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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Download Phones Show Chat episode 837 ("Ian Bundey, Ecosystem Twitchiness", 19/01/2025) manually (Size: 22MB, 58 minutes duration).

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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:
Numan

Links of Interest

PodHubUK - Steve on Bluesky - Ted on BlueSky - Ted on Mastodon - MeWe PSC Group - PSC Photos - PSC Videos - WhateverWorks - Camera Creations - Tech Talk UK - TechAddictsUK - Chewing Gum for the Ears - Projector Room - Coffee Time - Ted's Salmagundi - Steve's Rants, Raves, and Reviews - Steve's YouTube Shorts

Phones Show Chat is also on Player FM here and Stitcher Radio here

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Download Phones Show Chat episode 836 ("Ben Wood, Triumph of the Midrange", 12/01/2025) manually (Size: 24MB, 63 minutes duration).

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Phones Show Chat 836 - Show Notes
Steve Litchfield and Ted Salmon with Ben Wood (MobilePhoneMuseum)

MeWe Groups Join Links
PSC - PSC Photos - PSC Classifieds - Steve - Ted

Discussion
Google has announced that Pixel's Battery should last 800/1000 Charges

Device Week
Microsoft Surface Duo
Ted's Phone of the Year for 2024 - the Motorola Edge 50 Neo
TCL 50 Pro NxtPaper 5G - Ted's Review
Oppo Find X6 Pro
Pixel 9 Pro XL
Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra
Honor Magic V3
LineageOS 22
Razer Phone Cheryl
Ted's Original Razer Phone Review - Specs
Eleven becomes Twelve
Wavelet
Razer Edge
ThinkPhone - Ted's Review
Pocket Tripod PROv2 - Unboxing Video
Nothing Phone 2a Plus - Nothing 2a Plus Community Edition
Motorola Edge 50 Neo vs Pixel 8a vs Nothing Phone 2a Plus
Nothing Phone (2a) Plus is receiving Android 15-based Nothing OS 3.0 stable update
Nothing Phone 2a Plus: THAT back and misunderstandings!

Photo of the Week from MeWe PSC Photos Group

Venus Over Moon, Duncan Robertson, Google Pixel 7 Pro:
Venus

Download Phones Show Chat episode 835 ("Jeremy Harpham, A Tale of Two...", 05/01/2025) manually (Size: 27MB, 67 minutes duration).

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Phones Show Chat 835 - Show Notes
Steve Litchfield and Ted Salmon with Jeremy Harpham

MeWe Groups Join Links
PSC - PSC Photos - PSC Classifieds - Steve - Ted

Discussion
LineageOS 22 is Available - for our Razer Phone too
Ted's Original Razer Phone Review
Eleven becomes Twelve Music Player

Device Week
Samsung Galaxy S23+
Google Pixel Fold
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold4
Microsoft Surface Duo
Microsoft Surface Duo 2
Google Pixel 4a 5G
Google Pixel 8 Pro
Apple iPhone 12
Nothing Ear
Sony XF-W1000XM4
Ted's Phone of the Year for 2024 - the Motorola Edge 50 Neo
Pocket Tripod PROv2
DJI Neo Drone
Nokia N93
Nokia N93 part 1: smartphone video capture jumps into the next realm: glorious VGA!
Nokia N93 part 2: perfecting the photo and video-taking experience
Nokia N93 part 3: Four reasons why it crashed and burned!

App of the Week
Reddit - Reddit Phones Show Chat Group

Photo of the Week from MeWe PSC Photos Group

Balloon Wallpaper by Maticek using an Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max and 5x Lens. No information about where it is. The Alps?
Balloon

Download Phones Show Chat episode 834 ("Music in your Pocket!", 28/12/2024) manually (Size: 20MB, 50 minutes duration).

