The Phones Show Chat (audio podcast)
Phones Show follow-up chat, views and
reviews from myself, Ted Salmon
and guests from the mobile world. Comments and questions welcome
to my Twitter account @stevelitchfield
. See also the associated
Facebook group and forum and Google+
Community.
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Download Phones Show Chat episode 533 ("The 5G QWERTY show", 12/01/2020) manually (Size: 44MB, 69 minutes duration).
Phones Show Chat is helped out by
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- luxury leather tough cases for your smartphone
Alternate
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Phones Show
Chat 533 - Show Notes
Steve Litchfield and Ted
Salmon with Mike
Warner
MeWe Groups Join Links
Phones
Show Chat - PSC
Photos - PSC
Classifieds - Steve
- Ted
Feedback
Noreve
Anti-RFID Wallets
Kurt Kaufman on Bluetooth
Autoplay App
Andy Large on The Phones Show 384 - F(x)tec
Pro1
CES2020
Device Week
Mike's 5G MasterClass!
Samsung
Galaxy S10
NexDock
2 Gallery - First
Review Part
iPhone
11 Pro
iPhone
11 Pro case round-up
Redmi
K20 Pro
Redmi
Note 8T
F(x)tec
Pro1
Samsung
Galaxy S10 512GB
Nokia
9 PureView - Ted's
Review (June '19)
Galaxy
S9+
NexDock 2 Review
part 1 - Review
part 2
Live Draw
We make a draw for smartphone accessories each week and this
week's winner is Bob Higgie! Do get involved before
the next draw by joining the
Virtual Pint of Beer a Month Club - It could be
you!
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The Phones Show
Tune into Steve's YouTube
Channel to watch Phones Show 383 (Xiaomi Mi
Note 10, Top 5 Phones for Christmas) and 384 (F(x)tec Pro1
Review)
PSC Photos & Flickr Group
2019 Photo of the Year:
Camouflage by Ian Bundey using an iPhone Xs Max
Download Phones Show Chat episode 532 ("The big PSC/TTUK crossover show", 04/01/2020) manually (Size: 53MB, 84 minutes duration).
Phones Show Chat is helped out by
Noreve
- luxury leather tough cases for your smartphone
Alternate
download link for anyone having cellular download problems.
Phones Show
Chat 532 - Show Notes
Steve Litchfield and Ted
Salmon with Kev
Wright
MeWe Groups Join Links
Phones
Show Chat - PSC
Photos - PSC
Classifieds - Steve
- Ted
Feedback
The Panel's Tech Highlight of the Last Decade
Malcolm Bryant's Prime
Video APK App for no Auto-Video
Malcolm Bryant on Android 10 and App Authentication
Dave Rich and Kev on Pre-Made Siri Shortcuts One
- Two
- Three
- Four
- Five
Bob Higgie on Apple Keychain and more Siri Shortcuts - One
- Two
Device Week
iPhone
11
Huawei
P30 Pro
Samsung
Active 2
Apple
Watch
Samsung
Galaxy S10
Android
10 and One UI 2.0
PONSINC
Wireless Charging PowerBank
Dulla
10,000mAh PowerBank (NB: now noticed it's not
Qi!)
NexDock
2 Gallery - First
Review Part
iPhone
11 Pro
iPhone
11 Pro case round-up
Live Draw
We make a draw for smartphone accessories each week and this
week's winner is Phil Turnbull! Do get involved before
the next draw by joining the
Virtual Pint of Beer a Month Club - It could be
you!
stevelitchfield.com/paypal.htm &
tinyurl.com/pspromo
The Phones Show
Tune into Steve's YouTube
Channel to watch Phones Show 382 (What
Changed?) and 383 (Xiaomi Mi Note 10, Top 5 Phones for
Christmas)
PSC Photos & Flickr Group
Photo of the Week:
Bandstand by Chris Clayton using a Huawei Mate 20 X
Download Phones Show Chat episode 531 ("The Christmas Postbag!", 27/12/2019) manually (Size: 30MB, 46 minutes duration).
