Editorial Category

EDITORIAL

Google Pixel 4 XL Review – six weeks on, still early days for this flagship

Steve Litchfield

Dec 17, 2019

EDITORIAL

The Best Android Phones of 2018

Dec 22, 2018

EDITORIAL

Dash Charge Remains OnePlus 3T’s Most Underrated Feature

May 4, 2017

EDITORIAL

Google Pixel May Be Doomed, but It Will Greatly Benefit the Android Ecosystem in the Long Run

Oct 10, 2016

EDITORIAL

Tips to Keep Your Android Phone Secure from Malware and Viruses

Jul 3, 2016

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EDITORIAL

Dec 22, 2018

The Best Android Phones of 2018

EDITORIAL

May 4, 2017

Dash Charge Remains OnePlus 3T’s Most Underrated Feature

EDITORIAL

Oct 10, 2016

Google Pixel May Be Doomed, but It Will Greatly Benefit the Android Ecosystem in the Long Run

EDITORIAL

Jul 3, 2016

Tips to Keep Your Android Phone Secure from Malware and Viruses

BLACKBERRY

Mar 5, 2016

Blackberry Priv: This isn’t the Blackberry you’re looking for…

Blackberry has produced some stunningly good designs in the past and some stunningly bad compromises. And the Priv probably ranks among the latter, I’m afraid. It's the company's first foray into Android,

COMPONENTS

Feb 12, 2016

The twin camera tech behind the LG G5 explained

With the admittedly huge caveat that the LG G5 hasn't even been announced yet, one of the surest leaks has been about the rear camera set-up, in at least that it will feature

EDITORIAL

Jan 9, 2016

LG G4 was the most underrated flagship smartphone of 2015

Compared to all the other major flagship Android devices released last year, the LG G4 felt lacking in many areas. While it was the only flagship Android smartphone to offer a removable battery and a

ANDROID PHONES

Jul 5, 2015

8GB smartphones are a disaster waiting to happen

One of the areas commonly cut down on by manufacturers is internal storage - slashing the flash memory from (say) 16GB to 8GB will save $10 or $20*, which is a lot in terms of a

EDITORIAL

Jun 3, 2015

How to grab 8MP photos from 4K video on your Android phone

One of the promises of shooting videos on our smartphones at the massive resolution of 4K was that, later on, if needed, one could extract 8MP stills. So, rather than trying for a lucky shot

APPS

Feb 11, 2015

Top 5 nature-themed live wallpapers that won’t drain your phone’s battery

Live wallpapers were introduced to Android with the Nexus One and v2.1 of the OS, back in 2010 - so we've had four years of data to work with in clearing up a few

ANDROID PHONES

Jan 31, 2015

The post-2013 commoditisation of Android phones and the future

The climb in terms of size and specification was bound to plateau, of course. Long time Android watchers will remember giddy excitement this time four years ago, in 2011, over the appearance of the Samsung

COMPARISON

Jan 16, 2015

The Top 6 Android smartphones… ever

Whoa there! We're not talking a spec-biased rundown of the six most highly specified Android phones at the moment - just watch the front page of Android Beat to see the usual candidates and

EDITORIAL

Dec 27, 2014

Google Nexus 6 review: Vision of the future and echoes of the Galaxy Nexus

Cast your mind back to 2011 and Google teasing and then unveiling something extraordinary: the Galaxy Nexus, made by Samsung, and with an enormous 4.7" display. It seemed outrageous at the time, totally out