Anna Scantlin

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Anna Scantlin

Anna is a Contributing Editor at PhoneDog.com. She was born and raised in Kansas City, which ironically is not located in Kansas, but in neighboring Missouri. She has an ornery son named Riley, who may or may not be more obsessed with technology than she is. Her passions include writing, drawing, gaming, music, and of course mobile tech! She's been a member of the PhoneDog team since August of 2012 and is a serial cell phone hoarder.

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The Doctor is In (Your Phone): Why doctor visits from your phone is such an appealing concept

Last week, Samsung revealed the highly-anticipated Galaxy S8 and S8+ smartphones. While these flashy pieces of hardware were naturally the high points of the event, Samsung unveiled other interesting...
Apple iPhone broken

Manufacturers need to get a grip on their smartphones

The title of this article isn’t meant to have some figurative meaning; by all means it is a literal title. I wrote an article yesterday detailing the differences between the Samsung Galaxy S8 and LG...
Samsung Galaxy S8 and LG G6

Battle of the Bezels (or lack thereof): Samsung Galaxy S8 or LG G6?

Bezel haters have a couple of good reasons to be excited now that the LG G6 and Samsung Galaxy S8 duo have been made official over the past month. Both phones are flagships of their respective...
Samsung Galaxy S8

I won't be trading my Galaxy S7 for the Galaxy S8

Earlier today, Samsung took the wraps off the highly-anticipated Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus. Without question, a lot is riding on the shoulders of the S8 as it follows hot on the heels of the mostly...
Samsung DeX dock

Samsung's Galaxy S8 supports desktop mode with DeX dock accessory

Attempting to blur the lines between smartphone and computer, Samsung announced that their new Galaxy S8 smartphone can double as a desktop with their new DeX interface and dock. Samsung DeX...
Samsung Galaxy S8 Unbox Your Phone

Bezel-less Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus official, pre-orders begin today

The amount of rumors and leaks regarding Samsung’s follow-up to its highly successful Galaxy S7 flagship have been unreal, but finally we can put those rumors to bed as Samsung has now officially...
Samsung Note 7

Will the Note 7 overshadow the Galaxy S8?

Tomorrow, Samsung will officially unveil their excessively leaked Galaxy S8 flagship smartphone. With rumors and leaks all but confirmed, the Galaxy S8 is shaping up to have a 5.8-inch “bezel-less”...
GUESS Connect

Smartwatches are improving, but battery life is still a hindrance

It seems like this past week has had a flurry of smartwatch announcements, which makes sense considering the Baselworld conference is currently underway in Switzerland. We’ve seen new smartwatches...
Microsoft Surface Book

What I’d like to see in the Surface Book 2

Last fall, I was a little overenthusiastic about purchasing a new laptop. I knew I wanted something that would last a while, and I wanted something that would be more than just a laptop. Cue...
Night Mode Android

We have native night modes now, but what about dark themes?

Yesterday, Google announced the first developer preview of Android O. The build is, of course, in very early days and nowhere near completion, but the fact that Google is openly working on the next...
HTC One

What's going on, HTC?

I’ve owned a lot of phones by HTC. I’ve had the HTC Touch Diamond, Snap, Hero, EVO, EVO Shift, EVO 3D, myTouch Slide, One M7, and One M8. Not all of them were consistently amazing, but it was clear...
LG G6

LG G6: Should you get it?

LG unveiled its latest flagship, the G6, during an event at MWC last month. The flagship features a 5.7-inch display, 1440 x 2880 (QHD+) display, Snapdragon 821 processor, 4GB of RAM, 32/64GB of...
iMessage iOS

Should iMessage remain exclusive to Apple products?

I wrote an article the other day detailing the unfortunate demise of my Galaxy S7 Edge’s display, which served as a good reminder as to why a good case and/or insurance might not be such a bad...
Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge broken display

The importance of a (good) case… and insurance

We’ve all had it happen at one point or another. There you are, minding your own business, phone in hand, when suddenly you feel the phone slip from your hand only to watch it land face down on the...
BlackBerry KEYOne

I’m not a business user, but the BlackBerry KEYOne is enticing

I've been using both the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge intermittently over the past year or so.  My experience with these devices has been pretty good, and has been even better with Nougat. They both have...

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