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.
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Other recent programmes:
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Phones
Show Chat episode 712 ("James Honeyball, Sceptical Island!",
11/09/2022) manually
(Size: 23MB, 64 minutes duration).
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Phones
Show Chat 712 - Show Notes
Steve
Litchfield and Ted
Salmon with James
Honeyball
MeWe
Groups Join Links
PSC
- PSC
Photos - PSC
Classifieds - Steve
- Ted
Feedback
and Contributions
iPhone
14 Pro Max, iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 and
Apple Watch Ultra
Nearby
Share - What
is Google Nearby Share and how do I use it?
Nearby
Share's new Self Share feature will roll out in the next
few weeks
Marek Pawlowski and Adrian Brain on Samsung
Expert Raw
One
UI 4.1.1 on Android 12L now rolled out to the
SGZFlip3
Gavin Fabiani-Laymond on Samsung Galaxy Z Fold4 Cameras
First
patch to Android 13 fixes five Pixel issues, 6a update
delayed
Google
has released Android 13 QPR1 Beta 1 - Everything
New
Google
announces Pixel 7 and Pixel Watch event for 6th October
Device
Week
iPhone
12 Pro Max
Samsung
Galaxy Flip3
Sony
Xperia 1 Mk IV
Microsoft
Surface Duo 2
Photo of the Month Winner for August 2022 from PSC Photos
Paddle
Boarding, Chris Bates, Google Pixel 6:
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Phones
Show Chat episode 711 ("Ian Bundey, Dual Approach!",
04/09/2022) manually
(Size: 25MB, 64 minutes duration).
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Phones
Show Chat 711 - Show Notes
Steve
Litchfield and Ted
Salmon with Ian
Bundey (bundersmedia.com)
MeWe
Groups Join Links
PSC
- PSC
Photos - PSC
Classifieds - Steve
- Ted
Feedback
and Contributions
Cath Evans on YouTube Creators and Money
Jeremy Harpham on Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3 Battery
Sony
Xperia 5 IV is official - GSMArena's
Review - Promo
Video
Glen on Microsoft's Adverts
Galaxy
Z Fold 3 and Flip 3 will get Android 12L soon
Device
Week
Samsung
Galaxy Flip3
Samsung
Galaxy Z Flip3 vs Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G
NexDock
360 and NexDock
Touch
iPhone
8
Samsung
Galaxy S22 Ultra
Samsung
Expert Raw
VERO
- DALL·E
2
Android
Nearby Share
Samsung
Galaxy Flip3
Samsung
Galaxy Z Flip3 vs Samsung Galaxy Z Flip4
Samsung
Galaxy Z Flip3 vs Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G
Apple
Store iPhone 12 Pro Max’s Battery Replacement
Featured Photo from PSC Photos
One Canada Square, Jay Caracciolo, iPhone 13 Pro Max, monochrome filter, Even Longer app:
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Phones
Show Chat episode 710 ("Live from Studio B!",
27/08/2022) manually
(Size: 24MB, 63 minutes duration).
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Phones
Show Chat 710 - Show Notes
Steve
Litchfield and Ted
Salmon
MeWe
Groups Join Links
PSC
- PSC
Photos - PSC
Classifieds - Steve
- Ted
Feedback
and Contributions
Sony
Xperia 5 IV launching on 1st September
Microsoft
Outlook is now showing more ads in its iOS and Android app
Nokia's
G400 5G
Samsung
is about to update a 2015 phone
Device
Week
Google
Pixel 6a - Ted's
Review - YouTube
Short mini-review
Nokia
XR20 - 64GB/4GB
GBP269 (128GB/8GB
GBP349)
Samsung
Galaxy S20 FE 5G
Samsung
Galaxy Z Flip3
Samsung
Galaxy Z Flip3 vs Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G
NexDock
360 and NexDock
Touch
Apple
iPhone 12 Pro Max vs Microsoft
Surface Duo 2
Google's
Rewards
Apple
Maps vs Google
Maps
Featured Photo from PSC Photos
Benagil
Cave Algarve, Daniel Da Rocha, Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra:
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Phones
Show Chat episode 709 ("Jason Kneen, from Revo to (iOS)
Revolution", 21/08/2022) manually
(Size: 27MB, 67 minutes duration).
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Phones
Show Chat 709 - Show Notes
Steve
Litchfield and Ted
Salmon with Jason
Kneen
MeWe
Groups Join Links
PSC
- PSC
Photos - PSC
Classifieds - Steve
- Ted
Feedback
and Contributions
Frank Niethardt on Bluetooth Keyboards
Google
launches Android 13, rolling out now to Pixel phones
Android
13 is coming to more phones "later this year"
Android
13 is a permanent upgrade on Pixel 6 range
Android
13 hands-on: Here's EVERY user-facing feature, function,
and tweak
Android
13 betas will continue in September with more Feature
Tests
Weird
Pixel update issue gives users Android 12 instead of
Android 13 - Google
says it wasn't a mistake
Dynamic Vibration coming to Pixels?
