What looks to be Amazon’s next 7-inch tablet has been glimpsed, in a series of leaked snaps. The pictures, which hint at a major redesign for the Kindle Fire HD tablet, appeared at BGR and clearly show a more angular, Batmobile-esque look, complete with new buttons. An 8.9-inch sequel is also in the works, and will look …

Shutterstock 4G fight! Vodafone, O2 and Three are launching 4G LTE mobile networks — but how do they compare with those of EE, the UK’s first 4G network? Here it is in brief. EE’s lowest price is cheaper than Vodafone’s lowest price, but Vodafone gives you more data for your money. O2 is perhaps the weakest of the three, with …

Apple’s giving its range of iPhone smart phones a shuffle, introducing a brand new 8GB iPhone 4S that now serves as the company’s budget offering. The 8GB iPhone 4S costs £349, and is out on 20 September in the UK. It replaces the 8GB iPhone 4 that was previously on sale. Apple has removed the higher-capacity versions of the iPhone …

The rumours were true — Apple has lifted the lid on its new high-powered iPhone, the iPhone 5S. The iPhone 5S comes in gold, silver and a grey-ish, black-ish hue, bringing all-new colours to the table. It also has a fingerprint scanner, to stop intruders accessing your mobile. Fingerprint scanner The scanner has a sensor that’s extremely thin, and is …

Apple’s next version of iOS will be arriving on the iPhone and iPad on 18 September, the company has confirmed. At at press conference today, the aluminium-coated company confirmed that iOS 7 will be out in just eight days, for free. The update will be coming to the iPhone 4, iPhone 4S and iPhone 5, while the 5th generation iPod …

Vodafone is chucking an extra glob of data onto its 4G tariffs, in a bid to make its next-generation network more appealing to shoppers. On its official blog, the red-hued operator says it will be “Adding an extra 4GB of data to all existing and new customer plans.” For example, Vodafone’s cheapest 24-month 4G tariff costs £34 and gets you …

Apple’s long-rumoured plastic iPhone has been spied in video, showing off the iOS 7 homescreen, and the phone’s Safari browser. The smart phone is tipped to be called the iPhone 5C and come in a range of colourful hues. It’s been frequently pictured in pictures and videos of leaked casing and components, but the brief clip embedded below looks to …

Microsoft is buying Nokia’s mobile phone business, in a surprise acquisition that will see the Finnish firm building smart phones exclusively for the company. The Xbox-maker has snapped up Nokia for a whopping 5.4bn Euros, or roughly £4.6bn, Nokia has confirmed. The deal is expected to become final in the first few months of 2014. According to soon-to-depart CEO Steve …

Nokia has cranked out another cheap Lumia phone, but this one has a few superpowers snuck up its sleeves — it’s massive, and has 4G capabilities. While it looks a lot like Nokia’s previous Lumia efforts, this is actually the biggest Windows Phone that our favourite Finns have built to date. It has a 4.7-inch display, guaranteed to stretch your …

Now playing: Watch this: Best cheap Android phones 3:26 Want a brand new smart phone but don’t have £500 to splurge on the latest technological marvel? We sympathise. But take heart, because these days there are some cracking mobiles available to bargain-hunters. Click play on the video above to see five recent Android smart phones that can be yours for …