Smartphones

OPPO has locked in the launch of its Find X3 Series! Boom, you can pre-order from the 16th of March for the release date of the 30th of March. The pricing comes in at $1899 for the Pro which can come in Gloss Black and Blue. Or a…

If you like the Oppo Find X2 series like we did, then you might be keen to see what the Find X3 series will offer. Well you can join the rest of the world watching it live at the global launch event on YouTube set for 12:30am NZT on 12…

Xiaomi has released New Zealand’s cheapest 5G smartphone to date, the Redmi Note 9T 5G. Not wanting Oppo to be the only brand providing bang for it's buck, the Redmi looks like a powerful little beast for that price. …

For a fair while Samsung has been the Apple of the Android world with some premium phones rocking some eye-wateringly premium price tags. Despite not being a big jump in price from the previous series, the S21 still $1399, $1799, and…

Not content to just cram value into their phones, Oppo continues stepping up innovation and has shown some cool stuff off at the Mobile World Congress Shanghai. The highlights included top of the line 5G, faster charging, and air…

OPPO has been awarded Consumer New Zealand’s Top Brand title in the mobile phone category for a second year in a row. That obviously isn't a surprise to us at 8-Bit Island given our reviews of the Find X2 Pro and the Find X2 Lite both…

If you want to start off 2021 with an expensive bang, Samsung has some fancy phones to show off for you to buy from the 29th of January. Coming in at a cool $1399, $1799, and $2199 respectively the S21, S21+, and S21 Ultra are all…

The latest Nokia phone, the Nokia 3.4, has launched in NZ. You can pick one of these up at Spark, Noel Leeming, PB Tech, Warehouse Stationery, The Warehouse, and Harvey Norman for $299.  https://youtu.be/upL0seoy_9I More…

Want a new phone to work on the fancy new 5G network? Well Oppo has 3 options across the price spectrum from $800 to $1300 to fit anyone premium phone budgets. The Reno4 Pro 5G is $1299, the Reno4 5G is $999, and the Reno4 Z 5G is…

If you spoke to me a few years ago about wearable tech, I was unnecessarily douchie about it. “All watches tell the time” and other stupid stuff like that came out of my mouth far too often, untill I started riding an e-bike to…