Mobile

Now that the reveals for the Moto G are out of the way, the rumour mill has turned its attention to Lenovo/Motorola's 2016 flagship device, previously presumed to carry the ‘Moto X' moniker. However, it turns out that this may not be the case and Lenovo might switch up the …

Apple isn't very good at keeping a lid on its future product plans these days but today's news doesn't really come from any ‘leak' or anonymous source. Instead, today's information has been deduced from Apple's public hiring tactics as it turns out that the company has recently brought on quite …

Motorola has been gearing up to announce a new smartphone this year but now it looks like it has been beaten to the punch by none other than the FCC. The Federal Communications Commission has just certified two upcoming Motorola smartphones for sale in the US, which are currently expected …

Samsung has been showing off its foldable display technology for the last couple of years at trade shows like CES but we may finally see it hit the consumer market next year as reports this week suggest that Samsung's first foldable display smartphone could arrive in 2017. Samsung's foldable smartphone …

Europe's antitrust commissioner, Margrethe Vestager, has rejected the bid by British mobile operators O2 and Three, to merge together into one giant entity. Citing “significant competition concerns,” with regards to the move, Vestager was also backed by British regulator OfCom, which agreed that it would be bad for consumers. Although …

In a legal ruling that seems bizarre considering how dominant Apple has been in court rooms over the past half decade, a Chinese judge has ruled that the iPhone brand isn't well known enough to stop someone else using it. The Xintong Tiandi company is now legally allowed to continue selling …

Apple has been blocked from importing or selling refurbished iPhones in India. The company had requested approval to sell some of its older, used devices at a cheaper price in India earlier this year but has been rejected for the second time. Apple tried to obtain approval last year but …

Quite a few smartphone makers are jumping over to USB Type-C, leaving Micro-USB behind and it looks like Samsung might be the latest to do so as rumours surrounding the Galaxy Note 6 have begun circulating, suggesting that Samsung will be adopting the new standard later this year. This is …

So you fancy an Asus Republic Of Gamers laptop but you don't much fancy spending £1,500 on your new purchase. We feel your pain, but honestly can't you trim your expectations? Surely you know an Asus ROG laptop is an expensive proposition? Well no, not necessarily. The new Asus ROG …

While HTC is mostly making headlines with its virtual reality headset these days, the company still has a strong presence in the Android smartphone market. We have been hearing murmurs that HTC is currently signed on to build multiple Nexus devices for Google, perhaps for several years, but this week, …

Recently there has been a definite trend to having bigger mobile devices. Smartphone flagships are well over 5 inches in size now, and tablets are getting bigger too – just take a look at the 13.3 inch iPad Pro. It is refreshing, then, to see ARCHOS buck the trend with …

Don't declare the iPhone dead and buried just yet, it's still selling tens of millions of phones every few weeks, but for the first time in the best part of a decade, Apple's iPhone is not as popular as it was the year before. In its second fiscal quarter, Apple …

EE was the first network in the UK to begin rolling out 4G connectivity to its customers and over the next few years, it hopes to ensure total coverage across the country. Over the next three and a half years, EE, the UK's largest network, will be expanding its 4G …

When Apple first announced the Apple Watch, the device could not run many of its own native apps. Instead, apps had to connect back to an iPhone through Bluetooth in order to borrow processing power. However, eventually Apple got WatchOS to a point where developers could run apps natively, without …

Have you always fancied yourself as a reviewer? Feel you have a hidden talent that you want the world to see? Nvidia are working with KitGuru to give away two of their Shield Android TV devices. Matthew reviewed this for us at the start of April and it earned our …

Apple has found itself unable to sell both ebooks and films over in China, after a government regulator took issue with the iBooks and iTunes movie stores. Right now, it is being reported that China's State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television is behind the block on two …

The Asus Republic Of Gamers GX700 is the world's first liquid cooled production laptop. We're only using the word ‘production' as you know there will be a modder out there saying ‘Nope, I liquid cooled mine years ago.' So, ROG GX700 is a gaming laptop with Skylake Core i7 CPU …

Earlier this week we got news that the European Commission was in the final stages of its Android antitrust investigation, taking on formal complaints from companies that feel that Google has abused its market position with the Android OS. The process went quicker than expected as the commission has notified …

Last year, Apple revealed its new Force Touch technology, which in its current form allows the company to build completely flat, stiff trackpads that don't actually press in for a click. Instead, a little engine under the trackpad uses vibrations to simulate the feeling of clicking a trackpad. However, this …

You can do a lot with smart devices these days and while it is always interesting to see Minecraft or Half-Life running on a smartwatch, it is obviously not particularly playable. However, you can play Counter-Strike 1.6 now on an Android smartphone, with all of the necessary controls and everything. …

The iPhone has been through plenty of iterations over the years, starting off as a plastic-cased device, then making the jump to glass with the iPhone 4 and then switching to an aluminium build with the iPhone 5S/iPhone 6. However, it looks like the company will be switching back in …

Last year, Apple began accepting trade-ins for broken iPhones as part of its new recycling program in an effort to go green and it turns out, that was a pretty smart decision as the company is saving a ton of money through it. Apple has announced that it recovered around 90 …

As the Android N developer preview continues, we have been learning more and more about what to expect from Google's latest operating system. Last year, Apple introduced ‘3D Touch' with the iPhone 6S, a way of using a pressure sensitive display for different touch screen commands and now it looks …

Updated: Following on from yesterday's leaks, HTC has officially announced the HTC 10, the company's 2016 flagship smartphone. It still looks a bit like a mashup between a Samsung Galaxy and an iPhone 6 but it does pack in some pretty powerful internals, a 5.2-inch QHD display and an all …

HTC is gearing up to launch its next flagship smartphone, the HTC 10, this week but as usual, all of the details have leaked beforehand. Not only do we know the specifications for the device, but a video showing off the handset in its entirety has hit the web today, …

Right after its launch, the Apple Watch went on to become one of the most popular wearable devices around right now but there is still room for improvement. According to reports this week, Apple might be preparing to début the Apple Watch 2 at the World Wide Developer Conference in …

When it comes to Android, Google has lost the reigns a bit over the years with many OEMs and networks tinkering with Google's software and slowing down the update process quite a bit. As a result of this, you have typically required a Google Nexus smartphone to ensure that you …

The move by mobile network Three, to try and buyout other major UK network, O2, looks to have hit a snag, as the British antitrust regulator has raised concerns about a recent European Commission investigation into the merger. It described the remedies to cited problems as “materially deficient,” and wants …

Over the last few weeks, Apple and the FBI have been butting heads over the unlocking of an iPhone 5c owned by a criminal. So far, Apple has refused to create a back door into its software for the authorities and while the FBI did eventually find another way into …

Over the years, Apple has added a lot to iOS and now we are at a point where there are quite a few pre-installed ‘stock' apps that come on every iPhone and iPad. However, Apple may soon allow iOS users to escape these apps entirely. This has been talked about …