Samsung released a new series of ads in time for the iPhone 6s launch using a familiar tag line that riffs off Apple’s most recent TV commercials. Samsung’s It’s not a phone, it’s a Galaxy ads are a direct response to Apple’s If it’s not an iPhone, it’s not an iPhone advertising campaign, featuring ads that take direct and not-so-direct shots at the iPhone.

After launching a couple of ads that focused on wireless charging and phone customization, Samsung is back with new commercials that show two more unique features from its top-of-the-line Galaxy handsets – well, at least one of them is pretty unique to Samsung’s lineup.

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If there’s one common problem for iPhone and Nexus buyers, it’s storage. Apple and Google aren’t fond of microSD cards, and while the iPhone maker has “fixed” storage problems by offering customers storage tiers up to 128GB, Google has often disappointed Nexus fans in that regard. However, it looks like that’s about to change with the next-generation Nexus devices.

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We pick on Samsung at least once a month for parroting Apple, but we’d be more than happy to stop writing about it if Samsung would stop doing. Of course, it doesn’t look like that’s going to happen any time soon, as an industry executive with insider knowledge has told Forbes that Samsung is prepping its own leasing program.

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It’s great to have a portable charger with a big battery that can recharge your phone multiple times before needing to juiced up again itself. Batteries are quite heavy though, and sometimes you just don’t have the space to lug around a big portable charger. But just because you’re short on space doesn’t mean you have to sit back and watch as your smartphone battery dies. Meet the RAVPower 3,350 mAh Portable Charger.

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The Tesla Model S may be widely revered and critically acclaimed, but like any new disruptive technology or product, it faces no shortage of critics who remain skeptical that electric cars are the wave of the future. In turn, there are also no shortage of articles which provide first-hand accounts of what driving a Tesla is like in a gasoline dominated autotomotive market.

In a clever flip of the script, Tibor Blomhall, writing for Tesla Club Sweden, put together an amusing first-hand account detailing what it’d be like to drive a gasoline powered car in an automotive market dominated by electric vehicles.

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Another week, another five days packed full of opportunities to snag some great paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free. This week we’re kicking things off with a list of eight solid iOS apps that span all different genres. We’ve got games, we’ve got photography apps, we’ve got utilities and more. As always though, you’ll have to hurry if you want to download these apps while they’re still free.

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Facebook’s mobile apps are some of the most popular apps in the world, used by hundreds of millions of people from all walks of life. The main Facebook app is obviously its most popular one, but other apps like Messenger and Instagram also have huge user bases. But did you know that Facebook has an app that almost no one uses by comparison? This particular app is unpopular by design, because it’s not open to the public. Instead, it’s intended for use only by famous people — but you’re about to get a rare inside look at this mysterious app.

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Apple’s new iOS 9 platform is already running on an impressive number of iOS devices right out of the gate, but the operating system isn’t entirely free of flaws. Certain bugs can affect its performance, and older devices might not be as fast on iOS 9 as you’d expect – in fact, a thorough video comparison between all iPhone models that can run iOS 9 showed that the new OS is slightly slower than the iOS 8.4.1, though it does show significant gains when it comes to Wi-Fi speed and browsing.

Some iPhone and iPad owners may experience a slower iOS 9 performance, but there are things they can do to combat lag and speed up iOS 9.

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The OnePlus 2 might not be one of the best-selling smartphones of the year, but it’s easily one of the best. With solid specs, a gorgeous design and a shockingly low price tag, the OnePlus 2 offers value that few rival smartphones in the world can match. You can read our in-depth OnePlus 2 review to learn more.

As it turns out, however, an upcoming smartphone supposedly set to be released in the next couple of months could offer an even better value to Android fans on a quest to get as much bang as possible for their buck. And the company behind the new phone is none other than… OnePlus.

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If you don’t think Google’s Chromebooks are making waves in the PC market, you’re not paying attention. Google’s lightweight desktop operating system is more than capable of keeping pace with Windows for school, light work, browsing, streaming, research and more — and buying a Chromebook instead of Windows machine means saving hundreds in the process.

As affordable as Chromebooks are every day, however, you can still save even more money by taking advantage of a limited-time sale on Amazon.

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