This Month
- Opinion
- Digital Life
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.
- John Davidson
August
- Gadgets With John Davidson
- Life & Leisure
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.
- John Davidson
July
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.
- John Davidson
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.
- Updated
- John Davidson
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.
- Updated
- John Davidson
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.
- John Davidson
June
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
- Opinion
- AI Summit
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.
- John Davidson
February
- Opinion
- Digital Life
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?
- John Davidson
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.
- Paul Smith
January
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.
- John Davidson
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.
- John Davidson
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.
- John Davidson
November 2023
- Opinion
- Review
Samsung outfoxes Apple with a must-have phone accessory
Samsung’s SmartTag2 is as good as Apple’s AirTag in most respects, and better than the AirTag in some respects that matter a great deal.
- John Davidson
August 2023
Make them bigger and more expensive: Samsung’s plan to tackle the iPad
Can the world’s No.1 phone maker do with the Android tablet what it did with the Android phone?
- John Davidson
- Opinion
- Life & Leisure
Why the Galaxy Z Flip5 is the best phone I’ll never own
This delightful little Samsung is not for people like me, you see: it’s too much fun, too much about taking group selfies with your friends.
- John Davidson
July 2023
- Opinion
- Review
Samsung’s secret weapon makes it the most productive phone ever
Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold5 is hands down the most useful, productive phone we’ve ever seen, but only when you spend an extra $127 on an accessory.
- John Davidson
Samsung’s tiny new flip phone is set to be its biggest seller
At its Unpacked event in Seoul, the electronics giant announced a major overhaul of a pocket-sized, folding handset, and smaller upgrades to its larger one.
- John Davidson
- Analysis
- Phones
Samsung’s plan to make you start buying new phones again
Globally, shipments of regular “candybar” phones, epitomised by Apple’s iPhone and Samsung Galaxy S phones, have been in the toilet.
- John Davidson
May 2023
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