Category: Mobile phones
Sky Mobile, GiffGaff scoop awards at Expert Reviews awards
Expert Reviews has unveiled the results of its first-ever Mobile Network Awards, with Sky Mobile sweeping the awards in every category. GiffGaff also put in an impressive performance, scooping three highly commended awards. Mobile phones have become essential to our everyday lives, even more so in the last 18 months when many were separated from…
Bristol bottom of mobile phone coverage list despite investment
Belfast and Cardiff ranked amongst the best cities to get a mobile phone signal while Bristol finished in last place, in a full-scale analysis of UK phone coverage. Affordable Mobiles, winners of the Uswitch Mobile Reseller of the Year award, found that all of the cities Belfast and Cardiff topped the list, alongside London and…
1 in 5 turn to mobile gaming for first time during lockdown
Millions of adults have turned to their mobile phone for gaming for the first time over the past year – with the garden shed among one of the top locations. A study of 1,500 smartphone owners found the number of ‘mobile gamers’ – people who play video games on mobile phones – has seen a…
Mobile phone sales to remain below pre-pandemic levels until 2022, claims report
The mobile phone market will grow in 2021, but sales will remain well below pre-pandemic levels until 2022, according to a new forecast published by technology analyst firm CCS Insight. The company expects sales of mobile phones to reach 1.67 billion units worldwide in 2021, rising 6% from a weak 2020 but still 8% lower…
Out-of-contract mobile customers overpaying, claims Which?
Which? is urging mobile phone users to take action when their contract comes to an end, with new research revealing those who push for a better deal could save up to £96 a year. The consumer watchdog surveyed more than 4,000 members of the public in October 2020 to establish how mobile customers behaved when…
Vodafone to give free connectivity to 250,000 school children
Vodafone Schools Connected with Dev Griffin @ Salusbury School The Vodafone schools.connected programme is now open to primary and secondary school children across the UK. The emergency package helps pupils who find it difficult to access education from home because they don’t have the right connectivity. Reports suggest children in England are…
Giffgaff top performing ‘lockdown’ mobile network
According to business consultancy Yonder, Giffgaff was the top-performing mobile network, followed by Tesco Mobile, for meeting customer needs during lockdown. Giffgaff was named by Yonder as the fourth-best performing business across all sectors under lockdown, behind Netflix, Amazon and Amazon Prime. Tesco Mobile followed closely in fifth and O2 was eighth out of 65…
Doro 8050 handset now on O2 network
Doro, the mobile phone company for seniors, has launched the Doro 8050 handset on the O2 network in the UK. This handset is compatible with the Response by Doro service that contacts responders in the event of the user experiencing an emergency situation. Costing £20.98 per month for 1GB of data the handset is marketed…
Doro partners with Sky Mobile
Doro, the leading global supplier of telecommunication solutions for seniors, has partnered with UK telecoms provider, Sky Mobile. This partnership will see Sky Mobile customers, including senior users, gain access to Doro’s inclusive technology. Two new phones are launching on the Sky Mobile network: Doro 7030 and Doro 8050. The Doro 7030 is available via Sky Mobile…
Doro and giffgaff donate phones to seniors
Doro, a global supplier of mobile phones for seniors, has partnered with mobile network giffgaff to donate 500 Doro phones to isolated elderly people across the UK. The Doro-led initiative seeks to counteract the effects of loneliness during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. It forms part of a wider push to deliver 2000 phones to isolated…