Luke Westaway

Huawei Y210 and G510 hit the UK for £5 and £10 per month

Smart phones ain’t so pricey these days — Huawei has lifted the lid on two new mobiles that are unlikely to break the bank, as well as a spangly new Android tablet. The Huawei Ascend Y210 is the cheapest of the lot, with a starting price on TalkTalk of £5 per month. For that you …

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HTC First UK launch axed after Facebook Home ‘feedback’

HTC has cancelled the launch of the Facebook Home-touting HTC First in the UK, network EE has confirmed. The First, which was to be the first mobile to arrive running Facebook’s social-centric ‘Home’ interface, won’t be arriving on our shores after all, as Zuckerberg’s social network has chosen to take its new interface back to the drawing board. In a …

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Samsung Galaxy S4 Google Edition explained in video

Now playing: Watch this: Galaxy S4 Google Edition explained 3:42 Google took us all by surprise when it boasted that it would shortly be selling a raw-Android version of the Samsung Galaxy S4. But what exactly is this new variant of the popular S4, and is it worth your time? Watch the video above to find out. We’re explaining how Google’s …

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iOS 7: What it needs, and what it won’t be getting (video)

Now playing: Watch this: iOS 7: The features it needs 3:38 The next major update of Apple’s iOS software is almost upon us! But which features does Apple’s grid-based operating system desperately need to add, and which ones will Tim Cook and pals probably ignore completely? That’s what we’re asking in this video, so hit play on the clip above …

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Galaxy S4 to hit 10 million sales next week, Samsung says

Samsung is poised to have flogged a whopping 10 million Samsung Galaxy S4 smart phones, according to a report that also claims the S4 is selling much faster than last year’s Galaxy S3. Company boss JK Shin said that Samsung’s newest smart phone will hit the 10 million milestone next week, Korea Times reports, with the company head honcho quoted …

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Vodafone Smart 3 is a 4

Vodafone has a new super-cheap smart phone for your consideration — the Smart 3 is an Android mobile that costs less than 100 quid. Packing a 4-inch display and a 5-megapixel camera, the Smart 3 is priced at a reasonable £95 on pay as you go, available to snap up from Vodafone’s website. The Smart 3, a sequel to last …

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Samsung Galaxy S4 Google Edition is US

Bad news for Brits — Google’s raw-Android version of the Samsung Galaxy S4 is launching only in the US. Other nations will have to watch from the sidelines it seems, as Google has told CNET that the Google Edition version of the S4, which made its grand debut at Google’s I/O conference last night, will be US-only at launch. The …

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Samsung Galaxy S4 ‘Google Edition’ runs pure Android, out in June

In a shock move, Google has revealed a version of the Samsung Galaxy S4 that’s running pure Android, just like one of Google’s own Nexus gadgets. The officially confirmed device, which is yet to be officially named but was dubbed ‘Google Edition’ in an earlier rumour, is a dream device for many Android fans, as it offers the high-end hardware …

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BlackBerry Q5 colourful Qwerty phone hits UK in July

BlackBerry’s colourful Q5 smart phone will be arriving in the UK this summer, British retailer Phones 4U has confirmed. The high-street phone-flogger says it will be selling the Q5, which runs BlackBerry 10 and has a full Qwerty keyboard, from July. BlackBerry boss Thorsten Heins unveiled the tiny Q5 earlier today, with the ailing firm saying that it would be …

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Nokia’s Lumia push to get ‘much more aggressive’

Nokia has vowed to get more aggressive when it comes to promoting its Lumia phones, promising advertising that will take direct aim at the company’s biggest rivals. “I think what you’re going to be seeing,” Nokia’s global head of smart phone marketing, Vesa Jutila, told CNET, “not only from Nokia but also from our key partner Microsoft, is that we’re …

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