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Late last week, a report popped up about a new Android phone exploit the security researcher dubbed “SMS of Death.” Per the report, the attack, tracked as “CVE-2026-58882,” lets malicious actors disrupt cellphone service or crash Android phones by overloading them with a repeating crafted SMS text message.

With the iPhone 18 Pro Max, Apple has made some major changes to the camera hardware. For the first time, the company has introduced a variable aperture on the iPhone 18 Pro series, allowing the main camera to switch between f/1.48 and f/4.0.

Android may have been the king of widgets for a very long time, beating Apple to the punch by several years, but the same can’t be said about offering them on the lock screen. Lock screen widgets were available until Android 5, at which point they were unceremoniously removed with no word on when they…

Phones are getting more expensive than ever, which is why my advice is to hold onto yours for a bare minimum of three years. Although the Fairphone 6+ is technically classified as a mid-range phone, the Netherlands-based company’s philosophy is to deliver modular phones built to last — and the Fairphone 6+ stays true to…

Samsung has officially increased prices for nearly every single Galaxy S26 model, save for one. And one variant of the S26 Ultra is now $200 more expensive.

With Qualcomm splitting its top-tier mobile silicon into the Snapdragon 8 Elite and 8 Elite Extreme, Android buyers are facing a new level of flagship fragmentation.

Being able to carry a powerful camera in my pocket is fantastic, and I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve been able to pull out my phone to snap something that would have otherwise vanished in a second. The problem is that smartphones are not so great and shooting a lot of photos…

Ever since the Pixel 9 Pro XL, Google’s flagships have consistently impressed me with their astrophotography performance — and the latest Pixel 11 Pro XL is shaping up to be no exception. That’s largely down to its updated Night Sight engine, which directly dictates how effectively it navigates the nuances of night-sky imaging.

Another year, another Snapdragon chip, right? Well, we’re getting two: Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6. And I’ve just benchmarked the Extreme.

The iPhone Duo is ticking all of the right boxes at the moment, wowing just about everyone that’s been able to use it ahead of its official release Oct. 23. We still don’t know how much of a success the phone will be, especially considering the $2,000 price tag, but you can be sure other…