Few of us pay much attention to the connectors and cables we use on a daily basis, but one type of plug has become increasingly ubiquitous in recent years.
The USB-C connection is increasingly the default method for connecting and powering ...
Over the last twenty years, there have only been a handful of truly game-changing smartphone innovations.
The introduction of a camera on Sharp’s J-SH04 in 2000 formed the genesis of today’s selfie generation. Without camera phones, Ins...
The importance of smartphones is reflected in how their uses have expanded far beyond the basic functions they’re theoretically meant to provide.
Today, we use our mobiles as mobile data hotspots, tethering them to computers for impromptu...
Unboxing a brand-new smartphone is an exciting moment, and turning it on for the first time is also a thrill.
The phone will never be this clean, this fast – or this free of apps.
The average smartphone has between 60 and 90 apps installe...
In the mid-Noughties, a BlackBerry handset was a real status symbol.
These smartphone precursors combined email, 3G web access and basic productivity tools with normal cellular connectivity.
This futuristic amalgam of office computer and mo...
In the olden days, you bought a computer game at a shop. It would be supplied in a box far bigger than it needed to be, with screenshots from a system better than the one you owned.
You’d take it home, insert the cassette or disc, and pla...
It’s fair to say 5G hasn’t been the game-changing event smartphone manufacturers and network operators had expected.
A combination of conspiracy theories, Covid-19 restrictions on personal movement, a lack of compatible devices and the ...
The unveiling of a new iPhone is always a significant event, considering Apple manufactures one in seven smartphones sold worldwide.
However, the launch of the iPhone 12 has been rather overtaken by global events.
Its development began long...
Since its debut in 2008, the Android operating system has been through numerous growing pains.
Place an operating system running Android 1.0 in front of a modern smartphone user, and they might react with incredulity at the original platfor...
The drop in value experienced by smartphones can be quite shocking, especially if you’re hoping to sell a relatively new device.
The annual musicMagpie Phone Deprecation Report makes depressing reading for early adopters, and anyone who f...
