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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.
- Echo Pop: Now £20 ahead of Amazon's spring sale The Echo Pop is another great smart speaker from Amazon but it's only £10 cheaper than the excellent Echo Dot£45Alan Martin
- Amazon Echo Show 5 (3rd Gen) review: Better but pricier The Amazon Echo Show is undoubtedly improved but not by enough to justify a 20% price hike£90Alan Martin
- Making the most of the Sonos Ace’s incredible battery life The battery and performance was a delight, but it was something else that really surprised meAlan Martin
- Amazon Echo Spot 2024 review: Back from the dead The first Amazon Echo Spot since 2017 is a positive addition to the Echo lineup and comes with a welcome price cut£80Alan Martin
- 6 reasons to upgrade to a flagship Samsung TV this summer Upscale every moment and take your viewing to a new level with Samsung’s latest flagship TVsAlan Martin
- The greatest phones to get with Tesco Mobile this summer The three best phones to consider for your holidays… and why Tesco Mobile is the perfect network to pair with themAlan Martin
- recommendedAmazon Echo Sub review: Alexa can be all about that bass An upgrade rather than a standalone Echo, the Echo Sub is a welcome addition to the Alexa family£120Alan Martin
- recommendedXiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro review: The Redmi sweet spot The Redmi Note 13 Pro gets the price-to-specs balance just about right, offering much better value than either of its siblings£339Alan Martin
- Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus review The name’s a bit of a mouthful but the Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus is a solid enough mid-range phone£449Alan Martin
- Everything you need to know about the Surface Laptop 5 Beautiful, well specced and repairable, the Surface Laptop 5 is the appealingly priced ultrabook you need in your lifeAlan Martin
- recommendedFitbit Inspire 3 review: Our favourite cheap Fitbit With solid improvements and no dubious deductions, the Fitbit Inspire 3 is the company’s best product of 2022£85Alan Martin
- best buyAmazon Echo Dot 5th Generation (2022) review: Now cheaper The Amazon Echo Dot was already the best compact smart speaker around and this iterative 2022 update maintains that£55Alan Martin
- Which is the perfect Sony BRAVIA TV for you? Sony’s BRAVIA range of TVs are some of the best around. Here’s how to pick the right one for youAlan Martin
- Fitbit Charge 6 review: Some of the same, some of the new The Fitbit Charge 6 looks familiar, but the Google app integration is all-new£140Alan Martin