I've Tested Phones for 14 Years and These Are the Most Bizarre I've Seen

When he's not testing the latest phones or phone cameras, Andrew can normally be found with his own camera in hand or behind his drums or eating his stash of home-cooked food -- sometimes all at once.

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I've been a CNET journalist for almost 15 years and I've tried everything from electric cars and bikes to cameras and, er, magic wands. I've even compared drones to barn owls. But my biggest focus has always been phones and I've seen a lot of them in my time. There's always been regular names like Apple and Samsung, but I've also seen the rise of brands like Xiaomi and OnePlus, while once-dominant names like BlackBerry, HTC and LG have vanished from ...