A Melbourne schoolgirl has second degree burns to her thigh after the battery inside her Samsung Galaxy S4 phone exploded while she was on her way to school on Friday morning.
At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Sony has unveiled the Xperia XZ Premium, a monster of a phone that seems designed purely to fit as many high-end specs as possible into a single handset.
Blackberry and Nokia are grabbing the headlines with their comeback stories, but it's LG that has the most compelling product.
New phone's launch was a flashy event, playing all the old crowd favourites but with a few new tunes as well.
HMD Global's newly revitalised Nokia phone business went back to the future on Sunday, re-introducing a brightly coloured version of the classic 3310, once the world's most popular phone. But there's a catch.
Apple may be considering a camera designed for authentication and augmented reality for its next high-end iPhone, according to reports.
Though it doesn't sound like an exciting upgrade, screen quality is one of the most important factors in a smartphone.
For lovers of gigantic phones, the Huawei Mate 9 is compelling choice . It's a sleek and sexy unit that feels well constructed. It's got some weight to it, but it's not too heavy considering the size. And it has a camera to die for.
The Alcatel Boost Dex phone is brilliant for kids, or people who just want a basic phone.
HMD Global, the Finnish company with exclusive rights to make phones with the name Nokia attached to them, may be planning to release an homage to the legendary early-2000s brick phone, the 3310.
It may only be February, but it seems like people are already getting excited about the next iPhone, which is expected to debut in September.
Apple has overthrown Samsung as the world's biggest smartphone manufacturer for the first time in five years after reporting record sales.
More iPhone 7 units sold than expected, but customers currently holding back in anticipation of 10th-anniversary iPhone this year.
Eyeing off the latest smartphone while your current handset works fine? You aren't alone in Australia.
Samsung finally disclosed what made its flagship smartphone explode last year.
Your child is starting high school this year and will be making their own way home, so you're considering getting them their first smartphone. Or perhaps their friends have one and they've been begging you to join the club all summer.
Samsung has a lot to make up for after the the debacle that was the Galaxy Note7. In the next month or so, it'll have the perfect chance to do it.
Data on the phones consumers are searching for shows not even the most explosive of events in 2016 can completely thwart Samsung's efforts.
Thousands of tech enthusiasts descending on Las Vegas for CES last week may have felt like they'd seen a ghost or two, with smartphones bearing the names of Nokia and BlackBerry appearing like apparitions among the futuristic robots and shiny new things.
If you're going to spend a bundle on a new phone, it makes sense to fork out a bit extra on a bit of protection for it.