First Impressions

What's good, What's bad, and the Veridict!  Our editors give you their first impressions of devices they have reviewed.

After spending some brief hands-on time with the HTC One (M8) and then unboxing the Verizon model, we're now ready to take our first long look at...
12 years 3 days ago
After appearing in a steady stream of leaks over the past several months, the HTC One (M8) finally made its official debut today. It's got a design...
12 years 3 days ago
The Nokia X is Nokia's first attempt at an Android phone, featuring a 4-inch 800x480 display, dual-core 1GHz Snapdragon S4 processor, 512MB of RAM,...
12 years 1 month ago
Sony’s Xperia Z2 Tablet is the company's thinnest and most powerful slate yet. Measuring in at only 6.4mm thick with a 2.3GHz Snapdragon 801 quad-...
12 years 1 month ago
ZTE recently took to the Mobile World Congress stage to unveil the Grand Memo II LTE, the phablet follow-up to 2013's Grand Memo. As its name...
12 years 1 month ago
The newly-announced Huawei Ascend G6 features a 4.5-inch 960x540 display, 1.2GHz quad-core processor, Android 4.3 Jelly Bean and 4G LTE connectivity...
12 years 1 month ago
Samsung announced the second generation of Gear smartwatches at MWC this year, just months after the original Galaxy Gear hit store shelves. The new...
12 years 1 month ago
Samsung has sprung into the fitness tracker market with the new Gear Fit. It’s a small, Nike FuelBand-like wearable from Samsung that runs Tizen, the...
12 years 1 month ago
Sony recently took to the MWC 2014 stage to announce its latest flagship, the Xperia Z2. The successor to 2013's Xperia Z1 features a larger 5.2-inch...
12 years 1 month ago
The highly anticipated Samsung Galaxy S5 is finally here! We spent some quality hands-on time with the new flagship, which features a 5.1-inch 1080p...
12 years 1 month ago
Samsung's newest fleet of tablets, which were officially unveiled at CES, are almost here. The first one to hit our shores is the Samsung Galaxy Note...
12 years 1 month ago
The Nokia Lumia ICON, also known as the Lumia 929, has finally made its way to the PhoneDog offices. This long-awaited device features a very special...
12 years 1 month ago
We’ve already got a pretty good idea of what makes the LG G Flex tick: We’ve got our hands on the device at this year's Consumer Electronics Show and...
12 years 1 month ago
It's first impressions time!  Aaron takes a look at the Moto G, Motorola's newest smartphone.  The Moto G offers up a 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon...
12 years 3 months ago
The Nokia Lumia 1520 joins the fray of gigantic smartphones like the HTC One max and Samsung Galaxy Note 3.  Featuring a 2.2 GHz quad-core CPU, the...
12 years 4 months ago
Aaron gives some first impressions on the HTC One max, HTC's supersized flagship smartphone.  Internally, the device packs some similar features as...
12 years 4 months ago
Aaron's back with first impressions of the Oppo N1, the Chinese company's newest smartphone.  From a specifications perspective, the N1 has a lot...
12 years 4 months ago
Aaron gives some first impressions of the Nexus 5.  At $350 unlocked, the Nexus 5 offers a 2.26 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 CPU, 5-inch 1080p HD...
12 years 4 months ago
We've had a brief hands-on with it, but I'm going a bit more in-depth with HTC's newest flagship smartphone, the HTC One, at Mobile World Congress...
13 years 4 weeks ago
The iPhone 5 is a device we have been talking and writing about for the better part of two years. The fact that I can finally talk about it in the...
13 years 6 months ago

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