Introducing time-saver reviews

10 March, 2016
Today we're introducing a new take on our detailed, long-form articles. These are the time-saver editions of some of our most popular reviews. The goal with those is to bring you the gist of our full-length reviews without getting into too many technical details. But they are more than merely abridged versions of our full-fledged review.

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  • AnonD-147081
  • tDR
  • 11 Mar 2016

- Do you find them too short or too long?
What makes review too long because of comparation. Better to compare in full review.

- Do you understand the percentile ranks and their visualizations?
Better to visualize from real time usage, such as how the screen affects user indoor or outdoor, how the weight affects your handling,
- Do you like this format better than the regular multi-page reviews?
- How do you feel about our scores and do you find them meaningful?

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    • AnonD-513547
    • y@7
    • 11 Mar 2016

    First of all, great work. I am an avid reader of your detailed reviews.

    I think instead of providing the percentiles for the things like weight, screen size and resolution, there should be percentiles for phone size to weight ratio, screen to body ratio, and resolution to screen size ratio, respectively. these features are more informative, the former can still be included in the text. Others are informative though.



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      • Ben
      • gCh
      • 11 Mar 2016

      come on gsmarena make a review for galaxy s7/s7edge. We are waiting..

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        • bodalau
        • srr
        • 11 Mar 2016

        But...why????..

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          • advice
          • JK}
          • 11 Mar 2016

          U should put phones in categories i.e. flagships 2015, low range 2014 etc... lg's V10 has perfect camera score but in a couple of years it will mean nothing. This way people will have better picture of whats that phone really capable.

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            • Anonymous
            • wu3
            • 11 Mar 2016

            For screen reviews, please include outdoor legibility as one of the dials indicators. The evaluation of sunlight legibility is a unique test that gsmarena does and it is very valuable.

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              • AnonD-302753
              • Kg%
              • 11 Mar 2016

              I liked the format very much.

              - Do you find them too short or too long?
              > I find them average, not too long or too short, its okay to read the reviews.

              - Do you understand the percentile ranks and their visualizations?
              > For me, maybe GSMArena blog would consider a near-perfect phone or a very best phone of the year, like now 2016.
              - Do you like this format better than the regular multi-page reviews?
              > Yes. I like the way that this blog website had to do with their reviews on gadgets these days.
              - How do you feel about our scored and do you find them meaningful?
              > I think the scores in the "time-saver edition" would have basis on a smartphone review like on samsung galaxy note 5.

              But I like the changes on posting reviews in this blog site. keep up, GSMArena Team!

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                • Kevin D'Costa
                • XNt
                • 11 Mar 2016

                This is a Nice way of Reviewing a phone. Its Short & Sweet. Thanks guys. You Rock !!!

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                  • MJA
                  • ar1
                  • 11 Mar 2016

                  Great new addition. please keep old review format too.
                  And Nexus 5X & Nexus 6P please.
                  Also Lumia 950 & LG G4.

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                    • AnonD-78435
                    • Iaj
                    • 11 Mar 2016

                    I like it.
                    - Do you find them too short or too long?
                    Can be shorter if the original full review still is available.
                    - Do you understand the percentile ranks and their visualizations?
                    Yes.
                    - Do you like this format better than the regular multi-page reviews?
                    Yes.
                    - How do you feel about our scored and do you find them meaningful?
                    Yes. But there is at least two problems:
                    - Currently there are already devices with maximum points for some (LG V10 camera) aspects, but after one year, certainly there will have a better one, how you will distinguish the new better score?
                    - Second - Are you sure about Moto X Play Battery life score - just 2.5 (Endurance rating: 83h) and in the same time LG V10 Battery life score - 3.5 (Endurance rating: 56h) :) ?

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                      • AnonD-15308
                      • Iae
                      • 11 Mar 2016

                      With this concise and objetive form of review GSMArena improves its way on being the top reference when it comes to mobile devices. I liked this format very much!
                      - Do you find them too short or too long?
                      It has a good size for a short and time-saver content.
                      - Do you understand the percentile ranks and their visualizations?
                      I think I quite understood the percentile ranks but you could be clearer on explanation.
                      - Do you like this format better than the regular multi-page reviews?
                      I prefer this format than the regular, but I think the complete review is still necessary for a more humane view of the devices.
                      - How do you feel about our scored and do you find them meaningful?
                      The scores are pretty meaningful and give a quick and direct view about the aspects of the devices.

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                        • nonickname
                        • SXh
                        • 11 Mar 2016

                        I really like it. Usually, in the long reviews, I just browse through first couple of pages and then jump to the conclusion. Only when I'm seriously interested in some device I read the whole review.

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                          • AnonD-396766
                          • gFC
                          • 11 Mar 2016

                          Too long & will get bigger in times also a bit of a hassle on PC to scroll (up/down), this time-saver review format will likely be more comfortable using Android or IOS which makes scrolling a bit comfortable using the touch screen ... regards.

                            I checked it out and it seems really, really weird. Especially percentiles. I think you got it wrong, very, very wrong. 99% of devices have 6 inch or smaller screen? What does it give me? Another phone has 5" screen, and there's a percentage. What does it give me? Nothing.

                            Please reconsider. As far as I can see, its just a shortened down version of review that has been pushed into a single page and its a complete disaster, IMO.

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                              • GoncaloR
                              • i5P
                              • 11 Mar 2016

                              Loved it! For me the "worst" part in normal reviews was the 'Conclusion' section, where finding "The conclusion" was very hard!
                              In the new format, the "Wrap-up" is simply perfect!

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                                • AnonD-31436
                                • 3@G
                                • 11 Mar 2016

                                Dear GSM Arena. I am regular reader of this lovely & useful site. Its very nice to see the time-saver edition. I like it. Just some more information required in the highlight of Thickness, screen to body ratio & Pixels. Thank you very much.

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                                  • AnonD-65736
                                  • pnP
                                  • 11 Mar 2016

                                  AnonD-458877, 11 Mar 2016it is quite brilliant and the best thing is that we can sti... moreI totally agree with that : readers come here for your long reviews. So no problems with shorter ones as long as making them is not detrimental to the long ones (ideally, if the formatting of the short one is made automatically -I don't know if that's the case- it can save you a lot of times).

                                  Long story short: love the idea but please don't throw away the fundamentals either :)

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                                    • AnonD-190634
                                    • HIX
                                    • 11 Mar 2016

                                    Awesome!
                                    just add body to screen ratio, brightness and stuff like that (more data)
                                    and maybe browsing time and other stuff on battery part
                                    and add on screen fps !

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                                      • Diego
                                      • puh
                                      • 11 Mar 2016

                                      nice like it!

                                        At least for note5 I couldn't find auto/manual brightness info. I would welcome even shorter way of describing with just specs oriented information, so I wouldn't need to scroll 20x. Please then include more info for camera(audio quality, daylight shutterspeed, cam ui, ...),battery and of course I miss some video tests of virtual assistents, special shortcuts,... it's so much better than describing it with pictures/words...

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