Smartphones

MediaTek Targets The Next Billion Smartphone Users

Powerful new smartphone processor is just the tip of the iceberg for Taiwanese manufacturer

10 years ago

£10,700 Vertu For Bentley Targets Fans Of Luxury Smartphones And Fast Cars

Vertu for Bentley boasts leather, titanium and sapphire crystal exterior along with exclusive services

10 years ago

Tesco Tries Out Mobile Payment Shopping

Trial of PowaTag app available this week at Tesco's Dean Street Soho store

10 years ago

Google Unwraps Android 5.0 ‘Lollipop’

Newest version of Android could arrive as early as this month and will ship with the Nexus 6 and Nexus…

10 years ago

Qualcomm Offers Up $2.5bn For UK Chipmaker CSR

American giant is the biggest smartphone processor manufacturer in the world

10 years ago

The World Could Be About To Hit Peak iPad, Gartner Predicts

Sales slump will see tablets making up less than ten percent of all devices sold this year

10 years ago

Forgetting Passwords Is Now The Most Annoying Habit For Brits

More than one in three of us have admit to being locked out of accounts due to not remembering the…

10 years ago

Police Admit Seized Mobile Phones Are Being Remotely Wiped

A report suggest smartphones and tablets taken in as evidence are being remotely wiped

10 years ago

Google’s Nexus 6 ‘To Be Released This Month’

Latest version of Google’s smartphone will be made by Motorola

10 years ago

Review: BlackBerry Passport Designed With Busy Business Users In Mind

New BlackBerry Passport smartphone features both physical keys and a touchscreen, along with a square screen designed to appeal to…

10 years ago

iOS 8 Bugs Put Off Users As Adoption Slows

iOS 8 and iOS 7 are now neck and neck in terms of adoption says Apple

10 years ago

Samsung Sees 60 Percent Quarterly Profit Drop

The South Korean giant is seeing sales of its Galaxy smartphones slow, amid pressure from Apple and Chinese manufacturers

10 years ago

Samsung To Build £966m Semiconductor Plant

Samsung hopes to take advantage of growing mobile market with chip business, even if smartphone profits fall

10 years ago

HTC Records Further Profits As Recovery Continues

However increased competition means that device sales are still down

10 years ago

FBI Shuts Down “Stalking” App

StealthGenie allowed users to monitor calls and texts and eavesdrop using device microphone

10 years ago

BlackBerry Passport Sells Out

Over 200,000 pre-orders have been placed for BlackBerry’s new square phone

10 years ago

Apple Labels Bent iPhone 6 Plus Issue As ‘Extremely Rare’

Apple breaks its silence on reports that the new iPhone 6 Plus bends if carried in a trouser pocket

10 years ago

Apple Tells iPhone 6 Users To Downgrade To iOS 8 After Bungled Update

iPhone 6 and 6 Plus users say they lost signal and Touch ID functionality after installing iOS 8.0.1

10 years ago

BlackBerry Reveals All-New, All-Square Passport Smartphone

Physical keyboards make a comeback alongside voice recognition and BB 10.3 OS

10 years ago

How The iPhone 6 Can Be Hacked With A Fake Fingerprint

The iPhone's in-built security has not evolved enough over the last year, according to one security expert.

10 years ago

Apple Shifts 10m iPhone 6 And iPhone 6 Plus Devices In Three Days

Apple hails record-breaking first weekend ahead of wider iPhone 6 launch this Friday

10 years ago

iPhone 6 And Apple Watch Will Popularise New Tech In A Way Android Can’t

Smartwatches, NFC and 802.11ac Wi-Fi have long been available on the Android platform, but it's Apple that will make them…

10 years ago

Apple Pulls Health App From iOS 8 Due To HealthKit Bug

Apple admits to iOS 8 issue but says a fix might not be released until the end of the month

10 years ago

Apple Releases iOS 8 For iPhone And iPad

IOS 8 will be rolled out to iPhone 4S or later, iPad 2 or later and iPad Mini later today

10 years ago

Apple Releases U2 Removal Tool

Apple gives angry iPhone and iPad users the chance to get rid of Bono and The Edge from their devices

10 years ago

Apple Claims Record 4m iPhone 6 Pre-Orders

Apple says it has received four million orders for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 plus ahead of Friday's launch

10 years ago

Google Launches First Android One Smartphones In India

Android One programme aims to create cheap but high quality smartphones as Google and partners target emerging markets

10 years ago

BlackBerry To Offer Dual-Billing After Movirtu Acquisition

BlackBerry Enterprise Service (BES) users will be able to fairly and accurately split the bill between corporate and personal use

10 years ago

Quiz Of The Week: iPhone 6 And Apple Watch

Apple made a splash with several announcements this week, but what do you know about its new products and services?

10 years ago

GSMA: Two In Three Mobile Devices Will Be Smartphones By 2020

GSMA predicts low cost smartphones and increased availability of LTE will fuel smartphone demand

10 years ago