Editing AnandTech (section)

{{Short description|Defunct online computer hardware magazine owned by Future plc}}
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{{Infobox website
| name = AnandTech
| logo = AnandTech logo.png
| screenshot = AnandTech home page screenshot.png
| collapsible = yes
| collapsetext = Screenshot
| type = Online [[computer hardware]] [[magazine]]
| url = {{URL|http://www.anandtech.com}}
| launch_date = {{start date and age|1997|04}}
| dissolved = {{End date and age|2024|08|30}}
| successor = [[Tom's Hardware]]
| owner = [[Future plc]]
| author = [[Anand Lal Shimpi]]
| editor = Ryan Smith (2014-close)
| current_status = Defunct
}}

'''''AnandTech''''' was an [[online]] computer hardware magazine owned by [[Future plc]]. It was founded in April 1997 by then-14-year-old [[Anand Lal Shimpi]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/1999/12/01/271048/index.htm|title=The Web Kid Anand Lal Shimpi is a typical high schooler—except for his megahot computer-review site|author=Stephen Banker|publisher=CNN|date=1 December 1999}}</ref> who was CEO and editor-in-chief until August 2014, with Ryan Smith replacing him as editor-in-chief. The website was a source of hardware reviews for off-the-shelf components and exhaustive benchmarking, targeted towards computer-building enthusiasts, but later expanded to cover mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets.

Some of their articles on mass-market products such as mobile phones were [[Broadcast syndication|syndicated]] by [[CNNMoney]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://money.cnn.com/2010/07/15/technology/iphone_beta|title=IPhone signal bar fix shows AT&T's weak spots|publisher=CNN | first1=Brian|last1=Klug|date=15 July 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://money.cnn.com/galleries/2010/technology/1007/gallery.droidX/10.html|title=Droid X is the new Android champ|publisher=CNN | date=27 July 2010}}</ref> The large accompanying [[Internet forum|forum]] is recommended by some books for bargain hunting in the technology field.<ref name="CohenSadun2003">{{cite book|author1=Dennis R. Cohen|author2=Erica Sadun|title=Mac Digital Photography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j8cVuIsLzb0C&pg=PA37|year=2003|publisher=John Wiley and Sons|isbn=978-0-7821-4272-3|pages=37}}</ref> AnandTech was acquired by [[Purch]] on 17 December 2014. Purch was acquired by Future in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.foliomag.com/uk-based-future-acquires-purch-for-132-5-million/|title=UK-Based Future Acquires Purch for $132.5 Million|date=2018-07-19|website=Folio|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-18}}</ref>

On August 30, 2024, the publication shut down.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Ryan |title=End of the Road: An AnandTech Farewell |url=https://www.anandtech.com/show/21542/end-of-the-road-an-anandtech-farewell |access-date=2024-08-30 |website=www.anandtech.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ud6DWmWcHaY |title=AnandTech has Closed. |date=2024-08-30 |last=TechTechPotato |access-date=2024-08-30 |via=YouTube}}</ref> The content of the website was said to be preserved, but no new articles or reviews would be published. The AnandTech forums would continue to operate.