Linksys EA8500 — Review
Ausdroid was lucky enough to make the acquaintance of Linksys at the recent Lizzies awards night in Sydney, and we picked up a Linksys EA8500 Router as a prize on the night. Though a prize, we undertook to take...
Nexus 7 (2013) — Review
Can Google win hearts and wallets again with this years model?
The Google Sales Pitch
What if you could have a performance vehicle for the price of a compact city car? Say, a Porsche 911 for the price of a Volkswagen...
Review: OnePlus 8 Pro, the best phone you can’t buy
We all got excited way back in 2017 when OnePlus came to our shores and brought with them the OnePlus 5 -- it all seems so long ago. So much water has passed under the bridge since then...
Review: Beats Powerbeats, hype-beast headphones but do they deserve that hype?
Beats have made a big name for themselves in the audio world and the opinions are mixed on them. Audiophiles are not usually big fans due to the increased bass not offering true sound profiles but some people...
Huawei Mate 20 Pro — Australian Review
Huawei’s Mate 20 Pro is the latest in Huawei’s growing - and relatively young - line of premium smartphones. Unlike competitors which are many years older, the Mate series has only been around for five years or so. In...
Braven 710 Bluetooth Speaker — Accessory Review
Braven offers a distinctive line of Bluetooth speakers designed for a number of situations. Judging by their website, many of them seem ruggedised or weatherproofed in some way, and being standard Bluetooth devices they're all Android compatible. We've been...
Toshiba CB30 Chromebook — Review
Can Toshiba bring their Windows laptop expertise to the Chromebook market
Back when I used to sell laptops at retail -- back in the late 90’s, early 2000’s -- there was one name that was synonymous with quality: Toshiba. Customers...
Moto G (2nd Generation) — Review
Motorola surprised everyone when they announced the Moto G towards the end of 2013. Rather than aiming for a premium price point and falling short on specs, the Moto G was an unapologetic shot at the midrange market that...
Panasonic FZ-A2 Android Toughpad — Australian Review
There’s not a lot of diversity in the Android Tablet market, and as such sometimes it can be hard to really differentiate devices. This is not a problem the Panasonic Toughpad has, though: the Panasonic Toughpad is an unmistakably...
Socially Isolated Review: UE Hyperboom Party Speaker
In early March 2020 UE's new huge Hyperboom portable bluetooth party speaker capable of 3x the loudness and more than 6x the bass of UE Megaboom 3 started being sold in Australia.
Unfortunately for UE their timing couldn't have been...
Sony Xperia Z5 vs Samsung Galaxy S6 — Camera Shootout
The Xperia Z5 isn't yet released in the Australian market, and Sony is making some bold claims about the quality of its camera, and not without good cause; the camera can produce some amazing results, but is it really...
Google Pixel 8 Pro long term review — Iterative hardware, leaps forward in AI
AI is enveloping us in nearly every aspect of our lives, and Google has taken this further with the Pixel 8 devices. But it's not all about the AI, there are some great general use features, camera advancement and...
Samsung Galaxy S III — Review
Samsung's latest flagship is good, but is it good enough to fend off the competition?
You may have watched the launch of the Galaxy S III live from London, almost six weeks ago. At some point you may have been...
Sony Xperia Z4 Tablet — Ausdroid Quick Look
Sony hasn't released a tablet in Australia since last year, when it released the Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact, and that was a pretty awesome tablet. Unlike the phone market which seems to have sort of stabilised around the 5" to...
ROG Phone 5S review — A beast that only has a couple of minor...
The Republic of Gamers (RoG) is the Asus gaming arm, focusing on no holds barred, cost is no object peak performance hardware. We've seen RoG hardware in the past deal with anything and everything we throw at it, so...