Philip Michaels

5 days ago | tomsguide.com | Philip Michaels

When iOS 26 arrives later this fall, it will bring a newfound capability to your iPhone — the ability to tote around a digital ID in the Wallet app based on your U.S. passport. That's a potentially significant addition. When you have to establish who you are, not many official documents carry the weight of a passport, which not only permits travel but establishes your residency, age and identity.

1 week ago | tomsguide.com | Philip Michaels

Apple has spent the past few years giving its iPhone Pro models that extra little push with features not available on the standard iPhone. But that wasn't the case with the iPhone 16, which added enough new capabilities to dash nearly any FOMO you may have felt by not paying up for the iPhone 16 Pro. Will that trend continue this year with an iPhone 17 vs. iPhone 17 Pro comparison? Initial rumors about Apple's iPhone 17 plans paint a mixed picture.

1 week ago | inkl.com | Philip Michaels

Initial rumors about Apple's iPhone 17 plans paint a mixed picture. While the standard iPhone is set to gain a long-awaited display improvement that will match what the Pro models have delivered for years, the iPhone 17 Pro is set to see the more significant changes, chiefly to its design and cameras. And Apple could be planning a processor surprise, too, that may affect how you weigh the iPhone 17 and iPhone 17 Pro.

1 week ago | tomsguide.com | Philip Michaels

I’ve been covering phones these devices since the launch of the original iPhone 18 years ago. And believe me when I tell you that even if I were a full-throated Trump supporter, from the tips of my toes to top of my red baseball cap, I wouldn't want anything to do with Trump Mobile — not its 47 Plan with unlimited data and especially not its gold-colored T1 Phone. It's got nothing to do with politics. It has everything to do with this not sounding like much of a phone.

1 week ago | tomsguide.com | Philip Michaels

Foldable phones have been a part of the smartphone scene for more than half-a-decade now — long enough for there to be actual competition among the best foldable phones. And yet, despite the fact that I regularly get the chance to test all sorts of phones, including foldable ones, I've never felt the urge to turn to one of these devices as my primary handset. It's no reflection on the phones themselves, some of which I'd happily recommend if you are in the market for a foldable.