Victor Hristov

3 days ago | phonearena.com | Victor Hristov

You would think that in 2025, nearly 20 years since the first smartphones arrived, we would finally be able to buy a no-compromise phone for a budget price. But that hasn't really been the case. In the past few years, smartphone prices have gone up, not down. And the quality of budget phones has honestly improved in very slow increments. Just look at devices like the $200 Samsung Galaxy A16 with a processor that still stutters and lags, making an easy argument to upgrade to a more expensive device.

1 week ago | phonearena.com | Victor Hristov

I'm stuck with my iPhone, and I can't move on (and trust me, I want to). In the past few years, all of my attempts to move away from the iPhone have failed. I pick up the latest flagship Android phone and I love so many things about it, but then I realize it is missing the one simple feature I use dozens (if not hundreds) of times every days. Yep, Face ID. Android phones have just given up Why has Android still not copied Apple's secure Face ID unlock system is honestly beyond me.

1 week ago | phonearena.com | Victor Hristov

Members-only articles read this month: 1/2 Create a free account to browse without limitations. CMF Phone 2 Pro IntroNothing once again shows it has plenty of original ideas and can make a great, stand-out budget phones while other companies churn out uninspired devices. The CMF Phone 2 Pro is a more capable phone than its predecessor, and it keeps the fun quirks like modularity.

1 week ago | phonearena.com | Victor Hristov

It was a beautiful early May weekend in the Polish capital of Warsaw and just as I was taking yet another video from a rooftop bar with stunning views, I got the message that storage has once again run out on the iPhone 15 Pro I was using. Ah! No better feeling that cleaning up storage on my phone during my vacation, right? Sarcasm aside, I kind of accepted that in that moment as an inevitable fact of life and it only clicked in my mind a couple of days later that life...

3 weeks ago | phonearena.com | Victor Hristov

Motorola Razr Ultra (2025) IntroWhile Samsung started the modern flip phone era, Motorola took things up a notch a couple of years ago with its Razr series. And now, it launches the Motorola Razr Ultra (2025), its most ambitious flip phone to day. It adds the mandatory AI features, but most importantly, it polishes a winning formula improving fundamental areas like the processor, battery life and charging speeds.