Steve is a Senior Writer at AP, where he covers over 40 smartphones a year. Steve has carried the latest and greatest around in his pocket for nearly 30 years, with everything from Motorola StarTACs ...

If you want Apple’s best laptop and money is no object, it’s the M5 Max MacBook Pro. It’s fast, it has a great-looking display, and it features a distinguished design. The boosted SSD speed is an ...

It happened much later than we expected, but Apple's announcement of MacBook Pros with its M5 Pro and M5 Max chips has finally arrived. These more powerful variants on Apple's silicon will be ...

As part of today’s MacBook Pro update, Apple has also unveiled the M5 Pro and M5 Max, the newest members of the M5 chip family. Normally, the Pro and Max chips take the same basic building blocks from ...

The Galaxy S26 Ultra just landed, Samsung’s most capable phone yet — and it’s walking straight into a fight with the iPhone 17 Pro Max, which has been quietly making Apple fans very smug since last ...

The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra is the company’s new flagship smartphone that was announced very recently. It arrived alongside the Galaxy S26 and Galaxy S26+ handsets. We’ve already compared it to the ...

The new Galaxy S26 Ultra is out, and it’s appealing enough to bring back Android fans who went into the Apple camp. While Samsung has made some weird choices with the Ultra over the last few ...

Samsung's latest high-powered flagship launched on Wednesday, with the Galaxy S26 Ultra taking aim at the iPhone 17 Pro Max. Here's the tale of the tape for the two smartphone heavyweights. Samsung ...

Prakhar Khanna is a Writer at CNET with bylines in ZDNET, Forbes, and other major outlets. A digital nomad at heart, he thrives in chaos--mixing deadlines with travel, often writing stories on planes, ...

Samsung just announced the Galaxy S26 Ultra. How does it stack up to its biggest competition from Apple? Credit: Chris Taylor / Mashable / CNET Samsung has just announced its latest flagship ...

The Galaxy S26 Ultra isn't out yet, but here's how Samsung's current Ultra phone looks against Apple's top iPhone in terms of specs, cameras and battery life. David Lumb is a senior reporter covering ...

The smartphone trade-in market has taken an unexpected turn. Rather than older flagships like Samsung Galaxy S24, Galaxy S25 Ultra, and iPhone 15 Pro, leading resale charts, Apple's iPhone 17 Pro Max ...