LG has announced the LG Q8, a midrange smartphone with a stylus for taking note and doodling away on the screen. The phone only shares its name with the Q8 from last year, breaking away with a look and a style all of its own. It's actually a version of an existing phone, and here's what you need to know about it.

While it's not unusual to hear about a new smartphone company, Realme is worth noting because its path to existence follows another successful and exciting brand quite closely. Realme, like OnePlus, has been founded by a former Oppo vice president, and has already released its first device.

Do you want to share your life with a virtual character? If so, then your dream is closer to reality due to the impending release of Gatebox. Like Alexa, it will control your smart home; but the character that lives inside the Gatebox has the ability to recognize, interact, and even celebrate with you.

The Honor Note 10 has been announced in China, and it's big. We mean really big too -- from the battery to the screen size. It's worth taking a close look, as there is an excellent chance an international version of the phone will come at the end of August. Here's what you need to know about it.

Mobile retailer Dixons Carphone has admitted a massive data breach which has exposed payment details of 5.9 million people, and the accounts of 10 million. The hack included both U.K. and international card information, but following an investigation, Dixons says no fraudulent activity has been recorded.

The Vivo Nex S astonishes with its cutting edge technology, futuristic design, and eye-catching camera. There’s an in-display fingerprint sensor paired with a pop-out camera, which enables a beautiful bezel-less display. You’ll have to work to buy one, as it’s an import only, but if you’re tempted, what’s it like to live with?

Like several LG phones before it, the LG G7 ThinQ has a brilliant audio system. Provided you have the right equipment, and know exactly how to find and use the various settings, the G7 will return a blissful listening experience. Here's our guide on how to get the best from the LG G7 ThinQ's audio.

What is the Galaxy F? Samsung may consider naming a future phone the Galaxy F, according to a rumor, and that device may or may not be the foldable phone now known as the Galaxy X. F for foldable. or flexible, see? However, the Galaxy X isn't the only phone Samsung may have in development at the moment.

After submitting a new type of smartphone screen for testing, Samsung Display has revealed its special panel has surpassed toughness standards laid out by the U.S. Department of Defense. Destined for smartphones and other devices in the future, it withstood multiple drops, and even hammer strikes.

Want to bring your Pebble smartwatch back from the dead, after the June 30 official service shutdown? Of course you do, and Rebble is here to help. An unofficial alternative to the now-dead Pebble service, it will help reinstate many of the best features you love about the Pebble watch, even after official support ended.

Xiaomi has announced not one, but two follow-ups to its Mi A1 smartphone. The Mi A2 and Mi A2 Lite are Xiaomi's second phones running Google's Android One software, which replaces MIUI. They also have some clever camera tech to really entice us. Here's everything we know about the Mi A2 and the Mi A2 Lite.

Augmented reality is really cool tech, but it takes the right app to highlight its ability. Curiscope's clever Virtuali-Tee is a great example, and thanks to a new app update, it has added something very real to the internal view it already provided. Yes, we said internal view. You have to see this.

Just look at the Astell & Kern A&norma SR15. The design is about as quirky as they come, and the new angled screen makes it look like no other mobile device out there. Can the sound match the eye-catching looks? We’ve tried it out to see if the updated audio specs make it worth the $700 asking price.

Xiaomi has announced its second smartphone with Android One installed, the Mi A2, and we’ve had the chance to try it out. Can a phone that costs a third of the Google Pixel 2 really offer a similar software experience, and match it with a great camera and design? Amazingly, in our short time with the phone, this seems to accurately describe the Mi A2. Here’s what it’s like.

Carrying bags full of your purchases home after a hard day's shop is a pain. Dropit is an app that takes this away, and turns retail shopping into a more pleasurable experience, by adding in one of the best things about shopping online -- home delivery. We tried the app out in London.

You probably bought the BlackBerry Key2 for its keyboard or security features, but it also has a great dual-lens camera that once you know about its special features, is ready to take some great shots you'll want to share. Here's our guide on getting the best from the BlackBerry Key2's camera.

