Category: Mobile phones
LG announces four new “mid-range” phones: Magna, Spirit, Leon and Joy
LG has announced a bunch of new mid-range phones, and like every mid-range phone, the company is claiming that it will offer "premium" features at mid-range prices. In all honestly, the phones aren't very remarkable. I mean, they will probably be a bit cheaper than LG's top of the range phones, and have spec in…
Here’s what the Samsung Galaxy S6 looks like… sort of.
We're now mercifully less than a week away from the final reveal of the Samsung Galaxy S6 - and the Samsung marketing machine is continuing to generate hype by drip-feeding fans images like the above. The latest, which you can see above, which shows off the S6 Edge variant with a curved screen, was posted…
HTC hints at a bigger screen on HTC One M9
This is the M8 because we don't know what the M9 will look like yet. The marketing is cranking into gear ahead of the March 1st reveal of HTC's new flagship phone, which we expect to be called the HTC One M9. Let them stare. The new HTC One revealed 01.03.15.…
More signs that Sony is about to dump its phone business: Goodbye Xperia?
Back in November we reported rumours that Sony was thinking of abandoning its phone business. Today more fuel has been poured on that fire. According to Reuters Sony is aiming to boost its operating profits 25-fold over the next few years, and it plans to do it by both boosting the successful Playstation and camera…
Three launching voice-over-4G (VoLTE) services in Q3 this year
Three's Director of Networks has revealed that the company is planning to launch 4G voice services in the third quarter of this year. Speaking to Mobile News CWP Three's Phil Sheppard said that the plan is to use the new 800mhz spectrum that the company recently acquired to launch voice services on 4G - which…
WATCH: The latest Samsung Galaxy S6 teaser
This is the S5... Samsung has tweeted another short video clip dropping a hint at what we can expect from the Galaxy S6 and - SURPRISE! - it is going to be faster than the S5. This follows an earlier teaser when Samsung obliquely told us that the S6 will have…
Japan still really likes flip phones, for some reason
Forget your iPhones and your M8s - flip phones are where its at in Japan, apparently. According to Reuters sales of flip phones rose in 2014 for the first time in seven years - suggesting something of a resurgence for devices. Market researcher MM Research apparently reported a 5.7% increase in shipments of the phones…
Uber for HELICOPTERS is now a thing
Calling up an app to hail a cab is no longer very impressive - everybody does it. So how can you show you're on the cutting edge now? By booking a helicopter, of course. According to Boarding Area, Gotham Air is now offering a booking service for helicopter trips between New York's two major airports…
WATCH: Xiaomi MI4 vs GIANT ENEMY CRAB
Okay, so this is weird. The Xiaomi MI4 might be one of the most talked about phones coming out of China, but this marketing video is just bizarre. To showcase the strength of the phone, Xiaomi, umm, got a couple of crabs and a lobster and got them to pincer it. Yeah. Perhaps this is…
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 vs Google Nexus 6 – which is best?
The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 and the Google Nexus 6 are arguably the premiere phablets currently available - but which is better? Read on, to find out! Screen The Note 4 has a 5.7" super AMOLED screen running at 1440x2560 resolution (4x720p). The Nexus 6 is very similar - with a 5.96" AMOLED screen running…