The Google Pixel 2 XL is the best Android phone I still hesitate to recommend. Google’s 2017 flagship nails software, camera, and audio so hard it made Samsung and Apple scramble. But it also shipped with a display that would’ve been questionable on a mid-ranger, let alone an $850 “Android purist” halo device. This isn’t […]
Author: Nadia Malik
Google Pixel 2: The ‘Medium’ Pixel That Aged Better Than Google
I’ve tested a lot of so‑called “compact flagships,” but the Pixel 2 is one of the few that actually stayed in my pocket after the review period. Not because it’s excellent—far from it—but because it exposes exactly where Google nails the experience and where it still treats hardware like a side quest. When I grabbed […]
Huawei Mate 10 Series: ‘Intelligent Machines’ That Don’t Quite Add Up
Huawei Mate 10 Series: ‘Intelligent Machines’ That Don’t Quite Add Up AI Hype, Familiar Hardware Everyone’s calling the Mate 10 lineup Huawei’s big AI breakthrough. The reality is more muted. On paper, the Mate 10 family looks like a textbook 2017 flagship push: new Kirin 970 chipset with a dedicated NPU for on‑device AI, Leica‑branded […]
Galaxy S8 Review in 2026: Infinity Display, Finite Patience
Samsung once bragged that the Galaxy S8 fits roughly 40% more screen than an iPhone 7 into a body just 1mm wider. That stat still sounds wild, even years later. The S8 is one of those phones you can look at in 2026 and immediately see the moment everything changed: bezels shrank, aspect ratios got […]