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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

Samsung Galaxy A10: Great in its day, but its time has gone
Mobile phones

The Samsung Galaxy A10 is enduringly popular, but your money can go a lot further now

£140 inc. VAT
Samsung phones and wearables are going cheap at Amazon
Mobile phones

Smartphones and watches and earbuds, oh my

Save £65 on the colourful Philips Hue Starter Kit
Home & garden

Hue’d have thought this kind of discount was possible?

Echo Dot with Clock review: Moving with the times
Smart speakers

The new Echo Dot takes a winning formula and adds a clock. What’s not to like?

£60 inc VAT
Oppo A5 review: You can do much better for the price
Mobile phones

Keep your Oppo-tions open

£179 inc. VAT
Amazfit Verge Lite and Verge review: Cheap and cheerful
Smartwatches Wearable technology

Both offer solid performance and great battery life but at just £75 the Amazfit Verge Lite is the smartwatch to buy

£125 inc. VAT (£75 for the Verge Lite)
Kami Indoor Camera review: Nice camera, shame about the app
Security cameras

The Kami Indoor Camera promises a lot but is, ultimately, infuriating to use

£80 inc. VAT
Honor 9X Pro review: Android hobbled
Mobile phones

Great hardware, but without Google apps the Honor 9X Pro is impossible to recommend

£250 inc. VAT
Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2 review
Fitness trackers Wearable technology

The trouble with releasing a follow-up device so soon after the first is there may not be too much to shout about

£289 inc. VAT
The new iPad Pro supports a trackpad keyboard cover
Tablets

The line between tablet and laptop is now very blurry at Apple