Mat Smith
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Nothing Phone 4a Pro review: A midrange phone that rivals the Pixel 10a
Nothing has successfully refined its hardware into a more premium, all-metal unibody. The Phone 4a Pro punches well above its $499 price tag.
Oppo’s Find N6 might be the foldable of your dreams
Just like a dream, the Find N6 may be forever out of reach.
The Morning After: Apple's surprise AirPods Max refresh
The biggest news stories this morning: Samsung ends Galaxy Z TriFold sales three months after launch, NVIDIA and Bolt team up for European robotaxis, Samsung Galaxy S26 review.
Samsung Galaxy S26 review: The smartphone status quo
Samsung Galaxy deja vu. Incremental spec bumps make it hard to get excited about the company's smallest flagship phone.
The Morning After: Our verdict on Apple’s $600 Macbook Neo
The biggest news stories this morning: Bumble is the latest dating app to add an AI assistant, RAMaggedon is not expected to ease this year.
The Morning After: The new iPad Air M4 is Apple's best overall tablet
The biggest news stories this morning: iPhone 17e review: The economical choice, Anthropic sues US government over supply chain risk designation, You can (sort of) block Grok from editing your uploaded photos.
The Morning After: Apple takes on cheap Windows laptops and Chromebooks with the $599 MacBook Neo
The biggest news stories this morning: Nothing Phone 4a Pro hands-on, Sorry, first-party PlayStation games aren't coming to PC anymore, Google Pixel 10a review: Small changes, but still great value.
Nothing Phone 4a Pro hands-on: A premium design with a price to match the Pixel 10a
It's not a camera plateau.
Nothing Phone 4a hands-on: A more technically accomplished entry-level smartphone
The company has put effort into improving its cameras, and it’s paid off.
MWC 2026’s most bizarre phone can start fires (on purpose)
Its built-in igniter is designed to help light campfires, but it looks like it'll work on cigarettes.
At MWC, Tecno’s super-thin modular concept phone doesn't even have a wired charging port
A lot of modules and a lot of fun.
Vivo's X300 Ultra goes global and gets a huge 400mm Zeiss telephoto lens
Vivo barely has a presence outside of China but that seems to be changing in a big way with the company's next flagship phone.
TCL is upgrading its easy-on-the-eyes glare-free NXTPAPER display tech with AMOLED
TCL is preparing for a major leap forward on future phone and tablet displays.
Motorola Razr Fold hands-on at MWC 2026: Bright screens, inside and out
Motorola made both screens on its newest foldable brighter than any of its rivals by quite a margin.
Lenovo's robot concept can help you digitally sign documents (and maybe annoy coworkers)
The AI Workmate Concept has its own Intel Core Ultra processor, 64GB of memory and a built-in Pico projector.
A closer look at Honor’s Robot Phone
Alongside a humanoid robot, Honor showed off a handful of features for its Robot Phone and its somehow cute 200MP camera.
Leica’s Leitzphone by Xiaomi has a huge 1-inch camera sensor and a stylish new design
Xiaomi announced a further deepening of its relationship with Leica, with the Leitzphone.
Xiaomi 17 Ultra hands-on: Incredible cameras, but maybe hard to get
The company has continued its pattern from previous Xiaomi flagships, by focusing on powerful camera sensors, huge batteries and… being selective about global availability.
The Morning After: The Galaxy S26 Ultra’s Privacy Display is pretty cool
The biggest news stories this morning: Apple and Netflix are teaming up to share Formula 1 programming, Burger King will use AI to monitor employee ’friendliness’, Canadian government demands safety changes from OpenAI
Samsung Galaxy S26 hands-on: A lot more of the same for a little more money
Both the S26 and S26+ are more expensive than last year and it’s often a game of spot the difference when it comes to what’s new.