Posts by John Brownlee

Which of these smartphones charges fastest? Not the iPhone. Photo: Adrian Isen

Which of these smartphones charges fastest? Not the iPhone. Photo: Adrian Isen

What’s the fastest-charging smartphone? It’s not an iPhone. If you care about how fast your phone goes from 0 percent to fully juiced, you should buy an Asus Zenfone 2 or Samsung Galaxy S6. Here’s why.

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When it was released last year, the BlackBerry Passport made an impression for its bizarre, square shape and full QWERTY keyboard, but it didn’t exactly help pull BlackBerry out of the dumpster. Following rumors that BlackBerry would soon be making an Android-powered slider, though, a new video has emerged, showing that the Passport quite capably runs Android Lollipop.

This app makes your Android smartwatch look like the Apple Watch. Photo: Bubble Cloud Launcher

This app makes your Android smartwatch look like the Apple Watch. Photo: Bubble Cloud Launcher

The Apple Watch doesn’t work with Android smartphones, and probably never will. That means if you’re an Android fan who loves the Apple Watch’s Bubble UI, you’ve got two choices: get an iPhone, or install this new launcher that will turn your Android smartwatch into a virtual clone of the Apple Watch’s launch screen.

Photo: Pierre Cerveau

Photo: Pierre Cerveau

Ever imagined what it would be like if Sony, not Apple, had delivered the first truly modern smartphone? If the Walkman had never gone out of style, just evolved with the times?

Well, it’d probably look something like this.

The Galaxy S5 nexts to the Galaxy S6. Photo: Consumer Reports

The Galaxy S6 and S6 edge. Photo: Consumer Reports

Insanely, Consumer Reports used to refuse to recommend the iPhone. Instead, they recommended Android smartphones like the Samsung Galaxy.

Oh, how the tables turn. Now, not only is Consumer Reports saying that Samsung’s Galaxy S6 looks just like an iPhone (as a diss), they’re also saying the S6 is an inferior smartphone to the last-gen S5.

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