The HTC First, the disastrous Zucker-HTC mashup that's crashed and burned in the States, has had its UK launch delayed indefinitely. They're not even going to fulfil the three pre-orders that were placed. It was scheduled to come to the UK 'exclusively' with EE in the next few months, but now I guess Facebook addicts will have to click two extra buttons or install Facebook Home to get their stalking fill. The horror. Read More >>
Featured comment by tsjmcgrath:
"Well I was actually looking forward to it arriving. It had pretty good reviews, was extremely cheap and was pretty much a Nexus device. The only thing..." More »
When a band of engineers fled Nokia in 2012 to develop a MeeGo-derived OS called Sailfish, they needed a vehicle to carry the software. And this is it: the first Jolla phone, which is as quirky as the OS it runs. Read More >>
Featured comment by spudhed:
"many people are saying "whats the point?" but im actually looking forward to playing about with a new open mobile OS, ill probably try to get hold of ..." More »
Confirming yesterday's gorgeous leaked images, Nokia's finally unveiled its newest flagship Windows Phone, the Lumia 925. And just as the photos promised, this latest Lumia incarnation comes to us in a sleek, aluminium-cased beauty of a body. Now that's all good and dandy, but the real test comes with what it's packing under the hood. Can the 925 keep up with the smartphone markets toughest competitors? Read More >>
Featured comment by E-ROLE:
"To be fair, all of the things you mentioned are a given. That is what will come about in the next few years and it's not very exciting (to me)
I'm ..." More »
France may introduce a one per cent sales tax on all smartphones and tablets sold in the country, with the money raised funnelled off into an arts fund to back the supposedly more intellectual pursuits of film, art and music. Read More >>
We're already pretty into Nokia's just-announced Lumia 928, but here's what's coming next. Evleaks, who has a pretty great track record with these things, just showed the world Nokia's new phone, which seems to be the codename "Catwalk" phone we've been hearing about. Read More >>
Snorkelers rejoice: Sony's decided to push its current trend for water-resistant phones to new heights, with the launch of the Xperia ZR which is waterproof to 1.5m. Read More >>
The WSJ reports that Amazon is devloping a battery of new devices, including a smartphone that would use a crazy-sounding glasses-free 3D technology. If it's true... what in heavens? Read More >>
Striking yet another blow at the heart of anyone who wanted a high-end phone in a reasonably-sized body, Samsung has released the Galaxy Core, a 4.3-inch phone with incredibly mediocre specs for people too poor to afford a Galaxy S4. Read More >>
Featured comment by roganic:
"I care - because I want a 4(ish) inch Android phone which is good...
This is not it, nor have I seen a suitable contender. Currently I have a HTC S..." More »
Snapzoom is an interesting Kickstarter project that marries a stalker's two favourite inventions: the smartphone, and binoculars. The result? High-res imagery without having to breach your restraining order. Read More >>
Most front-facing phone cameras suck. It's not their fault, though: they have to be squeezed in to a tiny gap, which puts obvious limits on their geometry. Fortunately, this new Omnivision sensor squeezes a lot more performance into that minuscule frame. Read More >>
Samsung has just announced that it's rolling some pretty exciting new memory into production, which will finally bring computer-like RAM performance to your mobile. Read More >>
Featured comment by To be or not to be...is a stupid question.:
"This will simply begin another specs arms race. After exhausting screen sizes, absurd pixel resolutions and camera megapixels are ram memory going to ..." More »
The Samsung Galaxy S smartphones are by far the most popular Android smartphones, and are flagship products for Samsung to show off its latest and greatest OLED display technology. The display on the Galaxy S4 is a major enhancement and improvement over the Galaxy S III — it has a full HD 1920x1080 resolution display with 441ppi. It is also better calibrated, brighter, and bigger. We'll analyse the Galaxy S4 with an in-depth objective series of Lab tests and measurements included below — and size it up next to the competition. Read More >>
You're not looking at a new phone headed to stores any time soon — in fact, you're looking at the surprisingly sleek, all-touch webOS smartphone developed by HP which (sadly?) never was. Read More >>
Since it arrived last year, the Galaxy S III has been the world's best-selling smartphone that wasn't born in Cupertino. An impressive feat, but one that—along with Samsung's Megatron-sized hype-machine—has made for sky-high expectations for the sequel. Read More >>
Featured comment by Jynto:
""The S4 has capacitive buttons for Menu and Back, and a physical, clickable button for Home. It’s wasted space."
And on-screen buttons are not wa..." More »
You have absolutely no spare cash. You don't want a contract. You've got a sellable old phone. You want a decent smartphone. And yes, you're a cheapskate. Can you buy a perfectly usable smartphone for the princely sum of £100? Read More >>
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