Tag: mobile phone
How to Play Bingo on a Mobile Phone
The origin of bingo stems back centuries ago to the 1500s in Italy. Over the years, bingo games popularity progressed throughout Europe, the US, and during the sixties, it became a game of fascination in England. But, just before the millennium, bingo's large following started to decline as bingo businesses failed to, for example, attract…
4 in 10 UK adults use mobile phone in bathroom
A survey of 2,000 UK adults revealed 41 per cent can't help but take their mobile phone into the bathroom - with this figure rising to 77 per cent of 18- to 24-year-olds. Social media is partly to blame, with a fifth fearing they couldn’t go 24 hours without checking for the latest updates on…
1 in 3 rely on phone ‘completely’ for social life
The only thing not on lockdown this year it seems is the mobile phone with usage soaring and 36 per cent relying on it completely for a ‘social life’. A study of 2,000 smartphone users found almost half have used their phone more than usual during 2020, sending more messages, making more phone calls and…
How to choose a mobile phone
Knowing how to choose a mobile phone is a great thing to look into as you want to make sure your money is where you want it. There are hundreds of different factors to take into consideration when you’re trying to make your final decision. With thousands of different phones available, you want to make…
Eight out of 10 UK areas lack full 4G coverage, says Which?
Millions of people are at risk of mobile signal blackouts because their area is not adequately served by full 4G coverage, Which? has reported. Research carried out by the consumer group has found that eight in 10 areas do not have consistent 4G mobile coverage from all four of the UK’s operators – EE, O2,…
Younger mobile phone users ‘suffering from load rage’
It takes young people in the UK less than one minute to get annoyed while waiting for phone content to download, research suggests. The survey of UK smartphone users by Chinese phone maker OnePlus suggests that young people are five times more likely to lose their temper because of slow download speeds than older phone…
Majority of mobile phone customers on SIM only plans overpaying for data
The majority of mobile customers on SIM-only deals are overpaying for unused data at a total cost of £800 million a year, a consumer group has warned. A survey for Citizens Advice suggests that 71% of mobile customers with a SIM-only plan – or 12 million people – are overpaying for data they do not…
Tiny solar panels embedded in clothes could charge a mobile phone
Researchers at Nottingham Trent University have developed small solar panels which can be embedded in clothes and used to charge a mobile phone. The tiny panels are small enough to be placed into yarn and then knitted or woven into textiles. The team behind the technology said that in testing it was capable of charging…
Students: ‘snatching’ now accounts for 1 in 4 mobile phone thefts
Image: Metropolitan Police Over a quarter of students who’ve had mobiles stolen have fallen victim to thieves swooping on the street, according to research by gadget insurance provider Protect Your Bubble. The scourge of handheld theft has received increasing attention, with shock footage of moped-riding duos snatching phones from unsuspecting victims…
FOI request shows mobile phone drivers falls 39%, fines double to £1.2 million a year
A new Freedom of Information (FOI) Request has revealed that the number of drivers caught on their phone has plummeted by 39% and the cost of fines paid more than doubled to £1.2 million, exactly a year after tougher penalties were first introduced. The penalty for using a mobile phone behind the wheel doubled to £200 and six…
