Tag: vodafone
Vodafone announces budget 4G smartphone, Smart Ultra 6
Vodafone has announced the eighth generation of the Vodafone Smart series. Called the Smart Ultra 6, it's a 4G device that will set you back just £125 on pay as you go and is available free on a pay monthly bundle if you fork out for a subscription of £17 a month or more. Features…
Vodafone announces 4G in 58 destinations – extends Vodafone WorldTraveller
Vodafone has announced that its 4G service is now available in 58 destinations across the world which it claims is more than any other UK mobile provider. From 15 June, 22 destinations including the Caribbean islands of Antigua, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and Trinidad & Tobago,…
Vodafone details UK availability and prices of the Samsung Galaxy S6
Want a Galaxy S6? Then be prepared to pay fifty quid a month. Vodafone UK has announced its pricing as follows: "Pick up the Samsung Galaxy S6 for £49 per month (no upfront cost) and the Samsung Galaxy S6 edge for £54 per month (£49 upfront cost) - on Vodafone’s Red Value 4GB Bundle. This…
Vodafone switches all monthly bundles to 4G
Vodafone has today announced that all of its pay monthly handset bundles now include 4G and "generous data allowances". Here's how Vodafone's press release describes the update: "Prices for our 24 month bundles start from £17 a month for our Standard Bundle and £26 a month for our Red and Red Value Bundles. As part…
Vodafone takes a trip down memory lane with 1984G street
It's been just over 30 years since the first mobile phone call was made from a handset the size of a brick and an accompanying charging unit weighing as much as a small child (January 1st, 1985 to be precise). And to celebrate Vodafone has decided to take us back to the past to a…
Vodafone boss: Slow and steady wins the race
Vodafone CEO Jeroen Hoencamp has given an exclusive interview to... umm, the official Vodafone blog, and has defended the network's slower 4G speeds. As Trusted Reviews notes, unlike EE, Vodafone has not built the fastest possible network, or extended as quickly as it possibly can. The reason, argues Hoencamp is that it is not about…
Can Vodafone bring phone calls into the 21st century with HD Voice?
This is a sponsored post. Since mobile phones were first invented around thirty year ago, the technology has changed perhaps faster than we could ever have imagined - and our phones are now an essential tool to be carried everywhere. We've gone from bricks attached to a suitcase to an ultra-thin iPhone 6, sporting a…
Vodafone planning to launch TV and home broadband services
Vodafone is planning to enter the TV and home broadband market next year, according to reports. The Telegraph says that the CEO Vittorio Colao has announced the plan - which is motivated by changes in the telecommunications industry. Essentially, the reason seems to be that everyone is expecting BT to enter the mobile phone market…
Phones 4u goes into administration. Are EE and Vodafone to blame?
Sad news for the 5,596 people who work for retail chain Phones 4u. Or anyone who has pre-ordered an iPhone 6 for that matter who will now probably not get their handset. The company went into administration last night and will not open its doors today.The reason, it seems, is because the mobile phone…
Vodafone claims 4G calling will save your phone battery
Vodafone has posted an intriguing blog where it claims that making the switch to 4G calling technology will help save your phone battery by using less power. What do you mean its weird that Vodafone, one of the largest corporations in the world, is appropriating revolutionary imagery? 4G is also known…