Andrew Hoyle/CNET Shooting in raw is a term that’s been familiar to digital camera users for several years now, but it’s only recently started to spread out into the world of camera phones. It has various advantages compared to taking photos in JPEG format, but it does require a couple of changes in how you …

Andrew Hoyle/CNET Heading off on holiday this summer and want to make a video record of your trip to make your friends at home jealous? With almost every smartphone being able to shoot and even edit video, creating movies from your trip has never been easier. Still, if you want to get the best from your footage, there are a …

Andrew Hoyle/CNET The YotaPhone 2 — the smartphone with a second E-ink display stuck to the back — is now available in a fresh white colour. It’s been given a bunch of software tweaks to make the E-ink screen more useful and is available directly from YotaPhone’s website for £440, a significant saving off the original £550 asking price. The …

Andrew Hoyle/CNET The LG G4 is the Korean company’s latest flagship phone, packing a supercharged quad-core processor and a higher-than-HD, slightly curved display into a body that you can have wrapped in real leather. One of its most impressive features is its camera, which has been given a decent boost from last year’s G3 — that’s what we’re taking a …

Julian Calverley Taking photos has long been one of the main selling points of the iPhone, but mobile photography has largely remained the realm of enthusiastic amateurs, populating Instagram and other social networks with artful snapshots. With their lower resolution and lack of upgradeable lenses, phones haven’t played a big role in professional photography. Commercial photographer Julian Calverley, however, views …

Andrew Hoyle/CNET Three has confirmed that the 5.5-inch Honor 6 Plus Android phone will be hitting the UK from 1 May. It will come at the reasonably affordable price of £299 on pay as you go, as well as being available on a range of contracts. The cheapest deal is £24 per month, with a £19 up-front charge — this …

Now playing: Watch this: Will.i.am and Gucci partner on luxury smartband 1:56 BASEL, Switzerland — Luxury fashion brand Gucci and musician Will.i.am are making a new fashion-focused smartband. Although no new product was officially unveiled at the Baselworld watch fair here, the former Black Eyed Peas star promised that the device will operate independently of a phone. Both Will.i.am and …

Andrew Hoyle/CNET Scanning your fingerprints to unlock your smartphone is old news. It’s time to put your eyes to work! At this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Fujitsu has been showing off a concept phone that uses infrared lasers and cameras to scan your iris and unlock your phone. The first question in all of this is, of course, …

Andrew Hoyle/CNET BARCELONA — Three will be the first and only UK network to stock the Honor 6 Plus , a 5.5-inch, octa-core Android phone, when it launches later this year, the company has announced here at MWC. The announcement is a significant one for Honor, the new phone brand owned by Chinese mobile giant Huawei, as up until now, …

Andrew Hoyle/CNET Three has confirmed to CNET that it will be offering HTC’s latest flagship phone, the One M9 , on its network in the UK. Three hasn’t officially stated when the phone will be launching, or what price plans it will be available on, but we’ll update this article as more information becomes available. HTC commented that the phone …