Hisense HS-X1 review: a smartphone you might as well call a tablet

Whenever I’m called to pick up a new phone for review, I expect to find something small, economical and light. These are, after all, fairly standard smartphone traits. Not so this time. The Hisense X1 is enormous. Picking it up for the first time, I asked a question that I would soon get from other people time and time again. “Is this really a phone?”

Indeed, with a 6.8″ screen, the X1 looks more like a tablet. Though Hisense describes it as a phone, it’s so large you can call it what you like: a tablet, a phone or a phablet. The only certainty is that it will draw a stare when you pull it from your pocket. Oh wait, you won’t be able to fit it in your pocket.

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