Samsung Galaxy S5 Goes Official

Another press event goes a bit awry as we all receive full details of the handset which is yet to be announced on stage. The event hasn’t even started and, as I speak, there’s music still playing, However, we now have official confirmation of the Samsung Galaxy S5. …

Samsung Galaxy S5 Leaked

Well, that’s blown the surprise somewhat hasn’t it? Here’s the Galaxy S5 that’s about to be launched. Yes it’s plastic again, but here you’re getting a fingerprint reader on the home button and a patterned rear end. That fingerprint reader needs a swipe to work. The Samsung Galaxy …

Samsung Galaxy Unpacked – Live

You know what’s coming. So do we. Tonight is the main event.  Samsung are here in Barcelona and have something to show us. Join in the fun from 6PM UK / 7PM Barcelona for all the latest. The event starts at 7PM UK / 8PM CET. Follow us …

HTC announce Desire 816

HTC  just announced the Desire 816. It’s a mid range phone but still packs great connectivity and features into a lower price range. Specs include a front facing 5 megapixel camera and a 13 megapixel main camera with Zoe software, so you get great photos on the move. There …

Jolla Phone – Hands on

Well, this thing is fast, make no mistake. The lovely lady showing us around the handset didn’t have specs at the time, but you could tell from the speed of the thing that it was very slick indeed. We found out later that the handset actually runs a …

Nokia XL Hands on

What side of the fence do you sit on? Do you think the Microsoft-owned Nokia are mad to produce an Android handset? Or is it a clever move. I was in the first category, but I’m starting to slide onto the other side of the fence after seeing …

LG G2 Mini – Hands on

LG announced the smaller version of the G2 called, strangely enough, the G2 Mini and we have had hands on here in Barcelona. Specs include a 4.7 inch qHD display, 8 megapixel main camera and a front facing 2 megapixel selfie-snapper. Powered by a 1.2Ghz Quad Core processor …

LG G Flex – Hands on

Whilst the G Flex is not a phone announced today, we have only just started to see it roll out in the UK and have not had hands on with it until just now. The G Flex offers a rather unique flexible screen that you really need to …

Xperia Z2 Tablet – Hands on

I thought the Z1 tablet was thin and light, but this cranks it up a notch. It’s really lightweight – almost fly-away – and keeps the familiar Sony styling. It’s still waterproof and still has a lot of the characteristics of the original Z1 Tablet, but now there’s …

Carphone Warehouse and Currys/PC World in merger talks

Dixons Retail Group has revealed that it’s entered into preliminary talks with Carphone Warehouse about a potential merger. The group currently owns PC World and Currys that sell a range of tablets amongst their wide range of household electronics goods, but only scratches the surface with a small …

Sony Xperia Z2 – Hands on

Last year I’ll confess that my favourite phone was the Xperia Z1. Now it’s back, and this time the camera is better, it’s slimmer and it’ll let you record 4K (3840×2160) video while you’re under water, if that’s your thing. It’s still got the style and IP58 waterproofing …

Lenovo launch new S-Series smartphones

Just minutes ago Lenovo announced even more kit here at Mobile World Congress. Three news smartphones have arrived – the Lenovo S860, S850 and S660. The S860, below, has a quad-core CPU and 5.3″ screen with “ultra-long” battery life. It’s powered by a MediaTek 1.3GHz CPU and runs …

Lenovo announce the Yoga Tablet 10 HD+

We reviewed the Yoga Tablet 8 just days ago and now here in Barcelona Lenovo have just lauched this, the Yoga Tablet 10+. Available in April it’s got a rather swish design and there’s 18 hours of battery life. That 10.1″ screen is full HD – 1920×1200, and …

Nokia X Series – Hands on

Dan has already brought you lots of information into the Nokia foray into Android here but I’ve just been running around their stand to get some early hands-on video and photos for you. What we have here is three new Android phones from Nokia. They’re colourful, a little chunky …

Three to stock Sony Xperia Z2

Brendan from Three has recorded a ‘Sneak peak’ video of the new Sony Xperia Z2 smartphone that was just announced showing off it’s key features.

EE to stock Sony Xperia Z2 and M2

Sony just announced the Xperia Z2 and M2 here in Barcelona and EE just emailed us to confirm they will stock both devices here in the UK The Z2 brings a 5.2 inch 1080p display, a 20.7 megapixel camera, 4K video recording and a large 3200mAh battery whilst …

Nokia announce X and XL Phones at MWC

For a long time now Android users have wanted a great OS experience of Android with Nokia hardware and it looked like this was never going to happen Until now….. Nokia have just announced the Nokia X at Mobile World Congress in a range of colours so you can …

MWC Day 0 highlights

Alcaltel announce 4 new phones New 300Mbps LTE Mifi from Huawei Hands On with the Huawei MediaPad X1 Hands On with the Huawei Ascend G6 Huawei announce MediaPad X1 Huawei Event – LiveBlog Hands on with Acer Liquid Z4 Hands on with Acer Liquid E3 Samsung Gear 2 …

Alcatel announce 4 new phones

Alcatel announced 2 new phones today each with 2 versions so you have a 4G and a 3G option available of both the Idol 2 and Idol 2 Mini First of all is the larger Idol 2 device which the 3G version includes a 5 inch qHD display, …

300Mbps possible with Huawei E5786

Huawei have been busy recently and something they are well know for apart from smartphones is great networking solutions with mobile broadband products. Today they announced a new MiFi router that is the fastest in the world supporting Cat6 LTE, thats a peak of 300Mbps! At the moment …