Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Hands on: LG Optimus F5 review

Hands on: LG Optimus F5 review While handsets like the Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One are pushing 4G into the hands of more and more people, there's a segment of the market that simply can't afford these premium 4G handsets. LG is doing its best to cater to this market, launching its Optimus F5 handset to provide the prepaid market an affordable 4G-enabled device....

EXCLUSIVE: Leaked photos show the Nokia EOS from every angle

The Nokia EOS is certainly one of the most hotly anticipated smartphones right now, but so far the Finns have managed to keep a tight lid on it. All we've seen so far are a few photos of the smartphone's panels that don't really give a great idea of its design and dimension. Well the guessing may stop now, thanks to a bunch of live photos, sent to us by one of our readers....

Ofcom wants answers from Three following 3G network crash

Network woes left Three customers without data on Tuesday UK mobile operating Three UK faces questions from communications regulator Ofcom, following a data services outage that left many customers without 3G internet access for long periods on Tuesday. The network has issued an apology for the outage, but in a statement to Sky News, Ofcom said it will seek...

Is this the first glimpse of the fabled Nokia EOS?

Nokia EOS - it's got bits, it's got pieces (credit: WPDang) We've caught our first glimpse of what we think is the Nokia EOS, a photography-heavy handset coming from the Finns at some point this year. The photos, snapped by an anonymous source who sent them to Chinese site WPDang, show the chassis of what is supposedly the EOS alongside a Lumia 920 for...

iPhone 6 release date, news and rumours

Apple made the screen bigger last time. Is an even bigger iPhone on the way? When Apple unveiled the iPhone 5, the reaction was a bit muted: where previous phones were massive leaps forward, the iPhone 5 was a bit longer and a lot easier to scratch. So what can we expect from the next iPhone, the iPhone 6 or 5S? Let's see what we can glean from the varying...

Nokia EOS photos leak, uses Lumia 920 polycarbonate body

The first live photos of the hotly anticipated Nokia EOS have surfaced. Obtained by WPDang the photos reveal Nokia's first Windows Phone 8 proper cameraphone in detail, although it misses the 41MP camera at the back. As you can see, the body of the Nokia EOS looks to be made from the same polycarbonate plastic used in the Nokia Lumia 920. According to the source,...

Images of Meizu M035 surface ahead of its announcement

Images of an upcoming smartphone from Meizu, codenamed as Charm Blue, have surfaced online. The smartphone has a model number Meizu M035, but it's yet to get a proper announcement. Leaked images of Meizu M035 The Meizu M035 smartphone will sport a 4-inch display with a resolution of 640 x 960 pixels. The M035 features a 1.5 GHz Exynos 4212 dual-core processor along...

Huawei Ascend Y300 descends on UK with super low price tag

What's 60 quid among friends? The Huawei Ascend Y300 will go on sale in the UK from tomorrow, June 6, and it will carry a price tag which will please even the most frugal among us. We first saw the Ascend Y300 back in February at MWC 2013 where we got our hands on it and were impressed with its feature list and generally solid build quality. Considering...

HTC One mini hands on photos leak, compare it to the One

The early HTC One mini rumors were mostly hearsay, but now we have something more solid. Estonian site Forte got hold of the actual device and took a few photos of it and its big namesake. The HTC One mini shares many of the great features of the big HTC One – an attractive aluminum body, 4MP UltraPixel camera, stereo speakers on the front and Beats audio. The screen...

Huawei Ascend P6 appears in live photos, benchmark database

The official photo of the Huawei Ascend P6 leaked earlier and now the live photos of the upcoming flagship smartphone have appeared along with its benchmark results. Live images of Huawei Ascend P6 The images of the Huawei Ascend P6, which will be one of the slimmest smartphones in the market, show the presence of volume rockers, power button and the two SIM...

HTC One mini could arrive at the same time as Galaxy S4 Mini

Honey, I shrunk the smartphone! The HTC One mini, a rumoured cut-down version of the flagship HTC One, could arrive this summer pretty much at the same time as its Samsung rival. According to hit-and-miss Taiwanese site Digitimes and its dubious "industry sources" the HTC One mini is set to roll off the production line in July, but may be announced sometime...

Samsung officially announces the IP67 Galaxy S4 Active

After numerous leaks, the Samsung Galaxy S4 Active has finally been officially announced by Samsung. The most notable feature of the new smartphone is the addition of IP67 certification for dust and water protection, thanks to the newly-designed body. The Samsung Galaxy S4 Active is able to capture underwater pictures with its 8MP camera, and there's even a special "Aqua...