I admit it, the title for this review is somewhat unorthodox, but there are two reasons for it. Firstly, both myself and my wife upon picking up the iPhone for the first time with the Speck CandyShell Grip on said those exact words, independently of each other. In truth, it perfectly encapsulates the experience of using it. If I tried to describe it in...

1. iOS 7 concept iOS 7 is the thing I'm most looking forward to on Apple's horizon - even more than the iPhone 5S. Having to wait until WWDC is tough, but looking at iOS 7 concepts is a great way to pass the time. This latest concept incorporates the "flat" design that Johny Ive is rumored to be embracing, but takes it one step further by offering the...

I've been kindly loaned a Galaxy S4 phone (as I'm sure you know by now), and over the past 7 days I've been comparing a couple of specific features of the two devices. I compared Siri with S-Voice and also gave the cameras a thorough workout. Now it's time for the full comparison, and with news that Samsung is on track to sell 10 million S4 units in...

1. App Store hits 50 billion downloads Apple's been counting down to the 50 billion download mark for a few weeks now, and it finally reached it. We don't yet know who the lucky downloader is, but we probably will soon - he or she has won a $10,000 App Store gift card! Could you imagine winning 10 grand for downloading an app!? So awesome. 2. New Google...

When it comes to battery packs for iPhone you normally have one of two choices: either the backup battery incorporated in to a case of some sort, or separate block of various sizes. Both - however great - have their own compromises. The battery case requires you to have a usually quite chunky case permanently attached to your iPhone. The other requires...

1. iPhone 5S fingerprint scanner A new rumor suggests that Apple's next iPhone will feature a capacitive home button instead of a physical one, a sapphire crystal display instead of glass, and a fingerprint scanner built right in. These are some interesting rumors, and it's definitely not the first time we've heard them (and none of them are true yet) so...

The AL13 ultra lightweight aluminum bumper from Design by M has caused a lot of buzz over the past week. As soon as it was announced and available, readers and viewers seemingly jumped online out of nowhere to find out about this metal bumper for iPhone 5. Here at TiP we managed to get hold of a review unit and I've been using it for a few days now, and...

I managed to secure a loan unit of the Galaxy S4 to try out and see how it compares to my beloved iPhone 5. And, since I have it for a week or so, I decided to run several tests comparing how the two perform across a variety of tasks. The first: digital assistants. S-Voice is Samsung's answer to Siri. Like the iPhone's system it can set reminders,...

Dragging open the Notification Center drawer is done to achieve one thing only: check notifications. The status bar (although unobtrusive) is not needed, and takes up needless space at the top of the display panel. Thanks to a new tweak called "RemoveNCStatusBar"you can now rid the status bar of its redundant misery. RemoveNCStatsusBar is a free...

1. Universal Music agreement This is one of the first concretely positive things we've heard about Apple's iRadio service in a while. It's definitely great news to hear that such a major record label is getting on board with Apple. It took some serious convincing back when iTunes was first launching, and obviously that turned out pretty well, so...