To show what the P10's Leica camera and its Portrait mode can do, a pro photographer taught us how to use it. We learned plenty. Here are the best tips for perfect portraits and selfies.

July is Cell Phone Courtesy Month, and while we could probably all do with being a little more considerate with our phone use, it’s exciting advancements in tech that have the potential to end us staring at a little screen when we shouldn’t. That doesn’t mean we can’t adjust our behaviour now, and avoid problems in the future.

Phones with pop-up cameras, such as the Vivo Nex and the Oppo Find X, may be exposing nefarious plans to record our activities using the selfie camera. Certain apps are opening the camera at unusual times, prompting security fears by some users. Developers disagree, and are fixing the problem.

How does adding another display panel to a Wear OS smartwatch end up increasing the battery life? Amazingly, that’s what Mobvoi has achieved with the Ticwatch Pro, which has an OLED panel and an LCD panel to maximise the life out of the watch’s battery. Does it work? We’ve been wearing it to find out.

If blockchain technology, tokens, hot and cold wallets, and all the other cryptocurrency buzzwords have put you off learning about and using this fascinating technology, Sirin Labs is making the phone for you. It’s called the Finney, and it wants to make cryptocurrency as easy as Apple Pay.

The Mobvoi Ticwatch Pro has two screens stacked on top of each other, and they work together to extend battery life of the Wear OS watch from two days anywhere up to 30 days use. Use Google's Wear OS when it matters, and an LCD display when it battery is more important. Here's how it all works.

The Land Rover Explore is a smartphone built to withstand the same degree of punishment out in the wild as the car from which it takes its name. It's a modular device too, with an external GPS antenna and battery pack to help get you back on track, even without phone signal. Here's everything you need to know.

BlackBerry Locker is a very useful feature found on the BlackBerry Key2, KeyOne, and Motion Android phones. It's a secure section of the phones to keep private photos and files away from prying eyes. Without your fingerprint, no one can view them, as they're hidden in a secure area. Here's how to use it.

You want to stop someone reading your emails over your shoulder? Most of the time, this is hard to do, but with BlackBerry's Privacy shade feature on the KeyOne and Key2 phones, you can avoid such snooping. Here's how to find and use it, and how to get the feature on other Android phones too.

Headphones usually cut the wearer off from the world, which is often the desired effect. However, there are times this isn’t wanted, or even very safe to do, and that’s where the Sony Xperia Ear Duo comes in. They still fill your life with music, but won’t stop you from hearing conversations, or a car coming as you cross the road. This is what they’re like to own.

The Huawei P10 and P10 Plus are two of our favorite camera phones. Here's our guide to getting the best from these amazing cameras.

The Huawei P20 Pro has one of the best and most-capable cameras we've seen on a smartphone, and there are plenty of features to learn and experiment with. We've taken the five most exciting and put together a series of tips on how to use them, and create photos and video you'll want to share.

If you bought a Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus, the camera was likely one of the main reasons you did so. Here's our helpful guide on how to make the most of it.

Is there still a place for a simple activity tracker? Casio has shown there is, provided it looks nothing like a basic fitness band at all. This is the GBA-800, a watch in the classic G-Shock style with activity tracking technology inside. We’ve been wearing it.

The LG G6 comes equipped with a phenomenal wide-angle camera, along with a new Square Camera mode. Here's how to make the most of both.

OnePlus releases new phones with worrying regularity. How can it possibly maintain such a pace, and continue to deliver polished and desirable phones? The OnePlus 6 arrives just a short while after the OnePlus 5T, and we’ve tried it out to see if it’s as good as we’ve come to expect.

A software update is coming to Huawei and Honor smartphones that will give the graphics processing unit a serious boost, and effectively turn them into high-performance mobile gaming machines. It's called GPU Turbo, and here's everything you need to know about the update.

Summer is here, and the Honor 10 is the bright, colorful smartphone you'll want in your pocket when the sun's out. The beautifully curved glass body hides plenty of power, a dual-lens camera, and plenty of A.I. smarts. Here's everything you need to know about the new Honor 10.

