Now playing: Watch this: Sony Xperia Z Ultra vs Galaxy Note 2 3:21 Sony’s spangly new Xperia Z Ultra is a ludicrously huge new smart phone, ready to wrassle with the king of the gigantophones — the Samsung Galaxy Note 2. How does Sony’s new toy compare to Samsung’s heavyweight? It has a 6.4-inch 1080p …

Now playing: Watch this: Which S4 is best for you? 3:49 The Samsung Galaxy S4, the S4 Mini, the S4 Active and the S4 Zoom — it seems like we can’t even step out our front door without tripping over a new version of Samsung’s swanky flagship. We’re well aware that the increasing number of S4s doing the rounds is …

Android Jelly Bean is finally the most popular version of Android, according to Google’s official usage stats. Ending a years-long battle to make the most recent edition of Android the one that’s the most popular, Google’s data now shows 37.9 per cent of phones and tablets running the robot-powered OS are using 4.1 or 4.2 Jelly Bean. Perennial favourite Android …

Motorola is making a dirt-cheap mobile in the spirit of the Nexus 4, according to fresh rumours concerning the American manufacturer’s plans. Spanish-language site ADSLZone reports that the upcoming mobile will play host to high-end hardware like a quad-core processor, citing mysterious sources. Despite powerful specs however, like LG’s effort this mythical mobile will apparently be very cheap, reportedly coming …

Samsung’s rugged version of the Galaxy S4 has gone on sale in the UK — though you’ll need almost five hundred quid to acquire the waterproof mobile SIM-free. The Galaxy S4 Active is on sale now at Carphone Warehouse for 5p shy of £530, while online retailer Unlocked-mobiles beats that price with a slightly cheaper £495. Several other Internet-based gadget shops …

Vodafone is altering its pay as you go pricing, in a move that will see many customers charged more for the calls they make. The red-hued network currently charges your down-the-line chit-chat by the second, but will switch to a per-minute rate from 1 August. “If your call is 1 minute and 37 seconds long,” Vodafone explains on its site, …

Interested in seeing the Samsung Galaxy S4 or one of its loyal spin-off gadgets? Look no further, weary Web-wanderer — this page is your one-stop destination for hands-on video with the Galaxy S4 and every single one of its various variegated variants. Samsung Galaxy S4 The big daddy, the progenitor, the mothership — the Samsung Galaxy S4 impressed us mightily …

Blimey O’Reilly, Nokia’s 41-megapixel Lumia 1020 smart phone isn’t even official yet, but already we’re glimpsing leaked snaps of accessories for the long-awaited mobile. The picture above was spied by WMPoweruser and comes via Russian site izvestia, and appears to show an accessory for the camera-heavy mobile that’s designed to make the phone feel more like a compact digital camera. There’s …

HTC’s financial troubles aren’t getting any easier, with the Taiwanese tech giant revealing an 83 percent decline in net profit for the April-June period compared with last year. The phone maker said its unaudited net profit for the three months up to June 30 was NT$1.25 billion, which equates to roughly $41.6 million, the Wall Street Journal reports — a …

Huawei’s latest smart phone, the Ascend P6, is on sale in the UK today. The 4.7-inch smart phone has a 720p resolution, and finds room for a quad-core processor, clocked at a hearty 1.5GHz, despite its incredibly slender 6.2mm frame. The phone, which we’ve already reviewed, is now available for Brits to buy. The P6 costs a quid shy of …