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Phones Show Chat 834 - Show Notes
Steve Litchfield and Ted Salmon

MeWe Groups Join Links
PSC - PSC Photos - PSC Classifieds - Steve - Ted

Device Week
Octopi Launcher - Ted's Screenshots Gallery - Play Store
Octopi Reddit Group - Google Groups Octopi Launcher Alpha Testers
OnePlus 12R Gets Android 15 - New features and Changes - Ted's Review
From a quarter of a century ago, the mighty Nokia 9210 Communicator. Check out the paperwork! Wow
Nokia N90: The dawn of camera phones... with a twist!
Sony Walkman NW-A306
Apple iPod Touch

Surface Duo with Dual Experience (Android 15)
Launching Apps Left and Right - The Benefits - and Losses
Android 12L or A15? Compared
Missing Pixels? Or Jumping the Gap?
Maximum grip for your phone with... (faux) black leather!
Over The Air updates on the Surface Duo Android 15 ROM!

Best Picks from Bygone Beauties of 2024
Moto Z3 Play and Mods
Marshall London - Phones Show 259

Photo of the Week from MeWe PSC Photos Group

Clock Tower, Chris Clayton, Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max:

Download Phones Show Chat episode 833 ("Irfan Ali, The Perfect Plus", 22/12/2024) manually (Size: 14MB, 45 minutes duration).

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Phones Show Chat 833 - Show Notes
Steve Litchfield and Ted Salmon with Irfan Ali

MeWe Groups Join Links
PSC - PSC Photos - PSC Classifieds - Steve - Ted

Feedback, News and Contributions
Samsung Event on January 22nd - Galaxy S23 Range - Qi2? No, 'Qi2' requires magnets

Device Week
Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus
Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra
Samsung Galaxy S23 - Ted's Review
Garmin Fenix 6 Pro - Garmin Connect
Pixel 9
Sony Xperia 5 Mk.V
Ted's (Personal) Top 5 Phones of 2024
Coming Soon - Moto G15
Classic Phones Coverage Coming Soon - Nokia 9210 - Nokia N90 - Nokia N93 - Nokia E90

App of the Week
Nova Launcher
Podcast Republic

Photo of the Month Winner for November 2024 from MeWe PSC Photos Group

Poultry London by Ed Hause which he took with a Google Pixel 7a:
Rain

Download Phones Show Chat episode 832 ("Pip Tomlinson, iPhoning it in from Barcelona", 15/12/2024) manually (Size: 21MB, 58 minutes duration).

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Phones Show Chat 832 - Show Notes
Steve Litchfield and Ted Salmon with Pip Tomlinson

MeWe Groups Join Links
PSC - PSC Photos - PSC Classifieds - Steve - Ted

Feedback, News and Contributions
Mike Warner's How Security Works on Android
OnePlus 13R vs OnePlus 12R - First Official Look

Device Week
Apple iPhone 16 Pro
Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus
OPPO A18
Apple Intelligence

Surface Duo with Dual Experience (Android 15)
Launching Apps Left and Right - The Benefits - and Losses
Android 12L or A15? Compared
Missing Pixels? Or Jumping the Gap?

The Salmon Sammy Shuffle
Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra - Samsung Galaxy S23 - Ted's Review
Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 - Samsung Galaxy Buds3
Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 Pro - Samsung Galaxy SmartTag2
Samsung Galaxy S-Pen Pro - LK 3-in-1 Samsung Charging Station

Samsung Galaxy K Zoom Retro Videos
Half phone, half camera! The Samsung Galaxy K Zoom, from 2014... in 2024!
Samsung Galaxy K Zoom: photo gallery (flash, night, zoom!)
Samsung Galaxy K Zoom: So Many Camera Modes, So Colourful!

App of the Week
Overcast
Podcast Addict
Pocket Casts

Bygone Beauties
Yotaphone 2 - GSMArena's Review - Steve's Phones Show 245: Yotaphone 2 review

Photo of the Week from MeWe PSC Photos Group

Thomond Park, Gerard McEvoy, Apple iPhone 16 Pro:
Stadium

Download Phones Show Chat episode 831 ("Dan Carter, Death to the Camera Control!", 08/12/2024) manually (Size: 28MB, 66 minutes duration).

