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Though it was made from outdated technology, the Game Boy and its descendants have often been used to test new tech. Heck, there was one GBA game with a solar panel in the cartridge. But more conducive to gaming was being able to track real-world motions in-game. This was first done in the Game Boy Color game Kirby Tilt ‘n’ Tumble. The game involved tilting the Game Boy to move Kirby around the level and a built-in accelerometer could tell which way players tilted the handheld. This is pretty standard in mobile games now but Nintendo did it first.

Bottom Line: The well-built Surface Go is the least expensive route into Microsoft’s superb Surface tablet line, and the most portable option. Just know that frequent travelers will like it best, and the core processing power is on the light side.

Consequently, they continued their policy of attrition, adding a new weapon to their arsenal, the anti-personnel Frog-7 cluster-bomb missile. By these means, the Soviets were inflicting combat deaths on the Mujahidin at a ratio of better than thirty-to-one. They were also successful in building up the Soviet-backed People’s Democratic Army (PDA) to 302,000 by 1986.

The Ulefone Armor 6 comes with a 6.2-inch Full-HD+ display with 2246 x 1080 pixels screen resolution. Under the hood, the device is powered by MediaTek Helio P60 12nm octa-core processor, which is the company’s first processor powered by artificial intelligence.

On the hardware side, the device could also do with some refinement. There’s a weird wedge-shaped gap when the lid is closed due to the metal hinge, and while I don’t really care about it, practically everyone else I’ve shown the laptop to has pointed it out unprompted. The potential for bric-a-brac in my rucksack to mess up the screen means I’d have to keep it in a separate case. This is pretty much the only gripe I have on the hardware side, though, and that’s far better than having a dust-allergic keyboard.

While it may sound silly, picture the Surface Go as a Surface Pro that’s been put in the clothes dryer a bit too long. It apes the established aesthetic and feel of the larger flagship device, with everything just sized down. (See our companion piece Surface Go Vs. Surface Pro: What’s the Difference?)

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To achieve IP68 both the SIM card slot and the charging port have rubber gaskets, and the one for the USB port needs to be pulled out each time you charge it.

On the hardware front, Unihertz has done an exceptional job ensuring this smartphone will be durable. That’s due in large part to the size of this gadget. To begin with, it is noticeably thicker than other smartphones but not to such a degree that it’s difficult to hold. A fair amount of that heft is because the components have been squeezed into such a small frame but also because the outer protective coating is so thick. The panels, edges, and corners feature extra grip to make it more difficult to drop too. Meanwhile, the small screen size and use of an unspecified version of Gorilla Glass mean that there’s not enough surface area to really bend or twist. The entire build brings to mind the original candy-bar style Nokias from the 1990s and early-2000s. It really does just feel indestructible because of how compact everything is and might even pose as much a risk to bare feet as a Lego brick if the company had used harder materials and sharper edges.

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The best aspect of this design is that for a rugged phone it isn’t overly large or heavy, but as we get into the specifications, you might conclude that those positive notes are outweighed by other less desirable features.