Gmail
update now supports Surface Duo spanning
(video) - MSPowerUser
Get
Microsoft Surface Duo (or any other Android device) Audio
to a PC
Bluetooth Audio Receiver
- Shane
Craig's Video
Nothing
clarifies why it reduced the Phone 1's brightness
Apple
could take a page out of Android's playbook with iPhone ad
plans
Device
Week
Apple
iPhone 12 Pro Max
Google
Pixel 6a - Ted's
Review - YouTube
Short mini-review
Wavelet
Sony
Xperia 5ii vs Pixel 6a
Pixel
6a vs Pixel 6
Pixel
6a vs Pixel 5
Pixel
6 Pro
Planet
Computers Gemini
iPhone
13 Pro
Microsoft
Surface Duo 2 - Duo
Mono - Xtremeskins
- Duo
2 Teardown Skin
Featured Photo from PSC Photos
Ferris
Wheel by John Piggford using a Pixel 6, motion mode:
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Phones
Show Chat episode 708 ("Dipen Karia, Battling through the
heat", 14/08/2022) manually
(Size: 21MB, 57 minutes duration).
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Phones
Show Chat 708 - Show Notes
Steve
Litchfield and Ted
Salmon with Dipen
Karia
MeWe
Groups Join Links
PSC
- PSC
Photos - PSC
Classifieds - Steve
- Ted
Feedback
and Contributions
No
Surface Duo 3 in 2022? I'm OK sticking with the Duo 2
by Juan Carlos Bagnell
Moto
Razr 2022 Specs
Motorola
Razr 5G (2020) vs Motorola Razr 2022
Moto
Razr 2022 Teardown Video
Moto
X30 Pro Specs
Moto
S30 Pro Specs
Moto
X30 Pro vs Moto S30 Pro
Samsung
Launch summary
Samsung
Galaxy Flip4 Specs
Samsung
Galaxy Flip4 vs Samsung Galaxy Flip3
Samsung
Galaxy Fold4 Specs
Samsung
Galaxy Fold4 vs Samsung Galaxy Fold3
Samsung
Galaxy Flip4 vs Motorola Razr 2022
Device
Week
Apple
iPhone 12 Pro Max
Sony
Xperia 5ii
Project
ARA
Google
Pixel 6a - YouTube
Short mini-review
Pixel
6a vs Pixel 6
Pixel
6a vs Pixel 5
Zenfone
9 vs Pixel 5 vs Pixel 6a
Pixel
6 Pro
Planet
Computers Gemini
Winner
of Photo of the Month for July 2022
The previously-featured Dancing into the Sunset, shot with
an Apple iPhone 13 Pro by Maticek:
Featured Photo from PSC Photos
Window at Sunset by Alex Jones using an Apple iPhone 13 Pro:
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Phones
Show Chat episode 707 ("Zac Kew-Denniss, Into a week of
Samsung...", 07/08/2022) manually
(Size: 24MB, 64 minutes duration).
Alternate download link for anyone having cellular download problems.
Phones
Show Chat 707 - Show Notes
Steve
Litchfield and Ted
Salmon with Zac
Kew-Denniss
MeWe
Groups Join Links
PSC
- PSC
Photos - PSC
Classifieds - Steve
- Ted
Feedback
and Contributions
Asus
Zenfone 9 review - Specs
Every
Google App Getting an Android Tablet UI, and What Updates
are Live
Device
Week
Apple
iPhone 12 Pro Max
Microsoft
Surface Duo 1 vs Microsoft Surface Duo 2
Always
on AMOLED
Poco
F4 GT - Ted's
Review
Nokia
XR20 - Chargie
Samsung
Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Z Flip 4 Event
Samsung
Galaxy S22 Ultra
Samsung
Galaxy S20 FE 5G
Samsung
Galaxy S21 FE
Samsung
Galaxy S22
Sony
Xperia 5ii
Zenfone
9 vs Pixel 5 vs Pixel 6a
Fairphone
3+
Brand
New Battery for the iPhone 12 Pro Max is only £69
Featured Photo from PSC Photos
Visitor by Mark Mochan using an Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max:
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Phones
Show Chat episode 706 ("Moto trumps Poco!",
30/07/2022) manually
(Size: 20MB, 50 minutes duration).
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Phones
Show Chat 706 - Show Notes
Steve
Litchfield and Ted
Salmon
MeWe
Groups Join Links
PSC
- PSC
Photos - PSC
Classifieds - Steve
- Ted
Feedback
and Contributions
Android's
Predictive Back Gesture
Ian Watson on Factory Reset vs Backup/Restore
OnePlus
10T Ditches its Hasselblad Partnership
Nokia
and Zeiss Split Up
How
to Let Your Friends Know You Got Home Safely with Google
Maps
Samsung's
new 'Repair Mode'
Device
Week
Apple
iPhone 12 Pro Max
Microsoft
Surface Duo 1 vs Microsoft Surface Duo 2
Duo
Mono
Always
on AMOLED
Poco
F4 GT - Ted's
Review
Another
Widget
Resizeable
CalWidget
Motorola
Edge+ vs Poco F4 GT
OnePlus
Nord 2 5G
Nokia
XR20 - Chargie
MagSafe
Battery Pack
Featured
Photo from PSC
Photos
Dancing into the Sunset by Maticek using an iPhone 13 Pro:
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Phones
Show Chat episode 705 ("MotorSportsFan!",
24/07/2022) manually
(Size: 23MB, 63 minutes duration).
