Every year, Apple announces a new iPhone. And every year, we go through a very similar cycle. First it’s rumors and leaks, and then spy shots from factory lines, and then the announcement comes! And then it’s reviews, and long lines, and pre-order figures, and first weekend sales figures… which brings us to today.

Apple released its iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus handsets last week, and they’re already setting new sales records. The company reports that it has sold more than 10 million new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus devices in just three days since launch.

Over the years, we've seen the iPhone evolve—and grow. It began as just the iPhone. Soon it learned how to 3G, it gained an S (it would lose and gain this every other year), and it even learned to read fingerprints. Years of hard work and dedication have made the iPhone into what it is today, the iPhone 6 Plus. Join us live as we explore this gargantuan iPhone 6 Plus.

Cartoonist J.J. McCullough: Apple is expected to release 6th-generation iPhone with a five-and-a half-inch screen. Our little phones are growing up! Good?

The first-generation Moto G has been the most successful smartphone in Motorola’s history. So, how do you improve something that is so loved by the consumers without messing it up? This was the biggest question in front of Motorola as it developed the second-generation.

Want to save money on your phone bill? Make sure you turn off the "autoplay" setting on Facebook videos.

The fear of running out of battery wields such an extraordinary influence over how we use smartphones. We benchmark every task according to how much battery it takes. We are never too far from a charger, and many of us carry a heavy, cumbersome power bank.

Devices that plug into smartphones to augment the built-in sensors with additional smarts are continuing to make their way to market, many fueled by crowdfunding. Here’s another contender aiming to extend the capability of Android smartphones: a teeny breathalyzer called DrinkMate, currently seeking $40,000 on Kickstarter to make it to market by December.

California Governor Jerry Brown signed historic legislation Monday, mandating that every smartphone sold in California after July 1, 2015, be equipped by default with a kill switch, a feature that can render the device useless if stolen.

Researchers from the Universities of Michigan and California say they’ve come up with a smartphone hack that can get into your Gmail account via your mobile device. A number of apps are affected by the vulnerability but Gmail was exploited with a 92 percent success rate.

With just about everyone in the tech industry getting in on the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge to raise awareness for ALS (including Apple’s own Tim Cook and Dr. Dre), Samsung decided it would also be an appropriate time to mock the iPhone and others in the process.

Never judge a phone by its cover. This chunky, black box was in fact the world's first 'smartphone'. The IBM Simon went on sale to the public on 16 August 1994 and combined mobile phone technology with a wide range of computing features.

For the past couple of months now there have been rumors about a new BlackBerry Blend feature that will supposedly make its debut with BB OS 10.3. Rumor has it that the BlackBerry OS 10.3 gold candidate release is only a few days away which would then be followed by the public release of this new software. Blend is said to be one of the new features included in this update and now some of its screenshots have surfaced online, giving us a hint of what it aims to achieve.

The Galaxy Note 4 is widely expected to be Samsung's highest specification phone of 2014, with speculation detailing the firm's next generation tablet ahead of its release later this year. We've rounded up everything you need to know about the Samsung Galaxy Note 4, and will be updating it when we hear more, so be sure to keep this page bookmarked.

Apple fans might want to mark Sept. 9 on their calendars, because that’s the date the highly anticipated iPhone 6 will reportedly make its grand debut. The news comes by way of Re/code’s John Paczkowski, who has an excellent track record when it comes to covering Apple and, specifically, reporting when Apple will host events.

A lot of concern about the NSA’s seemingly omnipresent surveillance over the last year has focused on the agency’s efforts to install back doors in software and hardware. Those efforts are greatly aided, however, if the agency can piggyback on embedded software already on a system that can be exploited.

Google’s dominance of the smartphone market has reached new heights, with its Android operating system now accounting for a record 84.6 percent share of global smartphone shipments, according to research by Strategy Analytics.

Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. is placing a $550 million bet that hotel guests increasingly will use smartphones to choose rooms, check in and even unlock doors.

General Motors plans to offer wireless charging of smartphones in some 2015 model-year Cadillacs. The automaker is integrating wireless-charging technology developed in partnership with a supplier named Powermat, which GM's venture capital arm financed several years ago.

Most techno people know by now that Amazon launched its first smartphone, the Amazon Fire Phone – after a year of rumors and silence on Amazon’s part – to little fanfare. So little, nobody is even talking about it anymore, so why not tear this sucker apart and see what makes it tick…and that is exactly what IFIXIT loves to do and they wasted no time in dissecting the Fire Phone and giving it a repair ability score, with 10 being the easiest to repair.