Chinese technology brand Xiaomi says it hopes to launch new devices in the United States in 2019, despite rival brands including Huawei meeting considerable resistance when trying to do the same. Xiaomi lists key relationships with U.S. companies as reasons it has a greater chance to succeed.

Going from a virtual keyboard on your phone to a physical one is a challenge; but it's one you'll have to face if you want the BlackBerry Key2. The first days are tough, but we've got a guide to help get you through that early stage, and on to typing faster and more comfortably. Are you up to the task?

No-one wants to get lost in the wilderness, but with a regular smartphone by your side for navigation and safety, you’re leaving things to chance. Not so with the Land Rover Explore, a highly capable outdoor phone with better GPS, a big battery, and the right software. Did we get lost when we tried it out?

Samsung is apparently about to start production of its first folding OLED screens, which are destined for use on large smartphones next year. Don't imagine, however, that this will result only in a clamshell-like device, as Samsung may have far more exciting plans for the technology.

The cool pop-up camera on the Oppo Find X may have caught your attention recently; but a far more exciting and useful piece of new tech arrived on the Lamborghini special edition version, and if you blinked, you may have missed it. It’s called Super VOOC, and it’ll change the way you think about charging phones.

Instagram has launched a Lite version of its app inside the Google Play Store. The mini-sized app takes all the main features we love about Insta, and then squeezes them down into a tiny app, so it's suitable for all different Android phones. By not becoming a burden on storage, it's easier to live with.

Xiaomi has announced its second special edition smartphone based on the Vocaloid Hatsune Miku. Released in July, the phone comes in a stunning presentation box, and features unique artwork on the device itself, along with a selection of special accessories. It's not going to be easy to get, but fans will love this.

How little is too little to pay for a decent, usable smartphone? The new Honor 7S comes in at a price that's so low, you'd expect it not to be worth your time; but Honor has squeezed a desirable 18:9 aspect ratio and modest specs into the 7S, making it look shockingly good value. Here's what you need to know.

A Samsung patent has been published showing a mystery device with a massive, almost bezel-less front screen, and potentially a second screen on the back of the phone. There's no information on what this screen may do, but that doesn't stop us speculating. We could be looking at the future of Samsung's Galaxy phones.

BlackBerry's latest flagship phone is here. The BlackBerry Key2 is a stunning successor to last year's BlackBerry KeyOne. It has a physical keyboard that's far easier to use, with an all-new button. How does it stack up against its predecessor? We put them head-to-head.

Leica may be best known for its cameras, but its latest product isn't a camera at all -- it's a watch. And rather than a partnership where Leica lends its name to another company, this is a true designed-by-Leica, made-in-Germany timepiece. And you're going to want one ... if you can afford it.

The U.S. Congress has attacked Google over its partnership with Huawei, after a deal to develop A.I. tech between Google and the U.S. Department of Defense ended. Members of Congress asked Google to justify working with Huawei over the U.S. military. Google employees previously called for the project to end.

The best decision Nokia could have made was to adopt Android One as its operating system this year, and the Nokia 7 Plus is a high-spec, low-cost phone which showcases the difference a great operating system can make. We’ve been using the phone to find out if the rest is worth your time.

Did you ever wonder what Samsung's Project Valley folding phone looked like? A set of leaked pictures have revealed exactly that, giving us a glimpse at the prototype device from a few years ago. While this is a canceled prototype, Samsung is still apparently working on a folding, or bendable phone.

No, not a selfie. A Bothie. This is the name given to the photos taken with the Dual Sight camera mode on modern, Android-based Nokia phones. They're a great way to ensure you're in every photo. Here's our guide on how to take them, and how to use the livestreaming mode.

Staff at upmarket Viceroy hotels will soon wear a Samsung Gear S3 smartwatch at work, which will be used instead of the walkie-talkie communication system we're used to seeing and hearing. The wearable will take over, and provide faster, quieter, and more efficient communications throughout the hotel.