Tag: Mobile PHones
Pre-orders for Huawei P20 range now open at Carphone Warehouse
Huawei’s new flagship P20 Pro and P20 handsets are now available to pre-order from Carphone Warehouse. Featuring embedded AI capabilities, Leica camera lenses and a host of new features, the P20 Pro handset is available from £48 a month with £99.99 upfront with 25GB on O2. Meanwhile the P20 device is available from £39 a month and…
Average Briton spends nearly 1 hour on tech before sleeping
The average British adult spends an average of 57 minutes on their gadgets in bed before going to sleep, according to new research. A third (32%) of Britons fall asleep watching television in bed, but perhaps unsurprisingly smartphones are the device most commonly used by Brits in bed. Over two thirds of us (68%) use…
Growth in device spending as consumers become ‘less price sensitive’, says Gartner
Users of PCs, ultramobiles and mobile phones are buying new devices at higher average selling prices (ASPs), resulting in growth in end-user spending in 2017. Gartner Inc. estimates that end-user spending will increase by 2 per cent in 2017, to nearly $600 billion in current US dollars. Spending on mobile phones will represent 67…
Groov-e introduces Brand New Solar Bank charger
Affordable electronics manufacturer, Groov-e, has introduced a new solar powered charger to its line up (just as the sun disappears from view, not to be seen again until it makes a fleeting appearance next summer). Called the SolarBank, it can be purchased via Amazon for £33.19 and comes pre-charged. Nearly twice as powerful as its predecessor (the…
How Star Trek predicted the future
Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry was a visionary man. He foresaw a future in which humanity had learned to live together in peace and harmony. A future in which the people of Earth had joined forces with alien races to…
