Tom Pritchard
Tom is the Tom's Guide's UK Phones Editor, tackling the latest smartphone news and vocally expressing his opinions about upcoming features or changes. It's long way from his days as editor of Gizmodo UK, when pretty much everything was on the table. He’s usually found trying to squeeze another giant Lego set onto the shelf, draining very large cups of coffee, or complaining about how terrible his Smart TV is.
Latest articles by Tom Pritchard
Samsung Galaxy S25 Plus could get a major performance boost — beating Galaxy S25 Ultra
By Tom Pritchard published
Leaked Galaxy S25 Plus benchmark scores suggest a shocking upgrade — better performance than the S25 Ultra.
Motorola tipped to launch new foldable this week — here's the leaked specs
By Tom Pritchard published
The Motorola Razr 2024 may have a successor already — but weirdly it sounds like it has exactly the same specs.
Samsung accidentally leaked the Galaxy S24 FE before it was announced — what we know
By Tom Pritchard published
Samsung just leaked its upcoming Galaxy S24 FE by accidentally posting a live pre-order page. The phone hasn't even been announced yet.
iPhone 16 just got a helpful upgrade in iOS 18.1 beta 5 — here's all the new features
By Tom Pritchard published
iOS 18.1 beta 5 just landed, and it's got a bunch of useful upgrades — including selfie support for Camera Control.
Apple Intelligence will take up an extra 4GB of iPhone storage — what you need to know
By Tom Pritchard published
Apple Intelligence is going to take up more storage space, and the space it needs may increase over time.
iPhone 16 Pro owners reporting touchscreen freezing problem — and we've confirmed it
By Tom Pritchard last updated
iPhone 16 Pro users are reporting issues with their screens freezing up — and we may know what the cause is.
Best used smartphones in 2024
By Tom Pritchard last updated
Consider buying one of the best used smartphones if you're looking for a low-priced phone that still offers great performance.
Samsung Galaxy S24 FE price leak is bad news — here’s what you’ll pay
By Tom Pritchard published
The latest Samsung Galaxy S24 FE price leak suggests a price hike could be on the cards. Which is disappointing news.
This is my favorite iOS 18 feature — and it has nothing to do with Apple Intelligence
By Tom Pritchard published
Apple Intelligence gets all the attention, but the Home Screen customization is the iOS 18 feature I'm most excited to use.
Google just made a huge step in killing off passwords for good
By Tom Pritchard published
Google's Password Manager will now let you access passkeys on multiple devices and platforms — here's what you need to know.
iPhone 16 battery life results are in — and we can hardly believe our eyes
By Tom Pritchard last updated
iPhone 16 battery life results are here, and some of these scores are so good that we can't believe they're actually real.
iPhone 16 battery capacity confirmed for all four models — here’s what Apple didn't want you to see
By Tom Pritchard published
iPhone 16 battery capacities have all been revealed, and it's very good news for fans of long battery life.
iPhone 16 Pro benchmarked — where the new iPhone wins (and loses) vs. Android phones
By Tom Pritchard last updated
iPhone 16 Pro comes packing the powerful new A18 Pro chipset — but just how powerful is it really?
Android 15 on Samsung Galaxy phones just hit another setback — what you need to know
By Tom Pritchard published
Samsung apparently doesn't know when the OneUI 7 beta is coming, and that doesn't bode well for a full rollout of Android 15.
Android 15 may come to Pixel phones on October 15 — and it’s about time
By Tom Pritchard published
Android 15 is finished, but nobody can use it yet. Thankfully that could change in a few weeks time.
iPhone 16 could be the most repairable iPhone ever — here’s how
By Tom Pritchard published
Apple's designed the iPhone 16 with repairability in mind, and that's going to make fixing your phone so much easier.
iOS 18’s RCS messages aren’t encrypted — but that will change in future
By Tom Pritchard published
iOS 18 has brought RCS messaging to iPhones at last, but your messages to Android still aren't encrypted. For now.
Samsung Galaxy S25 Plus leaks suggest a disappointing upgrade — here’s what we know
By Tom Pritchard published
The Samsung Galaxy S25 Plus could be disappointingly similar to the Galaxy S24 Plus. Here's what we know so far.
M4 Mac mini just leaked by Apple — and it comes with 5 USB-C ports
By Tom Pritchard published
Apple may have just leaked the upcoming M4 Mac mini, and it looks like there's going to be 5 USB-C ports this time.
iOS 18 is live now — how to download and 9 features you need to try first
By Tom Pritchard last updated
Apple is rolling out iOS 18 to users of compatible iPhones from September 16. And these our the 9 new features you should try once you install it.
iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max battery replacements just got a price hike — here's what you'll pay
By Tom Pritchard published
iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max have more expensive battery replacements, now costing you $20 more than the iPhone 15 Pro.
Apple Watch SE 3 won’t be arriving until at least next year claims report
By Tom Pritchard published
The Apple Watch SE 3 didn't make an appearance at Glowtime, and now it may not arrive until sometime next year.
This is the feature Android should steal from iPhone 16
By Tom Pritchard published
Camera Control and Visual Intelligence are a match made in heaven. It's just a shock we haven't seen something similar on Android yet.
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