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 851 ("Marek Pawlowski,
Trying To Stay Dry!",
27/04/2025) manually (Size: 24MB, 65
minutes duration).
Phones Show Chat
851 - Show Notes
Steve Litchfield and
Ted Salmon with Marek Pawlowski
MeWe Groups Join
Links
PSC - PSC Photos - PSC Classifieds - Steve - Ted
News, Feedback,
Topics
Malcolm Bryant on Wear FTP Server YouTube Video
- Freepoc Downloader
Motorola's
Launches this Week
Razr 60 - Razr 60 Ultra
Edge 60 Fusion - Edge 60 - Edge 60 Pro
Edge 60 Stylus - G Stylus (2025)
Buds Loop - Watch Fit
Device Week
Moto AI (2025) - Ted's Blog
Post - Screenshots Album/Gallery
Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5
BlackBerry Passport
TCL 50 Pro NxtPaper
- Ted's Review
Always on Display XPath
Wireless Charging Receiver
Sony Xperia 1 Mk VI
Nokia E90: The Last True
Communicator?
The Nokia E90's charging cradle
and spare battery trick! Geeky business
fun from times gone by...
By far the fastest way to enter
text on your phone! But the best? It
depends...
How to use iOS's Clock app to
add a sleep timer to any media app on the
iPhone
SyncMate
App of the Week
LocalSend
Daff Moon Phase
Evernote
Photo of the
Week from MeWe PSC Photos Group
Friday Night in
Chinatown, Darren Hendley, Apple iPhone 16
Pro, edited in photoshop for iOS:
Links of
Interest
PodHubUK - Steve
on Bluesky - Ted on BlueSky -
Ted on Mastodon
- MeWe PSC Group - PSC Photos - PSC
Videos - WhateverWorks - Camera Creations - TechAddictsUK
- Chewing Gum for the Ears
- Projector
Room - Coffee Time - Ted's Salmagundi - Steve's
Rants, Raves, and Reviews - Steve's
YouTube Shorts - Thank
Steve on PayPal - Thank Ted
on PayPal
Phones Show Chat is also on
Player FM here and Stitcher Radio here
Other recent
programmes:
Download
Phones
Show Chat episode 850 ("Gary Smith, Mobile Patents and
Moto AI", 19/04/2025) manually (Size: 27MB, 71 minutes
duration).
Phones Show Chat 850 -
Show Notes
Steve
Litchfield and Ted
Salmon with Gary Smith
MeWe Groups Join Links
PSC - PSC Photos - PSC Classifieds - Steve - Ted
News, Feedback, Topics
Samsung's One UI 7 delay is the most
embarrassing Android story of 2025
Samsung Confirms One UI 7 rollout halted
for new schedule
Samsung Stops One UI 7 rollout globally
Latest update is now suggesting strongly
that the S23-range will not get A15/OneUI7 until
sometime in May
Silicon Carbon Batteries
Device Week
Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra
The Future of Mobile Communication: IVAS
Audio Call
Motorola Razr 50
Moto AI (2025) - Ted's Blog Post
- Screenshots Album/Gallery
Sony Walkman NW-A306 vs Sony Xperia 1 Mk VI
Microsoft Surface Duo - Android 12L vs Android 15
Audio Fight! Streaming vs Local Files
Patent reference numbers to
look up:
EP3185039B1, US8630435B2, US2015097786A1,
US20210099030A1(!)
App of the Week
Windy
Photo of the Month Winner
for March 2025 from MeWe PSC Photos Group
Boat Float, Marek Pawlowski,
Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra:
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Phones
Show Chat episode 849 ("Jim Fowl, Bezel and QWERTY
Fans unite!", 13/04/2025) manually (Size: 22MB, 57 minutes
duration).
Phones Show Chat 849 -
Show Notes
Steve
Litchfield and Ted
Salmon with Jim
Fowl
MeWe Groups Join Links
PSC - PSC Photos - PSC Classifieds - Steve - Ted
News, Feedback, Topics
Steve's Top Tip: Charge your Old Phones
Here's the One UI 7 Changelog for Z
Fold6, Z Flip6 and Z Fold SE
Motorola
Motorola Razr 50 Ultra - Motorola Razr 50
Smart Connect - Ted's Appraisal
Motorola Edge Plus (2020)
Motorola Edge 60
Motorola Edge 60 Fusion - Edge 50 Fusion vs Edge 60 Fusion
Motorola Edge 60 Stylus - Specs Page
Moto G Stylus (2025) - G Stylus 2024 vs G Stylus 2025
Moto Razr 60 and Razr 60 Ultra
ShiftCam SnapGrip
ShiftCam SnapGrip - Neodymium - SnapGrip - Volport
4-Pack Rings
Review of the ShiftCam SnapGrip, part 1:
iPhone!
The ShiftCam SnapGrip, part 2... on an
Android phone
ShiftCam SnapGrip redux: iPhone to DSLR
Planet Computers Devices
Planet Computers' Gemini
Using the Gemini in 2025: 5 Top Tips!
