Smartphones

When I checked out the Samsung Galaxy M51 I was generally impressed with the phone, with the exception of the lack of 5G support. In 2021 this shouldn’t be a premium feature. So naturally Oppo being Oppo, this premium feature has now been…

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…

Fleeceware applications, posing as Minecraft mods, lure hundreds of dollars per month from their users for simple services such as new wallpapers

Ultimately, I may not have found X, but I did find one of the best phones on the market.

At 8bit Island we are unabashedly Oppo fans.  Every time we get our hands on a device to review it catches us off guard with how outstanding the phone is, given the retail price.  Now that Oppo has released their 5G series under the Find…

Brian After a while, you’ve reviewed so many phones that it’s hard to tell when one ends and another begins. So I decided to review the only way I can now, by comparing the A91 to all the other Oppos you should buy. So many people…

With the ongoing price increases from Apple and Samsung and huge uptick in online tech sales out of NZ, I’d expect Oppo to be a big player here within 5 years, as the tech speaks for itself.

The Oppo A9 2020 is a strong disruptor to the rather bland mid-range of Android smartphones available at the moment.

Why have hamburger when you could have steak? Well, lots of reasons.  Burgers are usually cheaper than steaks, so that’s a solid reason. Or you might not be hungry enough to eat a big ol’ sirloin. Or hey, you might legitimately just…

The Oppo Reno 10X Zoom, my friends, is the phone you’ve been waiting for.