Articles by Phil Lavelle

'Siri, why do I hate you so much?'

By Phil Lavelle published July 26, 2013

Fighting Talk Apple voice control is annoying, and the most unbearable thing is that it beats Google's alternative.

Smartphone fans are the new religious zealots

By Phil Lavelle published July 19, 2013

Fighting Talk Have phone owners taken their brand loyalty into the realms of blind faith?

Sony Xperia Z review

By Phil Lavelle published July 18, 2013

Recommended

Updated Sony's Xperia Z is water resistant, dust resistant and boasts specs to make it future resistant. But will the price make you resistant to buying it?

Sony Xperia Z review

By Phil Lavelle, Kevin Lee published July 15, 2013

Recommended

Updated Sony's Xperia Z is water resistant, dust resistant and boasts specs to make it future resistant. But will the price make you resistant to buying it?

BlackBerry isn't working: time to call it quits

By Phil Lavelle published July 12, 2013

Fighting Talk From status symbol to a state of disgrace, Blackberry has taken a tumble. Should it just give up and go home?

Why can't Nokia get one thing right?

By Phil Lavelle published July 5, 2013

Fighting Talk Nokia is wasting its time making a lot of decent handsets: what it needs is one great cameraphone.

Seriously, why is a decent Android tablet so hard to find?

By Phil Lavelle published June 21, 2013

Fighting Talk Sony seems to have solved a problem that nobody expected it to.

iOS 7 is the Frankenstein's monster of the smartphone world

By Phil Lavelle published June 14, 2013

Fighting Talk Why won't Apple just admit that it stole the idea for iOS 7 from its own community?

Nexus 4 review

By Phil Lavelle published May 28, 2013

Recommended

Updated The budget super phone from Google everyone craves - and now we've got our hands on a White Nexus 4.

Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 review

By Phil Lavelle published April 17, 2013

Has Samsung gone mad with so many different sized tablets and phones?

Samsung Galaxy Note 2 review

By Phil Lavelle published April 5, 2013

Recommended

Updated Now Samsung has given in and called the Galaxy Note 2 a smartphone, we can dub it the most powerful around.

HTC One vs Samsung Galaxy S3 vs Sony Xperia Z vs iPhone 5

By Phil Lavelle published February 19, 2013

Early View HTC hopes that it's new One phone will turn you away from Apple, Samsung and Sony. So how does it stack up?

Highs and lows for Samsung in 2012

By Phil Lavelle published December 21, 2012

In Depth How things has changed since Samsung came onto the scene years ago with the dual-screen A300. Now, they're, debatably, the market leader in tech.

HTC Windows Phone 8X review

By Phil Lavelle published November 2, 2012

Updated The HTC 8X is the signature Windows Phone 8 device, but can it breathe new life into Microsoft's mobile platform?

HTC Windows Phone 8X review

By Phil Lavelle published October 29, 2012

The HTC 8X is the signature Windows Phone 8 device, but can it breathe new life into Microsoft's mobile platform?

Samsung Galaxy Note review

By Phil Lavelle published October 3, 2012

Updated The phablet phenomenon continues with Samsung's flagship larger phone-tablet hybrid updated to run on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.

BlackBerry Curve 9320 review

By Phil Lavelle published July 27, 2012

Updated Taking on the budget smartphone market is getting tough these days, but RIM's new Curve 9320 is well-placed to achieve success.

LG Optimus 4X HD review

By Phil Lavelle published July 16, 2012

Updated Arriving fashionably late to the party, can LG's first quad-core phone offer anything to set it apart from the Galaxy S3 and One X?

Sony Xperia S review

By Phil Lavelle published June 13, 2012

Updated We've taken a better look at the NFC capabilities of the Xperia S and played with the SmartWatch in a bit more depth - check out our findings in our in-depth review.

HTC One S review

By Phil Lavelle published May 22, 2012

Recommended

Updated A top of the range cameraphone with an emphasis on pictures, music and connectivity. Is the One S the One to have?

BlackBerry Bold 9790 review

By Phil Lavelle published January 18, 2012

Another day, another high-end BB7 handset

HTC Radar review

By Phil Lavelle published November 2, 2011

A 5MP camera, all metal chassis, 8GB internal storage and 1GHz processor. Could the Titan's little brother be the smartphone to bring Mango to the masses?