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Other recent programmes
Download Phones Show Chat episode 450 ("Kev Wright, Glamour, Groups and Gestures",10/06/2018) manually (Size: 51MB, 71 minutes duration).
Phones
Show Chat is helped out by IMax Repairs - phone, tablet and general tech
repairs and servicing. Phones Show Chat 450 -
Show Notes PSC Forum and PSC
Classifieds PSC Classifieds
Steve Litchfield and Ted Salmon with Kev Wright
Feedback
More Speaker Tests with
Tim Evans
Luke Van Eede on Moto Z3 Play Announcement
Gareth Myles on the BlackBerry Key2 Announcement
We chat with Kev about the decision to end pscforum
last week, which he created and maintained for most of the last decade,
and consider the way forward together. Steve made a short link to PSC
Classifieds G+ Community: tinyurl.com/psc-classifieds
Device Week
iPhone X
Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus
Pixel 2 XL
Google
Android P Beta
Planet Computers Gemini
OnePlus 6
Nokia 8 Sirocco - The
Lladró Phone! - Ted’s Review
(Nokia’s Misleading Video)
Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus (Coming next week!)
Live Draw
We make a draw for smartphone accessories each week and this week the
winner is… Adrian Brain. 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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Around the Corner
We take a look at the budget,
but well specified OPPO Realme 1
The Phones Show
Tune into Steve’s YouTube Channel to watch Phones Show 338 (Honor
10) and 339 (OnePlus 6)
PSC Photos & Flickr Group
Picture of the Week Winner: Kitten by Ahmed Bebars using a Nexus 6P and
SnapSeed for lens blur.
Don’t forget to check out the classified sales bargains at PSC Classifieds
Links of Interest…
PodHubUK
- Twitter
- FaceBook - PSC G+ Community - PSC Photos - FlickR
- PSC Classifieds - TTUK - WhateverWorks
- AAWP
- TechAddictsUK
- The TechBox
- Chewing
Gum for the Ears - Projector Room - The PodChat
Show - PixelSwim
Download Phones Show Chat episode 449 ("Garry Clark, Black Sharks and Pandas",03/06/2018) manually (Size: 41MB, 67 minutes duration).
Phones
Show Chat is helped out by IMax Repairs - phone, tablet and general tech
repairs and servicing. Phones Show Chat 449 -
Show Notes
Steve Litchfield and Ted Salmon with Garry Clark
Feedback
Huawei Bootloader Unlock Closing
Huawei Mate 10 Pro Gets Face Unlock
Zac Kew-Denniss on Google Pixel 3S - Spooky!
Ahmed Bebars spots the Motorola One Power
Razer Phone vs Black Shark
with Tim Evans
Marshall London Final RIP Update
Device Week
Razer Phone - Six Months On - Best Case
Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus
Pixel
2 XL - Ted’s Thoughts in 2017
Panda Pure as the Driven Snow
Google Android P Beta
Honor
10
Planet
Computers Gemini
CoolSmartPhone Huawei P20 Pro Review
3MK InvisibleCase and Xtremes Skins
OnePlus 6 AndroidBeat Review
Live Draw
We make a draw for smartphone accessories each week and this week the
winner is… Ray Kaluza. 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 337 (Sony
Xperia XZ1 Compact) and 338 (Honor 10)
PSC Photos & Flickr Group
Picture of the Week Winner: Matt J with Butch using an iPhone X in Portrait Mode
Download Phones Show Chat episode 448 ("Zac Kew-Dennis, part 2: We're podcasting in the rain!",27/05/2018) manually (Size: 41MB, 67 minutes duration).
Phones Show Chat is helped out by IMax Repairs - phone, tablet and general tech repairs and servicing.
Phones Show Chat 448 -
Show Notes Device Week
Steve Litchfield and Ted Salmon and the return of Zac
Kew-Denniss
Feedback
Feedback on PSC447 - iOS vs Android Discussion
Ahmed Bebars and Oleophobic
Displays
Philip Smith (and others) on HTC U12 Plus
Allen Cross on Google Photos Auto-Brightness Fix and more
Zachary “Wiki” Kew-Denniss on
Essential PH-2 News
Razer Phone - Another Update
Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus
Google
Android P Beta
Honor 10
9to5 Long Term Review Pixel 2XL
Nokia 7 Plus - Poor Person’s Pixel
Live Draw
We make a draw for smartphone accessories each week and this week the
winner is… Ian Wilkinson. 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 337 (Sony
Xperia XZ1 Compact) and 338 (Honor 10)
PSC Photos & Flickr Group
Picture of the Month Winner: Pete Warner with River Thames/London Eye taken with a Samsung
Galaxy S6
Download Phones Show Chat episode 447 ("Zac Kew-Dennis, P Delights",20/05/2018) manually (Size: 48MB, 79 minutes duration).
