Raymond Wong

Raymond Wong leads consumer tech coverage at Gizmodo with a focus on how mainstream hardware and platforms actually work in everyday use, tested hands-on and explained in clear, direct language. His reporting centers on phones, wearables, tablets, e-readers, and accessories, using reviews, live event coverage, and analysis to show the trade-offs that matter to people who live with these devices. Across more than 15 years on the consumer tech beat, he brings a reviewer’s discipline and an editor’s sense of the bigger story behind each product and trend.

Consumer Tech Leadership and Long-Form Reviews

Wong is Senior Editor, Consumer Tech at Gizmodo and is responsible for leading the outlet’s consumer technology coverage. His author bio describes his remit as covering “the most important devices, software, and services changing our lives,” with an emphasis on honest reporting and new storytelling formats.

Before joining Gizmodo, he held senior roles overseeing reviews and guides at other technology publications and served as a senior tech correspondent, giving him a deep background in product testing and service journalism.

His reviews routinely go beyond basic specs to examine design, engineering decisions, and how those choices show up in real-world performance. In a review of the Apple Watch Ultra 4, he focuses on health tracking accuracy, battery life, and whether the fourth generation meaningfully improves on earlier models rather than treating it as a routine annual refresh.

Coverage of devices like the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 and other flagship phones highlights size, weight, durability, and day-to-day usability alongside performance, signaling that his reviews are intended to guide long-term ownership decisions rather than launch-day hype.

Wong also reviews a wide range of household and lifestyle tech, including robot lawn mowers and high-end robot vacuums, applying the same structured lens to reliability, safety, and practical value. When he writes about new e-readers such as refreshed Kindle, Kindle Paperwhite, and Kindle Colorsoft models, he pays attention to details like screen flushness, reading comfort, and ecosystem implications, not just headline features. This combination of category breadth and recurring emphasis on how devices feel and function in daily use distinguishes his coverage from more spec-driven gadget reporting.

Smartphones, Foldables, and Mobile Ecosystems

Smartphones and mobile platforms are a central thread in Wong’s work, with repeated attention to both premium flagships and more experimental hardware like foldables and tri-fold devices. He reviews mainstream phones such as the iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max with a focus on camera performance, battery life, and how they stack up against high-end Android competitors, treating the review as a comparative assessment of the broader market.

At the same time, he regularly covers Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold series, providing both full reviews and hands-on impressions that dig into thickness, weight, hinge design, and whether foldables finally feel like “regular” phones to carry.

Wong pays sustained attention to the evolution of mobile form factors and colors, writing about topics like the iPhone 17 Pro’s recurring blue finishes and what that says about design choices and brand strategy. He also follows developments such as rumors of crease-free foldable displays and tri-fold phones, explaining how these engineering shifts could change everyday use and where they fit in the competitive landscape.

Coverage of budget and mid-range phones, including devices that support 3D-printed accessories and modular add-ons, shows an interest in how customization and affordability intersect with mainstream usability.

His mobile coverage extends into platform-level trends, such as the role of AI in smartphone cameras and interface features, where he has investigated how computational techniques can fake or enhance images like moon shots. He tracks chips and performance claims, writing on “iPhone killer” processors and what supersized phones mean for battery life and heat management. Across these pieces, he treats smartphones as the core of a larger ecosystem of wearables, accessories, and services, linking individual device reviews to ongoing questions about how people communicate, work, and play.

Wearables, Accessories, and Everyday Gadgets

Wong consistently covers wearables and audio gear, from mainstream Apple Watch models to new Samsung Galaxy Watch releases and fashion-forward earbuds. His hands-on with devices like the Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 centers on what new software and AI integrations actually add to the experience on the wrist, including whether chatbots and assistants make smartwatches more compelling or simply more complex.

Reviews of headphones such as AirPods 5 and Beats’ 360 over-ear gym-focused pair weigh sound quality, fit, and active noise cancellation against price and intended use, positioning them within specific lifestyles like commuting or workouts.

Accessories and trackers also appear frequently in his archive, including item trackers like Samsung’s SmartTag 3, where he looks at range, battery life, and cross-platform compatibility with iPhones and non-Samsung Android phones. He writes about novelty and fashion-inflected gadgets such as crystal-studded Motorola earbuds, evaluating them as design objects as well as audio products.

Roundups like “The Best Tech and Gear for Back to School” and holiday gift guides for tech lovers show his comfort curating across categories and price points, distilling extensive testing into concrete recommendations.

Household gadgets, from tablets to robot lawn mowers and high-end Roomba models, round out his beat, reflecting a wide view of consumer tech that ties mobile devices to the rest of the connected home. In these pieces he emphasizes durability, maintenance, and everyday convenience - how often a device needs charging, how easy it is to set up, and whether it meaningfully improves routine tasks.

This recurring focus on lived experience makes his accessory coverage useful for understanding not just the gadget itself, but the environment it will inhabit.

Live Event Coverage and Storytelling Formats

Alongside reviews and analysis, Wong is a regular presence in live coverage of major tech announcements, running real-time blogs from events like Samsung Unpacked and Apple’s fall iPhone launches.

His live coverage tracks announcements as they happen, highlighting key devices, pricing, and standout features while providing immediate context on how each product fits into existing lineups. The Google I/O live updates coverage fits this pattern, treating developer conferences and platform keynotes as moments to connect technical reveals with consumer implications.

He uses these liveblogs as a complement to later reviews and hands-on pieces, first capturing launch-day positioning and then returning to the same products with measured testing and follow-up analysis. Video segments, such as a curated list of tech gifts for different budgets, show that he also works on camera, distilling the themes from his written coverage into short, actionable formats. Across these storytelling modes, his through-line is consistent: he focuses on what matters to people buying and using devices, cutting through marketing language to discuss design, performance, and long-term value.