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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

Our favourite budget phone is now even cheaper
Mobile phones

It was already a bargain at £180, at £130 it’s a no brainer

This SIM-free 512GB Samsung Galaxy Note 9 deal is incredible
Mobile phones

Still a beast of a smartphone, ten months after release

Fitbit Flex colours
Fitbit Flex review: Gone but not forgotten
Fitness trackers

The Fitbit Flex has been discontinued, but still does the job on the cheap

£45 inc VAT
TP-Link Kasa Cam review: A solid indoor security camera
Security cameras

The TP-Link Kasa Cam is a quality security camera with generous cloud storage

£80 inc. VAT
Doogee S40 review: Literally solid, but equally unremarkable
Mobile phones

How much is that Doogee in the window? Cheap, but not cheap enough

£100 inc. VAT
Apple macOS Catalina preview: What’s new in macOS 10.15?
Operating systems

Coming this autumn to a Mac near you

Alcatel 1X (2019) review: Cheap, but miserable
Mobile phones

The Alcatel 1X may be a cheap handset, but you can do a lot better for under £100

£100 inc VAT
SureFeed Microchip Pet Feeder Connect: Manage pet diets
Pets

It’s expensive, but for portly pets this could be a just what you need

£120 inc. VAT (plus £49.99 for the Sureflap hub)
Audible review: The last word in audiobooks
Books Software

A huge library and reasonable pricing puts Audible ahead of its rivals

£7.99 per month, inc. VAT
Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 review: Flawless for the price
Mobile phones

The Redmi Note 7 isn’t perfect, but for the price, it’s hard to argue

£179 inc. VAT