Phones Show Chat 447 -
Show Notes
Steve Litchfield and Ted Salmon with Zac
Kew-Denniss with Pub Meet Discussion (at the end of the show)
Feedback
iOS vs Android Discussion
Ahmed Bebars notes the Nokia X6 Announced
Andrew Manning and Ian Maxfield report on BlackBerry May Security
Updates
John Piggford reports Nokia 8 Camera Update coming for sure
Andrew Manning suggests - Sony USB-C 2-in-1 Adaptor
Device Week
Razer Phone - Oreo 8.1 Arrived - Ted’s Thoughts
Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus - ARCore
Google
Android P Beta
Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact
GSMArena Honor 10 Specs
Planet Computers’ Gemini PDA
Nokia 8
Live Draw
We make a draw for smartphone accessories each week and this week the
winner is… Dave Latham. 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 336 (Huawei
P20 Pro) and 337 (Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact)
PSC Photos & Flickr Group
Picture of the Week:
Gavin Fabiani-Laymond’s Soussons Forest using a Samsung Galaxy S9+
Download Phones Show Chat episode 446 ("Gareth Myles, Android P and the Striped Panda",13/05/2018) manually (Size: 41MB, 63 minutes duration).
Phones Show Chat 446 -
Show Notes Steve Litchfield and Ted Salmon
with Gareth Myles
Feedback
PSC Pub Meet at The
Squirrel, High Wycombe, HP12 4RZ: Monday 14th May 2018
Babul Mohanty with more details on the forthcoming Moto Z3 Play
Stuart Crabtree reports that Google will soon require OEMs to roll out Security Updates
Ahmed Bebars reports on the BlackBerry Key2 - GSMArena Specs
Allen Cross reports Nokia placed 5th in European Smartphone
Shipments in Q1, 2018
Google
I/O
Device Week
Razer Phone - Oreo 8.1 Arrived - Ted’s Thoughts
Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus - Mophie Juice Pack
Huawei P20 Lite
pCloud
Google Android P Beta
Sony
Xperia XZ1 Compact
GSMArena Honor 10 Specs
Live Draw
We make a draw for smartphone accessories each week and this week the
winner is… Carlos Anzola. 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 336 (Huawei
P20 Pro) and 337 (Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact)
PSC Photos & Flickr Group
Picture of the Week:
John Piggford’s Spitfire shot with a Nokia 8 using the Google
Camera App with a little help from Snapseed.
Download Phones Show Chat episode 445 ("Plus or Minus",06/05/2018) manually (Size: 39MB, 60 minutes duration).
Phones Show Chat 445 -
Show Notes
Steve Litchfield and Ted Salmon
Feedback
PSC Pub Meet at The
Squirrel, High Wycombe, HP12 4RZ: Monday 14th May 2018
Arvind Iyer’s Back on the LG V30
Beware Edge Invasion with Martin Hall
Jamie Clark reports on ShiftyJelly Selling Pocket Casts
Allen Cross on Nokia X6 - May 16th Announcement
Mark Watson and Richard Yates on 5G Fears
Device Week
Razer Phone - Still awaiting Oreo
Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus
Nokia 7 Plus - Specs vs. Nokia 8 - Ted’s Review
Ted’s ‘Waiting for Updates’ Rant
Lumia 1020 on Windows Phone 8.1
Sony XZ1 Compact
Ted’s Sony Xperia XA2 Review
Live Draw
We make a draw for smartphone accessories each week and this week the
winner is… James Murray. 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 335 (A
Dozen Smartphone Hot Potatoes) and 336 (Huawei P20 Pro)
Around the Corner
LG G7 ThinkQ
PSC Photos & Flickr Group
Picture of the Week:
Angeles Andrade’s Calle Vital Aza. Malaga shot with a Xiaomi Redmi
4A
Download Phones Show Chat episode 444 ("Petter Ostbye",29/04/2018) manually (Size: 47MB, 75 minutes duration).
Phones Show Chat 444 - Show
Notes
Steve Litchfield and Ted Salmon with Petter Ostbye plus a podcast extra chat with
James Honeyball
Feedback
PSC Pub Meet at The
Squirrel, High Wycombe, HP12 4RZ: Monday 14th May 2018
Tim Evans on Apple and RCS
Mobile Tech Podcast 51 with Steve on the Huawei
P20 Pro
Antonis Petridis on Essential World Shipping
Chris Andrews reports that Oreo now rolled out to OnePlus 5T
Google Launches Tasks App. Again!
