The Phones Show Chat (audio podcast)
Smartphone-related chat, views
and reviews from myself, Ted Salmon and guests
from the mobile world. Comments and questions welcome to
my Twitter account @stevelitchfield.
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Phones Show Chat is
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guests and properly curated content. No ads, no
tiers, just good old fashioned tech podcasting.
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Phones Show Chat is also on Player FM here and Stitcher Radio here
Other recent
programmes:
Download
Phones
Show Chat episode 844 ("Chris Kelly and Ted's Nothing
Week", 09/03/2025) manually (Size: 25MB, 69 minutes
duration).
Phones Show Chat 844 -
Show Notes
Steve
Litchfield and Ted
Salmon with Chris Kelly
MeWe Groups Join Links
PSC - PSC Photos - PSC Classifieds - Steve - Ted
Discussion and News
Pixel March Feature Drop - Changes
Pixel Camera 9.8
Android 15 QPR2 - Changes
Nothing Phone (3a) and Phone (3a) Pro go
Official
Device Week
Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max
Google Pixel 7
Peak Design Phone Cases
Nothing Phone (2a) Plus - Steve's YouTube Shorts
Ted's Softer, thinner TPU
CMF Phone 1 vs Nothing Phone (2a) Plus
Noreve Pixel Fold Saffiano Leather Cover
'Second Skin' in Black - Ted's Review
Noreve Pixel 9 'Smooth' Luxury Leather
Wallet Case in Ocean Blue
15 Most Useful iPhone Dynamic Island
Features You Didn't Know!
Apple iPhone 16e
Steve's Top Tip on Fingerprint use on
Phones for Elders!
A 3MP Photo from 2007 on the Nokia E90 is still
perfectly usable!
App of the Week
Pocket
Casts
Apple Notes
Photo of the Week from MeWe PSC Photos Group
Betta, Chris Bates, Xiaomi 15
Ultra:
Download
Phones
Show Chat episode 843 ("Keith Bartlett, Sony
Special!", 02/03/2025) manually (Size: 24MB, 64 minutes
duration).
Phones Show Chat 843 -
Show Notes
Steve
Litchfield and Ted
Salmon with Keith Bartlett
MeWe Groups Join Links
PSC - PSC Photos - PSC Classifieds - Steve - Ted
Discussion and News
John Terry on Samsung's decision not to put
MagSafe/Qi2 magnets in their flagships
Bob Higgie on Making Use of Old Phones
Clicks is finally releasing its keyboard
add-on for some Android phones
The Clicks Keyboard Comes To Android
The Secrets behind Nothing Phone (3a)
Our Smartphone Deal Breakers!
HMD's MWC Announcements
Device Week
Nokia XR20
Apple iPhone SE 2022
Noreve Cases
Pixel Fold 'Saffiano' Leather Cover
'Second Skin' in Black
Pixel 9 'Smooth' Luxury Leather Wallet
Case in Ocean Blue
Nothing Phone (2a) Plus - Steve's YouTube Shorts
HMD Skyline - Ted's Review
Sony Xperia 1 Mk.IV
Sony Xperia 5 Mk.V - Ted's Review
Philoch 3M Rubber - Sony
Style Cover - Ted's Gallery
Sony Xperia 1 Mk.VI
Sony Xperia 10.VI
Sony Lost their Xperia Way or not - they
Introduce Android 15
Sony Audio vs Nothing Phone (2a) Plus vs
Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
Smartphone vs DSLR photography
App of the Week
Musicolet
Inshot
MacroDroid
Photo of the Week from MeWe PSC Photos Group
Ultra Wide Trunks, Steve
Litchfield, iPhone 14 Pro Max:
Download
Phones
Show Chat episode 842 ("Tom Stuart, The Three Year
iPhone Upgrade That Wasn't Really",
23/02/2025) manually (Size: 24MB, 63 minutes
duration).