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Phones Show Chat 831 - Show Notes
Steve Litchfield and Ted Salmon with Dan Carter

MeWe Groups Join Links
PSC - PSC Photos - PSC Classifieds - Steve - Ted

Feedback, News and Contributions
December 2024 Security and Pixel Drop: Everything new
Android 15 QPR1 rolling out
Desktop Windowing is finally here in Android 15 QPR1
Google Pixel 6, 7, and Fold will officially get two more years of Android OS updates
Samsung Galaxy phones finally switch to vertically scrolling app drawer in One UI 7

Device Week
Android 15 for the Microsoft Surface Duo
Launching Apps Left and Right - The Benefits - and Losses
Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra
Xiaomi 14T Pro
Honor 200 Pro
Oppo Find X7 Ultra
Pixel 8 - Pixel 9 - Pixel 9 Pro XL
Pixel Watch 3 - Amazon Link
FairPhone 3+ Security Update Release Notes
Shane O'Connor on 80% Battery Charging Restriction
Samsung Galaxy K Zoom - A New Back for it on eBay

App of the Week
F1 Clash
FotMob
BlueSky

Bygone Beauties
Nokia N96 (2008) - AAS review of N96 Part 1 - GSMArena N96 verdict

Photo of the Week from MeWe PSC Photos Group

Wet Fungus, Mark Surry using Macro Telephoto on the Sony Xperia 1 Mk.VI:
Fungus

Download Phones Show Chat episode 830 ("Matt Slegg, Camera, Battery, Charging Speed", 01/12/2024) manually (Size: 25MB, 60 minutes duration).

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Phones Show Chat 830 - Show Notes
Steve Litchfield and Ted Salmon with Matt Slegg (Unit Hair - Complete Body Movement - Unit Studio Space)

MeWe Groups Join Links
PSC - PSC Photos - PSC Classifieds - Steve - Ted

Feedback, News and Contributions
Goodbye DeX, Samsung reveals the fate of the Windows app
Counterpoint: Foldables market declines in Q3, Samsung lead shrinks

Device Week
Android 15 for the Microsoft Surface Duo
Xiaomi 13 Ultra
Apple iPhone 12 Mini
CMF Phone1
Pixel 8 vs Pixel 9
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6
Samsung Z Fold6: Yay for iteration!
Samsung Z Fold6: Totally Independent Homescreens...
Samsung Z Fold6: Mono, twist, stereo
Samsung Z Fold 6: Imaging Highlights
Samsung Z Fold6: Capable, durable, but still an expensive compromise
Fold6? NEED a skin!
Sony Xperia 1 Mk V vs Sony Xperia 1 Mk VI - GSMArena's review
The utterly futuristic... Galaxy Nexus (video)
Steve's Top Smartwatch Tip: Use your watch's battery saving/Low Power mode!

Photo of the Week from MeWe PSC Photos Group

Hazy Morning Sun by David Burns using a Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra:
Hazy

Download Phones Show Chat episode 829 ("Shane Craig, The Pixel 9 Pro Fold Arises", 24/11/2024) manually (Size: 24MB, 56 minutes duration).

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Phones Show Chat 829 - Show Notes
Steve Litchfield and Ted Salmon with Shane Craig

MeWe Groups Join Links
PSC - PSC Photos - PSC Classifieds - Steve - Ted

Feedback, News and Contributions
Android Merging with ChromeOS
Shane's Video - Paul Thurrott - Rita El Khoury
Steve on BlueSky - Ted on BlueSky

Device Week
Google Pixel Fold
Microsoft Surface Duo 2
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip5
Samsung Galaxy S23 - Ted's Review
Android 15 for the Microsoft Surface Duo
Android 15 on the Surface Duo!
Android 15 on Surface Duo: Imaging and... err... a skin!
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6
OnePlus Open
Pixel 9 Pro Fold
Samsung Galaxy S23 - Ted's Review
AIO Launcher
Apple's Phone Mirroring
Ted's Overview of Motorola's Smart Connect

Photo of the Month Winner for October 2024 from MeWe PSC Photos Group

Lincoln Cathedral in the Rain, Darren Hendley, Apple iPhone 16 Pro:
Lincoln

For older Phones Show Chat episodes, see our archive.

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