Flashback: The Phones That Weren’t, Part 5: Rectangles Hurt
Look at your phone: it's a rectangle with rounded corners, isn't it? While this was established as the prevailing form early on, there were those who knew in their hearts…
Look at your phone: it's a rectangle with rounded corners, isn't it? While this was established as the prevailing form early on, there were those who knew in their hearts…
The more tech-savvy probably know that Android is based on the Linux kernel. But it's nothing like a typical Linux you may have seen on PCs or smartphones. Nokia and…
While Windows is best known as a desktop operating system, Microsoft's big push with Windows 8 was to make both the internals and the user interface capable of running on…
Henry Ford once said, "If you'd asked people what they wanted, they'd have said faster horses." The authenticity of the quote is not confirmed 100%, but the point is clear:…
Unlimited power! For a brief moment in 2019 there was a smartphone with a huge 18,000mAh battery – yes, that's 3-4 times bigger than a typical phone battery today. However,…
Apple introduced the original iPhone in January 2007, and a few months later took advantage of the new all-touch interface to add a new branch to the iPod family tree.…
How wide is too wide? This is a silly question, thought LG in 2009 when it released the LG BL40 New Chocolate. With a 4" display with a cinematic 21:9…
Meizu has had an interesting history and after several turbulent years withdrew from the smartphone market. Now under the wing of automaker Geely, the company is all set to make…
A couple of years ago we looked at the best LG phones and called the LG G5 "LG's most ambitious phone ever." We stand by it: the phone brought some…
As the saying goes "home is where Wi-Fi automatically connects". As much as smartphone makers focus on advertising their phones' next generation cellular connectivity, many of us spend most of…
Samsung has the best implementation of a smartphone stylus – not that there's much competition – but it comes at a price. Previously, it was only available on Galaxy Note…
In early 2020 the Galaxy S10 series was preparing to retire. A year earlier it had introduced the world's first 5G phone and brought the surprisingly popular S10e model alongside…