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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

Apple iPhone Xs vs Xs Max: What's the difference?
Mobile phones

Anyone for Ten-S?

Highlights of the Apple Event 2018
Mobile phones Wearable technology

Here's our hot take on the Apple Event 2018, as it went down. Be warned: we've had a long day

Eyes down! It’s Apple Bingo time, everyone
Mobile phones

“Number five… Jony Ive!”

garmin vivosmart HR
Garmin Vivosmart HR review
Fitness trackers

The Garmin Vivosmart HR is still a great fitness tracker that replicates key smartwatch functions too, even if it doesn't have GPS tracking

£108 inc VAT
Seven ways the Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 beats the iPad Pro
Tablets

Anything Pro can do, I can do better

Nexus 9 review: Time to let go
Tablets

Still our favourite Android tablet to date, the Nexus 9 is now something of a bargain

£319 inc VAT (16GB, Wi-Fi)
Motorola Moto 360 review - calling time on the Moto?
Smartwatches

Still our favourite Android Wear device, but the Moto 360 isn't the perfect smartwatch

£200
Kindle Paperwhite 2015 logo
The Kindle Paperwhite is the best-value ebook reader
eReaders

A great all-round reading experience; the best-value ebook reader you can buy

£110 inc VAT (£120 with lockscreen advertising)
Misfit Phase review
Smartwatches Wearable technology

The Misfit Phase is more fitness tracker than smartwatch, but it has the stamina to go for months

£165
Your favourite 90s PC games reborn
Mice

They do make ‘em like they used to: The Microsoft IntelliMouse is back and so are the games you knew and loved…