Tag: Mobile phones
Pantech Vega Iron smartphone squeezes 5-inch HD display between 2.4mm bezel
Pantech's latest smartphone, the hardcore-sounding Vega Iron, looks set to catch your attention with its slinky thin bezel. Packing in a 5-inch 1,280×720 display, the screen sits in a chassis with bezel edges just 2.4mm wide on each side. To…
Nokia working on Galaxy Note sized Lumia Windows 8 smartphone
Nokia are said to be working on a new Lumia smartphone to rival the Samsung Galaxy Note in terms of size. Sources "with knowledge of the company's plans" have spoken to the Financial Times, who are reporting that the Finnish…
Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 specs leak: Solid mid-range Android in the works
Samsung's galaxy looks set to extend further again following the leaked specs of a new Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 handset hitting the web. Spotted on the GL Benchmarks site by SamMobile under the GT-S7272 codename, it looks like another mid-range…
Facebook in talks with Apple over Facebook Home for iPhone
Facebook have revealed that they are in talks with Apple to see whether their recently launched Facebook Home software could ever makes its way on to iOS devices. Launching last week on a range of Android handsets, Facebook Home acts…
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 to use premium metal build, ditching plastic after HTC One positive response?
Samsung's top-end smartphones hit all the right…ahem…notes when it comes to internal hardware and software features. But ask any tech critic worth their salt what's holding back the Galaxy line and they'll bring up Samsung's choice to consistently use plastics…
ASUS Fonepad UK pre-orders now open ahead of 26 April release date
Pre-orders on the gigantic 7-inch ASUS Fonepad phone/tablet hybrid have now opened in the UK. Carphone Warehouse, Amazon and Sainsbury's will each be selling the Fonepad, priced at £179.99, due for release on the 26th April. First revealed back at…
O2 Refresh contract separates phone from minutes helping early upgraders
O2 have today launched a new contract option called O2 refresh, designed to make it easier for customers to upgrade to the latest phones midway through a contract. Separating calling plans from the mobile phone hardware's costs, O2 Refresh splits…
Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8 and 6.3 get official, hitting the UK in May
We thought, no, we hoped, it couldn't be true, but Samsung have now officially lifted the lid off of the two rumoured giant Samsung Galaxy Mega phones. Coming in 5.8 and 6.3 inch sizes, they're among the biggest smartphone money…
ZTE GEEK smartphone revealed: 2GHz Intel Clover Trail+ chip paired with terrible name
ZTE have unvieled their latest smartphone packing an Intel chipset, the ZTE GEEK. Powered by Intel's new 32nm Atom processor platform Z2580, it's clocked at 2GHz and is backed by 1GB of RAM. Running Android Jelly Bean, it's fronted by…
EE doubling 4G network speeds, will hit highs of 80Mbps
EE has announced that it's doubling the amount of the 1800MHz spectrum it currently devotes to its 4G network, leading to doubled mobile network data speeds in the process. Upping the amount of the spectrum used for 4G from 10MHz…
