First Impressions

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

Beau HD unboxes the Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ and provides his first impressions of the device. Starting at $1,099, the Note 10+ is Samsung's largest...
4 years 7 months ago
A first impression of the most powerful gaming smartphone of 2019, the Red Magic 3. Everything about this phone has been designed with gaming in mind...
4 years 9 months ago
One of the latest Android One smartphones to hit the market is the Nokia 4.2. For $189, it features a 19:9 edge-to-edge display with minimal bezels...
4 years 10 months ago
Beau HD provides his first impressions of the OnePlus 7 Pro after switching from the Pixel 3a XL. Both the Pixel 3a and OnePlus 7 Pro offer extremely...
4 years 10 months ago
Beau HD unboxes the Samsung Galaxy S10e and provides his first impressions of the device after using it for about one day as his daily driver....
5 years 1 month ago
At Samsung Unpacked 2019, the company announced a total of five new smartphones: the Galaxy S10e, Galaxy S10, Galaxy S10+, Galaxy S10 5G, and Galaxy...
5 years 1 month ago
The Huawei Mate 20 is one of the best premium smartphones not available in the United States. While it does work with T-Mobile, it doesn't support...
5 years 4 months ago
Hands-on the latest flagship killer from OnePlus. Starting at $549, the OnePlus 6T features a massive 6.41-inch OLED display, Snapdragon 845 CPU with...
5 years 5 months ago
With the Pixel 3 XL, Google appears to have fixed many of the issues that plagued the Pixel 2 XL, such as the blue tint and black smear problems with...
5 years 5 months ago
Beau HD unboxes his Apple Watch Series 4 with a 44mm gold aluminum case and pink sand sport band. The Series 4 smartwatch features improved...
5 years 6 months ago
The iPhone XS Max is the most exciting new product Apple announced at its iPhone launch event earlier this month. The XS Max manages to cram a...
5 years 6 months ago
The Galaxy Note 9 may be the most competent smartphone on the market. Not only does it feature some of the most onboard storage we've ever seen in a...
5 years 7 months ago
The Motorola Moto Z3 will be one of the first smartphones to support Verizon's nascent 5G network in the U.S. when a 5G Moto Mod with Qualcomm's...
5 years 8 months ago
The Moza Mini-Mi is a new smartphone gimbal with wireless charging support built in. If you've got a compatible Apple, Samsung, Huawei, or Xiaomi...
5 years 8 months ago
The Huawei MediaPad M5 Pro is Huawei's most premium tablet but still comes in well below the iPad Pro's price tag. Does it offer the same level of "...
5 years 8 months ago
Hands-on the new LG G7 ThinQ. We do not yet know its price, but we do know it'll compete directly against the Galaxy S9 and iPhone X. Some of the...
5 years 11 months ago
Over the years, we’ve reviewed several different variations of the Gear VR, an Oculus-powered virtual reality headset that requires a Samsung...
5 years 11 months ago
Yesterday, I picked up the new 6th Generation iPad from my local Apple Store. The base 32GB model is an appealing $329 for everyone, $309 for...
6 years 1 week ago
Samsung has sent us their newest flagship smartphone-- the Samsung Galaxy S9+. The biggest difference between this model and last year’s model is the...
6 years 3 weeks ago
In mid 2017, Apple announced the HomePod at its WWDC Keynote. It’s the company’s first smart speaker with Siri and enters the market rather late in...
6 years 2 months ago

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