Who writes here
19 bylines · 53 articles
How these articles are made
Each name below is a beat on the WiredNexus desk rather than a freelance contributor with a separate career. Articles are written and edited by the desk, and every specification and price in them is checked against the store’s own listing rather than taken from a brochure.
That is also why no article here quotes a price in a sentence. Prices move, and a sentence naming one becomes wrong the day it does, with nobody coming back to fix it. The figures live in the price tables, which are rebuilt from the stores themselves.
Karan Joshi
Writer, specifications
Goes through specification sheets line by line, looking for the numbers that are measured one way and quoted another. Pieces under this byline are written and edited by the WiredNexus desk, and every specification and price in them is checked against the store’s own listing.
Latest: Phone heating problem? When to worry and why
8 articles
Harsh Vora
Editor, buying guides
Edits the buying guides, and argues for the specification that will still matter in two years over the one that sells the box today. Pieces under this byline are written and edited by the WiredNexus desk, and every specification and price in them is checked against the store’s own listing.
Latest: Why does my laptop screen look blurry?
6 articles
Neha Chaudhary
Writer, prices and deals
Follows what prices actually do between sales, and how to tell a real movement from a struck-through figure nobody was charging. Pieces under this byline are written and edited by the WiredNexus desk, and every specification and price in them is checked against the store’s own listing.
Latest: TV screen flickering? How to find the cause at home
6 articles
Zoya Khan
Writer, explainers
Writes the explainers — how a thing works, in enough detail that the marketing word for it stops being persuasive. Pieces under this byline are written and edited by the WiredNexus desk, and every specification and price in them is checked against the store’s own listing.
Latest: Wi-Fi connected but no internet: what is actually wrong
6 articles
Meera Iyer
Writer, work and study laptops
Writes about the laptops people buy for classes and offices, where soldered memory and a dim panel outlast any benchmark. Pieces under this byline are written and edited by the WiredNexus desk, and every specification and price in them is checked against the store’s own listing.
Latest: Laptop touchpad not working? Causes and simple fixes
4 articles
Arjun Mehta
Writer, budget phones
Covers phones below the twenty-thousand mark, where the specification sheets have converged and the differences that matter are the ones nobody advertises. Pieces under this byline are written and edited by the WiredNexus desk, and every specification and price in them is checked against the store’s own listing.
Latest: How to spot a fake deal online
3 articles
Nikhil Rao
Writer, flagship phones
Covers the expensive end of the phone market and the question it keeps raising: which of the things you are paying for you would actually notice. Pieces under this byline are written and edited by the WiredNexus desk, and every specification and price in them is checked against the store’s own listing.
Latest: White spots on your phone screen: what they are and what to do
3 articles
Sana Qureshi
Writer, phone cameras
Writes about phone cameras, sensor sizes and why the megapixel count on the box is the least useful number on it. Pieces under this byline are written and edited by the WiredNexus desk, and every specification and price in them is checked against the store’s own listing.
Latest: What camera accessories should you buy first?
3 articles
Devansh Soni
Writer, laptops
Covers laptops, with a particular interest in cooling: two machines with the same chip can differ by a third over a long export. Pieces under this byline are written and edited by the WiredNexus desk, and every specification and price in them is checked against the store’s own listing.
Latest: How to make laptop faster: what slows it and free fixes
2 articles
Rohit Pillai
Writer, televisions
Covers televisions: panel types, brightness, and the interpolated refresh rates that are quoted as though they were native. Pieces under this byline are written and edited by the WiredNexus desk, and every specification and price in them is checked against the store’s own listing.
Latest: TV not turning on? What the standby light tells you
2 articles
Siddharth Menon
Writer, accessories
Covers the accessories that decide how the rest of a setup feels — cables, chargers, keyboards, stands and the ratings printed on them. Pieces under this byline are written and edited by the WiredNexus desk, and every specification and price in them is checked against the store’s own listing.
Latest: The desk upgrades that actually change your day
2 articles
Aditya Kulkarni
Writer, gaming hardware
Covers gaming hardware and the specification it hides: a graphics card’s power limit, which decides more than its model number does. Pieces under this byline are written and edited by the WiredNexus desk, and every specification and price in them is checked against the store’s own listing.
Latest: Why is my laptop screen flickering and how do I fix it?
1 article
Ananya Ghosh
Writer, fitness tracking
Covers fitness and sleep tracking, and the difference between a reading worth watching as a trend and one worth acting on. Pieces under this byline are written and edited by the WiredNexus desk, and every specification and price in them is checked against the store’s own listing.
Latest: What features matter most in a fitness watch?
1 article
Farhan Ali
Writer, cameras and lenses
Covers cameras, where the autofocus generation separates two bodies at one price and the kit lens is usually the limit. Pieces under this byline are written and edited by the WiredNexus desk, and every specification and price in them is checked against the store’s own listing.
Latest: How an Instant Camera Actually Works
1 article
Imran Shaikh
Writer, earbuds and headphones
Covers earbuds and headphones, from what noise cancellation can really do at each price to why the ear tip decides more than the driver. Pieces under this byline are written and edited by the WiredNexus desk, and every specification and price in them is checked against the store’s own listing.
Latest: Bluetooth not connecting? Why it fails and the fix
1 article
Kavya Nair
Writer, displays and panels
Writes about screens of every size — how pixel density, dimming zones and viewing angle decide what a panel is actually like to look at. Pieces under this byline are written and edited by the WiredNexus desk, and every specification and price in them is checked against the store’s own listing.
Latest: TV remote not working? What to check before buying a new one
1 article
Ritika Jain
Writer, smart home
Writes about smart home hardware and the practical questions it raises about standards, hubs and what still works when the internet does not. Pieces under this byline are written and edited by the WiredNexus desk, and every specification and price in them is checked against the store’s own listing.
Latest: Which smart home gadgets earn their place
1 article
Tara Bhatt
Writer, speakers and home audio
Writes about Bluetooth and party speakers, and the gap between a wattage figure and how loud something gets before it distorts. Pieces under this byline are written and edited by the WiredNexus desk, and every specification and price in them is checked against the store’s own listing.
Latest: Best Sony under ₹20,000
1 article
Vikram Desai
Writer, smart watches
Writes about smart watches: what the sensors can support, what the battery figure was measured with, and which features need the phone nearby. Pieces under this byline are written and edited by the WiredNexus desk, and every specification and price in them is checked against the store’s own listing.
Latest: Smartwatch under 10000: what gets left out
1 article