May
Trump’s Apple threat could push iPhone prices to more than $5000
Investors from Plato and Northcape are warning consumers could pay more than triple for a smartphone if the White House follows through on its ultimatum.
This phone’s stats don’t capture how different it feels from others
Samsung had to make sacrifices to come up with its slimmest, lightest Galaxy handset. The question is, are you willing to make those compromises too?
Apple will soon let users scroll with their eyes
The Vision Pro headset’s existing eye-tracking software and hardware is going to level up.
February
Samsung’s Galaxy S25 Ultra is a perfect phone, with four slip-ups
Did the company fail to add magnets to its new handset just to be annoying? Maybe not. It could signal a broader trend we like to call “peak phone”.
January
South Korea’s political turmoil embroils family dynasties
A protracted political stand-off could delay crucial corporate governance reforms aimed at reining in the powerful family conglomerates and that is already triggering a backlash.
October 2024
How the Google TV Streamer changed my life (but not my channel)
Google’s new internet TV box can bring fresh technology to a stale old TV.
Samsung begins job cuts in Australia
The South Korean company has begun to pare staff, following similar moves in India and Latin America.
September 2024
Google or Samsung, which folding phone is best?
Google’s folding Pixel phone has finally come to Australia, so we’ve put it head to head with the incumbent.
August 2024
Hold off buying Samsung’s new folding phone for a few days
Just as Samsung irons out the last of the problems in its flagship Galaxy Z Fold6, Google looks set to announce an AI phone that just might be worth waiting for.
July 2024
Samsung plans different shape for AI phones
Regular phones have peaked, but AI phones are going to need new shapes and sizes, says Samsung’s Mobile president, and it is already working on them.
Meet Samsung’s new Ring, Watch Ultra and not-so-new folding phones
At its biggest gadget launch of the year, the Korean tech giant finally launched its finger-worn health tracker and a new outdoors-oriented watch.
With its new wearables, Samsung goes toe-to-toe, ear-to-ear with Apple
The tech giant has finally released its long-awaited Galaxy Ring fitness tracker, but it’s not coming to Australia until later this year.
What to expect from Samsung’s biggest launch of the year
An outdoorsy Galaxy Watch Ultra could be the biggest news at this week’s Unpacked, alongside the usual artificial intelligence announcements.
June 2024
Why investors are watching AI’s move to ‘the edge’
This week on The Fin podcast, Paul Smith and John Davidson explain the latest shift in artificial intelligence and talk about what that means for jobs, energy use and investor returns.
May 2024
Alex Pollak is already investing in ‘the very next’ Nvidia
A shift in where AI queries are being handled has opened up the investment field to more chipmakers, and to apps we haven’t even dreamed of yet.
February 2024
Why this new Samsung phone can help you be your best self
Samsung’s latest Galaxy S Ultra maintains its position as the most useful phone you can buy. So what if sometimes it gives you more than you bargained for?
Apple is reportedly working on foldable iPhones
Reports suggest the tech titan is finally working on foldable iPhones, to rival those from Samsung, Google, Oppo and Motorola.
January 2024
Meet the man putting an end to the era of the app
With the introduction of the Galaxy S24 this week, Samsung believes it has kicked off a new era in smartphones, where an AI-powered user interface does everything you need.
Will Samsung’s new feature make you ditch your iPhone?
The centrepiece of this year’s Galaxy S24 phones will be generative AI software called Circle to Search.
You thought AI was hot? These AI gadgets are sizzling
We scoured the halls of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and came up with five of the best AI-powered gadgets at the show.