This Month
- Opinion
- Digital Life
Choosing an iPhone 16 is enough to keep you up at night
With the basic iPhone models gaining so much ground on Pro models, picking which one to buy isn’t as simple as it once was. What do you get for your extra money?
- John Davidson
iPhone 16 faces challenge from $4220 triple fold phone
Huawei unveiled its world-first innovation, which fits a 10-inch tablet in a pocket, just hours after Apple revealed its latest handset.
- Bloomberg News
Meet the iPhone 16 – and all its new features
Apple’s latest mobile will also be getting a camera button that lets you take photos without ever touching the screen.
- John Davidson
- 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
The Pixel 9 Pro features we won’t forget about
Smartphone makers, including Google, are throwing dozens of new artificial intelligence features at us right now. How many of them will stick?
- John Davidson
What to expect from Apple’s product reveal next month
Apple is planning to hold its biggest product launch event of the year on September 10, when the company will unveil the latest iPhones, watches and AirPods.
- Mark Gurman
- Analysis
- AI
The new ‘killer app’: How AI is reinventing the phone
Artificial intelligence might well be the latest killer app for phones, but unlike previous killer apps, it might not be one that consumers are willing to pay for.
- John Davidson
- Analysis
- The Breakdown
Cool or dystopian? Google launches AI-powered phones
The tech giant has launched a new range of AI-packed phones, earbuds and watches. Here’s what they will do (if you really want them to).
- Paul Smith
- 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
Why this earnings season is the end of an era for Apple
The AI era is upon Apple, and all of its tech peers, and the stories it tells its investors and customers about its products are about to change forever.
- John Davidson
You can get iPhones much cheaper in China, but they still sell better here
As the tech industry obsesses about new AI features, sales of iPhones are still the core of Apple’s earnings reports.
- Max A. Cherney and Aditya Soni
July
The $1 rule that can save you hundreds on your mobile phone
Telstra’s decision to raise its plan prices above inflation is a wake-up call to Australians to shop around for a better deal on their mobile phone, savings experts say.
- Lucy Dean
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
I gave up my phone as an example to my teenagers – it was disastrous
Before you ban your kids from using smartphones, ask yourself why.
- Bethan Ryder
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
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
Stonepeak’s got company in final furlong of Global Switch auction
Stonepeak’s local dealmakers, led by Darren Keogh, have participated in several auctions for infrastructure and energy assets.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
What Apple Intelligence means for you
Though the “where” and “when” of Apple’s new AI system are still a mystery, we do know a lot about the “who”, “what” and “why”.
- John Davidson
Apple retakes crown as world’s most valuable company
The stock surged for a second session on optimism about its AI-integration plans, dethroning Microsoft as the most valuable publicly traded company.
- Updated
- Sruthi Shankar
Life360 launches Nasdaq IPO, terms sent to investors
The deal, which looks to have occurred more quickly than some local fund managers had anticipated, is due to price on June 5.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
