It makes sense that most early tests and reviews of the new Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max are comparing its camera to the Galaxy S25 Ultra. Unlike the Xiaomi 15 Ultra, the Oppo Find X9 Ultra or the Vivo X200 Ultra, the Samsung flagship is available worldwide, making it a direct competitor. However, it’s apparently falling behind, even in areas that once were Samsung’s strong suits, such as the zoom camera.

September 2025 update. Yes, you can score a good laptop on a (somewhat) limited budget. The below 1,000 range is home to quite solid all-rounders as well as ultra-mobile notebooks and convertibles. This article is a list of the best laptops for the money tested by Notebookcheck over the last few months.

With the 2025 Aero X16 and the Gaming A16, Gigabyte offers two affordable options: the Aero is aimed at creators, while the A16 caters more to the gaming crowd. We had the opportunity to thoroughly test a few configurations, and the AMD Ryzen 7 and RTX 5060-equipped X16 in particular surprised us in a very positive way.

September 2025 update. They can do it all - light gaming, office tasks, image and video editing, making them the ideal choice for many users. This article lists multimedia notebooks with the best price-performance ratio, including a few deals that stand out as particularly attractive.

September 2025 update. Featuring powerful processors, high-end graphics cards, and smooth high-refresh-rate displays, top gaming laptops are built to handle the latest PC games. In this article, we rank the best models tested by Notebookcheck in recent months.

September 2025 update. Notebooks that deliver high enough performance at a reasonable price point do exist. While finding a decent model on a budget is no easy task, we might just have the right purchase recommendation for you depending on your needs and how much cash you're prepared to spend.

July 2025 update. Camera features and image quality are central to the modern smartphone experience. Thanks to some very impressive technical advances of recent years, good camera phones make simple dedicated cameras redundant, with intricate behind-the-scenes calculations in the background making sure that even a quick snapshot from the hip always looks good. This article lists the best phones for photography that we have tested recently.