Smartphones & phones

If you're a Commonwealth Bank or Bankwest customer with an iPhone or Apple Watch, you can now use your phone and wearable to pay for goods using Apple Pay.

iPhone users with an Apple Watch haven't really seen a charger that wirelessly handles both of their Apple products, but a Belkin gadget will offer what Apple never did.

It's almost here. The end of Windows on phones. If you're still using one of the yellow, green, or white Lumia handsets with Microsoft's old operating system, it's time to move on.

As consumers, we're told the customer is always right, and that stores will price match, but that's not always true.

Phone cameras are one of the biggest areas in smartphones, and they're getting better all the time. In fact Oppo's latest development could net you more photos from afar.

If you're looking to buy a new phone this year, chances are you're also looking to save money. Some plans with the phone bundled in cost less for pretty much the same thing. What's going on? Chances are you're looking at the new problem of leasing versus buying.

The year's biggest phone trends may well be foldable phones and all-screen designs, but you can at least get close to one of those for under $400 with Oppo.

Samsung could well have one of the first major phones of the year, as the Galaxy's next model or two is set for announcement ahead of Mobile World Congress in late February.

If you're keen to be one of the first to get your hands on a 5G phone this year, you may need to be a Telstra customer, based on what we're hearing at CES. Given that Telstra has the only 5G network switched on in Australia, this may or may not come as no surprise.

Buying a phone with a big screen won't cost an arm or a leg this year, as even the entry-level will see full-view from at least one phone maker.