Cell Phones

We’re in a golden age of home movies thanks to the built-in video shooting capability of most mobile phones and there are people making big bucks posting professional looking videos on sites like YouTube —that are shot on their smartphone. How do you go from shaky, raw smartphone footage to polished looking results with subtitles, special effects and animated overlays? It’s actually pretty easy and the best part is, you can pump up your phone footage with movie effects for next to nothing and sometimes even for free.

A welcome competitor in the mid-range large smartphone or phablet market, the Xiaomi Redmi 5 Plus has many touchstone features that one would expect from more expensive flagships.

The cell phone has quickly become the focal point of our mobile communications. With the power of a computer in your hand, a display with a resolution on par with HDTV, LTE data speeds that rival your home broadband Internet connection, a high quality camera, gaming capabilities at the level of previous generation consoles, massive amounts of onboard storage, multiple connectivity options and cloud-based synchronization of your services, the smartphone can quickly become an irreplaceable part of your life.

Samsung wants you to flip out over its latest Galaxy Z Flip3 phone, and if you can remember flip phones from the past, you might like how this feels.

Acer's Liquid Jade Z brings impressive camera specs and access to the Android ecosystem while maintaining a size that's great to hold and a price that's affordable for pre-paid users. Dual-SIM functionality make this a viable traveller's option.

The LG Velvet can be a surprising smartphone, primarily for how it looks, yet it also retains a little too much familiarity in how it works.

Google has officially announced that new Pixel 6 smartphones are coming this fall, and while not all the details are clear yet, some features certainly are.

If you just want a smartphone that does the basics well, the Samsung Galaxy A53 is the ideal mid-range cellphone for you.

LG looks to stand out with the G7, which sports a familiar look, but strives to offer something new in how you use the phone.