I’ve Tested Phones for 15 Years and These Are the Most Bizarre I’ve Seen - CNET

I’ve been a CNET journalist for over 15 years and I’ve tested everything from the latest electric cars and bikes to cameras and TV-controlling magic wands. I’ve even compared drones to barn owls. My main focus has always been the hottest new phones, and I’ve seen a lot of them in my time.

Names like Apple and Samsung have remained stalwarts in the industry during my time, but I’ve also seen the rise of brands like Xiaomi, Oppo and Huawei. Meanwhile, once-dominant names like BlackBerry, HTC, LG and more recently OnePlus have vanished from the mobile space. Even Sony doesn’t make much of a fuss over its phones these days, though it does still launch new ones.

I’ve seen phones arrive with such wild fanfare that they changed the entire mobile industry, while others quietly trickled into existence only to vanish just as uneventfully. But it’s the...

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