Phones Show Chat is helped out by
Noreve
- luxury leather tough cases for your smartphone
Alternate
download link for anyone having cellular download problems.
Phones Show
Chat 531 - Show Notes
Steve Litchfield and Ted
Salmon
MeWe Groups Join Links
Phones
Show Chat - PSC
Photos - PSC
Classifieds - Steve
- Ted
Feedback
Malcolm Bryant and others on Automation Apps
Tasker
- Automate
- Macrodroid
John Husband on Hollywoodfrodo
for Tasker Tips
Ali Foote on Oleophobic Screen Coating: RainX
Autoplay
Away!
Paul Sargeant on Fingerprint Readers in Winter
Petter Østbye on Password Databases and Encrypted Documents
Ahmed Bebars on SSD Care
Device Week
iPhone
11 Pro
One
Hand Operation Plus
Pixel
4 XL
NexDock 2
Galaxy
S9+
Huawei
P30 Pro
Ted's December 2019 Top 5
1. Google
Pixel 4 64GB
2. Samsung
Galaxy S10 512GB
3. Motorola
One Zoom
4. OnePlus
7 Pro 256GB
5. Nokia
9 PureView
Ted's Other 2019 Phone Reviews
Xiaomi
Mi A3
LG
V50 ThinQ 5G
Samsung
Galaxy S10e
Motorola
One Vision
Google
Pixel 3a
Samsung
Galaxy A50
Motorola
One
Moto
G7 Plus
Xiaomi
Mi 8 Lite
Samsung
Galaxy Note9 512GB
Live Draw
We make a draw for smartphone accessories each week and this
week's never-before, Christmas winners are John Wilson,
John Husband, Maria Karatzoglou! Do get involved before
the next draw by joining the
Virtual Pint of Beer a Month Club - It could be
you!
stevelitchfield.com/paypal.htm &
tinyurl.com/pspromo
The Phones Show
Tune into Steve's YouTube
Channel to watch Phones Show 382 (What
Changed?) and 383 (Xiaomi Mi Note 10, Top 5 Phones for
Christmas)
PSC Photos & Flickr Group
Photo of the Month:
Whisky Reflections by Philip Tomlinson using an iPhone 11 Pro
Max
Download Phones Show Chat episode 530 ("A Bluetooth Christmas", 22/12/2019) manually (Size: 43MB, 73 minutes duration).
Phones Show Chat is helped out by
Noreve
- luxury leather tough cases for your smartphone
Alternate
download link for anyone having cellular download problems.
Phones Show
Chat 530 - Show Notes
Steve Litchfield and Ted
Salmon with Steve
Nutt
MeWe Groups Join Links
Phones
Show Chat - PSC
Photos - PSC
Classifieds - Steve
- Ted
Feedback
Tradition
E in Textured Leather for iPhone 11 Pro
Tweetings
App
Old
Galaxy Models Get Iris ID Support
Geoff Gornall on Nokia
9 Android 10 Chaos
Mike LaTorre on iGlaco
Oleophobic Coating Kit - ifixit
Guide
Xerxes H and John Husband on Automate
Billy Drake on Live Tiles for Modern phones!
Phil Lovely on Huawei Security Updates
Device Week
iPhone
11 Pro
Samsung
Galaxy S10 - Ted's
Review
One
Hand Operation Plus
Bluetooth
Latency
Pixel
4 - Pixel
4 XL
Xiaomi
Mi Note 10
PONSINC
Powerbank
iWalk
Powerbank
iWalk
Mini Powerbank
SnapWireless
Powerbank
Bluetooth
Low Energy
Android
Backstage Podcast
SoundCore
Q10 Life - Ted's
Review
Motorola
One Zoom
Xiaomi
Mi Note 10
Live Draw
We make a draw for smartphone accessories each week and this
week's winner is John Lew. Do get involved before the
next draw by joining the
Virtual Pint of Beer a Month Club - It could be
you!
stevelitchfield.com/paypal.htm &
tinyurl.com/pspromo
The Phones Show
Tune into Steve's YouTube
Channel to watch Phones Show 382 (What
Changed?) and 383 (Xiaomi Mi Note 10, Top 5 Phones for
Christmas)
PSC Photos & Flickr Group
Photo of the Week:
Shanklin
Beach by Pete Warner using an Honor View 20
Download Phones Show Chat episode 529 ("Perfectly Synced!", 15/12/2019) manually (Size: 34MB, 53 minutes duration).
