You drop your phone and the screen shatters. Ugh. While you've probably been smart about putting your critical data on the cloud — right? — there might be some things you still want to extract from your smartphone before you take it in for repair or swap it out for a new one. Or you not be in a position to afford a new phone right now. How do you continue to use your phone when the screen is cracked?

It may not seem like there is ever a right time of year to an iPhone. Apple almost never discounts the price of its handsets until a newer model launches, and this leaves the telcos and retailers to eat into their profits if they want to run a special price or promotion.

Oppo's notch-defying, bezel-free smartphone is about to arrive in Australia. Here's everything you need to know about the local launch, including specs, pricing and availability.

With each new smartphone launch, Samsung releases a handy infographic that compares the latest model to its direct predecessor (even though this tends to highlight how markedly similar both products are.) This year, it's the Samsung Galaxy Note 9's turn.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 9 is, by all indications, the best Galaxy phone yet. Unfortunately, it's also bloody expensive. On the plus side, you can currently save $300 on the 512GB model with no strings attached. Here are the details!

We can finally dispense with the endless leaks and rumours - the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 has officially arrived! Here are the specifications, pricing details and release date for the Australian market.

The Fortnite Beta For Android dropped in this weekend which meant that you could shoot dudes and build forts on your phone. That is, you could do those things if you had fairly recent a Samsung Galaxy phone. Everyone else had to patiently wait - or play Fortnite on a different platform.

Luckily the exclusivity period is about to expire and people with a range of Android phones will be able to download, and play, Fortnite Beta for Android. Here's the full list.

The world's most popular video game is now available on select Android devices. Here's everything you need to know, including new footage of the new mobile version in action!

We've known for a while now that the Pixel 3 XL smartphone will be coming with a notched display. (It's something Pixel fans are going to have to get used to.) A new unboxing video just gave us our closest look at the notch yet - and it's even more obtrusive and ugly than we imagined.

The mobile operating system formerly known as Android P has officially landed. Contrary to leaked reports the OS is available for installation right now. Here's what you need to know.

While a lot of the stuff you do with your phone will involve Wi-Fi, the essential functions of a phone — the calling and the texting — still rely on a connection to a mobile phone tower. If that link breaks, you can miss important messages or be out of reach to family and friends. Here's what you can do if you struggle to get a solid mobile network connection at home.

How big is too big when it comes to a smartphone? A few years ago, some people (iPhone users, mainly) would have said anything over four inches. Nowadays, six inches is closer to the mark.

However, Huawei reckons there's still room in our pockets for one more inch (ooh-er!) Behold the Honor Note 10.

You're looking at the latest leaked images of the Google Pixel 3 XL smartphone. As expected, it has an iPhone X-esque notch. But what else can we glean from the images? Let's put our investigative caps on...

Samsung's folding 'Galaxy X' is one of the industry's worst-kept secrets. The company showed off a prototype at IFA 2018 and explicitly named "foldable OLED smartphones" as one of its key products for the next financial year.

Previously, it had been assumed that the Galay X would be offered in extremely limited quantities to gauge consumers' interest in this new, experimental form factor. However, a new report from Samsung suggests that there are much grander plans in store for this technology.

While there is a lot of hype around the launch of Apple’s new all-glass iPhone X, the attention of consumer lawyers is probably focused in a different direction. In April, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) alleged that Apple had contravened consumer law by wrongly representing to customers they were not entitled to have a phone defect remedied if their device had previously been fixed by an “unauthorised” repairer.

The action was brought after reports that some consumers who had had their screen repaired by a third party suffered an “error 53”, which disabled their iPhone or iPad, after downloading an iOS update. Given that the new iPhone launched on Tuesday in the US, it’s timely to think about the rights available to Apple fans under Australian law if they suffer that most common of breakages – the shattered screen.

As soon as you start up a new Android phone, you get prompted to sign in with your Google account — but what if you don't want to do that? Maybe you want to take advantage of Android but limit what Google knows about you, or maybe you just prefer the alternative apps; whatever the case, here's how to live a Google-free Android life.

Despite being on the Do Not Call list, I've somehow managed to make it onto some sort of robocall list where a woman named "Ann" is trying to sell me insurance. Ann calls me at least a dozen times a day from numbers around the country (what a traveller!) to let me know about all the deals she has available. Whenever I stick around long enough to talk to a rep so I can ask them to stop calling me again, they immediately hang up on me. It's great.

If you've spent any time around Apple products, you know that "compatibility with hardware made by rival manufacturers" isn't high up on the company's priority list. But using your iPhone with a Windows PC can be a smoother experience than you might think.

It's important that you get out there and see the world, but it's equally important that your phone is as ready for your travels as you are. After you've thrown a dart on the map and purchased your plane ticket, try these tips to make sure you're not burning through your smartphone's battery — or data plan — while away.