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Alan Martin

Alan Martin is a freelance writer with more than a decade’s worth of experience, mainly in the technology space, with bylines at The Evening Standard, Tom’s Guide, The i and many others. His main focus at Expert Reviews is ensuring that your next pick of phone or wearable is the right choice for you and represents the best possible value for money. In the past he’s covered a broad range of games, dental apparel and pet accessories and, on one memorable occasion, had to strip off to retrieve a rogue drone from a lake – such is his dedication to reviews.

Recent articles by Alan Martin

Xiaomi Poco F3 review: A £329 bargain
Mobile phones

By some margin, the Poco F3 is the most powerful Android phone in its price bracket

£329 inc. VAT
The Honor Magic 4 Pro has Android flagships in its sights
Mobile phones

Now independent from Huawei, Honor is hoping the Magic 4 Pro will be one of the best phones of 2022

Nokia C21 offers Android on the cheap
Mobile phones

Cheap and cheerful, the Nokia C21 is the follow-up to the company’s most successful C-series phone

Nokia C2 2nd Edition is a cheap and rugged Android Go phone
Mobile phones

Priced at just €79, the Nokia C2 2nd Edition is about as cheap as Android devices get, but will it be powerful enough?

Motorola Moto G50: Our pick of the budget Moto Gs
Mobile phones

The Moto G50 offers the perfect balance between price and performance

£200 inc. VAT
Motorola Moto G200: A whole lot of power for just £400
Mobile phones

The Moto G200 is a very tempting proposition for the price, but it has its drawbacks

£400 inc. VAT
Samsung Galaxy A12: A killer battery for a great price
Mobile phones

The Samsung Galaxy A12’s beauty is only skin deep, thanks to laggy day-to-day performance

£169 inc. VAT
Fitbit Versa 2 review: Just short of greatness
Smartwatches Wearable technology

The Fitbit Versa 2 is a worthy upgrade but the lack of GPS holds it back

£200 inc. VAT
Amazon Kindle Paperwhite (2018)
eReaders

The Kindle Paperwhite nabs features from the Oasis without a dramatic price hike

£120 inc VAT (8GB version with screen ads)
Amazon Fire TV Cube review: The ultimate Fire TV kit
Media streamers Smart speakers

A Cube on which to watch The Cube (or anything else, really)

£110 inc. VAT