Phones Show Chat is helped out by
Noreve
- luxury leather tough cases for your smartphone
Alternate
download link for anyone having cellular download problems.
Phones Show
Chat 529 - Show Notes
Steve Litchfield and Ted
Salmon
MeWe Groups Join Links
Phones
Show Chat - PSC
Photos - PSC
Classifieds - Steve
- Ted
Feedback
Tradition
E in Midnight Green Textured Leather for iPhone 11 Pro
Steve
Going Wallet-Less
First
Pixel Feature Drop
The
Oppo Black Slab Has Arrived
Xerxes Hodivala on Apple
Security Updates for Older iPhones
Lawrence Wills and Keith Bartlett on Android
10/Nokia 9
Malcolm Bryant on Lazy Devs!
Device Week
iPhone
11 Pro
Samsung
Galaxy S10 - Ted's
Review
One
Hand Operation Plus
Light
Phone II - Ted's
Review
Bluetooth
Latency
Samsung
Galaxy S10 - Ted's
Review
Pixel
4 - Resume
on Boot
Xiaomi
Mi 9T Pro vs. Motorola One Zoom
Pixel
4 XL
Xiaomi
Mi Note 10
Lightning
to USB Adapter
Live Draw
We make a draw for smartphone accessories each week and this
week's winner is Martin Buckley.
Do get involved before the next draw by joining the
Virtual Pint of Beer a Month Club - It could be
you!
stevelitchfield.com/paypal.htm &
tinyurl.com/pspromo
The Phones Show
Tune into Steve’s YouTube
Channel to watch Phones Show 381 (Nokia 7.2 and
Mous Casing) and 382 (What Changed?). Show 383 is imminent!
PSC Photos & Flickr Group
Photo of the Week:
'Whiskey' by Philip Tomlinson using an iPhone 11 Pro Max
For older Phones Show Chat episodes, see our archive.
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The Phones Show (videos)
Show 385 - Review of
the NexDock 2, a lapdock that transforms Samsung and Huawei
flagships
Show 384 - Review of
the new QWERTY powerhouse, the f(x)tec Pro1!
Show 383 - My Top 5
Phones for Christmas 2019, plus a review of the Xiaomi Mi Note
10 (Pro)
Show
382 - So I'm using an iPhone 11 Pro - "What Changed?"
Show 381 - A case
with a difference (Mous) and a review of the Nokia 7.2
Show 380 - First
impressions of the Cosmo Communicator
Show
379 - Thoughts on the Google Pixel 4 XL in the context of
the current smartphone world...
Show 378 - Review of
the LG V50 Dual Screen - folding without creases!
Show 377 - Review of the Galaxy Note 10+
Show
376 - Thoughts on the teased Surface Duo and a review of
the Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro
Show 375 - Review of
the Apple iPhone 11 Pro
Show 374 - Huawei and
Google - what will happen next?
Show
373 - The new OPPO Reno 10x Zoom looks great - but how
does it compare to the existing Huawei P30 Pro?
Show 372 - 'One year
on' with the Razer Phone 2
Show 371 - The Galaxy
Note 10 and the Future
Show
370 - It's the fastest phone on the planet - the OnePlus 7
Pro, reviewed here!
Show 369 - Review of
the slender but somewhat perfect Motorola One Vision
Show 368 - Google
Camera vs Huawei's triple lens powerhouse imaging shootout...
Show
367 - Don't be tempted by shiny new hardware - newer may
not necessarily be better!
Show 366 - My review
of the Google Pixel 3a XL
Show 365 - My Top 5
Phones for May 2019
Show
364 - The ultimate zoom camera-phone meets... the ultimate
zoom camera-phone!
