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| | A fast phone shouldn't just score well in benchmarks. It should deliver swift, everyday performance, too, whether it's opening a large file, gaming without lag or firing up its camera faster than you can say "cheese." We pitted six of the latest smartphones against each other in nine rounds of competition, and the Galaxy S6 blew away the field, finishing first in 6 out of 9 real-world tests and synthetic benchmarks.  | | | |
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|  | | |  | There's some pretty significant differences between the assorted members of the MacBook family, which includes the new 12-inch MacBook, two MacBook Airs (11- and 13-inch) and two MacBook Pros (13- and 15-inch). Clearly, you need help to select the right system. | | | |  | Professional product reviews graded on a too-kind curve will only push more people into the arms of Amazon and crowdsourced review sites. | | | | | | |
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|  | | |  | | | The tablet market is declining, and for good reason. These secondary devices just don't do enough to justify their cost. But from their demise emerges a new kind of 2-in-1 that blurs the line between laptop and tablet, headlined by Microsoft's Surface 3 ($499 to start, $629 with keyboard). To cut through the promise and experience the reality, one of our writers swapped out his 13-inch Dell Inspiron at work, and his Samsung Galaxy Tab and desktop rig at home for the Surface 3 for a month. Here's what he learned. | | | | | |
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