Phones Show Chat 842 -
Show Notes
Steve
Litchfield and Ted
Salmon with Tom
Stuart
MeWe Groups Join Links
PSC - PSC Photos - PSC Classifieds - Steve - Ted
Discussion
Apple iPhone 16e
Oppo Find N5 launches as the world's
thinnest foldable
Nothing Phone (3a) and (3a) Pro specs
leak
Device Week
Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max
Microsoft Surface Duo
Samsung Galaxy S24
Meta Rayban Glasses
Sony Xperia 5 Mk V - Ted's Review
Philoch 3M Rubber - Sony
Style Cover - Ted's Gallery
Noreve Pixel 9 'Smooth' Luxury Leather
Wallet Case in Ocean Blue
Pixel Fold - Shane Craig's Pixel Fold issue
Why Your 'phone' is NOT Your Physical
Phone
Upgrading the (OG) Surface Go to Windows
11
Arc Pulse - Steve's Review - XtremeSkin
App of the Week
Google Maps
Pedometer++
PSC Photo of the Month Winner for January 2025
Hastings Sunset, Google Pixel
8, Peter Hines:
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Phones
Show Chat episode 841 ("Ron K Jeffries, Passports,
Plastic, and Proud", 16/02/2025) manually (Size: 24MB, 69 minutes
duration).
Phones Show Chat 841 -
Show Notes
Steve
Litchfield and Ted
Salmon with Ron K Jeffries
MeWe Groups Join Links
PSC - PSC Photos - PSC Classifieds - Steve - Ted
Discussion
Android 16 Beta 2 Deep Dive Summary
- Gallery
Device Week
Pixel Fold
Danger Hiptop/Sidekick - Wiki
Google Pixel 7
Apple iPhone SE (2022)
Apple iPhone SE (2020)
HMD Skyline now on Android 15
- Ted's Review
Marques Brownlee on the HMD Skyline
Noreve's Pixel Fold Leather Case
vs Bellroy's
effort!
Shane Craig's Pixel Fold issue
Steve;s Poll on Apple's Camera Control
Button usefulness (or not)!
Steve's Top Tip: Keep a mint condition, fully working
modern phone in a drawer as family backup
Steve has been Upscaling Video
with Nero AI Video upscaler
Photo of the Week from MeWe PSC Photos Group
Iceberg's Club, Matt Slegg,
Bondi Beach, Xiaomi 13 Ultra:
Download
Phones
Show Chat episode 840 ("Garry Clark, Shiny Folding New
Lust", 09/02/2025) manually (Size: 24MB, 68 minutes
duration).
Phones Show Chat 840 -
Show Notes
Steve
Litchfield and Ted
Salmon with Garry Clark (CoolSmartphone, YouTube)
MeWe Groups Join Links
PSC - PSC Photos - PSC Classifieds - Steve - Ted
Discussion
10 Best Mobile Technology Podcasts You
Must Follow in 2025
Device Week
Pixel 9 Pro Fold, Honor Magic V3
Vivo X Fold 3 Pro
OnePlus Open
OnePlus 13
RedMagic 9 Pro
OnePlus Open 2 could have an invisible
crease
Octopi Launcher Update - Ted's Screenshots Gallery - Play Store
Octopi Reddit Group - Google Groups Octopi Launcher Alpha
Testers
Pixel Fold
Android 7 to 8: Revisiting the Planet
Gemini Communicator
Android's Project Mainline
Microsoft Universal Keyboard
Phones and Drones: 1: Neo Introduction
Phones
and Drones: 2: Neo Use Cases
Phones
and Drones: 3: Phone Control
App of the Week
Life360
Always on Display XPath
Photo of the Week from MeWe PSC Photos Group
Glasgow Film Theatre, Mark
Mochan Google Pixel 9 Pro XL:
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Phones
Show Chat episode 839 ("Malcolm Bryant, the Freepoc
Downloader", 02/02/2025) manually (Size: 24MB, 63 minutes
duration).
Phones Show Chat 839 -
Show Notes
Steve
Litchfield and Ted
Salmon with Malcolm
Bryant
MeWe Groups Join Links
PSC - PSC Photos - PSC Classifieds - Steve - Ted
Discussion
How Security Works on Android
Glen Thorpe on the Motorola Edge 50 Neo - Ted's Review - Best Phone of 2024
Device Week
Notification Reader
Freepoc Downloader
Basic Launcher
Samsung Galaxy S23 - Ted's Review
Microsoft Surface Duo 2
Octopi in the Play Store - Reddit User Group - Google Groups Forum
iOS 18.3
AmberDeck Clamshell Writer's Keyboard
with Phone Holder - Amber
Website
Talk of an Astro 2 and a Cosmo 2
Android Vision Abandoned!
