Tag: Mobile phones
HTC Desire 601: Mid-range smartphone sees Zoe, BoomSound and BlinkFeed trickle down from HTC One
If you haven't got enough readies available to bag the HTC One Mini, but still fancy a taste of the company's latest Sense UI enhancements, the newly revealed HTC Desire 601 may be just what you're looking for. Though its…
Microsoft to buy Nokia. Elop to replace Ballmer as CEO?
Microsoft has announced that it is gearing up to purchase Nokia's hardware division, in a deal worth £4.56 billion. A move that has been more or less on the cards since Nokia gambled their smartphone business on Microsoft's Windows Phone…
Acer Liquid S2 smartphone is first to offer 4K video recording
Acer have today revealed the Liquid S2 smartphone, capable of recording clips in super-high 4K resolution, making it the first mobile phone to offer the feature and making it harder than ever to hide that breakout that's plagued your face….
Vodafone waves goodbye to the US, sells stake in Verizon
Vodafone are to sell their 45 per cent stake in Verizon Wireless to Verizon Communications state new reports. The Wall Street Journal say that a deal worth a gigantic $130 billion was agreed upon over the weekend, with Vodafone now…
Nokia Lumia 1520 phablet snapped in the wild, looms over 1020
With the word "phablet" now making its way into the Oxford Dictionaries Online, it's open season for the supersized phone/tablet hybrids. Now looking a dead-cert to be putting out one such device are Nokia, whose rumoured Lumia 1520 device has…
Apple to allow old iPhone trade-in upgrades to iPhone 5S?
Apple look as though they'll be taking a leaf out of Noel Edmonds' Swap Shop book by offering a trade-in upgrade option for the iPhone 5S. So say "sources with knowledge of the initiative" speaking to 9to5Mac. The program will…
Sony Xperia Z1 video tease confirms IFA September 4 reveal, plus waterproof features
Looking to drum up some interest ahead of next month's IFA showcase, Sony have just tweeted a teaser video, showing off a few more moodily-lit glimpses of the company's next flagship phone, rumoured to be called the Xperia Z1. The…
iOS 7 hitting older iPhones on September 10 as well as iPhone 5S and 5C?
Just because you can't afford to rush out and buy a new iPhone 5S or iPhone 5C after they've been officially revealed (supposedly on September 10) doesn't mean you can't enjoy some fresh Apple goodies all the same. According to…
Taiwanese celebrity Jimmy Lin poses with alleged iPhone 5C
Fool me once Jimmy Lin, but fool me twice? No dice. The Taiwanese pop star, actor and former racing car driver with a penchant for getting his hands on "legit" Apple products ahead of release is at it again, this…
iPhone 5S to have 128GB option, offer GOLD! coloured casing for Spandau Ballet fans
The "S" updates to the Apple iPhone line tend to be mostly refinements of the previous year's design rather than a reinvention, and this Autumn's anticipated iPhone 5S device (expected to launch on September 10) looks to be no different….
