If you regularly find yourself running out of data at the end of the month following a binge of Breaking Bad on Netflix then Vodafone’s new bundles may be just the ticket. If you’re on a pay monthly plan, you can add a pass to your account. It’ll let you use certain specific data-heavy services …
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Samsung Pay now available to American Express customers in UK
Samsung now supports American Express customers on Samsung Pay in the UK. So if you have an Amex card, you can add it to your Galaxy S8 or new Note 8 and start making contactless payments at UK stores. American Express is already supported by both Android Pay (Google‘s own contactless payment service) and Apple Pay on the iPhone. Once …
Read More »OnePlus turns to customers to fix its identity crisis
For one Saturday last month, OnePlus gave a few of its European customers a unique opportunity: If they had a beef with the company, they could take their complaint straight to the top. From its original OnePlus One in 2014, the Chinese company has built a reputation for making fantastic, affordable phones with premium parts. But in its early years, …
Read More »Google’s Pixel 2 London launch event got WEIRD
As I looked into the eye of the bright pink giant grizzly bear, I knew this wasn’t a normal phone launch event. Google has just taken the wraps off its brand new Pixel 2 phone and new additions to its smart home lineup in San Francisco. (Here’s literally everything Google announced.) But I was following the news from a “satellite” …
Read More »Which Nokia Android phone should I buy?
Read our full review of the Nokia 8 Sirocco, the latest Nokia phone from HMD Global. Nokia relaunched into the smartphone scene this year with a whole raft of Android phones, from affordable entry-level handsets to powerhouse top-end superphones. Each phone is suited to a different sort of user, with a different budget to spend. If you’re keen on reliving your …
Read More »BlackBerry’s KeyOne gets a brooding black paint job
BlackBerry hasn’t shown off a brand new device at this year’s IFA, but it has given its KeyOne Android keyboard phone a fresh lick of paint. The KeyOne Black Edition is, as the name suggests, a black version of the phone, which does away with the silver edging of the regular model. It comes with 4GB rather than 3GB of RAM …
Read More »The Note 8’s stylus has some neat new tricks
Now playing: Watch this: Cool new tricks to try with Galaxy Note 8’s stylus 1:46 The Note 8 is packed with bleeding-edge new tech, but it’s the S Pen stylus that makes this phone stand out from the crowd. Samsung has equipped the latest iteration of the stylus with a few cool new tricks. One of the best features is …
Read More »Leak shows off LG’s upcoming V30 from all angles
Few surprises remain about the upcoming LG V30, following a tweeted image from leakster Evan Blass which shows the phone off from all sides. From the front, the phone looks similar to the flagship G6, launched at MWC earlier this year, with a very narrow bezel on all sides. The back of the handset looks highly reflective, although whether it’s …
Read More »OnePlus 5 looks great in soft gold and it’s on sale right now
We loved the OnePlus 5 enough to give it a coveted Editors’ Choice award earlier this year, and now the phone’s been given a fresh new look in the form of a “soft gold” colour. The gold hue joins the existing “slate gray” and “midnight black” options, but provides a less macho look if you want something a touch more …
Read More »Words With Friends to be turned into a TV game show
The mobile word game Words With Friends is set to become a TV show, following the news that its publisher Zynga has partnered with MGM Television. The news was announced via a brief statement on Zynga’s investor website, stating “MGM Television and Zynga…today announced a collaboration to develop a new television game show based on Words With Friends. The show will …
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