Nick Hide

iPhone 5S and 5C warmly received in review round

Ding ding! It’s the last stop on the iPhone hype bus — two days ahead of the new iPhone 5S and 5C appearing in the shops, the first reviews have appeared. The consensus seems to be that they’re the best iPhones yet, each with distinct strengths. But their 4-inch screens are looking increasingly insufficient next …

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Nvidia Tegra Note is a 7

Take note, Android fans — Nvidia has a gaming tablet for your consideration, and it’s going to be impressively cheap. The Nvidia Tegra Note packs the company’s latest mobile hardware, it’ll run the latest version of Android (4.3) at launch, and will only set you back £180. It’s a real 7-inch rival to the new Nexus 7. Not to be …

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Asus PadFone Infinity adds Snapdragon 800, from £500

Asus has pimped its peculiar PadFone Infinity — the phone that plugs into a tablet — with a serious upgrade to Qualcomm’s heavyweight 2.2GHz Snapdragon 800 chip. The new model Infinity has a 5-inch screen, but you can plug it into the 10-inch PadFone Station to make it one of the most powerful tablets around. Just with a weird mutant-like …

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Nexus 4 8GB sells out in UK, 16GB still up for grabs at £199

If you want a Nexus 4, you’d better get a move on. The £159 8GB model of Google’s super-cheap Android phone has now sold out in the UK Play Store — and while the £199 16GB version is still on sale, it’s sold out in the US, so its days are surely numbered. Time’s running out because a sequel is …

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Galaxy Note 3 benchmarks leak ahead of release next week

Look on my benchmarks, ye mighty, and despair! Samsung’s Galaxy Note 3 looked to be the company’s most powerful phone yet when it was launched at IFA, and leaked benchmarks seem to confirm it. A Note 3 with the model name SM-N9002 — a dual-SIM version of the massive-screened mobile — was spotted on Chinese site MyDrivers showing the impressive result …

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iPhone 5C pre

Roll up! Roll up! Getcher snazzy new iPhone ‘ere! Apple’s opened pre-orders for its garish new iPhone 5C today here in the UK, and the many-coloured mobile can be yours for £469. The 5C actually goes on sale a week today, 20 September, when you’ll be able to pick one up from an Apple Store at 8am — or save …

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Cardiff and Edinburgh top list of UK’s phone

They may thank the Lord they’re Welsh, but denizens of Cardiff are more likely than anywhere else in the UK to get their phone nicked, according to new figures from mobile insurers Protect Your Bubble. The data is based on over 40,000 claims nationwide. More than a third (36 per cent) of claims in Cardiff are for theft, Protect Your …

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Star Wars spin

There aren’t enough scoundrels in your life — but that’s about to change, as two of the galaxy’s most lovable rogues, Han Solo and Boba Fett, get their own origin stories told on the silver screen. As well as three full-blown Star Wars sequels, a handful of spin-off movies are being made, and these will be origin stories for some …

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Galaxy Tab 2 with Breezie is a £299 tablet for beginners

A UK company has come up with what it hopes is the perfect tablet for beginners. Breezie is a custom interface for Android tablets that hides all the clutter and customisation and cuts to the chase — and it’s sold pre-installed on a Galaxy Tab. For a limited offer of £299 (the price goes up to £329 on 15 September, …

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Galaxy S5 could have 64

The next generation of high-end Samsung Galaxy phones will have 64-bit processing just like the iPhone 5S, according to the company’s co-CEO JK Shin. “Not in the shortest time. But yes, our next smartphones will have 64-bit processing functionality,” Shin said, as reported by the Korea Times. That could well refer to the follow-up to the Galaxy S4, due in …

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