The Glacier colorway is technically blue, although it’s a pale, cool shade that I saw a shopper at an Apple Store mistake for white after pre-ordering online, so it’s worth seeing in person before ordering. Apple sells the 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max in black, silver, glacier, and burgundy. Burgundy is my favorite of…
The camera is one of the main reasons to buy the Pixel 11 Pro Fold over other foldables. These include a 48 MP main camera on a 1/1.56-inch sensor, a 10.5 MP ultra-wide lens with autofocus and macro mode, and a 10.8 MP 5x telephoto lens, with Google’s AI-assisted super zoom up to 30x. It’s…
The F9 Ultra is a big phone. At 163.49 x 77.94 x 8.74mm and 235g, it’s heavier and thicker than the Galaxy S26 Ultra and iPhone 17 Pro Max, and narrower than both, so one-handed use is basically irrelevant for most people. That bulk matches the cost of the 8,050mAh battery and speaker hardware inside…
This year, the Pixel 11 is available in Frost, Pistachio, Hibiscus and Obsidian. My Pixel 11 was the Frost option, which is a sort of pale off-white with a slight undertone of purple or light blue, depending on the light. Pistachio is probably the most interesting color this year, although hibiscus seems to be the…
Typically, when it comes to high-performance phones at a reasonable price, the camera is one of the obvious compromises. The Poco F9 Pro, at least on paper, doesn’t make these compromises. The main camera has a 200-megapixel sensor with f/1.7 aperture, OIS, and 2x built-in zoom. This is paired with an 8-megapixel ultra-wide camera and…
The camera experience remains the reason many people buy Pixel phones. The Pixel 11 Pro XL offers a 50 MP main camera with a 1/1.3-inch sensor, a 48 MP ultra-wide with autofocus, and a 48 MP 5x telephoto lens that Google redesigned with a larger sensor and 30% higher light sensitivity. I photographed mostly cityscapes,…
Design has long been an area where Nothing offers something unique – and while that still holds true, the Nothing Phone (4b) is the most discreet Nothing Phone design yet. In fact, the phone is much closer to a typical panel phone than the Nothing Phones we’ve seen in the past. There are still a…
Besides the design, the camera system is the biggest difference between the Z Fold 8 and the Z Fold 8 Ultra. On the back, you have two 50-megapixel cameras: a main camera with an f/1.8 aperture, OIS and PDAF, as well as a 50-megapixel ultra-wide. For the front cameras, you will get two 10-megapixel punch-hole…
The biggest compromise on the 11S Pro, as on many gaming phones, is the camera. On the back is a 50-megapixel main camera as well as a 50-megapixel ultra-wide. There is also a minor auxiliary objective that doesn’t add much in practice. There is no telephoto lens at all. In good lighting, the main camera…
The Xiaomi 17T Pro has a triple camera system on the back: a 50-megapixel main camera, a 12-megapixel ultra-wide, and a 50-megapixel telephoto lens with around 5x optical zoom. It’s a versatile setup on paper, and very capable in practice, even if it’s not quite on the level of the more expensive phones in Xiaomi’s…