MrMobile

"A smartphone whose biggest splash is a display you can't find anywhere else."

"loaded with silicon that isn't just overclocked this time around, but apparently customized... to deliver the best possible performance you can get from a Qualcomm chip."

"Samsung has also again redone thermal management to keep it cool with a redesigned vapor chamber."

"AI features you mostly can [find elsewhere]."

"The rest of the stuff Samsung's leaning on to sell this notion of an AI phone, it's pretty weak."

"aside from some recent flashes of potential, it's been a total waste of space."

"Google's A series brings some of the best value in the game, and the Pixel 10A is no exception."

"Google does offer a palette of pleasing paint jobs, including a lovely lavender and the bold berry"

"Its Material 3 expressive design language is equal parts playful, iconic, and yes, minimal. ... This design emphasizes clarity without sacrificing visual or for that matter, tactile interest."

"I find the design of the A series profoundly ugly."

"the 10A looks like a reference design. its only attention-giving element, its camera pill. And only then, because it seems misplaced on the field of nothingness making up the back plate, its radii clashing jarringly with the corners of the casing."

"the Pixel's characteristic visor is nowhere to be seen."

"Samsung has integrated that technology into the S26 Ultra's display... I still find this very impressive as Samsung has basically transformed what used to be a hardware feature into a virtual one."

"we finally have a Galaxy whose charging speed lives up to its super fast branding. While the lower tier models stick to slower speeds, the S26 Ultra peaks at 60 watts"

"Wireless charging follows suit with a jump to 25 watts, up from last year's 15."

"The world's biggest Android manufacturer still refuses to add magnets to its phones."

"Battery capacity though is standing pat at 5,000 mAh... the Galaxy continues to look a bit pedestrian compared to endurance monsters like the OnePlus 15."

"it did fail differently each time we tried. So, progress."

"Back in the high life again with the colossal canvas of a pocket tablet and all its accompanying advantages."

"Under that glossy spine sits a new gearless hinge that helps make this the first dust tight folding phone."

"After 12 hours of this, I still had a quarter left in the tank."

"largely because it's thin and light. Two things the Pixel 10 Pro Fold is not."

"Google's phone seems heavy in the hand and even a bit archaic to the eye."

"topping up tops out at 15 watts, kind of slow."

"The Pixel tells me the weather and whether it's changing, what music I'm playing on my headphones and what music is playing in the space around me. It lets me know which of my accessories is connected, and how much battery it has left."

"the blend of spam detection and call screening is best-in-class."

"The calls I've wanted have been clearer because there's background noise filtering on both my end and the callers."

"You can't move the at a glance widget and you can't move the search bar at the bottom."

"In practice, it disappoints me just as often as it dazzles."

"when LLMs are leveraged to do some of the stuff the Pixel has always been great at... so far at least, it's not great."

"the base model comes in an alluring indigo that recalls the really blue finish of that first Google Pixel from 2016"

"as well as a lemongrass that brightens my day, like the Lysol spray it reminds me of."

"and a pretty cool moonstone version of gray that Google settled on for the Pro models."

"As usual, the expensive stuff gets the shaft. Making do with the muted shades every company except Motorola maintains"

"Pixel 10 Pro Fold, which, yeah, looks a bit pedestrian alongside the sleek new Samsung Galaxy Fold 7."

"I have a lot of questions about both the privacy and portability of the data contained within this new app"

"this is by far the funnest."

"svelte sides, an edge-to-edge flex window"

"a water drop fold nestled within a revised hinge that finally brings Samsung in line with the more minimal creases"

"The flex window on the cover is now 4.1 in... but Samsung still underutilizes it."

"the cover display software just wants to get in your way all the time... tap the notification about your approaching car and you'll only get a prompt to open the phone."

"If you want to reply without opening the phone, well then you're stuck using Samsung keyboard... You still can't choose your own quick settings toggles like mobile hotspot."

"Because that's how light and thin the Fold 7 felt in the hand. It was for a moment. Genuinely mind-blowing."

"And the Fold 7 doesn't just accomplish light and thin, it sets a new standard."

"it's such a delight to see a bold, beautiful iridescent finish like blue shadow join the tamer options."

"Speaking of the cameras, they rest on a truly prodigious plinth that makes this one of the wobbliest phones ever precariously perched on a tabletop."

"A camera module this massive would seem to leave room for a 5x telephoto instead of the included 3x."

"And I seem to be in the minority who misses the hidden under-display camera on the inner screen. While the conventional hole punch does make for a clearer image... I came to appreciate the uninterrupted inner canvas the hidden camera made possible."

"the Edge effectively subverts it because it does feel slimmer and lighter than what should be possible."

"it is potently portable."

"No complaints about brightness here."

"hardly seems to be the engineering marvel its maker claims."

"It doesn't do anything novel with its slender form factor."

"Even the colors are frustratingly derivative of Apple's joyless pro palette"

"return to aluminum that made stunning colors like this easier to achieve than with titanium"

"the bright anti-glare display came in handy in the Hawaiian sun"

"the speakers on the Max are loud and deep"

"233 g and 6.9 in of burly, brutalist beefcake that... feels just comically massive"

"the Pro Max feels so monstrous that I've found it easier to drop"

"the anodization on that aluminum is brittle and susceptible to a type of damage called spalling"

"I logged 7 and 1/2 hours of almost continuous usage."

"it'll probably surprise you with its hang time."

"the Air's frame remains titanium"

"the phone does warm up quite a bit under load"

"it's still a smaller power reserve than usual in this thin chassis"

"it's still not the fastest charging phone you can buy."

"It's the least Apple looking phone I've seen in almost a decade, a monster muscle car whose ponderous plateau projects pure power."

"It's the most aggressive looking iPhone ever. And maybe it's just the years of sleepy iteration making me grateful for literally any assertive aesthetic shift, but I really dig it."

"I appreciate the diversity this brings to the portfolio. You know, the Air is the quote pretty one, which freed up Apple to make the Pro the more blunt sort of primal powerhouse."

"Of course, after handling the Air, everything feels heavy."

"the 2TB option that pushes Pro Max up to a nearly $2,000 asking price."

"whose whole identity revolves around a physical attribute that went out of vogue a long time ago. It's skinny."

"To really get it, you've got to hold it."

"this bulge is here because beneath it is crammed the guts of almost literally the entire phone"

"I suspect I'll miss the ultrawide early and often in my review process."

"there's just one speaker in the earpiece module instead of the stereo sound iPhone users have enjoyed for years."

"it doesn't have the new high-performance cooling system of the new Pro models."

"this is the iPhone 17 Pro. It's the least Apple looking phone I've seen in almost a decade. a monster muscle car whose ponderous plateau projects pure power."

"protecting the display, which feels even bigger than its 6.5 in diagonal would suggest, thanks to the enclosures 5.6 mm thinness."

"Apple surprised me by not omitting the extra buttons we've gotten over the past couple years. The camera control and action button are still here and fully functional despite their smaller size."

"I suspect I'll miss the ultrawide early and often in my review process."

"there's just one speaker in the earpiece module instead of the stereo sound iPhone users have enjoyed for years."

"And it doesn't have the new higher-performance cooling system of the new Pro models."

"these rounded Corners may be more generic but they are also positively more comfortable"

"adding to the Comfort is a 6% reduction in Mass that's somehow actually noticeable"

"Slimmer bezels that give the screen one more tenth of an inch on the diagonal"

"deleted the least sticky features from the signature S Pen on its latest phone"

"a design that [hasn't] evolved much since 2022"

"the new capabilities Samsung does offer up are rooted in the same galaxy AI whose benefits to me still seem rather dubious"