Consumer Reports states that Verizon, Lively, AT&T, Optimum, and USCellular are phone carriers that customers should probably avoid.

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The Nothing Phone series has delivered some of my favorite phones of the past few years, with a refreshing but familiar take on Android and smartphone hardware in general, and it’s all culminated in ...

Ben Khalesi writes about where artificial intelligence, consumer tech, and everyday technology intersect for Android Police. With a background in AI and Data Science, he’s great at turning geek speak ...

One hot new phone of 2025 has no screen, can’t send a text, and needs to be plugged into the wall. But to buyers of the Tin Can, that’s a definite plus. The Tin Can, from a Seattle startup of the same ...

CHICAGO—December 17, 2025—Illinois Institute of Technology (Illinois Tech) university life trustee Marty Cooper (EE ’50, M.S. ’57)—a pioneer in the field of mobile communications who’s considered the ...

The Jitterbug Cafe in Swansea announced that it will close Dec. 21. The breakfast stop first opened in August 2024. The restaurant also featured a shop for area makers. SWANSEA — It appears the door ...

Every week at The Verge, we’re tracking what’s happening with Trump Mobile’s promised and yet undelivered Android phone. Why? Because we cover phones. We also cover vaporware, which the T1 Phone 8002 ...

With this vintage gadget you can transport yourself back to the 1960s, 70s and 80s when phones only looked smart. Tired of modern life and yearning for the old days when a phone was a phone and not a ...

Choosing a cellphone is more challenging every year. The options seem endless, with minimal technical differences between one phone model and the next, and many times you must debate between a lower ...