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The company HMD, known for making Nokia phones, has partnered with Heineken and Bodega on “The Boring Phone,” and there will be only 5,000 of them.

Touchscreens don’t always get the job done. Try one of these WIRED-tested controllers for your iPhone or Android instead.

Cloud storage is the easiest way to save your memories and share files. These are the best WIRED-tested services for personal use.

Do your future self a favor and back up all your precious photos, messages, and more before it’s too late.

Save your memories before you grab a new iPhone or update to the latest version of iOS.

The US Department of Justice lawsuit could force Apple to play nice with Android—with major implications for the iPhone.

Honor’s luxurious Magic 6 Pro is a forward-looking phone with advanced AI features, but it doesn’t always get it right.

Don’t forget your pills! Here’s how to set alarms, notifications, and reminders on your iPhone or Android smartphone.

There’s little reason to pay top dollar for a smartphone. These iPhones and Android devices—ranging from $150 to $500—stood up to WIRED’s testing.

Apple just rolled out iOS 17.4 to iPhones and iPads. Here are the latest updates, including post-quantum encryption.

Apple’s safety feature makes it easier than ever to notify loved ones when you’ve arrived at your destination.

I had zero problems covering a major mobile trade show with this $350 Android smartphone from Nothing.

A Barbie phone, a transparent laptop, a bendable bracelet smartphone, and a whole load of AI. Here’s all the best new gear announced at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

Metalenz’s biometric tech is poised to finally give Android owners a more secure form of facial recognition—and in time could even check skin for cancerous growths or measure air quality.

The compact and refined Xiaomi 14 is a very good Android phone, but it fails to stand out among other similarly priced handsets.

Just like with AirDrop on Apple devices, you can use Quick Share on Android to send almost anything to your contacts close by, or even to your Windows computer.

Most phones are waterproof these days, but not all of them. Here's what to do—and what not to do—if your device takes a dunking.

Oppo’s flagship Find X7 Ultra has an amazing, versatile quad-lens main camera. Too bad you can’t buy it anywhere but China.