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BlackBerry Q10 review: revenge of the keyboard
I feel like we’ve been here before. In any discussion about BlackBerry, “The Bold is the one you really want” is a line you could’ve used at practically any point in the last five years. And so... Read Full Review
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Samsung Galaxy S4 review
Years ago, people either bought an iPhone or “a Droid." Verizon’s marketing power, those insane robot ads, and maybe that just-close-enough naming convention made the carrier's Android phones virtually synonymous with their... Read Full Review
Priced At $249.99
Released Apr. 27, 2013
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Nokia Lumia 720 review
Nokia's family of Windows Phone 8 handsets just continues to grow. The Finnish smartphone maker is pushing its Lumia devices into the low- and mid-range with devices like the Lumia 620 and 520, but a surprising entry in the form of... Read Full Review
Released Q1 2013
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HTC First review: a Facebook phone that's pure Google at heart
The HTC First is going to be best-known as the pilot "Facebook Phone," shipping with the all-new Facebook Home software running in lieu of a traditional Android phone skin. That would be enough to make it notable, but the First has... Read Full Review
Priced At $99.99
Released Apr. 12, 2013
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HTC One for AT&T;: the best Android phone yet?
HTC's flagship smartphone for 2013, the One, really impressed us when we reviewed the international version last month. Its stellar design, speedy performance, and absolutely incredible display overshadowed some of the complaints we... Read Full Review
Priced At $199.99
Released April 2013
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LG Optimus G Pro review
Anything you can do, I can do better... LG and Samsung are in the midst of a battle. An epic back-and-forth. A billions-of-dollars tit-for-tat. The two Korean conglomerates, part of the chaebol system that dominates commerce and... Read Full Review
Released Q2 2013
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HTC One review
The Android market has changed radically in the past couple of years. Where we once had a spec war, with manufacturers racing to release ever-more powerful smartphones as quickly as possible, now it’s turning into a marketing... Read Full Review
Released April 2013
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Sony Xperia Z review
Only a year after releasing the Xperia S, its first post-Ericsson phone, Sony has already reached the end of the alphabet with its flagship for 2013, the Xperia Z. The implication behind the name is that this handset is as ultimate... Read Full Review
Released Q1 2013
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Samsung Ativ Odyssey review: do we need a third kind of Windows Phone?
Verizon Wireless hasn’t been the best partner for Microsoft and Windows Phone — it had one humdrum Windows Phone 7 device back in 2010, and opted out of Windows Phone 7.5 entirely. But it’s offering a spread of devices for... Read Full Review
Released Early 2013
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BlackBerry Z10 review: a new life, or life support?
BlackBerry is about to enter the battle of its life, and as you'll see in my review of its new flagship phone, the Z10, it's using everything in its arsenal to win. Maybe win is the wrong word; perhaps victory for BlackBerry right... Read Full Review
Priced At $199.99
Released March 2013
