with a 6.7-inch screen with a resolution of 2778 x 1284 pixels. The standard Pro model, by comparison, has a 6.1-inch screen and a resolution of 2532 x 1170 pixels. In other words, there is more screen space to work on on …
Xiaomi has taken the mobile market by storm. From being almost unknown, there are now more and more of the Chinese mobiles in the stores, and we are getting used to saying “Xiaomi” [shaw-mee], just as they once got used to saying “Huawei ”. We have tested several of Xiaomi’s latest models, including Xiaomi Mi …
The new iPhone 13 may not look like a significant upgrade compared to the iPhone 12. However, that is only partially true. Because with a few exceptions, the iPhone 13 is closer to a light version of 13 Pro. The performance in our highly theoretical tests, e.g. Geekbench, is almost identical to the 13 and …
Apple’s iPad mini and Samsung’s Galaxy Note series have one thing in common. Both are niche products compared to the two manufacturers’ more common models (respectively iPad Air and the mobiles in the Samsung Galaxy S series), but they still have their loyal fans, who all think that the products’ respective special form factors are …
True to custom, Sony has again this year launched a compact version of its flagship mobile on the streets, a few months after the top-of-the-line expensive smartphone – this time Sony Xperia 1 III – hit the stores. The compact Sony Xperia 5 III has most in common with its big brother, but it still …