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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

Six reasons you should snap up this Canon PIXMA printer
Printers

The Canon PIXMA TS5350a is simply superb value

Kindle Paperwhite (2021): Bigger and better than ever
eReaders

The 2021 Kindle Paperwhite is another set of modest but welcome improvements for the company’s best ebook reader

£130 inc. VAT (£140 without ads)
Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 review: A minimalist update
Smartwatches

The Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 is barely different to its predecessor and is likely to make the Galaxy Watch 5 Pro look more appealing

£270 inc VAT
Honor Band 5 review: A whole lot of wearable for £30
Wearable technology

The Honor Band 5 proves that you don’t need to spend the earth to get a decent fitness tracker

£30 inc. VAT
23andMe review: The most flexible DNA test
Health & beauty

23andMe stands apart from its rivals by offering health screening as well as ancestry

£149 for ancestry and health; £79 for ancestry alone
Fitbit Versa 4: The button is back
Fitness trackers Smartwatches

The Fitbit Versa 4 has moved forwards in some respects but backwards in others

£200 inc VAT
Onyx Boox Tab Ultra C review: The most flexible e-ink tablet
eReaders

With Android 11 on board, this e-ink note-taker is a cut above its rivals but there are drawbacks

£558 (Inc VAT)
The Google Pixel Tablet is coming this summer
Tablets

The tablet and smart screen hybrid is available to preorder today and costs £599

Polar Ignite 3 review: Needs more training
Fitness trackers

The Polar Ignite 3 looks beautiful but the substance needs more work

£289 Inc VAT
Nokia G50 review: A capable 5G budget handset
Mobile phones

The Nokia G50 is perfectly competent, but older (and cheaper) handsets narrowly eclipse it

£200 inc. VAT