Tag: Handheld & Connected Devices

One of our top MagSafe-compatible power banks is 40 percent off, plus the rest of this week’s best tech deals

End-of-summer and back-to-school sales have mostly expired and, while we know Amazon will have another Prime Day sale in October, we don’t know when just yet. That makes this just another week of our team hunting and searching for deals all across the world wide web. We actually found quite…

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My iPhone 11 is perfectly fine, but the new buttons on the iPhone 16 are compelling

Last year, I experienced my first iPhone launch cycle at Engadget and the fanfare got to me. It seemed I couldn’t call myself a respectable member of the tech world if I didn’t own any of the shiny new tech. So I headed to the Apple store on the iPhone…

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iPhone 16 vs. iPhone 16 Pro: Specs and features compared side by side

Apple Apple The Apple event on Monday revealed the newest selection of iPhones, which includes the iPhone 16, 16 Plus, 16 Pro and 16 Pro Max. If you’re looking into upgrading to one of the latest models but are unsure of the differences between the iPhone 16 and 16 Pro…

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I don’t get why Apple’s multitrack Voice Memos require an iPhone 16 Pro

Apple’s recent iPhone event brought some nifty ideas, from the camera button to a reinvention of Google Lens and beyond. The company also announced that it’s bringing simple multitrack recording to Voice Memos. This was particularly exciting for me since, well, I use Voice Memos a lot. I have nearly…

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iPhone 16 hands-on: More Pro than I expected

It’s the day after Apple launched the iPhone 16, and though I published my hands-on with the iPhone 16 Pro right after the event, I didn’t have a lot of time to spare for the base models until today. With that extra time, I’ve been able to learn more about…

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It’s a good year to buy the vanilla iPhone 16 (and avoid the SE at all costs)

Every year, the calculus of choosing which iPhone to get feels increasingly frustrating. Do you opt for the standard iPhone? Do you splurge for the latest and greatest Pro model, something that might take two years to pay off completely? Or should you just buy a slightly older used or…

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