First Look

Check out first look videos and articles of the latest and greatest cell phones, smartphones, tablets, laptops, wearables, and more on the PhoneDog First Look page.

Yesterday, June 30th, we had a pretty big update to the Apple Music app. Apple officially launched their new music streaming service for iOS devices...
8 years 10 months ago
You have the Samsung Galaxy S6, the S6 edge or the S6 Active but you want the stock Android Lollipop experience. What do you do? Well, you have a few...
8 years 10 months ago
I wanted to take a quick look at the Hound Beta Search app from the maker of SoundHound. I was granted access to the beta for the past couple of...
8 years 10 months ago
Huawei has sent me the P8 lite to check out. Huawei’s not a very familiar brand here in the US but that might be changing here very soon. Their name...
8 years 10 months ago
The Samsung Galaxy S6 Active is not your average smartphone. It’s a rugged smartphone built for adventure but it has flagship smartphone-like specs,...
8 years 10 months ago
I’ve got two of the latest and greatest BLU smartphones in front of me. I’ve got the BLU Life 8 XL and the BLU Life One. In this video, I’m going to...
8 years 10 months ago
I’ve got two of the latest and greatest BLU smartphones. I’ve got the BLU Life One and the BLU Life 8 XL. In this video, I’m going to go ahead and...
8 years 10 months ago
The LG Watch Urbane is one of the most premium Android Wear smartwatches to hit the market. It’s very similar to the LG G Watch R but with a more...
8 years 11 months ago
I’ve been waiting for this package for a long time. This is the Samsung Galaxy Gear VR Innovator Edition for the Samsung Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6...
8 years 11 months ago
This is the Amazon Echo in this black, unmarked box. This box contains Amazon’s Voice Assistance, formerly named Alexa. When this device was first...
8 years 11 months ago
BLU has sent me a rather unusual device and it’s called the BLU Selfie. It’s a smartphone literally designed for those who love to take selfies, well...
9 years 1 week ago
As promised, I’m back; this time taking a look at the little brother to the BLU Windows HD LTE, the BLU Windows JR LTE. For $100 off-contract, the...
9 years 2 weeks ago
This is one of two recently announced BLU Windows devices. This is the BLU Windows HD LTE smartphone running the new Windows 8.1 operating system,...
9 years 2 weeks ago
There’s probably two main reasons why you’re watching this video: one, you want to see one sexy new flagship Samsung smartphone with a curved display...
9 years 3 weeks ago
We’ve passed April 10th and you know what that means—the official release of the HTC One M9 here in the US. I have the Verizon version here so I just...
9 years 3 weeks ago
The Apple Watch might be getting all the fuss lately, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t any other smartwatches out there. In fact, there are many...
9 years 1 month ago
BLU is back with a couple, fresh, new budget-friendly devices for 2015. In this video, we’re going to take a first look and unboxing of the $100 off-...
9 years 1 month ago
BLU is back with some affordable new off-contract smartphones; this time around featuring a new design and better specs. Let’s take a look at the BLU...
9 years 1 month ago
The best smartphone at CES 2015 has finally arrived at my studio--it’s the LG G Flex 2.  Similar to the LG G Flex, it too has a curved display. Let’s...
9 years 2 months ago
The Samsung Galaxy S6 is officially official now and I managed to get my hands on a couple of prototype cases for the new device before it’s...
9 years 2 months ago

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