Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra vs S23 Ultra: Specification Comparison
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Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra vs S23 Ultra: Specification Comparison

The Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra is due to be announced today, and as always, it will be one of the best phones of the year. But, what has been improved since the previous Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra. This article was written before the announcement, and I have not been provided any press releases. So, the…

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 Review – The best foldable for productivity
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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 Review – The best foldable for productivity

I have loved the idea of foldable phones since they were introduced with the original Fold and the Huawei Mate X back in 2019. It has taken me a few years to commit to one as the high price has been off-putting, durability is a concern, and camera quality and battery life are essential to…

Samsung Book Go Review – A £399 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c laptop – Testing Windows 11 with x64 Emulation
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Samsung Book Go Review – A £399 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c laptop – Testing Windows 11 with x64 Emulation

Three years ago, Qualcomm invited me to London to learn more about Windows on Arm and the new Snapdragon 835 Mobile PC Platform, and I later reviewed one of the first Windows on Arm devices, the HP Envy X2. It was an adventurous move by Qualcomm. ARM-based chips don’t natively run x86 applications, so they…

Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 Review – The Watch4 is the best Wear OS smartwatch in a world of mediocre smartwatches
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Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 Review – The Watch4 is the best Wear OS smartwatch in a world of mediocre smartwatches

The Samsung Galaxy Watch4 was announced last month and is probably one of the most important smartwatch launches in years. Samsung has teamed up with Google and will launch all their future smartwatches based on the Wear OS platform, ditching their own Tizen OS. With Samsung being such a large player in the industry, this…

Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 vs Apple Watch 6 vs Fitbit Sense Specs Compared – Will Wear OS finally be as good as Apple?
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Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 vs Apple Watch 6 vs Fitbit Sense Specs Compared – Will Wear OS finally be as good as Apple?

Yesterday, Samsung announced their latest Galaxy Watch4 Series, and it is likely the most significant smartwatch launch of the year, quite likely years. Samsung has now teamed up with Google. They are moving away from Tizen and committing to Wear OS. This appears to be more than Samsung just moving to Wear OS, it has…

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3 5G Launched with Snapdragon 888 and IPX8 rating and new lower price of £1,599
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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3 5G Launched with Snapdragon 888 and IPX8 rating and new lower price of £1,599

Today Samsung announced their latest foldable phone, the Galaxy Z Fold3 5G. It is perhaps the less exciting of the two foldable launched. Very little changed from the previous generation. The TLDR would be: Upgraded to the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 chipset from SD865+ New 4MP under-display camera when folder out vs 10MP Displays upgraded to…

Nokia XR20 vs Samsung Galaxy Xcover Pro – £400 rugged phones but with budget specs
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Nokia XR20 vs Samsung Galaxy Xcover Pro – £400 rugged phones but with budget specs

It feels like Nokia has given up trying to compete in the mid-range and flagship market. Their most advanced phone recently is the Nokia 8.3 5G launched back in November with the Snapdragon 765G. Instead, they have released lots of low-end phones and nostalgic feature phones. The latest is the Nokia XR20, which is an…

Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro Review – A great pre-order bonus for the Galaxy S21, less good at full RRP
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Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro Review – A great pre-order bonus for the Galaxy S21, less good at full RRP

The Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro were launched with the flagship Samsung Galaxy S21 series and were offered as a free pre-order bonus for buyers of the phone. That has now ended with the current offer being for the cheaper Galaxy Buds Live. The new Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro have an RRP of £219 making them…

Samsung Exynos 1080 vs 980 vs 990 vs Kirin 9000 Specification Compared – The new Exynos upper-mid-range chipset has flagship-like specifications

Samsung Exynos 1080 vs 980 vs 990 vs Kirin 9000 Specification Compared – The new Exynos upper-mid-range chipset has flagship-like specifications

Today, Samsung took the wraps off their latest upper mid-range chipset, the Exynos 1080. This is the second 5nm chipset to be announced, with the Huawei/Hislicon Kirin 9000 5G being the first, and this will be the official successor to the Exynos 980. However, Samsung has upped their game this year, and the Samsung Exynos…

Samsung Exynos 1080 vs Exynos 980 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 865+ vs MediaTek Dimensity 1000+ Compared & Antutu Benchmarks
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Samsung Exynos 1080 vs Exynos 980 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 865+ vs MediaTek Dimensity 1000+ Compared & Antutu Benchmarks

It is getting to that time of the year where companies announce their new flagship chipsets which will power the best phones in the coming year. Samsung hasn’t technically announced their flagship chipset, but the one down from it, making it the successor to the Exynos 980. The Exynos 980 was announced at IFA 2019…

Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 vs Suunto 7 vs Apple Watch 5 vs Huawei Watch GT2e – Which is the best smartwatch?
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Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 vs Suunto 7 vs Apple Watch 5 vs Huawei Watch GT2e – Which is the best smartwatch?

This week Samsung had a bumper Unpacked launch event announcing the Note 20 series, Galaxy Z Fold 2, Galaxy Tab S7, Galaxy Buds Live and the latest Samsung Galaxy Watch 3. The Samsung Galaxy Watch series has always been one of the best options for a smartwatch if you are an Android user. You typically…

Samsung Galaxy Note 20 – Will use Snapdragon 865+ in US & Exynos 992 in EU
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Samsung Galaxy Note 20 – Will use Snapdragon 865+ in US & Exynos 992 in EU

While the headline may not be all that surprising, last year there was lots of speculation about what the Samsung Note 10 would use. Leaks confirmed that the Note 10 would feature a new Exynos 9825 chipset offering a more power-efficient fabrication process to the Exynos 9820, however, it was also expected that the US…