Phones
Don't lose your home phone when connecting to NBN
Switching across to the network doesn't mean abandoning all the telephone handsets around your home.
- by Adam Turner
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Opinion
Opinion
Don’t go too budget on your child's first smartphone
Buying a first phone for your child can be a daunting task with so many options on the market, but it can pay to pay a little more.
- by Adam Turner
M magazine
TechKnow: Budget Android smartphones
Both the Alcatel and Aspera smartphones run a full version of Google's latest Android 9.0 "Pie" and will give you change from $200.
- by Adam Turner
Analysis
Analysis
Who wants foldable phones; consumers or phone-makers?
Do phone with folding screens really solve an existing problem, or are they all hype?
- by Alice Clarke
Samsung
S20 Ultra's massive zoom could be a mobile photography game changer
A huge main sensor and periscope telephoto lens make for a 10x 'hybrid optic' zoom, and up to 100x digital zoom.
- by Alice Clarke
Coronavirus outbreak
Coronavirus scuttles plans for world's biggest phone show
Mobile World Congress has been cancelled after Intel, Sony, Facebook, Amazon, LG and others withdrew from the show over fears of virus spreading.
- by Krishan Sharma
Opinion
Opinion
Killing the headphone jack was a mistake, and Samsung just joined in
With Samsung the latest smartphone maker to drop the 3.5mm port, getting good audio from your phone is less convenient than ever.
- by Krishan Sharma
Samsung
Samsung's Z Flip is a much more confident foldable phone
With a flexible glass screen, pocketable shape and glossy look, Samsung's latest foldable is aimed more at the fashion conscious than the tech enthusiast.
- by Alice Clarke
Samsung
Samsung unveils S20 smartphone range, foldable glass screen Z Flip
The Z Flip folds like an old flip phone rather than a book, while Samsung claims the camera on the new S20 Ultra can zoom up to 100x.
- by Alice Clarke
Apple
Apple fined $41 million for secretly slowing old iPhones
Apple's updates were designed to keep old devices working longer, but a European consumer watchdog says it should have been more transparent.
- by Tim Biggs
Education
'Now everyone’s looking up': Less text, more talk as mobile phone ban kicks in
At one school in Melbourne's south-east, students have accepted Victoria’s new mobile phone ban but pushback has come from an unexpected quarter: parents.
- by Adam Carey and Mie Sorensen