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Microsoft and Nokia’s current smartphone business is so interdependent that many in the phone industry have joked that Microsoft should just buy Nokia. Apparently that had occurred to Microsoft too, and negotiations had not only begun, but had reached an advanced stage, before collapsing – according to the …

If you’ve seen our hands-on article and have fallen in love with the Huawei Ascend P6 then you won’t have long to wait. It’s arriving in maybe later this month or early July and Expansys will have official SIM-free stock available for £369.99 (inc delivery). Early impressions are …

Well the time is finally here. I’ve got chance to review the brand new Lumia 925. I have been waiting for this phone for a while and I’m very happy to bring you this review. I have already given the hardware a thorough going over in my unboxing and …

The Sony Xperia ZU or Z Ultra is Sony’s answer to the success of the Samsung Note range. It has been floating around the rumour sphere for some time but some screenshots have just leaked and the screenshots appear to confirm some of the expected specifications as well. …

T-Mobile UK have had a Windows Phone app for a while now, I gave up using it a long time ago. It was too buggy and packed features. Well today might be the time to just reinstall it. As they’ve pushed out an update to fix various bugs. …

In the biggest clue yet that the next PureView flagship from Nokia was just weeks away, Nokia Conversations have posted that there are 41 million reasons to zoom to their site on 11th July which just so happens to be the same date an event is going on …

How would you feel if you were classed as legally blind by the age of 17? That’s what happened to Simon Wheatcroft. He’s decided to talk to the people at Carphone Warehouse about his condition and how he's overcoming his diagnosis of Retinis Pigmentosa, a degenerative eye condition which, …

At the minute I’m spending a lot of time on my phone. This means that every time I visit a website I’m getting a completely broken experience. Some websites show me the default desktop version, some show me a mobile variant. That’s fine, I can cope with that, …

You’ve seen our hands-on pictures and videos, you’ve checked the specs and now you have “like a G6” going around your head even though it’s a P6. Either way, if you’d like a P6, Carphone Warehouse will be making them available on pre-order for just £21 per month. …

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of using the HTC One and when my time with it was up I just knew what phone I had to get next. It just had to be the Samsung Galaxy S4. I had heard a lot of fuss online about …

This is the second article in the series of Coolsmartphone’s favourite apps for Windows Phone. I switched to Windows Phone 8 (an HTC 8X) from Android in December, and at the time I wasn’t sure I would last, but I have to say I now love Windows Phone and have completely …

If you’re a regular reader of Coolsmartphone you’ll have heard of the OPPO Find 5, if not then I suggest you: a) check it out and b) become a regular reader! The newly released handset is blessed with what is arguably the best 5-inch, full HD screen on …

Talk.to is a free Windows Phone IM client for Google Talk, Facebook Messages and SMS in US, Canada & India, as well as being its own messenger platform between Talk.to clients. The Windows Phone version has just been updated to become the first free IM client that does …

Beauty is worth waiting for, according to Huawei who announced their new Ascend P6 Android phone yesterday in London. I was there to represent Coolsmartphone, which meant that I got to have a play! Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, is a more common term.  I …

Well if you have (I did, but I’ve gone and spent it) you can buy a gold plated iPhone 5. Luxury gold plating company Goldgenie has launched an exquisite new limited edition range, featuring a £64,000 iPhone 5 which is embellished with solid 18.ct gold and encrusted with …

HTC have revealed The Butterfly s with a 1.9GHz Snapdragon 600 processor, UltraPixel camera sensor, at its Taiwan launch event. It’ll arrive boasting an identical-sounding 5-inch 1080p display, front-facing BoomSound stereo speakers and Sense 5. There aren’t any official images yet, these were leaked last week. The specs …

Emotion UI is the skin that Huawei apply over Android. Love it or hate it Android skins are here to stay. Especially as Huawei said yesterday that there wouldn’t be a Google Edition of the P6 as Emotion UI was good enough. Huawei have posted the following video …

As is customary these days, manufacturers film their press events and either live stream them or publish a highlight video afterwards. Yesterday after Huawei unveiled the Ascend P6. The details about the Ascend P6 are here. Our hands on article is coming soon, once Ronnie has woke up. …

I’m out in America at the moment. I’ll admit that I’m very lucky, and have had the opportunity to visit a good many times now. I usually plan things out and ensure that my phone, which is unlocked, has a US SIM card so that I can make …