Sony SRS-XB3 — Australian Review
The portable speaker market is growing, you've never had more choice if you are in the market for either a portable Bluetooth speaker or just a good speaker for around the home. However, with choice can come confusion, how...
Huawei Nova 3i — Australian Review
Huawei is absolutely killing it this year, first launching the P20 series which has been a runaway success in terms of reception and sales, and as a company they climbed to the number two spot in global sales.
With...
GoPro Hero 8 Black Review — The evolution of action cameras has revolutionised how...
The humble GoPro camera has come a long way. In previous versions of the hardware, you could create some good videos of your adventures. As time has progressed, the capabilities have improved dramatically to a point where you now...
Huawei Mate 30 Pro — A kind-of Australian review
This is a review I've been putting off writing for some time. Many others have already published their Huawei Mate 30 Pro reviews and moved on ... and to an extent, I did the latter without the former. I...
Alcatel 3 (2019) : Australian Hands On Test
At Ausdroid we often write about the fastest fanciest most expensive mobile phones but plenty of people can't afford (or don't want) to spend $1000-$2000 on one phone. That's where value for money phones like the Alcatel 3 (2019) come...
Into the Wild: Comparison of Iridium vs Inmarsat vs Thuraya in the field
We've been looking at satellite communications for the last few weeks as part of our Into the Wild series, and we thought what better way to compare the options available than to grab three of the leading satellite phones...
Huawei GR5 2017 — Australian Review
Huawei and other Chinese manufacturers dominate the low to mid range sector of the smartphone market in Australia and for good reason. They build quality hardware, and manage to do so without hiking the prices. The bulk of consumers...
Motorola G7 — Australian Review
Motorola has been something of a quiet achiever in the mobile space over the last three years or so offering some excellent devices, importantly at a really sharp price. Roll on a few years and we’ve got the...
Sony Xperia E4g – Review
Sony's Xperia E4 was announce earlier this year, and it showed off a new design which Sony referred to as a 'curved, OmniBalance design'. Basically, more rounded, more curvy. Neat.
The Xperia E4 would come in two variants, one supporting...
Ausdroid Review: Asus ROG Phone II, so much more than a gaming phone
If you've read my best of 2019 piece you will know that I am enamoured with the Asus ROG Phone II. It is the second generation phone from Asus' gaming arm -- the first generation did not make it...
Alcatel Essential 8-inch tablet for Telstra – Australian Review
Alcatel's newest Android Go-powered tablet is a Telstra exclusive 8-inch tablet for just $129. Unusually for a tablet, and certainly for a cheap one, the Telstra Essential 8" (its proper name) includes built-in 4G, and when bought from Telstra,...
LG V30+ — Australian Review
LG's mobile strategy in 2017 took a mild hit with the underwhelming G6 launch at Mobile World Congress. The focus for LG however seems to have shifted more to their second half of the year launch of the V...
OnePlus 6 — Australian Review
OnePlus built its empire (so to speak) on being the "flagship killer" at half the price. They offered a phone that was pretty good, at a price that was really good, and sold via limited channels in limited markets....
TCL 4G Movetime Family Watch – Australian Review
Just earlier this year, my son and I reviewed his first smartwatch - an Alcatel Movetime Family Watch. He enjoyed the experience, but more importantly, he loved the idea of the watch. It gave him a means of independence...
OPPO Reno 5G, the affordable 5G smartphone worth buying — Review
OPPO is one of the world's top five smartphone manufacturers. The company is massive in Asia and have in recent times increased its marketshare in Australia thanks to some decent hardware with some incredibly competitive pricing.
This year with 5G...