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ZTE Blade Q Mini is a £60 Jelly Bean bargain on Virgin

Sub-£100 Android phones have generally been ropy old tat, and poor value for money, but Chinese companies such as ZTE are making low-cost phones more worthwhile. Its latest effort, the Blade Q Mini, looks perfectly respectable. It’s only available on Virgin Media as a pay as you go phone, from Argos today and later from Sainsburys, for just £60. What …

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How the iPhone 5S replaced my Fitbit

I haven’t charged my Fitbit Ultra in over three weeks. And I doubt I ever will again. Ever since I bought an iPhone 5S, I’ve kept an eye on how the embedded M7 motion coprocessor chip, which can track and store motion information, would be used. It wasn’t clear when the iPhone 5S was launched exactly how the M7’s data …

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