Alternate download link for anyone having cellular download problems.
Phones
Show Chat 705 - Show Notes
Steve
Litchfield and Ted
Salmon with Chris
Kelly
MeWe
Groups Join Links
PSC
- PSC
Photos - PSC
Classifieds - Steve
- Ted
Feedback
and Contributions
Pixel
6a up for pre-order, free buds, £399, delivery
on 28th July
Magic
Eraser shows off new trick ahead of Google Pixel 6a launch
Google
Wallet - Also
for Wear OS for Smart Watches
UPERFECT
X Mini is a Smaller Laptop Dock for your Phone
The
OnePlus 10T is officially launching early next month
- Specs
Device
Week
Apple
iPhone 12 Pro Max
iPhone
11 Pro Max
Google
Maps - Apple
Maps
Quadlock
- Here Maps
- Waze
MyRoute
App - Calimoto
Samsung
Galaxy S22 Ultra
Poco
F4 GT
OnePlus
Nord 2 5G
Always
on AMOLED
Planet
Astro Slide
Featured Photo from PSC Photos
Menaggio by Jon Dyer using a Pixel 4a:
For older Phones Show Chat episodes, see our archive.
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New! The Phones Show (shorts)
The Phones Show (full length videos)
Show 436 - The End
(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
Show
419 - More QWERTY, with
my review of the Cosmo Communicator, one year on!
Show 418 - Hands-on
review and verdict of the Xiaomi Mi 11 5G
Show 417 - The
(surprising) true value in your smartphone...
Show
416 - A look at QWERTY
options for getting text typed up in a hurry...
Show 415 - Bookending
the world of 5G smartphones: Xiaomi Redmi Note 9T and Samsung
Galaxy S21 Ultra
Show 414 - Apple iOS
14.3 ProRAW and a hark back to the Lumia 1020
Show
413 - My Christmas Top
5 Phones, plus my review of the new Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G
Show 412 - NexDock
Touch review - a touchscreen lapdock for Samsung and Huawei
flagships...
Show 411 - Reviewing
the top of the range iPhone 12 Pro Max
Show
410 - Sony's new
compact flagship, the 'Xperia 5 ii' turns out to be something of
a winner all round...
Show 409 - It's new
iPhone time - I review the ProductRED iPhone 12...
Show 408 - Upgrading
your smartphone camera in minutes! Fairphone 3 to Fairphone 3+
Show
407 - It's Google Pixel
4a 5G versus Pixel 5... and the cheaper phone comes out on top!
Show 406 - It's... a
new Pixel, it's a cracker, and it's compared to other new
Pixels!
Show 405 - Review of
the phone of the year, the POCO X3 (NFC) - amazing value for
all!
Show
404 - What Apple did
right with the iPhone 11 Pro's imaging...
Show 403 - OnePlus
Nord review - by way of comparison!
Show 402 - The
Surface Duo - in a parallel universe!
Show
401 - The true 'budget
flagship'? Not a lot missing for under UKP250 with the Xiaomi
Redmi Note 9 Pro!
Show 400 - A look
back at 14 years of the show, plus some well-wishers!
Show 399 - Review of
the new high end Sony pro-camera contender, the Xperia 1 mk II
Show
398 - Verdict on the
new Realme X3 SuperZoom - the poor man's Huawei P series
flagship?
Show 397 - Review of
the surprisingly solid new Xiaomi sub-brand flagship, the POCO
F2 Pro
Show 396 - Reasons
why the OPPO Find X2 Pro exemplifies the best and the worst in
the smartphone flagship world!
Show
395 - Hands-on review
of the unique Unihertz Titan
Show 394 - May 2020
'Top 5 Phones' and a look at the new iPhone SE (2020)
Show 393 - Review of
the super-fast OnePlus 8 Pro
Show
392 - Verdict on the
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip, the smartphone that folds in half!
Show 391 - Review of
the Huawei P40 Pro imaging flagship
Show 390 - Verdict on
the Samsung Galaxy S20 *Ultra*!
Show
389 - Review of the
brand new Samsung Galaxy S20 flagship (and S20+, by extension)
Show 388 - Musings on
smartphone screen repairability
Show 387 - Review of
the Moto G8 Plus, the budget smartphone that everyone should
consider - it does everything!
Show
386 - Review of the
eco-conscious Fairphone 3, 100% repairable!
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!
Archive of earlier Smartphones Shows