Mark Spoonauer
Mark Spoonauer is the global editor in chief of Tom's Guide and has covered technology for over 20 years. He oversees the direction of Tom's Guide and leads a team of over 25 journalists to bring you our expert buying guides, reviews, news, how-to articles, deals and other coverage.
Mark has a passion for covering all things mobile, having reviewed dozens of smartphones and other gadgets. He enjoys testing the top mobile devices and putting them up against each other in our in-depth face-offs. He also works hand in hand with our editors and testing team to continually improve how we evaluate products.
Having led Tom's Guide since 2013, Mark has focused on growing the core tech coverage of the site while also expanding into new areas, such as entertainment, fitness and home, recruiting talented writers and editors to help our readers figure out what to buy and how to get the most out of the products and services they use every day.
Mark has spoken at key industry events and appears regularly on TV to discuss the latest trends, including Cheddar, Fox 5, Fox Business and other outlets. Mark was previously editor in chief of Laptop Mag, and his work has appeared in Wired, Popular Science and Inc. Follow him on Twitter at @mspoonauer.
Latest articles by Mark Spoonauer

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The Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold beats the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 in several ways. Here's how the Google foldable stands out.

By Mark Spoonauer Published
The iPhone 16 Pro series promises plenty of upgrades, but I'm more excited for the rumored iPhone 17 Slim.

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The new Siri in iOS 18 is more conversational and human-like than before, but the assistant's ability to understand context has a long way to go.

By Mark Spoonauer Last updated
Editor's ChoiceA lighter, thinner design and powerful AI features make this a strong foldable despite the price hike

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From the awful Gemini ad to a wearable Friend, AI is taking a bad turn. And it's not because of the technology but because of dumb decisions by humans.

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The iPad (10th gen) offers a bigger display, more power and a better keyboard along with great battery life, but the price is steep and the Apple Pencil 1 is awkward.

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The Galaxy Z Fold 6 offers solid endurance in the Tom's Guide battery life test, but it's not the leap we were hoping for.

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The Galaxy Z Fold 6 lets you use Sketch to Image to completely transform your photos. And it's super impressive.

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Meet the latest Samsung foldable phones and wearables

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The iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus upgrades may be enough to skip the iPhone 16 Pro series. Here's why.

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I interview Ruben Castano, VP of customer experience and design, and Maria Jose Martin, director of North America marketing, to see what sets the new Razr and Razr Plus apart from the competition.

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The race for best flip foldable phone could already be over as the Motorola Razr Plus 2024 puts Samsung's new foldable on notice.

By Mark Spoonauer Last updated
Editor's ChoiceA stronger and lighter titanium design, more powerful zoom, blazing A17 Pro chip and smart Action button add up to a near perfect iPhone. But the charging could be faster and digital zoom better.

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The iPhone 15 is a great phone, but I would skip Apple's current phone for the iPhone 16, based on all of these rumored upgrades.

By Mark Spoonauer Published
My favorite Father's Day gifts include a card that can track your wallet, an awesome golf simulator and a TV that travels in a briefcase.

By Mark Spoonauer Published
macOS Sequoia supports iPhone screen mirroring on your Mac for the first time. Here's what you can do with it.

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iOS 18 has a lot of powerful AI features that are limited to the iPhone 15 Pro but there's still a ton of great upgrades everyone can enjoy.

By Mark Spoonauer Last updated
As exciting as a new iPhone can be, iOS 18 looks like a much bigger deal because of all of the AI features Apple is adding to millions of existing iPhones.

By Mark Spoonauer Last updated
An Apple and OpenAI deal looks imminent for bringing ChatGPT to the iPhone with iOS 18. Here's how AI could change everything.

By Mark Spoonauer Published
The Surface Pro 11 promises to take 2-in-1 laptops to the next level with Snapdragon X power, an optional OLED display and redesigned keyboard.

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We asked you what you wanted to know about the Rabbit R1. Here's the answers to all your questions.

By Mark Spoonauer Published
The iPad Pro 2024 is the pinnacle of tablet hardware, but iPadOS is holding it back from being a better computer.

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Google's new Project Astra AI assistant is coming to phones and eventually smart glasses, and it looks super smart.

By Mark Spoonauer Published
The new voice assistant in GPT-4o makes Siri look dumb with the ability to respond quickly and accurately to prompts, real-time translation as well as an impression vision feature.
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