Smartphones & Accessories

Much of the buzz from Samsung’s big reveal for its Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ smartphones included new accessories designed to work in tandem with them—a new Gear 360 camera and new Gear VR headset. Plus, a new docking station rounds out an interesting mix.

Samsung has announced the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+, two similar models that boast bigger screens at the expense of the bezels around them.

If you’re not familiar with Google Assistant, you may want to be now that it has been made available to all Android smartphones and tablets running version 6.0 Marshmallow to 7.0 Nougat.

The word “refurbished” might seem a little troublesome at first when describing a smartphone, but it doesn’t have to be. A refurbished phone could be almost indistinguishable from a brand new handset out of the box.

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.

If you tend to worry about battery life on your iPhone 7 Mophie’s suite of battery cases and charging accessories are made to relieve that anxiety. How far can they go though?

Among the first to pack in a battery into a phone case, Mophie is still putting those two together, along with portable chargers and a new embrace of wireless charging.

Search functionality and customization have been focal points, and this update largely keys in on those things. The menu layout has shifted the bottom with options for Channels, What’s On, Remote, Photos+ and Settings. The Channels section lays out everything you have installed, with a separate tab to access and install others.

Samsung has released its Gear S app on the iOS App Store to enable users with the Gear S2 and Gear S3 (Frontier and Classic) smartwatches, plus the Gear Fit app for the Fit2 band, to work with the iPhone and iPad. Both are available to download now, if you want to get started.

Asus officially entered the augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) space with its new Zenfone AR smartphone, while focusing on how a camera focuses with its Zenfone 3 Zoom handset. On top of that, it has gone a little bigger with its ZenBook 3 laptop by unveiling a “Deluxe” version.