• Tim Biggs

When it comes to smartphones, Australians are buying more Samsung devices compared to this time last year, and ever so slightly more iPhones, but less of almost everything else.

• Peter Wells

Cameras in smartphones are getting better every year, especially given the increasing power of the portable computers they're attached to, but they're limited by the physical size of the phones they're in.

• Tim Biggs

Google has unveiled a stack of new gadgets at a special event in California, issuing a direct challenge to Apple, Amazon and Microsoft as it continues its push into original hardware that leverages the company's AI and cloud services.

• Tim Biggs

A new version of the classic Nokia 3310 mobile phone will launch in Australia in October, complete with a customisable retro interface, an MP3 player and of course a version of the classic mobile game Snake.

Apple launch of the iPhone 8 kicked off with less fanfare than new models in previous years in the United States, Asia, Australia and Britain, as fans held out for the premium iPhone X, due out in early November.

• Tim Biggs

Apple's iPhone 8 Plus "won't make you a better photographer, but it will improve your photos".

• Tim Biggs

While the last major update to iOS redesigned and overhauled the iPhone experience, iOS 11 — which is rolling out starting today — is mostly about iPad-specific features that turn the tablet from an oversized phone to more of a laptop replacement.

• Peter Wells

The announcement of the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus was overshadowed at last week's event in Cupertino, as the world's media was far more interested in the radically redesigned iPhone X. But in any other year, these two new phones would be a worthy upgrade for the iPhone faithful.

• Campbell Simpson

Hot on the back of Apple's announcement of the new Watch Series 3, the first Aussie telco to support its integrated eSIM has come out swinging. Telstra's new One Number service will let you hook up your phone and wearable to the same phone number and mobile data plan.

• COMMENT
• Craig Timberg

A whiff of dystopian creepiness has long wafted in the air whenever facial recognition has come up, but Apple sought to reverse that equation with the introduction of its new phone.

• Peter Wells

Android users will no doubt mock the iPhone X, pointing to the bezel-less design of the Samsung Galaxy S8 to say Apple is playing catching up. But the iPhone X feels very different in the hand to those Android flagships.

• Alex Kidman

Apple is a company that makes active money out of secrecy. The one detail we can be assured of is that the new iPhone models won't be cheap.

• Mark Gurman

On Wednesday morning, Sydney time, Apple CEO Tim Cook will take the stage for the first time in the Steve Jobs Theater at the company's new campus.

• Michael Heath

Aussies hoping to buy the new iPhone are likely to be forking out more than most countries in Asia.

• Mark Gurman

 Apple Inc.'s most important new phone for years will be called the iPhone X, according to a leak of the company's latest mobile operating system.

• Tim Biggs

For the first time in a very long time, a Nokia flagship phone is worthy of consideration alongside the latest from Samsung, LG, Sony and Apple.

• Hayley Tsukayama

Apple is poised to release a new generation of iPhones next week, but the highest expectations are for the 10th-anniversary edition of the iconic smartphone. And, for that phone — which is believed to have a nearly all-screen front — Apple is expected to change the type of screen the iPhone uses.

• Cynthia Karena

BlackBerry is back, but unless you are a devoted fan, there's no compelling argument to get this phone. Here's why.

• Peter Wells

The dual camera system is impressive, the pen is greatly improved, but flaws of the last flagship Galaxy S8 are still here too.