Category: Mobile phones
Is there a HTC One M9 *PLUS* on the way?
Less than a week ago HTC finally revealed the HTC One M9 to the world... but we're already hearing rumours of another phone from the company. In this case, the M9 Plus. PhoneArena reports that images have surfaced on China's Weibo service (its a bit like Twitter meets Facebook meets unwavering compliance with China's totalitarian…
Ex-Samsung engineer slags off Samsung’s Galaxy design process
Samsung's phone software is "horrible" and the company only cares about revenue at the expense of making good products - that's the verdict of someone claiming to be a former engineer at the Korean smartphone giant. This post on Quora has the details, which are posted by Rezaur Rahman - who after a quick Google,…
Is Nokia making phones… again?!
Could Nokia be working on a new phone? What once might have been unremarkable is now quite unexpected. So, rewind to last year and you'll remember that Nokia sold its mobile phone business to Microsoft - and gradually the "Nokia" name has been phased out of Microsoft's Windows Phones - hence why we have Microsoft…
Is the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge to come in 64GB as standard in the UK?
Could the S6 Edge come in its 64GB version as standard? That's what seems to be implied by the Samsung UK website. According to SamMobile, Samsung UK's website is only listing the S6 Edge as being available in 64GB and 128GB - with no 32GB (let alone 16GB) versions. The website lists the regular S6…
Blackberry announces “Leap” and “Slider”
Over at MWC, Blackberry has just announced a new handset. Blackberry Leap is a sleek attempt at doing a fully touchscreen phone again. It has a 5" display, 2800mAh battery and runs the Blackberry 10 OS. Whether it will make an impact remains to be seen, though could conceivably be attractive to business users who…
Is there a Samsung Galaxy S6 IRON MAN edition on the way?
The above image has surfaced on social media this morning, purporting to show an Iron Man special edition of the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge - which would be the same phone, but with a lovely red and gold finish. Of course, we can't verify that this is real - it could just be a fan…
WATCH: Hands on with the Asus ZenFone 2
Holly from ShinyShiny is over in Barcelona at Mobile World Congress, and got a chance to play with the new Asus ZenFone 2. Here's what she thinks...
Has Samsung just beaten Apple at mobile payments?
One of the most interesting new announcements to come out of Samsung's Mobile World Congress presentation yesterday was the announcement of "Samsung Pay" - a service that will let you pay for stuff with your phone, to compete primarily with Apple Pay. Apple Pay launched at the end of last year in the US, and…
Archos “Fusion Storage” creates 256GB tablet
Archos has today announced a clever new technology known as "Fusion Storage", which combines the internal capacity of a device with a MicroSD card to effectively create some of the largest mobile storage capacities we've seen so far. Apparently what makes Fusion Storage unique is that it will "automatically migrates data and optimises memory balance…
Hands on with the HTC One M9
Holly from ShinyShiny is currently at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, and got a brief hands on with the HTC One M9 - here's her verdict.
