Yet another company is offering a gold-colored smartphone, according to a sales listing on e-commerce site ePrice. The online-shopping site on Tuesday published images of a gold-colored LG G2. According to Android Headlines, which was first to discover the listing, ePrice is selling a 16GB model for approximately $500, while the 32GB version goes for …

Come with me if you want to live. The Sony Xperia T2 Ultra is a new Android phablet coming to the UK, along with the new mid-range Xperia E1 also announced today. The E1 is a mid-range 4-inch Android smartphone with a 233ppi screen, running a 1.2 GHz dual-core Qualcomm processor. It boasts 512MB of RAM and 4GB of storage …

The Samsung Galaxy S5 will come in metal and plastic, with the shinier version carrying a premium of around £120, according to a new leak. Quoting an anonymous company “insider”, Samsung fan blog SamMobile has confidently predicted a heap of specs and launch details for the Korean company’s 2014 flagship blower. A metal version, which may have its own new …

When looking at the plethora of wearable devices unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, other companies certainly followed that principle. A walk around the show floor saw startups such as Martian and Pebble and major players such as LG and Sony introduce new wearable gadgets. And in most cases, they offered either a single benefit, such as …

LONDON — Motorola is bringing its flagship Android phone to Europe. The Moto X will go on sale in the UK, France and Germany on February 1 for £380 or 399 euros, SIM-free, the company announced Tuesday. Previously available only in the US, Canada and Latin America, the Moto X follows the low-cost Moto G to Europe. It will be …

Come with me if you want to live… The Sony Xperia T2 Ultra is a new Android phablet coming to the UK, along with the new mid-range Xperia E1 also announced today. The E1 is a mid-range 4-inch Android smart phone with a 233ppi screen, running a 1.2 GHz dual-core Qualcomm processor. It boasts 512MB of RAM and 4GB of …

You’re probably going to break, lose or have your phone stolen — and you’ll still wind up paying for it while you’re stuck with an inferior phone. That’s the pessimistic message of new figures revealed today. A survey of 1,185 Britons on pay-monthly contracts by gadget insurance firm Protect Your Bubble found that the average phone goes south in 15 months …

Dolby Dynamic range: the spread between the darkest and the brightest a TV can be. In other words, contrast ratio. But having beaten that term into the ground with a decade of dubious marketing use, it was time for new terminology. Except, this isn’t just marketing fluff. High dynamic range, in its multiple forms, can be a significant and noticeable …

LG’s bendy new G Flex smart phone has gone on pre-order here in the UK — but you’ll have to bend over backwards to get one. Mobile retailer Expansys has put the curvaceous new blower up for sale for a staggering £690. It’s no less mind-bending on contract. Carphone Warehouse has it on deals from £52 per month, and that …

Sony’s rewarding early adopters of its new Xperia Z1 Compact phone with a free SmartWatch 2, its latest connected wristwatch. Preorder the Z1 Compact direct from the Japanese company’s website for £449 SIM-free and the techie timepiece is thrown in for nothing. The Z1 Compact is Sony’s most promising phone in some time, and one of the very few mobiles …

Nokia’s Lumia range of Windows Phones has seen a host of new additions over the past year, with different models now catering for a host of different needs — and, crucially, budgets. With so many options available though, it might be difficult to figure out exactly which of the colourful chaps is for you. To help you out, and to …

Gartner announced some numbers on Monday that sound like good news for consumers but bad news for app developers. According to predictions by the research firm, less than 0.01 percent of mobile apps will be considered financially successful by their developers in the next four to five years. Part of the problem is the plethora of apps on the market, …

With a 6.4-inch screen, the Sony Xperia Z Ultra very definitely falls into the ‘phablet’ category of Android devices. Well now a Wi-Fi-only model has popped up on benchmarking site AnTuTu. That would mean you would only be able to send emails and get online when you’re in the range of a Wi-Fi hotspot. So either at home, or in …

Buddhify 2 for iOS is an app that teaches mindfulness-based meditation through a series of guided lessons. Meditation? Please. I’m not a hippie or a Buddhist, or a Whole Foods customer. That was more or less my sentiment until a few weeks ago, when a friend recommended a book about mindfulness — a state of awareness best achieved through, you …

The iPhone and iPad are chart-toppers among criminals as well as consumers. The New York Police Department recorded more than 8,000 thefts of Apple’s mobile products last year, The Wall Street Journal said late Sunday. That number is more than 18 percent of all the grand larcenies reported to the department in 2013. In comparison, there were only 25 grand …