The OnePlus One: A Comprehensive Review
Late last year a new company emerged from China headed by Pete Lau, a former VP of Oppo - a pretty well-established Chinese phone manufacturer. The name of the new company was OnePlus and they quickly introduced their idea...
Samsung Galaxy Note 8 (Wi-fi) — Review
Can the Galaxy Note 8 stand up to Samsung’s high standards?
In the last few years, Samsung has created an amazing success story with their Galaxy S phones, and more recently the Galaxy Note range - the first...
HP Chromebook 14(14-Q002TU) — Review
Haswell means more power for longer, but is it worth the higher price?
HP joined the growing list of OEMs manufacturing Chromebooks with the HP Chromebook 14(14c001tu) back in March last year. They've since followed up with the Chromebook 11...
HTC Desire 610 — Review
Since launching as their ‘Premiere’ device, the HTC Desire fell on some hard times. HTC resurrected the brand as a low-mid range series of devices, capitalising on the inherrent good will towards the brand name. HTC has been outsourcing...
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4, 10.5 — Review
When a company like Samsung, who seems to bring out a new device every other week with a slightly new screen size, tells you “this is the one”, you tend to sit up and pay attention.
While Samsung’s been...
Sony Xperia Z1 Compact — Review
It’s been a long road to market for Sony’s pint-sized powerhouse, the Xperia Z1 Compact. We first heard rumours that the device would arrive in a Japanese-only "Z1 F" incarnation in October of 2013, and Sony was quick to...
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 – Review
Multi-tasking genius? Or just another Android Tablet?
Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10.1 is a device that has been eagerly awaited and surrounded by much speculation as to just what it was going to be able to do. Being targeted as a...
Samsung Galaxy Gear — Review
How does Samsung's smart watch stack up?
The Galaxy Gear is Samsung’s first entry into the smart watch, or "wearables", market. It joins the Pebble and Sony's Sony’s Smartwatch 2 in what seems to be a developing market.
It's arguable whether...
HTC One (M8) — Review
Is the HTC One (M8) your new Mate?
HTC has a long and proud history in the mobile industry. From their early years as an ODM (original design manufacturer) making phones and mobile devices to be branded as HP and...
LG G4 — Review
LG's G4 is the third major smartphone launch this year, following on the heels of HTC's One (M9) and Samsung's Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge double attack. As with 2013, LG was a little late to the party,...
Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini — Review
Making the right compromises for it’s target market, mostly.
The Target Market Isn’t Small!
Not everyone is keen on a big five-inch phone. Plenty of friends have asked me what I’d recommend as a smaller Android phone. Although the big phone...
Samsung Gear VR (2015) — Review
Samsung's Gear VR has gone through three iterations before reaching a review bench at Ausdroid. The first iteration -- the original Gear VR -- was kind of limited, and only worked with the Samsung Galaxy Note 4. An Innovator...
HTC One E8 — Review
As HTC’s flagship efforts have intensified on their hardware design, the premium attached to that design has seen the purchase price of the phones go up. The One (M8) left consumers with little change out of $1000, owing to...
Samsung Galaxy Note Edge — Review
Samsung is the king of the smartphone world, at least when it comes to sales. The company holds around 80% market share when it comes to profits and it’s mostly due to their ability to attack every possible facet...
Review: Huawei Ascend P7
Over the past couple of years Huawei have been steadily increasing their presence. They started off producing cheap pre-paid Android phones but have slowly increased they specifications to be closer to the flagships of the more well-known manufacturers....