Tag: smartphones
Nokia Asha 501 revealed alongside new Asha OS and Facebook partnership
Nokia have launched a new budget smartphone, the Nokia Asha 501, and with it comes the new Asha operating system. A pint-sized device measuring just 99.2 x 58 x 12.1mm and with a 3-inch 320 x 240 touchscreen, it's a…
Budget iPhone rumours ignited by news that Pegatron factory anticipating hiring spree
Rumours of a budget iPhone launching this year from Apple have been given a significant boost today, with Apple's manufacturing partner Pegatron announcing that it will increase its number of workers by 40% in the second half of the year….
Sharp AQUOS 206SH has 5-inch 1080p screen, two day battery life
A large, high resolution screen on a smartphone is usually enough to set alarm bells ringing when it comes to battery life, but Sharp believe they've cracked it with their new AQUOS 206SH smartphone. Packing in a 5-inch 1080p display,…
HTC profits fall 98%, but CEO Chou sees positives in Q1 performance
HTC have posted their earning for the first quarter of 2013, and they show the company to still be struggling. HTC posted quarterly revenue of NT$42.8 billion (around £930 million), and a gross margin of 20.3%, with the operating margin…
BlackBerry Q10 sells like hot cakes at Selfridges, breaks store records
UK retailer Selfridges has announced that the newly-released BlackBerry Q10 handset has broken the company's technology sales record during its opening weekend at retail. The QWERTY keyboard phone is the second in BlackBerry's new line of BB10 smartphones and was…
Smartphones are now outselling cheap feature phones for the first time ever
Fancy pants smartphones are now outselling cheaper feature phones for the first time in history, according to new findings from research firm IDC. Tracking shipments over the first three months of 2013, 51.6% of the 418.6 million mobile phones shipped…
Mobile phone theft crimes on the rise in England, while all other crime falls
Mobile phone theft is the only rising crime in England and Wales, with virtually every other form of crime dropping since 2011. "Theft from the person" (the police's fancy new way of saying muggings), under which header many mobile phone…
Samsung Galaxy S4 best contract deals compared: O2, Three, Orange, Vodafone, EE, T-Mobile, Tesco
The Samsung Galaxy S4, the long-awaited smartphone successor to the company's world-beating Galaxy S3, finally goes on sale this weekend. The flagship handset looks set to go up against the impressive HTC One handset, with the Galaxy S4 packing in…
Nokia Asha 210 Symbian smartphone has dedicated WhatsApp button
Taking the fight to the Facebook Home-packing HTC First Android smartphone and BBM-equipped BlackBerry handsets, Nokia have launched the social-focussed Asha 210. A budget-orientated smartphone, the Nokia Asha 210 uses the ageing Symbian operating system and packs in a QWERTY…
HTC One faces more supply woes as Nokia wins band on mic tech
Can't someone cut HTC some slack? First it was struggling sales, then it was supply shortages. Now the ailing smartphone manufacturer has to contend with a set-back for its critically-acclaimed HTC One handset, as Nokia has won a ruling that…