App of the Week
Always on Display XPath
Photo of the Year Winner for 2024 from MeWe PSC Photos Group
Gloomy Thursday, Ian Bundey,
Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max:
Download
Phones
Show Chat episode 838 ("Launching Notification
Reader!", 26/01/2025) manually (Size: 21MB, 58 minutes
duration).
Phones Show Chat 838 -
Show Notes
Steve
Litchfield and Ted
Salmon with Malcolm
Bryant and Steve Nutt
MeWe Groups Join Links
PSC - PSC Photos - PSC Classifieds - Steve - Ted
Discussion
Microsoft's Sneaky Forced-Upsell to 365
Users; If You Don't Need/Want Copilot, Don't Pay for
It
Samsung Galaxy Unpacked
(January 2025)
Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
(UKP1249)
Samsung Galaxy S25 (UKP799)
Samsung Galaxy S25 Plus
(starts at UKP999)
The three Compared for Specs
OneUI 7 based on Android 15
Custom SnapDragon 8 Elite
Device Week
Google Pixel 9 Pro XL
Samsung Galaxy S23
Notification Reader
Freepoc Downloader
Android 16 Beta 1
30 pound Pocket Tripod versus 3 pound
Chinese copy - Did I get what I paid for?
Clicks keyboard: How to add a keyboard
shortcut to an iOS Shortcut!
Sony Xperia 5 Mk V - Ted's Review - Android 15 Update - Changelog
Photo of the Month Winner for December 2024 from MeWe PSC Photos Group
Shooting into the Sun, Mark
Surry, Sony Xperia 5 Mk.IV:
Download
Phones
Show Chat episode 837 ("Ian Bundey, Ecosystem
Twitchiness", 19/01/2025) manually (Size: 22MB, 58 minutes
duration).
Phones Show Chat 837 -
Show Notes
Steve
Litchfield and Ted
Salmon with Ian
Bundey (BundersMedia,
Lego Serious Play)
MeWe Groups Join Links
PSC - PSC Photos - PSC Classifieds - Steve - Ted
Discussion
Motorola Edge 50 Neo and Magic Canvas
- Ted's Review
Device Week
LineageOS 22 - Razer Phone Cheryl
Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max
Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra
Ray-Ban Meta Glasses
The Minimal Phone
Sony Xperia 5 Mk V - Ted's Review - Android 15 Update - Changelog
DJI Neo - Phone
and AI-controlled drone vlogging
Phones and Drones: 1: Neo Introduction
Nothing Phone 2a Plus
Nothing Phone 2a Plus: THAT back and
misunderstandings!
Cameras/Imaging verdict
Main software review plus glyph LEDs
Nothing Phone 2a Plus verdict
Nokia E90 - Nokia E90: The Last True Communicator?
App of the Week
Photo Pills
Lightroom Mobile
Adobe Express
ChatGPT
Photo of the Week from MeWe PSC Photos Group
Numan by Ian Bundey, Apple
iPhone 15 Pro Max:
For older Phones Show Chat episodes, see our archive.
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The
Phones Show (shorts), 2022 onwards
Full YouTube Shorts video list
The Phones Show (full length videos), pre-2022
(Subsequent 'longs' are tech-related but not specifically about mobile)Show 436 -
The End (of long videos, please watch!)...
Show 435 - My
Top 5 Phones at Christmas 2021...
Show 434 - Review of the new
NexDock 360, a lapdock with a twist...
Show 433 -
Full review of the Google Pixel 6 Pro - a flagship with
compromises waiting for updates...
Show 432 -
Full review of the Fairphone 4 and a look at its
philosophy...
Show 431 - Review of the
super-premium and innovative Surface Duo 2...
Show 430 -
Full review of the Sony Xperia 5 iii
Show 429 -
Full review of the Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra
Show 428 - Reviewing the
super-rugged behemoth, the Nokia XR20
Show 427 -
Full review of the Sony Xperia 1 iii
Show 426 -
Update and video capture comparison
Show 425 - Chasing the hardware,
is a smartphone's OS irrelevant?
Show 424 -
Replacing a laptop with a smartphone OS?
Show 423 -
2009: the year Nokia lost the plot...
Show 422 - 2006/2007 - my most
exciting year in smartphone history
Show 421 -
Step inside my Mobile Office!
Show 420 -
Hands-on review of a true budget champion, the Redmi
Note 10 Pro
Archive of earlier Smartphones Shows