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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Xiaomi Mi Mix

Xiaomi brings us one step closer to a bezel-less future

Bezels on smartphones have become a hot topic in the industry over the past few years. Not only do many smartphone users consider bezels a waste of space, but now that smartphones have arguably hit...
LG G5

LG is better off ditching the modular dream for now

The LG G5, announced during MWC in February earlier this year, is arguably one of the more interesting flagships we’ve seen offered in 2016. LG’s G series of smartphones has been gaining traction...
Google Pixel vs. Apple iPhone 7

Google Pixel or Apple iPhone 7?

Competition has become pretty stiff over the past couple of months, largely in part due to Google’s rebranding to Pixel from Nexus. The biggest difference between Pixel and Nexus is that Pixel is...
Nintendo Switch

Nintendo Switch takes mobile gaming to a whole new level

It’s a console. It’s a handheld. It’s… the Nintendo Switch. The other day I wrote an article about the top 10 mobile games to help you pass the time – basically just 10 games that don’t take much...
LeEco Le Pro3

This is the year to consider affordable smartphones

Times have changed in the past few years for the smartphone industry. It wasn’t too terribly long ago that the phrase “You get what you pay for,” was spot on; cheap phones were pieces of junk that...
Verizon Building

Verizon's new PopData service is flawed, but not useless

Usually when a carrier comes out with a new shtick, I tend to gloss over it because it either A.) doesn’t affect me or B.) isn’t very useful. However, recently this hasn’t completely been the case....
HTC Bolt leak

Why is the industry so persistent on getting rid of the headphone jack?

Browsing through the news today, I stumbled upon the latest leaks for the rumored HTC Bolt, a large mid-range device that resembles the Taiwanese company’s flagship, the HTC 10, quite a bit. I feel...
Hearthstone

Top 10 mobile games to help you pass the time

There are two things that I am relatively passionate about in life: video games and mobile technology. I’ve loved both since I was very young, and I’m quite pleased that technology has evolved to the...
Samsung Galaxy S7

Life with TouchWiz: It ain't so bad

All of the hubbub surrounding the Note 7 lately can make it hard for Samsung device owners to feel confident about their phones. Nobody cared about your Samsung phone before the Note 7 was known for...
HTC 10

In wake of Note 7, HTC 10 gets another chance

When browsing the news today in search of something to write about, I told myself: no Note 7, no iPhone 7, and no Pixel. When you take those three out of the equation, it's quite a bit more difficult...
Samsung Galaxy Note 7

Maybe Samsung should ditch the Note brand completely

I know, I know. Everywhere you look there’s another article talking about the Note. Note news and op-eds take up a good chunk of our front page right now, and this is just adding to the growing pile...
Samsung Galaxy Note 7 fire

It’s time to talk about the Note 7… again

Happy Note 7 Awareness Month, readers! At least, that’s what it feels like October has turned into. Samsung has been on a pretty wild ride since September regarding its newest flagship and the...
Pebble Time

I completely underestimated the usefulness of a smartwatch

For the most part, I buy fairly basic things. I drive a Corolla; most of my clothes are brand-less, plain pieces without many patterns or textures; I buy most of my groceries at Aldi, which is off-...
Nexus 5X and 6P

Nexus may be phasing out, but it isn’t dead yet

After Google’s Pixel phones were announced a couple of days ago, I experienced a case of déjà vu once I started reading up on the reactions: they were completely and utterly mixed, particularly...
Google Home

Google gives new details, release date on Google Home

We got a sneak peak of Google’s answer to the Amazon Echo earlier this year at Google I/O. Called “Google Home”, the standalone personal assistant responds to users’ voice commands and queries from...

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