It has always been a problem knowing where to store your Bluetooth earpiece when it's not in use, as wearing it all the time makes you look silly. Huawei has the answer with the TalkBand B5, the latest in a line of models that combine the Bluetooth earpiece with a wrist-worn fitness tracker.

Think a watch always have to have hands, or at least a way to tell the precise time? Think again, the Optik Instruments Horizon watch doesn't have any hands, but still manages to provide an at-a-glance time that's precise enough for most of us. We've tried it on, and here's what it's like.

Samsung has successfully developed an 8GB LPDDR5 RAM module for use in future smartphones, and it's designed to help make 5G phones with greater artificial intelligence features a reality, while also being faster and more power efficient. The company will put the RAM into mass production soon.

Emporio Armani is back with a new smartwatch, and it has the tech to match the trendy style of the watch itself. The 2018 EA Connected smartwatch has features to rival the Apple Watch and other sporty smartwatches, with a style that's reminiscent of Armani's watches. Here's what you need to know.

To show what the P10's Leica camera and its Portrait mode can do, a pro photographer taught us how to use it. We learned plenty. Here are the best tips for perfect portraits and selfies.

July is Cell Phone Courtesy Month, and while we could probably all do with being a little more considerate with our phone use, it’s exciting advancements in tech that have the potential to end us staring at a little screen when we shouldn’t. That doesn’t mean we can’t adjust our behaviour now, and avoid problems in the future.

Phones with pop-up cameras, such as the Vivo Nex and the Oppo Find X, may be exposing nefarious plans to record our activities using the selfie camera. Certain apps are opening the camera at unusual times, prompting security fears by some users. Developers disagree, and are fixing the problem.

How does adding another display panel to a Wear OS smartwatch end up increasing the battery life? Amazingly, that’s what Mobvoi has achieved with the Ticwatch Pro, which has an OLED panel and an LCD panel to maximise the life out of the watch’s battery. Does it work? We’ve been wearing it to find out.

If blockchain technology, tokens, hot and cold wallets, and all the other cryptocurrency buzzwords have put you off learning about and using this fascinating technology, Sirin Labs is making the phone for you. It’s called the Finney, and it wants to make cryptocurrency as easy as Apple Pay.

The Mobvoi Ticwatch Pro has two screens stacked on top of each other, and they work together to extend battery life of the Wear OS watch from two days anywhere up to 30 days use. Use Google's Wear OS when it matters, and an LCD display when it battery is more important. Here's how it all works.

The Land Rover Explore is a smartphone built to withstand the same degree of punishment out in the wild as the car from which it takes its name. It's a modular device too, with an external GPS antenna and battery pack to help get you back on track, even without phone signal. Here's everything you need to know.

BlackBerry Locker is a very useful feature found on the BlackBerry Key2, KeyOne, and Motion Android phones. It's a secure section of the phones to keep private photos and files away from prying eyes. Without your fingerprint, no one can view them, as they're hidden in a secure area. Here's how to use it.

You want to stop someone reading your emails over your shoulder? Most of the time, this is hard to do, but with BlackBerry's Privacy shade feature on the KeyOne and Key2 phones, you can avoid such snooping. Here's how to find and use it, and how to get the feature on other Android phones too.

Headphones usually cut the wearer off from the world, which is often the desired effect. However, there are times this isn’t wanted, or even very safe to do, and that’s where the Sony Xperia Ear Duo comes in. They still fill your life with music, but won’t stop you from hearing conversations, or a car coming as you cross the road. This is what they’re like to own.

The Huawei P10 and P10 Plus are two of our favorite camera phones. Here's our guide to getting the best from these amazing cameras.

The Huawei P20 Pro has one of the best and most-capable cameras we've seen on a smartphone, and there are plenty of features to learn and experiment with. We've taken the five most exciting and put together a series of tips on how to use them, and create photos and video you'll want to share.

If you bought a Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus, the camera was likely one of the main reasons you did so. Here's our helpful guide on how to make the most of it.

Is there still a place for a simple activity tracker? Casio has shown there is, provided it looks nothing like a basic fitness band at all. This is the GBA-800, a watch in the classic G-Shock style with activity tracking technology inside. We’ve been wearing it.