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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

Get a free Google Home Hub with the Pixel 3a or 3a XL
Mobile phones

This is ludicrously good value

PlayStation VR's must-play games
VR headsets

Blow the cobwebs away from your PSVR with these excellent games for Sony's VR headset

AnySharp Knife Sharpener review: Safe, easy and cheap
Kitchen

For standard kitchen use, you can’t go wrong at this price

£8 inc. VAT
Garmin Forerunner 645 Music review: A superb running watch
Fitness trackers Wearable technology

The Garmin Forerunner 645 Music is probably overkill for most runners, but it’s stylish and packed with features

£399 inc VAT.
Nanoleaf Canvas review: A wall of colour
Home & garden

Nanoleaf Canvas is hardly essential, but the interactive lighting system adds playfulness to your home decor

£180 for nine tiles, inc. VAT
Save £15 on an 4K Amazon Fire TV Stick
Media streamers

Amazon has cut the price of the Fire TV Stick as part of its spring sale

Apple AirPower is no more
Technology

The much-maligned charging mat has suffered consistent delays since it was revealed in 2017

Vodafone Smart X9 review: The best budget phone for £100
Mobile phones

The Vodafone Smart X9 isn’t perfect, but at this price what’s not to like?

£99 inc VAT (plus £10 top up)
Apple launches Apple News Plus
Mobile phones

At Apple’s 25 March event, the company launched a new way of subscribing to multiple magazines.

The basic Amazon Kindle now has a backlight
eReaders

Amazon takes a leaf out of the more expensive Kindle books