Phones
Analysis
Apple
Why Apple will now let you fix your iPhone
The tech giant, once the arch nemesis to DIY fixing of broken gadgets, is leading a shift to reuse rather than discard.
- by Matthew Field
Latest
Made to be unfixable: Why consumers are fighting tech for the ‘right to repair’
Some of us are old enough to remember the days when you could easily swap out a dud battery in your flip phone. Nowadays, repairing any electronic device can cost more than buying a new one.
- by Clara Hernanz Lizarraga
Apple to start selling parts for customers to repair their own iPhones
The program will be rolled out across the globe in 2022 and will initially allow people to fix the display, battery and camera for their iPhone 12 and iPhone 13 before expanding to other devices.
- by Jillian Deutsch
Opinion
Good Weekend
Two minutes with Danny Katz: Have bathroom phone manners been flushed?
Should one reader get down from their throne and accept that people are always on? Despite reservations, our Modern Guru thinks so.
- by Danny Katz
Review
Google’s latest phones outsmart, and undercut, the competition
The Pixel 6 is an incredible phone at a reasonable price, with hardware and AI that put Google back on top for smartphone photography and smarts.
- by Tim Biggs
Google’s AI-powered Pixel 6 translates texts, removes photobombers
The latest Pixel smartphones, which are the first to use Google’s in-house Tensor processor, are all about on-device smarts.
- by Tim Biggs
Opinion
Opinion
Upgrade your phone plan, or risk falling behind
Competition for your mobile phone plan dollar is intense. If you have not changed providers in the past two years, there are likely many better deals now available in the market.
Apple says iPhones at risk of being hacked if App Store forced open
Apple says that attempts to force it to allow downloading from outside of its secure iPhone App Store - a process known as “sideloading” - could put consumers at risk.
- by Matthew Field
Analysis
Analysis
Microsoft is serious about its double-screen Duo smartphone
You might argue there’s little to gain from the software giant stepping into the smartphone space, but Microsoft is doubling down.
- by Krishan Sharma
Facebook’s next act: replacing the iPhone
Facebook’s new tech chief Andrew Bosworth is at the forefront of the social networking giant’s efforts to reinvent itself.
- by James Titcomb
Microsoft unveils powerful Surface laptops, another two-screen phone
The beefiest Surface ever joins a redesigned Surface Pro and second generation smartphone as Microsoft prepares Windows 11.
- by Tim Biggs