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Google Pixel 4a review: The Goldilocks Google phone

Oppo Find X2 Pro review: The Ultimate Alternative Flagship

Oppo AX7 review: New looks, same old budget buy

HTC U11 Life review: Stock Android with a so-so camera

Huawei Nova 2i review: Huawei's best flagship features have been successfully smuggled into the mid-tier

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OnePlus 5: Unboxed

Chinese smartphone brand OnePlus has finally come to Australia. Our review unit of their flagship OnePlus 5 smartphone arrived in the office earlier today and we couldn't wait to open it up and see how it fared.

OPPO A57: unboxing, hands on review and detail shots

Oppo makes phones that are both great value and great on their own. Recently we've been impressed with the very pretty Oppo R9s and the larger, does-it-all Oppo R9s Plus. The latter competes with the best, flagship phones on the market but costs much less money.

Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+: Hands on review, slideshow and gallery

The hype around Samsung's Galaxy S8 has been off the charts - something that normally makes us wary. However, having spent some time with the device today our hopes are heightened.

Samsung Galaxy A5 2017: unboxing, hands on review and detail shots

Samsung delayed the launch of its flagship Samsung Galaxy S8 Android smartphone, but it has launched it's mid-range Samsung Galaxy A5 2017 model. We were keen to have a look and see if it was worth bothering with.

News about smartphones

Huawei drops 5G SoC phones

The latest iterations of the Huawei Mate smartphone series appear to boldly go where no Huawei devices have gone before.

News Oct 26
The Xiaomi Mi 9 arrives in Australia

Further expanding the Chinese brand's foothold in the upper mid-tier market, Xiaomi's Mi 9 smartphone is now available in Australia.

News Jun 28
ZAGG’s InvisibleShield on Demand smoothes out the screen protector experience

Zagg has quietly begun rolling out their new InvisibleShield on Demand service across Australian retailers.

News Feb 07
Nokia announces new Nokia 5.1 Plus

HMD Global has announced the release of the Nokia 5.1 Plus on Android One in Australia.

News Oct 31
LG launches the LG Q Stylus

LG has launched the LG Q Stylus, a mid-range smartphone.

News Sep 05

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Tutorials about smartphones

How to change the voice on your Android phone

Changing the voice used for navigation on an Android phone from robotic to something more natural is easy, but buried in the menus.

Tutorials May 14
How to jailbreak your iPhone

Jailbreaking--the process that enables you to install unauthorized-by-Apple third-party apps and additional features on your iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad--has been in a largely dormant state since the release of iOS 6. But it's back again.

Tutorials Feb 19
Bugs & Fixes: iPhone fails to pair to Bluetooth device

Last September, a new thread in Apple Support Communities briefly noted that a user was unable to get his iPhone 5 to pair with other Bluetooth devices. As it turned out, he was not alone. Cut to the present: this thread is now 29 pages long, with se...

Tutorials Feb 15
iPhone speaker not working? How to fix glitch in iOS 6.1

The iOS 6.1 update fixes some bugs, but also introduces brand new ones, like potentially crippling your iPhone’s built-in speaker.

Tutorials Feb 05
Control your TV with your smartphone, tablet

Using your smartphone or tablet to control your Tivo box is easy and offers a lot of flexibility in recording shows and channel surfing.

Tutorials Jan 22

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Features about smartphones

Ten Smartphones You Can Buy For $200

The amount of value and features you can find in smartphones that cost less than $200 is a lot more than what it was even only a few years ago.

Features Dec 18
Top 10 Apple and Android smartphones you can buy for under $800

If our round-ups of the best Apple and Android phones you can get for under $600 or under $700 weren’t good enough for you, let's up the ante.

Features Dec 07
Top 10 Apple and Android smartphones you can buy for under $400

If our round-up of the best Apple and Android smartphones you can find for under $500 and $600 wasn’t good enough for you, here’s our latest list of the top 10 best Android and Apple phones you can find for under $400.

Features Nov 13
Top 10 best Android and Apple smartphones for $700

Nowadays, you can spend around far less than the amount asked for by flagship devices and come away with more than just a phone that handles the basics.

Features Sep 28
Top 10 Apple and Android smartphones you can buy for under $300

If our round-up of the best Apple and Android smartphones you can find for under $400 and $500 wasn’t good enough for you, here’s our latest list of the top 10 best Android and Apple phones you can find for under $300.

Features Sep 11

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