Show 363 - Review of
the Huawei P30 Pro with massive imaging zoom - worth a few
compromises?
Show 362 - Review of
the stunning value new Moto G7 Plus...
Show
361 - The Nokia 9 PureView has five cameras, but is it any
good, and does it live up to the brand name?
Show 360 - It's iOS
vs Android in a fight to the finish!
Show 359 - thoughts
on the possibly premature introduction of in-screen fingerprint
sensors
Show
358 - Innovative form factors from the past - might one be
resurrected?
Show 357 - my verdict
on Samsung's One UI/Pie update
Show 356 - A folding
phones rant, plus my Huawei P Smart 2019 review
Show
355 - Summarising the 3.5mm vs Bluetooth debate as it
stands in 2019!
Show 354 - My Top 5
Phones selection for Christmas 2018
Show 353 - The Pixel
Perplexion - it could be that last year's Pixel is the best buy
right now?
Show
352 - Choosing which phone to shoot with, plus my review
of the new Blackberry KEY2 LE
Show 351 - The most
powerful 'compact' smartphone ever? This is the Google Pixel
3...!
Show 350 - The Huawei
Mate 20 Pro is sleek, it's futuristic, it's one of the most
powerful phones ever created. But is it the perfect
camera-centric smartphone?
Show
349 - Reviewing the Galaxy Note 9 against the Galaxy S9+,
plus Pixel 3 news
Show 348 - The LG V40
is announced, but what about the older G7, offering 95% the
functions for half the price?
Show 347 - My verdict
on the biggest iPhone ever - the XS Max...
Show
346 - Establishing the 2018 Smartphone Minimum, with a
Nokia 6.1 review
Show 345 - Be patient
- and save your money. Plus news from IFA 2018
Show 344 - My Top 5
Phones for Summer 2018!
Show
343 - Reviewing the Nokia 7 Plus - a perfectly balanced
high end mid-ranger?
Show 342 - Review of
the new Asus Zenfone 5, so close to a true flagship yet a third
the price!
Show 341 - Review of
the Blackberry KEY2, polished and slick, but one compromise too
many?
Show
340 - The Gemini Verdict!
Show 339 - The
OnePlus 6 and the Smartphone Pantheon
Show 338 - My
hands-on verdict on the Honor 10 budget flagship
Show
337 - Living with a 'compact flagship' - the Sony XZ1
Compact.
Show 336 - My
hands-on verdict on the Huawei P20 Pro flagship
Show 336 - My
hands-on verdict on the Huawei P20 Pro flagship
Show 335 - My take on
a dozen smartphone Hot Potatoes - controversial spec points!
Show
334 - Taming the Samsung Experience, plus news of the
Huawei P20 Pro.
Show 333 - My
extended verdict on the Samsung Galaxy S9, the flagship with
everything
Show 332 - My
hands-on PREVIEW of the Gemini PDA, setting this new smartphone
into context and clarifying who it's for.
Show
331 - Review of the Huawei Mate 10 Pro, super premium
design and specs
Show 330 - The three
phases of PureView - camera phone domination
Show 329 - My Razer
Phone verdict, with updated speaker, camera and display
software...
Show
328 - A look at two new wheezes from Wileyfox:
ad-supported Android phones, and a secure Windows 10 Mobile
handset for businesses
Show 327 - Hands-on
review of the Nokia 8, a cheaper and more capable Pixel 2?
Show 326 - Hands-on
review of the brand new Honor 7X, the flawed mid-ranger
Show
325 - Detailed review of the OnePlus 5T, this year's true
budget flagship
Show 324 - Why
Google's making it hard to pick a flagship, and my Top 5 Phones
for Christmas 2017
Show 323 - Exclusive
(p)review of the retail Razer Phone, the gaming monster
Show
322 - Comparative review of the Apple iPhone X and Google
Pixel 2 XL
Show 321 - News of
the Huawei Mate 10 line and my initial verdict on the Google
Pixel 2
Show 320 - News of
the Google Pixel 2 and my verdict on the Samsung Galaxy Note 8
Archive of earlier Smartphones Shows