safety first
Hands-on with Republic Relay: A fantastic start to a kid-friendly ‘phone’
Republic Wireless is building a cellular walkie-talkie for kids, and it might be the safest thing for families everywhere. One day.
Smartphones & Tablets
gauntlet throwing
Google tries to take on the iPad with its first ever Chrome OS tablet
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With Apple's education event imminent, Google has debuted its first ever Chrome OS tablet. Round one — fight!
Mmmm... What else ya got?
Best alternatives to iPhone X
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The iPhone X is here, but you don't have to buy it. There are plenty of phone fish in the phone sea. Here are the best alternatives to Apple's latest and greatest.
Only the essentials
The Essential Phone is your best 'iPhone 8' equivalent on Android
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If you're looking for the iPhone 8 of the Android world, you may already have it.
MrMobile reviews...
MrMobile's OnePlus 5 video review
Top of the line, affordable- but can you tell it apart from your friend's iPhone?
The competition
Nope, not iPhone 8 — This is Android Andy Rubin's new Essential
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The battle for next-generation phone mindshare just got a new entrant — and it's Essential.
MrMobile reviews...
Jelly smartphone review: So tiny
It's just a little bigger than a horse pill but it comes with Android 7.0 and a removable battery. Is Jelly worth braving the hazards of thumb cramps (and Kickstarter)? MrMobile's got the answer.
The best of Android
Are you a Mac user who uses Android? Here's our Galaxy S8 review
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Whether you're a Mac user who can't leave their Android phone behind or you're curious to give the Android operating system a try, the Galaxy S8 is too pretty of a package to overlook.
MrMobile hands-on
Vertu Constellation hands-on: The $6000 smartphone
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Sitting in the lap of luxury. Literally in the lap.
Pay for your software
Newton and the promise of paying for good software
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Paying for software is increasingly rare in the mobile landscape, but the email startup formerly known as CloudMagic is taking the hard road by asking all of its customers to pay an annual fee.