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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Apple iPhone SE

4-inch Apple iPhone SE official with $399 starting price point

Christmas came early for iPhone fans (of the smaller variety) this year. After Apple nixed iPhones with a 4-inch display in lieu of the new 4.7 and 5.5-inch variants for two years in a row, it seemed...
LG G5 Samsung Galaxy S7

Despite innovative design, LG’s G5 is still overshadowed by the Galaxy S7

MWC 2016 is nearly a month behind us now, but two of the highly anticipated devices that were presented to us during the event are finally – or nearly – making their way to retail shelves and into...
Quick Charge 3.0

Does faster charging negate the need for bigger batteries?

I've been an avid smartphone user for 7 years now. I've used BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, webOS, Android, and iOS; no matter which platform I was using, for a long time the same problem plagued all of...
Android Root

Rooting my Android no longer feels necessary

For the past few days I’ve been slowly but surely making the Nexus 5X on Project Fi my daily driver. Although perfectly happy with my iPhone 6, part of the reason I sprung for this device was because...
Apple iPhone 5s iPhone 6 iPhone 6 Plus

Will Apple's upcoming focus on smaller gadgets do big things for the company?

In a world where smartphones only seem to get bigger, Apple has allegedly decided to go against the grain by reintroducing their compact 4-inch iPhone during an event on March 21. Not only is it...
Nexus 5X Project Fi

Project Fi Nexus 5X unboxing and first impressions

I’ve written a couple of articles recently expressing my enthusiasm for the amount of sales surrounding some popular Android devices. One deal in particular, the $199 Nexus 5X with Google’s Project...
Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P

With so many sales, it's a great time to venture into Android

For this article I wanted to touch base on three main things: the evolution of Android, the importance of trying something new, and saving money. Let’s start with the first thing. Android as an...
Facebook iPhone

Does your phone help or hinder productivity?

If I had to think about the thing I like most about phones, it would probably have to be the fact that they’re so versatile and convenient. There are so many things that I can do with my phone that,...
Google Project Fi

An invitation-less Project Fi and $199 Nexus 5X is too good of a deal to pass up

The announcement of Google’s Project Fi service nearly a year ago was big news for the mobile community. Here we have the introduction of this new prepaid carrier by Google of all companies, and the...
Samsung Galaxy S7 and Samsung Galaxy S6

This year’s flagship or last year’s flagship?

Samsung’s Galaxy S7 duo have been making headlines over the past several days thanks to early pre-order shipments that have preceded its “official” U.S. release date of March 11. While many are...
Huawei Honor 5X

7 great low-cost smartphones in 2016

Just because the main focus in mobile tech is placed on flagships doesn’t mean that there isn’t any interest in smartphones that are a little more economical. I’m quite pleased that we’ve come to a...
BlackBerry Z10

BlackBerry 10 isn’t dead, but it feels like it is

A couple of days ago I was reading an article when I came across a huge advertisement for the BlackBerry Passport. Seeing the advertisement, I realized that I have not actually thought about...
HTC power of 10

Is HTC’s hype enough to hold your interest?

I’ve been talking about HTC a lot lately. When I saw the news that their latest marketing venture talked about how obsessed they were with the M10 (in a good way), followed by the device's hashtag of...
Low storage warning

Please let 16GB of storage in flagships die this year

Storage in smartphones has come a long way in a short amount of time since its inception. My first Android device, the Samsung Vibrant for T-Mobile, featured 16GB of internal storage with microSD...
contract

Will you be returning to the 2-year contract?

It wasn’t so long ago that we only had two choices when it came to purchasing a new phone: full-price or subsidized. Each option had their pros and cons. If you went the full-price route, you would...

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