Smartphones

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.

OPPO has today unveiled its groundbreaking technology, the Under-Screen Camera (USC) at MWC Shanghai 2019, which provides users with an immersive “real full screen” experience.  USC is OPPO’s latest innovation in new-generation…

Move over Samsung; there's a new sheriff in town. Well, the Huawei P30 Pro is officially on pre-order in New Zealand, and let me be one of the first to say that, if you've placed a pre-order or are planning to, you will not be…

Well here it is folks, the holy grail of the OPPO smartphone range. The legendary Automobili Lamborghini Edition of the most innovative smartphone of 2018, the Find X. If you are looking for a phone that will turn heads and as one of…

Oppo AX7 An AXcellent device, but almost AXactly the same Look, there are only so many puns I can make with this name, and I’m sticking to it. The Oppo AX5 that I reviewed last year was a truly remarkable device, costing a mere $400…

It's no secret that I'm a fan of Huawei phones. Nor is it a secret that I'm a fan of the Mate range. The Mate flagships from Huawei have always fallen into that "phablet" end of the smartphone market but over the past couple of years a…

Sleek, speedy, and very slippery

A phone and a half... literally.

When I mention to people that I'm reviewing a phone made by Oppo, I can usually preempt the first question I'll be asked; who are Oppo? Well I'll tell you something for free; Oppo is the fourth largest smartphone maker in the world, and…