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Cropping: Your secret tool to quickly improve your smartphone photos
If you’re after a simple way to make your smartphone photos really stand out, you cannot look past the power of cropping. What is cropping?...

Samsung Galaxy A33 Review
If you look around the phone space, it’s nearly always the “flagship” phones that get all the attention. They’re the effective supercars of the smartphone...

Oppo Find X5 Lite review: A lighter price for a longer lasting phone
Typically, when I see the suffix “lite” at the end of a phone name, I’m immediately cautious. That’s especially true if it’s also attached to...

Make more space on your mobile device by easily deleting unwanted apps
Most smartphones have fixed and rather limited storage on board. While some models do allow you to expand that storage with microSD cards, not all...

7 tips to extend battery life
There’s nothing worse than when your phone, tablet or laptop goes flat. That’s true whether you’re working on a vital business document, personal document, or...

Five cool things you didn’t know you could do with your smartphone
Smartphones have lots of additional features that could make them even smarter, but some are hidden behind menus you never open. Here’s five of our...

Apple’s iPhone 13: To upgrade or not to upgrade?
Apple recently announced its annual iPhone upgrades, with the iPhone 13 Mini, iPhone 13, iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max now available for...

Microsoft expands its Surface range of devices and jumps back into the phone game
For nearly a decade now, Microsoft has produced its own line of (mostly) laptops under the Surface branding. Recently, Microsoft announced new Surface devices, which...

Apple makes expected iPhone 13 upgrades, but also a surprise iPad Mini upgrade
Apple recently announced a slew of new hardware to tempt consumers with at a “virtual” streamed launch event it called “California Streaming”. The headline act...

Samsung’s new foldable phones: More robust and less expensive, but can they become the next big thing?
Australians love a smartphone, with research from Telsyte suggesting that there’s something like 21.6 million smartphones in use across Australia. Given our population is around...

Payphones aren’t payphones any more
With so much of our phone use coming from smartphones (and to a lesser extent feature phones) that are by design mobile, it’s rather tempting...

5G hits 75% of the Australian population, but there’s little to get hyped about for consumers
Telstra recently announced that its 5G coverage for its mobile phone network covers around 75% of the Australian population. It’s also announced the “longest” (as...

6 simple ways to improve your smartphone photos
One of the most beloved features on modern smartphones is the integrated camera. Long gone are the days of taking a shot on film, wondering...

LG exits the smartphone business – so which phone should you buy?
LG recently confirmed something that had been doing the rumour mill rounds for a couple of months. The South Korean technology giant has declared that...

How mobile security works and do you need it
As our lives become increasingly more remote and location independent, the need for mobile devices is on the rise. Many Australians enjoy using multiple mobile...

Understanding eSIMs: Why you might never need a SIM card again
While these days we’re tending to keep our mobile phones for longer periods of time – up to 3.5 years according to research, if you...

Apple’s next iOS update might solve mask issues (with a catch)
One of the nicest features of Apple’s iPhone range of smartphones is the ability to unlock the phone using nothing more than your face. Apple...

Should Mobile Phones Come With Chargers?
Apple’s iPhone lines are incredibly popular with Australian consumers, and they’re also the phone that have the most rumours swirling around them as we draw...

Understanding your 5G choices
Vodafone recently launched its 5G network, joining the other big industry heavyweights Telstra and Optus in offering its customer base access to (potentially) quite high...

ACMA Moves To Secure Mobile Number Porting Safety
If you’ve ever changed the provider for your mobile service, you will have encountered the interesting state of mobile number portability. Australian consumers have been...

Samsung’s Galaxy Fold is surprisingly fun, but not cheap
At the IFA trade show in Berlin, I had the opportunity to go hands-on with Samsung’s new Galaxy Fold. Not for quite long enough to...

5G is here, and it’s fast — but don’t rush
Updated February 2020 The next generation of mobile connectivity has launched in Australia. 5G brings with it the promise of faster connection speeds, lower latency...