Malcolm Bryant Defends Smart Home Benefits
Device Week
Razer Phone - Still awaiting Oreo
Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus
Huawei P20 Pro
iPhone X
Nokia 7 Plus - Specs vs. Nokia 8
Live Draw
We make a draw for smartphone accessories each week and this week the
winner is… Sethu Pillai. 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 335 (A
Dozen Smartphone Hot Potatoes) and 336 (Huawei P20 Pro)
PSC Photos & Flickr Group (Richard Yates)
Picture of the Month: Winner declared with 41% of the vote is Matt Miller with Seattle in the Morning shot with a Samsung
Galaxy S9+
Download Phones Show Chat episode 443 ("David Gilson, From the UK to Canada and back, from OnePlus to Xiaomi",22/04/2018) manually (Size: 39MB, 64 minutes duration).
Phones Show Chat 443 -
Show Notes
Steve Litchfield and Ted Salmon with David Gilson
Feedback
PSC Pub Meet at The
Squirrel, High Wycombe HP12 4RZ on Monday 14th May 2018
Rob Macrowan Supports the Smart Home!
SmugMug Buys Flickr reported by Sean Paull (and
many others!)
Dan Johnson spots the Ulefone Power 5 with 13,000mAh Battery!
Allen Cross spots Google Photos rolling out a More Powerful Movie Editor
R.I.P. Google Allo - Hello Chat via RCS (Rich Communication Services)
via Google Messages
Device Week
Razer Phone
Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4
Ted Considered the £669 Samsung Galaxy Note 8!
Moto E5 Range Specs Comparison
Moto G6 Range Specs Comparison
Huawei P20 Pro
Battery Life - Ted says It’s Still Not Enough
Live Draw
We make a draw for smartphone accessories each week and this week the
winner is… Michael Jansen. 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 334 (Taming
the Samsung Experience) and 335 (A Dozen Smartphone Hot Potatoes)
PSC Photos & Flickr Group (Richard Yates)
Picture of the Week:
Niagara Falls by Aidan Bell using a Samsung
Galaxy S8 Plus.
The Vote for April Photo of the Month is underway! Head across to G+ to cast yours!
For older Phones Show Chat episodes, see our archive.
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The Phones Show (videos)
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
Show 319
- Full review of the Apple iPhone 8 Plus - it's arguably better than
the X, I contend...
Show 318 -
Thoughts on smartphone pricing in the wake of the iPhone X launch...
Show 317 -
A review of the 'alternative' Alcatel IDOL 4 Pro and news of the LG V30
Show 316
- A review of the Nokia 6 in - indeed - an all-Nokia show!
Show 315 -
A holiday look at the Wileyfox Swift 2 X...
Show 314 -
A Moto-catch-up and an overview of Lineage OS
Show 313
- My last big review of the spring and summer: full review of the Honor
9.
Show 312 -
Full review of the impossibly shiny HTC U11
Show 311 -
Full review of the OnePlus 5, plus news of the Honor 9
Show 310
- News from WWDC, plus my Top 5 Phones for June 2017.
Show 309 -
Full review of the Blackberry KEYone, QWERTY in 2017, amazing!
Show 308 -
Review of the massive (in all senses) Samsung Galaxy S8+
Show 307
- News of the HTC U11 and my review of the LG G6.
Show 306 -
Review of the Huawei P10 hardware - and thoughts on what you might like
to buy instead!
Show 305 -
Creating the ultimate smartphone. Plus news of the Galaxy S8 range.
Show 304
- Moving up to the 5.5" Axon 7! And a walkthrough of 10 improvements in
Emotion UI for all the top Huawei and Honor phones
Show 303 - my
review of the Marshall London 2, err... I mean the ZTE Axon 7 mini!
Show 302 -
Full summary of MWC 2017, plus an old favourite introduces a possible
new PDA
Show 301
- My thoughts on the future of Windows on phones, plus a look at the
ultimate power bank
Show 300 -
Review of the KODAK EKTRA - plus future-looking thoughts from some
viewers!
Show 299 -
Review of the Honor 6X - with only one caveat, one of the best value
mid-rangers in the world right now?
Show 298
- News from CES, a review of the Hasselblad Moto Z mod, and thoughts on
my way forwards with Android
Show 297 -
My hands-on review of the most futuristic - and one of the most
expensive - smartphone in the world today - the Xiaomi Mi Mix 18K
Show 296 -
My Top 5 Phones for Christmas 2016!
