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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BlackBerry Mercury keyboard

BlackBerry Mercury’s keyboard: A saving grace or hindrance?

Ah, BlackBerry. Once the king of all things business and mobile, the brand has unfortunately experienced a slow and steady decline once the company failed to adjust to a rapidly changing mobile...
LG G3 and G3 S

A "compact" G6 would be a welcome addition

It’s February, which means we can officially start hyping ourselves over Mobile World Congress taking place in Barcelona at the end of the month. Although it appears that Samsung won’t be unveiling...
HTC EVO 4G

Dear HTC, please bring back these two features

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,” seems like a fitting phrase to describe HTC’s roller coaster ride in the smartphone industry year over year. It feels like every other year HTC...
Samsung Galaxy S7

With so much focus on style, is there any room for comfort?

Have you ever held your smartphone in your hand and thought, “Man, this is not comfortable to hold”? I have. In fact, I just did. I’m using a Galaxy S7 Edge for the next 6 months, and I’m on my third...
Apple iPhone SE

I don’t want to see a new iPhone SE in March

When Apple announced the 4-inch iPhone SE last year, I was elated. Apple exceeded my expectations by not only bringing back the 4-inch form-factor but making sure that it wasn’t a complete joke....
Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge

Will Samsung be the one to flourish the "Phone-to-PC" concept?

Samsung’s Galaxy S8 may be announced later than usual this year, but that doesn’t stop a steady stream of rumors from coming through to keep us on the edge of our seats until then. So far we’ve heard...
LG G6 leak

Can LG bounce back with a generic design?

Modular design was heralded for a brief period as the future of smartphones. From the LEGO-like composition of Project Ara to the humbler three-part PuzzlePhone concept, modular design was an...
Samsung Galaxy Note 7

A removable battery is the best feature the Note 8 could possibly have

Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 fiasco could easily be described as a series of unfortunate events. When reports of the phone “exploding” started trickling in, they were largely brushed off by media as...
Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge

Should Samsung scrap the "flat" Galaxy S variant?

When Samsung introduced the Galaxy Note Edge alongside the Galaxy Note 4 back in 2014, I wasn’t sure what to think. Was it innovative? Was it gimmicky? The Note Edge’s design was certainly bizarre,...
Android One

Android One in the U.S.: A good replacement for Nexus?

Google shook things up last fall when the company decided to unveil its new Pixel brand rather than their usual Nexus phone (or phones). More than just a simple rebranding, Pixel took stock...
Apple iPhone headphone jack

OEMs: Quit omitting the dang headphone jack

If you’ve felt like innovation in the smartphone industry has stagnated over the past few years, you’re not alone. It’s not necessarily a bad thing, though; smartphone technology is in a place and...
Steve Jobs Apple iPhone

The most iconic smartphones of the past decade

On January 9, 2007, co-founder and then CEO of Apple, Steve Jobs, announced three new revolutionary Apple products in one day: “A widescreen iPod with touch controls, a revolutionary mobile phone,...
HTC U Ultra

New HTC U duo looks great, but missing crucial aspects

HTC held a small event in the early hours of the morning for us here in the U.S., so if you weren’t up at 3 a.m. to see it, here’s what “U” missed: two new smartphones, the HTC U Ultra and HTC U Play...
Apple iPad Pro

Apple needs more than a new screen size to boost iPad sales

Apple’s iPad has been one of the most iconic devices to surface over the past decade. Created with casual computing in mind, the iPad quickly became the pinnacle of media consumption thanks to its...
HTC One M7

Should HTC re-brand its flagship?

When HTC debuted with the HTC One M7 during Mobile World Congress 2013, they effectively swept the floor with the One’s aluminum unibody design. Its design is standard in smartphones today, but back...

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