$199 Galaxy A17 Beat the Galaxy S22 to One UI 8.5
Budget smartphones have always existed in a sort of software slow lane. Manufacturers have typically prioritized their flagship and upper-midrange lines when rolling out major…
Budget smartphones have always existed in a sort of software slow lane. Manufacturers have typically prioritized their flagship and upper-midrange lines when rolling out major…
Smartwatches have had an impressive run, but the category is starting to feel a bit crowded and tired. Most recent releases have been iterative, adding…
The biggest design announcement to come out of Google I/O 2026 did not involve a language model. It involved a pair of frames. On May…
Foldables have spent the last two years chasing a simpler goal: to feel less like category experiments and more like normal premium phones that happen…
The race to make flagship phones thinner, smoother, and more visually unified has become one of the defining stories in premium smartphone design. Hard angles…
Waiting in line at a theme park is one of those unavoidable experiences that nobody designs for enthusiastically. The physical infrastructure exists, the rope lines…
Fitness trackers and smartwatches are great at monitoring various body parameters, so we can learn from the input and take care of our health and…
Despite and in spite of the growing number of screens and disembodied artificial voices around us, there remains a strong culture and argument for handwritten…
Foldable phones have been around long enough that the novelty has worn off. Samsung pioneered the book-style fold, and the hardware has genuinely matured. Foldables…
The tablet-as-laptop pitch has been a hard sell for years, and a lot of the blame lands on the accessories. Keyboard covers for Android tablets…
Book-style foldables have had a proportions problem since the beginning. The tall, narrow inner displays most of them unfold to have always felt more like…
Mid-range smartphones have been getting very good, very quickly. Most now check the boxes for performance, camera quality, and even design, but the compromises tend…