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ANDROID PHONES

Oct 1, 2015

Motorola Moto X Style review: Stunning, Super-specced and, yes, Stylish

Steve Litchfield

Reviewing the Moto X Style after the launch of the two new Nexuses from Google proved somewhat surreal, since the Motorola devices of the last couple of years have also been Nexus in all but

REVIEWS

Sep 13, 2015

Xiaomi Redmi 2 Prime review

Rajesh Pandey

Thanks to a barrage of great phones over the last one year, Xiaomi has solidified its position in the Indian smartphone market as a respectable player. The company has some solid devices in the low-

ANDROID PHONES

Aug 31, 2015

Marshall London review: The music phone turned up to 11!

Steve Litchfield

Yep, I had to get that Spinal Tap reference in right up top, in the title. In the movie, Nigel Tufnel proudly showed off his Marshall amplifier with modified volume controls, that all went up

FEATURED

Aug 27, 2015

Honor 7 review: Premium metal at budget price

Steve Litchfield

Now, this is being posted on launch day, so you might think the word 'review' is a little misleading - but I did get to play with the Honor 7 for a full day, under NDA,

ANDROID PHONES

Aug 25, 2015

Motorola Moto X Play review: The perfect battery champion?

Steve Litchfield

Motorola have a history in recent years of producing solid, dependable smartphones that don’t really push the boat out in any one direction. They’re usually robust, waterproof-ish, with bigg-ish batteries, decent-

MOTO G (2015)

Aug 14, 2015

Moto G (2015) review

Rajesh Pandey

In 2013, Motorola tried scripting a comeback with its new flagship handset -- the Moto X. The device packed in many unique features and ran a version of Android that was close to stock, which is

Xiaomi Mi Note Pro - the slippery flagship

REVIEWS

Jul 13, 2015

Review: Xiaomi Mi Note Pro – the slippery flagship

Steve Litchfield

Very different in many ways from previous review hardware here on Android Beat, the Xiaomi Mi Note Pro hails, of course, from China, but is shipped globally if requested. In fact, it's customised to

FEATURED

May 25, 2015

Samsung Galaxy S6 edge Review: Beauty AND Beast

Steve Litchfield

Arguably, 2014 is the year when Samsung’s smartphones changed direction, with the Galaxy Note 4 pointing the way, though it’s the new Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge, the latter here in its

COMPARISON

May 22, 2015

Camera-phone shootout: LG G4 versus Samsung Galaxy S6

Steve Litchfield

I've been around the smartphone world since the very beginning (2002, with the Nokia 7650) and have seen cameras improving dramatically year on year. And the LG G4 and Samsung Galaxy S6 (here in

LG G4

May 13, 2015

LG G4 Review: Premium across the board – but make a beeline for the leather

Steve Litchfield

Think back four years to the original Galaxy Note - a 5.3” screen in a relatively huge body - thankfully things have slimmed down a lot since then, yet the LG G4 fits a 5.5”

HUAWEI

May 3, 2015

Huawei Honor 4X review: The new king of budget phablets

Rajesh Pandey

Outside of China, Huawei (pronounced WAH-WAY) has little to almost no presence. The company is mainly known for selling broadband modems, 3G/4G dongles and supplying other network equipments in the European and American

REVIEWS

Apr 15, 2015

Moto E (2015) review

Rajesh Pandey

Last year, Motorola launched the impressive Moto G -- a mid-range handset that offered better UI performance than some high-end flagship handsets. The company then followed it up with the $99 Moto E -- a

FEATURED

Apr 4, 2015

HTC One M9 Review: An expensive fix-up for the marque

Steve Litchfield

HTC’s mission with the One M9 was clear. Take everything that critics said was wrong with the One (M7) - camera, usability and storage, and with the One M(8) - camera (again) and usability (again),

CHINESE PLAYERS

Feb 28, 2015

Yu Yureka review: A CyanogenMod powered budget wonder

Rajesh Pandey

India is one of the fastest growing smartphone markets in the world, and Micromax -- a relatively unknown brand outside of Asia -- is the number one smartphone vendor in the country. The company is known for

ACCESSORIES

Feb 18, 2015

Review: The Rock Jaw Alfa Genus in-ear headphones, choose your filter

Steve Litchfield

If there’s any trend to boxed smartphones over the last year or two, it’s that many ship without any headphones/headset in the box. Now, partly this is to save the manufacturer $10

COMPARISON

Jan 16, 2015

The Top 6 Android smartphones… ever

Steve Litchfield

Whoa there! We're not talking a spec-biased rundown of the six most highly specified Android phones at the moment - just watch the front page of Android Beat to see the usual candidates and

ANDROID KITKAT 4.4, 4.4.1, 4.4.2, 4.4.3

Jan 1, 2015

The Top 5 Android Calendar replacements

Steve Litchfield

You wouldn't have thought that such a simple thing as displaying your Calendar could be so hard - yet this naturally personal view of each of our lives is utterly subjective - some people respond better

EDITORIAL

Dec 27, 2014

Google Nexus 6 review: Vision of the future and echoes of the Galaxy Nexus

Steve Litchfield

Cast your mind back to 2011 and Google teasing and then unveiling something extraordinary: the Galaxy Nexus, made by Samsung, and with an enormous 4.7" display. It seemed outrageous at the time, totally out