Microsoft newest Lumia offering ‘Lumia 640’ is currently up for pre-orders in the UK ahead of its April retail debut. The mid-range ‘Lumia 640’ and ‘Lumia 640 XL’ were unveiled at the…
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Google banking upon Huawei for its next Nexus device, new report claims
Reports suggest Google has chosen Huawei to be its new Nexus smartphone manufacturing partner. Kevin Yang, the Director of China Research at iSuppli, a leading market research firm, has confirmed on Weibo…
EU takes a u-turn on mobile roaming charges issue
EU member states have postponed the plan of scrapping mobile phone roaming charges in the 28-member bloc from the end of this year until at least 2018. Currently, mobile phone customers in…
Apple jumped past Samsung as smartphone market leader in Q4 2014: Gartner
Apple surpassed Samsung in Q4 2014 in terms of global smartphone sales, new research report claims. According to a recent research conducted by IT research and advisory company Gartner, Apple shipped a…
Google confirms plans of launching mobile network soon
Google has confirmed that it is working to launch a virtual mobile network service of its own. The confirmation came via Google’s senior vice president of products, Sundar Pichai, who said the…
Samsung unveils new flagship ‘Galaxy S6’ and ‘Galaxy S6 Edge’
Samsung has finally unveiled its next Galaxy flagship dubbed the Galaxy S6 alongside the new Galaxy S6 Edge at the MWC 2015 in Barcelona. As claimed by Samsung, both the new handsets…
UK researchers achieve record-breaking 5G mobile data speeds of 1Tbps
UK scientists have achieved record-breaking speeds while performing 5G data connection tests. Researchers at the University of Surrey’s 5G Innovation Centre (5GIC) achieved 5G data speeds in excess of one terabit per…
EE trials superfast 4G internet at Wembley Stadium
UK mobile network operator EE has announced it has successfully performed ultrafast 400Mbps 4G LTE trials at Wembley Stadium, in collaboration with Huawei and Qualcomm. The trio achieved the high download speeds…
Carphone Warehouse, RootMetrics team up to help Brits find the best network
UK mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse has teamed up with mobile performance measurement firm RootMetrics to inform consumers of the best network coverage in their area. As part of the deal, Carphone…
Huawei’s new 4G smartphone ‘Ascend G7’ to land in UK in March
Smartphone maker Huawei has finally launched its new affordable 4G phone, the Ascend G7, in the UK and has revealed that it will be available in the country starting March. Based around…
Sony Xperia E4 goes up for pre-orders in the UK
Sony’s newest addition to the Xperia smartphone series dubbed ‘Xperia E4’ is currently up for pre-orders in the U.K. through smartphone retailer Clove. Priced at just £99 (approx. $150) on pre-order, the…
Hack allows Windows 10 for Phones to run on nearly all WP8.1 handsets
Hackers have already managed to find a way to bypass the Windows 10 for phones technical preview limitation that dictates that the recently released mobile OS can only be run on some…
Windows 10 for phones technical preview lands; still “very much under development”
Microsoft has released its first Windows 10 for phones technical preview and made it accessible to all those who have joined Windows Insiders program and are in possession of one of the…
UK mobile networks gauged; EE rated best, Vodafone worst
UK’s mobile network landscape will soon see a huge transition with two major acquisitions and launch of two new virtual mobile networks and to give a picture of the current state of…
90% Canadians believe texting while driving is socially unacceptable, survey says
The number of accidents because of texting while driving is increasing globally and now Canadians also consider the activity of texting while behind the wheels as a socially unacceptable. According to a…