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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Is insurance necessary for your phone?

  It’s an argumentative question that I hear debated about all the time. Almost every time you purchase a new device, if you’re in a retail store the associate will most likely ask you if you want...

Apple is being too childish

  Today, UK courts decided that Apple’s “apology” (if you could call it that) to Samsung was non-compliant. Consequently, the court ordered Apple to reconstruct a new apology within 48 hours, to...

Could phones be beneficial to classrooms?

When I was in high school, I felt like I was on my cell phone more than actually paying attention to the lessons. I was always texting, always aware, and always checking to see if I received a new...

Would you purchase your phone again?

This intriguing question just popped into my head the other day: what if you had the chance to go back in time, with all of the knowledge you have of your device now, and purchase a phone again?...

Are security features important to you?

Privacy and security are often two of the most important aspects to many smartphone users, particularly because we store so much more information on these phones than we would on a regular cell...

LG Nexus 4: for better or for worse?

  After reading about the Google employee “leaving” the Nexus 4 in a San Francisco bar (what is it with leaving rumored devices in bars, anyway?) I got curious to see if I could find out any more...

Where do your old phones end up?

  When I purchase a new device, I’m very quick to get all of my information from my old phone to my new phone and then leave my old phone lying around in some inconspicuous place for months. I’ll...

Why can't we be friends?

  Since the beginning of smartphone time there have been avid fans having shouting matches on all sides of the fence over which operating system was better. Android this, Apple that, BlackBerry has...

What does your smartphone do for you?

  Every night before I go to bed, I set my phone’s alarm to wake me up the next morning. I set three different alarms just to wake up, so I make sure I don’t accidentally oversleep. When I’m...

Do you only buy from certain manufacturers?

Apple, Samsung, HTC, BlackBerry, Motorola, Kyocera, Pantech… almost too many to list. There are so many different brand names out there that we see on our phones each time we look at them, turn them...

It's raining iPads!

  I’ve actually been anxiously waiting to see what the iPad Mini would bring to us, or if it would even amount to anything more than just a rumor. On the one hand, it would give Apple access to...

Are we trying too hard to modernize landlines?

  There was a point where cell phones had never been heard of, and if you wanted to talk to somebody they had to pick up because answering machines hadn’t been invented yet. But as time moved along...

What's your next "it" phone?

Kind of spinning off of my article yesterday about how the design of smartphones may or may not be able to benefit from a change in design, I got to thinking about how other changes could positively...

Could smartphones work with a flip design?

  It’s a thought that crossed my mind just last night when I was out. I was always very aware which way my screen was facing and where it was placed to make sure that my screen didn’t get cracked...

Are we addicted to our phones?

"Being addicted" is a statement I’ve heard said multiple times by my parents, friends, and even colleagues when it comes to me and my phone. One minute we’ll be having a nice conversation, and the...

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