The iPhone 5s could arrive in all shapes and sizes — and colours. If rumours and industry experts are to be believed, the next iPhone will see the first affordable version and first dash of colour for Apple’s smart phone. BGR reports that industry expert Brian White of Topeka Capital Markets reckons there will be …
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Yahoo and Apple have begun talks to put more Yahoo in your iPhone and iPad. The two companies are reported to be in talks to cut out Google from iOS devices — let’s hope we’re not headed for another Apple Maps debacle. The Wall Street Journal quotes sources that Yahoo and Apple are in the early stages of negotiations to …
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EE is doubling down on 4G. Britain’s first super-fast phone network is boosting its speeds without charging any extra, so you can burn through your data even faster. EE claims the maximum speed will climb to over 80Mbps, and average speeds will increase to over 20Mbps. Although prices remain the same, so do data caps — which means you burn …
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Microsoft and Nokia have fired a new broadside against rival Google, complaining to European industry watchdogs that the big G is using Android to carve out an unfair monopoly on smart phones and tablets. Microsoft and Windows Phone buddy Nokia are among 17 technology companies under the banner FairSearch complaining to the European Commission about Google’s dominance of the search …
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Disastrous delays to the HTC One have seen HTC plummet to its lowest profits ever. Taiwan company High Tech Computers made 85m New Taiwan dollars (£1.8m) profit in the first three months of the year amid crippling delays to the flagship One phone. That’s a jaw-dropping plummet from NT$1bn (£22m) profit at the end of last year. And this cliff-jumping …
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If you want to go Home early, now’s your chance: a pre-release version of Facebook Home has leaked to turn your Android phone into a photo-liking, status-updating machine. Facebook Home is software that completely replaces the interface on your Android phone, loading your friends’ photos, posts and status updates on your homescreen. The software is showcased on the HTC First …
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Bargain-hunting phone fans spell trouble for the iPhone, Samsung Galaxy S4 and other pricey phones, according to the man behind Orange. With the Google Nexus 4 leading the charge for bargain blowers, it seems we’re going off the idea of spending four, five, six hundred quid on a high-end phone. “Customers are more focused on price,” the boss of Orange-owning …
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R you ready for a new BlackBerry? Rumours are pointing to a new smart phone with the latest BlackBerry 10 software and a good old-fashioned BlackBerry Qwerty keyboard, purported to be named the R10. If BlackBerry Empire is to be believed, the R10 is a lower-cost model than the first BlackBerry 10 phones, the Z10 and the Q10. The Z10, …
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The BlackBerry Q10 costs £580 and is on sale today. The first BlackBerry 10 phone with a Qwerty keyboard is available to order from most of the major networks via Carphone Warehouse, and could be in your hands by the end of the month. Meanwhile, Phones 4U is undercutting Carphone Warehouse by £30, selling the Q10 for £550 (see update …
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New phones for the win. The Samsung Galaxy Win, that is — a new quad-core smart phone rocking Android, a big screen and two SIM cards. Winning! Whether we’ll be winners is open to question: the Win hasn’t been officially announced by Samsung but has appeared on a Vietnamese retailer, listing a release date in May. Read on for the …
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