作者彙整: Ara Wagoner

You spend all day with your phone, setting it down on tables, chairs, public benches, bathroom counters, and even more unsightly places. Then there’s the more visible grime that gets on or in your phone from dropping it in the dog park, leaving it in your sweaty jean pockets, or letting your child pour Cheerio dust all over it. Phones get dirty easily, but thankfully getting them clean again can be easy, too, if you know what to use.

Products used in this guide

All the nooks and crannies: DanziX Phone Cleaning Kit ($7 at Amazon)
Safe on screens: Zeiss Mobile Screen Wipes ($11 at Amazon)
Overboard but efficient: PhoneSoap 3 ($80 at Amazon)

What NOT to use when cleaning your phone

Lysol or Clorox wipes might seem like an easy way to clean grime off a phone, but fight this instinct with every phone-loving fiber of your being. Bleach, vinegar, alcohol, and most harsh disinfectant chemicals can clean the sides and back of an Android phone, but those chemicals need to stay far away… 閱讀全文 →

If you’re going to grab a case for your phone, it should do more than just protect your phone from scratches, scuffs, and drops. It should show some personality and show your team spirit! Whether you’re a footballer — either kind — basketballer or prefer to take your phone out to the ball game, chances are you can find a high-quality case that matches your team and your phone.

Best Overall

Skinit

NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, and College

From college to the pros, from thin skins to rugged pro cases, Skinit has some of the best variety when it comes to sports cases, especially for Pixel, Samsung, and LG phones.

From $20 at Skinit
From $17 at Amazon

I’ve been a Skinit fan for a long time thanks to its licensed cases from Disney, DC, and various anime franchises. Skinit also has an incredible selection of cases for both pro and college teams around the U.S.

The styles of case you can get for your phone depends on how popular the model is. For instance, the Samsung Galaxy S10 has … 閱讀全文 →

Human beings are filthy, and as we use our phones anywhere and everywhere, we expose our phones to all that filth as well. And since you can’t give your phone a hot, soapy shower every day like you do yourself, you should build yourself a cleaning kit to keep the grime and nastiness under control before those germs migrate back from your phone to you and get you sick.

Clean screen on the go

ZEISS Mobile Screen Wipes (60ct Box)

Staff pick

If you tend to need your screen clean when you’re not home with your spritzer bottles, I absolutely adore these single-serve wipes. I keep a few of them in my bag for wiping my screen after it gets all sweaty and grimy when I’m out and about.

$11 at Amazon

Let there be light

PhoneSoap 3 UV Cell Phone Sanitizer

This phone-sized tanning bed uses UV lights to kill the surface bacteria on your phone in order to keep the germs on your phone from getting you sick. I also run car keys and my credit cards through here from time to time.

$80 at A… 閱讀全文 →

You don’t need to jump through hoops in order to get the kind of bundle you want anymore.

What you need to know

You can now upgrade to a Disney+ bundle with No Ads Hulu or Hulu Live TV.
Previously, users could not bundle with Live TV and could not upgrade to No Ads after signing up for the Disney+ bundle.
Current or new bundle subscribers can upgrade in the Account section of Hulu’s app or website.

When it launched in November, Disney Plus (Disney+) offered a monthly bundle with ESPN and basic ad-supported Hulu for $12.99 per month, but you couldn’t upgrade that plan to No Ads or Live TV, which hobbled the experience for Hulu subscribers who wanted to expand their options and unlock more content within the service. There was a workaround that allowed users to get the Disney+ Bundle with No Ads Hulu, but if you’d already signed up for the bundle, you were out of luck.

Until now, that is.

Bundle and save

Disney+ Bundle

$13/month at Disney+

This is the streaming bundle you a… 閱讀全文 →

New durability standards, and new colors spice up the latest generation of HP Chromebooks.

The BETT show is underway in London — an education-focused technology conference — and while CES 2020 may have showed us a new generation of luxury Chromebooks, BETT is where more practically-minded Chrome fans can come for shiny new laptops that actually justify their price tags. HP is here to unveil a whole slew of laptops for educators, including not one but four new Chromebooks, and they have this girl quite excited for the future.

Best of all, we don’t have to wait for summer to roll around in order to buy them.

First up, we have two new versions of the HP Chromebook 11: the Intel Celeron-powered HP Chromebook 11 G8 and the AMD A4/A6-powered HP Chromebook 11A G8. Apart from the processor, both models are almost identical: there are touchscreen and non-touch models and there are 8GB memory options for both. The 11A has lower storage options — stay away from that 16GB option, pl… 閱讀全文 →

No matter where you go, no matter what you face, keep your phone charged and ready.

