smartphone

Motorola Patent Hints At Foldable Phone Solution

No more creases! Patent deals with tricky problem with foldable phones, notably creases in the screen

6 years ago

LocationSmart Flaw Reveals Location Data Of US Mobile Users

Oops. Customers of all major US mobile carriers have their location data leaked without their consent

7 years ago

Privacy International Warns About Police Access To Smartphone Data

Police should obtain a warrant to download a person's data held on a mobile device, campaign group warns

7 years ago

Best Buy Pulls Plug On Huawei Smartphones – Report

National security move as largest US electronics chain in America is to cease stocking phones from China's Huawei

7 years ago

MWC 2018: Asus’ New ZenFone 5 Range Takes Notch Cue From The iPhone X

The ZenFone 5 line of smartphones sports an iPhone X-like design, while a leaked image of Huawei's P20 flagship also…

7 years ago

MWC 2018: Sony, Samsung Phones Zoom In On Video And Social

Sony's Xperia XZ2 introduces 4K HDR video recording and adds vibration to movies, while Samsung's S9 consolidates last year's successes

7 years ago

Smartphone Shipments Record First Ever Decline, Gartner Warns

Saturation point? Last quarter of 2017 saw first ever decline in smartphone shipments, but Samsung still leads

7 years ago

Unpatched Smartphones ‘At Risk’ From Broadpwn Bug

Android and iOS already issued patches for bug that could result in the spread of unstoppable malware

7 years ago

Worldwide Device Shipments To Decline In 2017, Gartner Warns

Tough market conditions for makers of PCs, tablets and smartphones in 2017, warns analyst house

7 years ago

John McAfee Unveils ‘World’s Most Private And Secure Smartphone’

The $1,100 (£853) device will become available later this year for privacy-conscious enterprises and consumers

8 years ago

Samsung Delays English-Speaking Bixby Personal Assistant On Galaxy S8

English-speaking Samsung Galaxy S8 users will have to make do with Google's voice assistant instead

8 years ago

Samsung Plans To Sell ‘Refurbished’ Galaxy Note 7 Smartphones

Samsung looks into possibility of relaunching Galaxy Note 7 after exploding battery scandal forced mass recall

8 years ago

Pixel XL Review: Living With Google’s Flagship Smartphone

REVIEW: After several months using the Pixel XL, Roland Moore-Colyer gives his verdict on the 100 percent Google phone

8 years ago

Battery Fault ‘Caused’ Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Explosions

Samsung has identified the cause of one of the biggest safety scandals in technology history

8 years ago

Nokia Makes Smartphone Comeback With The Nokia 6

The Finish company looks to make its return by providing Chinese consumers with a fully-featured smartphone

8 years ago

Nokia Smartphone Leak Prompts New Year Return Rumours

Smartphone shakeup? New sketches suggest new Nokia Android smartphones are set for early 2017 arrival

8 years ago

Police Ambush Criminal To Bypass iPhone Security

How to get around the problem of a locked smartphone? Just ambush the criminal when he is using it. Simples

8 years ago

Nokia Returns To Making Mobile Phones

Famous Finnish brand returns, but can it hope to compete against the Samsung and Apple powerhouses?

8 years ago

Tales In Tech History: Classic BT Red Telephone Box Celebrates 80th Birthday

The red K6 telephone box is forever a symbol of Britain and this week it celebrates its 80th birthday

8 years ago

Samsung Could Remotely Deactivate Unreturned Galaxy Note 7 Smartphones

Samsung is forcing French customers to abide by its recall instructions and return their Galaxy Note 7s if they don't…

8 years ago

Apple Belatedly Opens China R&D Centre

CEO Tim Cook visits China again and announces Chinese R&D centre to bolster stuttering performance

8 years ago

Superfast Broadband And 4G Adoption Rises As 15m Brits Take ‘Digital Detox’

Superfast broadband and 4G takeup grows, but millions undertake “digital detox” after spending a day a week online

8 years ago

Microsoft Mobile And Nokia Misery Continues With 2,850 More Job Cuts

Are you watching Stephen Elop? Brutal gutting of Redmond's phone business continues with fresh job losses

8 years ago

Mobile Security Update Probe Launched By US Authorities

Patchy mobile patching process? FCC and FTC begin smartphone security update investigation

9 years ago

Nokia: Smartphones Now Biggest Source Of Network Malware

Apple's security credentials also dented as iOS malware infections enter top twenty, Nokia report finds

9 years ago

World’s Cheapest Smartphone Launched, Costing Just £2.50

Cheaper than a pint of beer. Indian startup offers the world's most affordable Android smartphone at just £2.56

9 years ago

Surge In IoT Projects Helps ARM Shrug Off Smartphone Slowdown

Smartphone slowdown? ARM posts record profit and sales, but market frets over future and shares tumble

9 years ago

Microsoft Scraps Broken Windows 10 Mobile Release For Lumia

The Windows 10 Mobile update for Lumia received a torrent of complaints

9 years ago