• COMMENT
• Peter Wells

The year in smartphones was dominated by two huge controversies from the two biggest players. It was the year the Samsung Note 7 tanked, and Apple's headphone jack disappeared.

• Christina Warren

Buried in yesterday's support update on iPhone 6s shutdowns was the news that the problem might be more widespread than we thought.

• Amy Mitchell-Whittington

A technical issue that failed to notify thousands of Brisbane residents prior to Saturday's destructive storm is expected to be identified by the end of the day, Weatherzone's Head of Development says.

• Tim Biggs

Sony is great at making smartphones, but pretty lousy at getting the word out about them.

• Brett Molina

Next year is the 10th anniversary of the iPhone, so Apple should have surprises in store.

• Miriam Webber

A new trick is giving iPhone users another chance to increase iPhone storage capacity.

• Stephen Hutcheon

Apple acknowledges that there is a structural problem with its iPhone 6 Plus which causes the device's screen to freeze and become unresponsive.

• Tim Biggs, Chloe Booker

A western Sydney woman says she has suffered severe burns after falling asleep on her charging iPhone 7.

• Jungah Lee

Samsung plans to equip its next Galaxy S phones with a Siri-like digital assistant.

• Rae Johnston

Huawei has finally revealed the Mate 9, alongside a special Porsche edition of the smartphone and the Huawei Fit Fitness tracker.

• Terry Lane

The person who presumes to review and assess digital doodads faces a constant dilemma: do we judge against an ideal or do we assess on the basis of realistic expectations of owners' use?

• Peter Wells

Motorola is the latest manufacturer to run with the idea of a modular smartphone.

• Gerrit De Vynck

BlackBerry has showed off the last phone it will market itself before completely outsourcing design, production and distribution to partners: a 5.5-inch touchscreen device that rivals the size of the iPhone 7 Plus and Google Pixel XL, but at a lower price.

• Henry Cooke

Update's headline feature is only available on the iPhone 7 Plus — a new 'portrait mode' that uses the phone's dual cameras to create a shallow depth of field usually only achieved with larger camera systems.

• Campbell Simpson

LG's new V20 wants to take on the iPhone 7 Plus and Google Pixel XL.

• James Titcomb

Kodak is back, with a phone that claims to far surpass the cameras on mainstream handsets.

• COMMENT
• Eric Ravenscraft

Nexus devices were for Android enthusiasts, but Google doesn't need to cater to them anymore. The Pixels are phones for everybody.

• Sui-Lee Wee

Zhang Sitong says Samsung staff offered him a new phone and cash on the proviso he kept a video of his smoking Note 7 private.

• Tim Biggs

This is the phone you want if you're after an Android that's optimised perfectly before you even turn it on.