There’s a lot of accessories I research and recommend for readers like you, and while cases are super-fun — yes, I am the rare tech writer that adores writing about cases — the category that I have true passion for is perhaps the least sexy around: chargers and power banks. These are accessories that once you get a good one can last you for years and years and charge everything you throw at it.

Unfortunately, a lot of people tend to buy bigger, bulkier ones than they need. Many tech enthusiasts tend to fawn over massive “power all of your shit for the weekend” slabs like the Goal Zero Sherpa 100PD, but I don’t need to keep a MacBook alive for eight hours of editing and rendering, and I’m betting you don’t either.

Most of us need to keep maybe 1-3 phones alive between lunch time and a very late bedtime. So for most of us I am here to spread my gospel: never leave home without the Trinity of Powe… 閱讀全文 →

Of all the trends from the early 2010s we could resurrect, why did have to be these abominable phone names?!

My very first Android phone was a Samsung Captivate Glide. I called it Soarin. I had to; calling it the Captivate Glide just felt ridiculous. The Samsung Captivate Glide was the QWERTY Keyboard variant of the Samsung Galaxy S II. The Glide was the follow-up to the Samsung Captivate, the AT&T-tailored version of the original Galaxy S, which had over a dozen different named variants in in the US alone. It was the dawning of a new era for Android — and for stupid-ass phone names.

The Captivate Glide is actually on the tame end of the spectrum if we look back over the last decade of Android phone naming. The Samsung Galaxy S II Epic Touch 4G. The T-Mobile MyTouch 4G Slide. The Lenovo Phab 2 Pro. The Acer Liquid Zest Plus. The Casio G’zOne Commando…

And now, the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G, because somehow in the last 10 years, Samsung hasn’t found a better way to name a… 閱讀全文 →

Repeat after me, my friends: No matter your taste, your phone needs a case. You just dropped a thousand dollars on a Samsung Galaxy S10+, and carrying it around without a case is just begging for Murphy’s Law to come pay that phone a visit. We’ve got thin cases, clear cases, fun cases, butch cases, and even more. There’s something here for everyone, but please, don’t leave this article without getting your new phone some protection!

New look on a classic winner

Spigen Neo Hybrid

Staff Pick

Gone is the Herringbone on this award-winning case series, and in its place is a new pattern that Spigen promises is grippier than ever.

From $14 at Amazon

High class carry-all

Snakehive Vintage Leather Wallet

This U.K. brand makes a dapper case indeed, available in six suave shades of European nubuck leather that match each of the S10+’s colors and then some.

$37 at Amazon

Hard as crystal

Ringke Fusion X

With clear, hard-shell backs, rugged colored bumpers, and a robust lip aroun… 閱讀全文 →

Android apps make Chromebooks more productive and more playful.

While Chromebooks are useful just with Chrome extensions and the Chrome browser, the lack of traditional Windows/Mac programs can make it seem lackluster as a laptop you actually intend to use full-time. This is where Android apps come in, with the Google Play Store opening your Chromebook up to millions of apps for work and for play. Your Chromebook even comes with a few Android apps pre-installed, but here’s how to get some more fun and functional Android apps running.

How to install Android apps on a Chromebook

Open Google Play from your dock or app drawer.

Tap the search bar at the top to search for an app, or tap the categories to browse.

Type in your search term or particular category you want to browse.

Tap the app you’d like to install from the category or the search results.

Tap Install.

Like apps on your Android phone these days, you’ll usually be granting your apps’ permissions as you open and … 閱讀全文 →

OnePlus includes a case in the box for the OnePlus 7T, but let’s face it: it’s thin and kind of bland. It’s great to ensure you have protection from the moment you take the case out of the box, but chances are you’ll want to upgrade to a case with a little more style or substance before long. The case market for the 7T is limited due to its shorter upgrade window, but there are some high-quality cases for this high-quality phone.

Thin grip with style

Spigen Liquid Air

Staff pick

Spigen may be best known for the Rugged Armor, but walk past it and get the Liquid Air. It’s got a much better grip thanks to the texture all across the back and sides, it’s the same thickness, and it just looks much fresher than the carbon fiber accents.

$12 at Amazon

Official flair

OnePlus Silicone Bumper Case

While the OnePlus 7T isn’t sold in OnePlus’s signature red, but you can still get that shocking red with this grippy silicone case. If you tend to be a butterfingers, this is the case for … 閱讀全文 →