The Phones Show 419 (Review of the Cosmo
Communicator)
Re-evaluating the Cosmo Communicator in
2025! - YouTube
Planet Computers' Astro Slide
Hands on with the Planet Computers Astro
Slide
The Astro Slide in 2025: Review part 1:
Concept and Keyboard
The Astro Slide in 2025: Review part 2:
Imaging and other Components
Retrofitting (and testing) an external
camera on the Gemini PDA - it�s almost modular!
Other Devices and Services
Sony Xperia 1 Mk VI
Minimal Phone
Repebble
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 - Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6
Octopi Reddit Group - Google Groups Octopi Launcher Alpha
Testers - Play Store
Apple's gift for Ambient Music fans in
iOS 18.4 for all iPhones! - YouTube
App of the Week
Microsoft 365
Scrabble Go
Pocket Casts
Launcher10
Photo of the Week from MeWe PSC Photos Group
Bellis Perennis, Ted Salmon,
Sony Xperia 1 Mk VI, Telephoto Macro at 120x, handheld:
Download
Phones
Show Chat episode 848 ("Andy Moon, From Fixed Focus to
Fantastic Fotos", 06/04/2025) manually (Size: 27MB, 71 minutes
duration).
Phones Show Chat 848 -
Show Notes
Steve
Litchfield and Ted
Salmon with Andy
Moon
MeWe Groups Join Links
PSC - PSC Photos - PSC Classifieds - Steve - Ted
Device Week
OnePlus Open - Honor Magic V3
Samsung
Galaxy Z Fold6
Vivo
X200 Pro - Xiaomi 15 Ultra
Oneplus
Watch 3 - Pixel Watch 3
Sony
Xperia 1 Mk VI
Sony
Xperia 1 Mk VI - changes from the 1 Mk V - on balance,
a huge thumbs up!
Sony
Xperia 1 Mk VI - Imaging Review: Finally, Sony!
Finally!
iOS
vs Android flagships, and why the Sony Xperia 1 vi
doesn�t QUITE grab my SIM card
Magnetic Wireless
Charger
ShiftCam SnapGrip - Neodymium
Review
of the ShiftCam SnapGrip, part 1: iPhone!
The
ShiftCam SnapGrip, on an Android phone
ShiftCam
SnapGrip redux: iPhone to DSLR
Sony GP-VPT2BT Handgrip - ShutterGrip2 by Just Mobile
Nothing
Phone (2a) Plus - Nothing Phone (3a)
Planet
Computers' Gemini
Using
the Gemini in 2025: 5 Top Tips!
The
Phones Show 419 (Review of the Cosmo Communicator)
Re-evaluating
the Cosmo Communicator in 2025!
Planet Computers' Astro Slide
Hands on
with the Planet Computers Astro Slide
Main
Components - How security works in Android phones
App of the Week
Rainviewer - Bus Checker - Airalo
Photo of the Week from MeWe PSC Photos Group
Frenchie, Matt Steel, Apple
iPhone 14:
Download
Phones
Show Chat episode 847 ("Gareth Myles, Clumsy Santa!",
30/03/2025) manually (Size: 23MB, 61 minutes
duration).
Phones Show Chat 847 -
Show Notes
Steve
Litchfield and Ted
Salmon with Gareth
Myles
MeWe Groups Join Links
PSC - PSC Photos - PSC Classifieds - Steve - Ted
Discussion and New
Amber KB1 Writer's Keyboard -
Justin Mitchell
Clicks Keyboard for the Pixel
Clicks Keyboard working with the Razr
A Nuclear Battery for Your Phone?
Device Week
Samsung Galaxy S24
Motorola Razr 50 vs Motorola Razr 50
Ultra vs Samsung Galaxy Z Flip5
Ted's 20+ Initial Impressions of the Razr 50
Commentary (MeWe Link)
Planet Computers' Gemini
Using the Gemini in 2025: 5 Top Tips!
The Phones Show 419 (Review of the Cosmo
Communicator)
Re-evaluating the Cosmo Communicator in
2025! - YouTube
Planet Computers' Astro Slide
Retrospective 1 - Sideloading Data Speeds
Retrospective 2 - Data in 1992
2TB
SanDisk Extreme SSD
SanDisk Extreme Pro 1TB
Steve's Top Tip: Reducing Music Hoarding!
Microsoft Surface Go
Sony Xperia 5 Mk V - Mini Media Monster
Sony Xperia 1 Mk VI
Sony Xperia 1 Mk VI - changes from the 1
Mk V - on balance, a huge thumbs up!
Sony Xperia 1 Mk VI - Imaging Review:
Finally, Sony! Finally!
Sony Xperia 1 Mk VI Camera App APK
Photo of the Week from MeWe PSC Photos Group
Morning Flower, Andrew
Martin, Xiaomi 15 Ultra:
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