Show 295
- Enter the Ektra, hands-on review of the Wileyfox Swift 2 Plus
Show 294 -
Review of the new Blackberry DTEK60 - secure, updated and decent screen
and speakers
Show 293 -
Review of the Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 and thoughts on pros and cons of
buying from China
Show 292
- Chipsets? Bah! Why you shouldn't pay too much attention to raw
specs...
Show 291 -
Review of the Google Pixel XL, the flagship for Android 7.1 and a new
age of Google (in theory)
Show 290 -
Reviews of the Moto Z and Moto Mods, plus the Wileyfox Spark X
Show 289
- Review of the Apple iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus!
Show 288 -
News of the Moto Z Play, something new with Xenon, and hands-on reviews
of the HP Elite X3 and Moto G4
Show 287 -
My Top 5 Phones for August 2016, plus news of the Honor 8
Show 286
- Review of the budget Honor 5c, plus my take on news of the Galaxy
Note 7...
Show 285 -
Review of the super-rugged CAT S60, plus news from Blackberry about the
DTEK50
Show 284 -
Review of the premium mid-ranger with brutal stereo speakers, the
Alcatel Idol 4, plus news from Wileyfox...
Show 283
- Review of the (astonishing value) OnePlus 3 flagship...
Show 282 -
Review of the ultra-budget Vodafone Smart Prime 7, plus news of the
OnePlus Three and the Moto Z and MotoMods
Show 281 -
Review of the new mid-sized Sony Xperia X, plus news of the Samsung
Galaxy S7 Active
Show 280
- News of the Zenfone Max and a full review of the modular LG G5
Show 279 -
Review of the brand new HTC 10, plus news of the Moto G4 pair...
Show 278 -
Review of the modular Fairphone 2, plus a sideways look at the Nexus 6P
Show 277
- News of the HTC 10 and a full review of the Huawei P9, a premium
mid-ranger
Show 276 -
Review of the Apple iPhone SE - the 'perfect iPhone'?
Show 275 -
Top 5 Phones for March 2016 and a mini-review of the Samsung Galaxy S7
edge
Show 274
- 20 years of smartphone innovation - a whistle-stop tour!
Show 273 -
MWC catch-up, plus reviews of the Lumia 650 and Blackberry Priv
Show 272 -
Review of the brand new Honor 5X, premium build at a budget price
Show 271
- Hands-on review of the Zenfone Zoom, plus why I 'film' on a humble
808....
Show 270 -
Review of the Xiaomi Redmi Note 3, plus CES catchup
Show 269 -
Into my second DECADE! Why I don't use an iPhone or iOS!
Show 268
- Hands-on review of the Lumia 950 and 950 XL, plus a Christmas wallet
charger miracle....
Show 267 -
Hands-on review of the OnePlus X premium mid-ranger
Show 266 -
Hands-on review of the two budget phablets, the Wileyfox Storm and
Alcatel Idol 3 5.5"
Show 265
- News from Motorola and Blackberry, hands-on review of the Google
Nexus 5X, and some Christmas stocking filler ideas.
Show 264 -
Hands-on review of the Sony Xperia Z5 Compact, plus news of the HTC One
A9
Show 263 -
Hands-on review of the Apple iPhone 6s, pointing the way to a perfect 7?
Show 262
- News from Microsoft and Google, hands-on review of the Motorola Moto
X Style, and some noteworthy accessories.
Show 261 -
Hands-on review of the Alcatel Idol 3, plus Samsung's huge mistake....
Show 260 -
Hands-on review of the Smart Prime 6, my Top 5 for September 2015, plus
some interesting new case ideas for the iPhone 6s.
Show 259
- News catch-up from IFA 2015, plus hands-on review of the loudest
phone on the planet, the Marshall London!
Show 258 -
Hands-on previews and reviews of the Honor 7 and Motorola Moto X Play
Show 257 -
News of the Galaxy Note 5, S6 Edge+ and Xperia M5, Hands-on review of
the Motorola Moto G (3rd gen), and a look at a waterproof case option
for the Galaxy S6
Show 256
- News catch-up, plus hands-on review of the bargain Smart Ultra 6
Show 255 -
News of the Honor 7, Hands-on review of the Xiaomi Mi Note Pro, and a
Proporta Premium Present
Show 254 -
The Top 10 Expectations of Camera Phones
Show 253
- Musings on smartphone size, past, present and future, plus a look at
the Turbocharger 8000
Show 252 -
Review of the ultra-premium Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge
Show 251 -
Review of the LG G4, a look at the new version of the BeachBuoy
Show
250
- My May 2015 Top 5 Phones, plus 'Why Nexus?'
Archive of earlier Smartphones Shows