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Love it, hate it or simply indifferent to it, the notch is a way of life in 2018. Nearly every manufacturer has used it in their flagship phones, except for Samsung. Many have lauded Samsung’s decision to skip the notch this year but if things go according to plan they …

OnePlus had originally planned to announce their next flagship to the world on October 30 in New York and sent invites out nearly two weeks ago. In the past couple of days Apple have also decided to launch their new iPads on October 30 in New York (one hour later …

If the teardown of a phone by iFixit doesn’t do it for your phone destruction interests, then YouTube channel Jerry Rig Everything should be next on your list. The channel has gotten access to the Pixel 3 XL and performed some scratch tests, addressing some of the concerns on the …

After beginning to roll out the Android Pie update to the Xperia XZ2 and XZ2 Compact ahead of schedule last week, Sony has confirmed they’re ahead of schedule XZ-series handsets, while confirming a date for the XA-series handsets. Sony’s original announcement for the rollout of Pie saw Xperia XZ series …

As part of our photographic tour of the United Kingdom following the Huawei Mate 20 Pro launch earlier this week, we’ve been testing out the new smartphone in different environments. We’ve already taken it for a bash up the Thames, and yesterday, we took it out to one of the …

One of the best things about owning a Pixel device is the quick updates you get from Google: not only is your phone updated quickly but you have access to the factory image for the device going forwards. For many tinkerers of the operating system, or those who want to …

After Huawei’s Mate 20 Pro launch this week, we had the opportunity to take Huawei’s new phone out and about around London, including a river cruise with a difference. Usually, if you cruise the Thames, you’ll do so in a slow, leisurely fashion, which I’m sure must be fun. We …

If you’re on the hunt for a new pre-paid phone through Telstra, their range just increased by two phones with the OPPO AX5 and LG K9 now available on their website. LG K9 LG’s budget K-series phones have been fairly stable work horses of the Australian mobile landscape. The K-series …

With the launch of the Huawei Mate 20 Pro in the early hours of this morning for you back home, we can finally talk publicly about our time with the device and some hands-on thoughts. After having spent the last six months or so with Huawei’s P20 Pro, coming to …

At their event last week, Google made a fair to-do about their new Titan security chip, outlining some of the features on-stage in New York. Today they’ve expanded on what the Titan M chip actually is, and what it can do for security on your phone. Google describes the Titan …

Hot on the heels of the Mate 20 announcement in London, Vodafone has today announced their range of plans for both the Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro. The plans include the bonus Freebuds wireless earbuds for the Mate 20, but if you want to pre-order the Mate 20 Pro …

Unlike the Pixel 3 XL, we saw very little of the smaller Pixel 3 prior to the launch this year. The Pixel 3 XL has taken the lions share of interest from Android fans thanks to the leaks, and of course that large notch in the display. The Pixel 3 …

The Pixel 3 XL is the new hotness in the smartphone world, and the folks over at iFixit have gotten their hands on one and done what they do best, tear it down and see what makes it tick. The phone has a number of positives when it comes to …

A sizeable contingent of the Australian technology media is in London this week, for what is – arguably – one of the most exciting phone launches of 2018. After watching the smartphone space rapidly develop over the last eight years with increasing speed, it’s safe to say that we’ve become …

The prospect of a new Palm phone got an old Treo fan a rather excited, but it’s with barely a splash that the new Palm phone has been announced as a US carrier Verizon exclusive. The new Palm phone, it doesn’t really have a name as far as we can …