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Android

Google Pixel 8 vs. 8a

The Google Pixel 8 and Pixel 8a are powerful phones, both with distinctive advantages depending on your needs. We’re here to take you through the core differences between each handset, so you can decide which model is right for you. Specs Pixel 8 • Weight: 187g • Dimensions: 150.5 x

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Black Friday 2024 - Everything You Need To Know

Black Friday 2024 is one of the most anticipated shopping events of the year, not only for keen Christmas shoppers but for tech enthusiasts too. You'll find the very best deals over what's now transformed into a four-day event, on everything from flagship smartphones and eye-popping

Lifestyle

Phones Of The Future: According To AI

With new legislation upcoming, smartphone manufacturers will soon be required to make handsets more long-lasting, as well as easier to repair, upgrade and recycle . These regulations include battery guidelines to ensure they’re more easily replaceable, which will make it easier for phone users to repair their own devices. There

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Best Retro Phones From the Noughties

With so much ground-breaking smartphone tech arriving on the scene every year, it’s easy to forget how far the industry has come in the last few decades. From multi-lens camera setups to 5G connectivity and AI-powered apps, there’s no end to the capabilities of modern smartphones, but the

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The Benefits of Cashback

Choose a handset or SIM-only contract which comes with cashback, and you'll enjoy having extra money in your wallet. The benefits are obvious, right? Well there's more to our cashback deals than meets the eye, so let's take a look at all the ways

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The Most Legendary Mobile Phones of the 21st Century Revealed

Want to know what the most successful mobile phones of all time are? Read on...

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Smartphone Storage Tips

Smartphones are great for recording those moments that we want to last a lifetime, from taking a video of a child’s first steps, to capturing photographs of your favourite musician in concert. Whilst most phone’s built-in storage has the ability to store hundreds of photos, videos, files and

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How to Design the Perfect Homescreen For You

Whether it’s alphabetising our apps, or leaving notifications to run riot, we all have our distinct ways of managing our phone’s home screen. But with 2020’s iOS updates introducing the iPhone Widgets, personalising our home screens has been taken to a whole new level. Our tech experts,

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Everything you need to know about Niantic

Based in San Francisco, Niantic is the world's leading AR technology company. Known for specialising in augmented reality mobile games, you've probably already played - or at least heard of - the company's biggest success to date: Pokémon Go. Discover everything you need to

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Upcoming games to get excited about in 2021

From Animal Crossing: New Horizons to the long-awaited Cyberpunk 2077, there's no denying 2020 was a huge year for gaming across all platforms. In fact, the gaming industry can't stop growing, and is estimated to be worth an amazing $159.3 billion (£119.2 billion) for

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Getting the Most Out of Your Phone this Christmas

From perfectly curated Christmas playlists to holiday-themed Instagram filters, there's so much to discover on your device during December. Get into the festive spirit with your smartphone with our top picks below. Taking the perfect Christmas photo With such great specs on the latest smartphones, you won'

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What are the best accessories to gift an iPhone user this Christmas?

Whether you're gifting an iPhone to someone this Christmas, or you have a long-standing Apple lover in the family, iPhone accessories make perfect stocking fillers. From super tough screen protectors to handy power banks, you can find our top picks below. Essential Bundle for iPhone Our exclusive Essential

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What are the best accessories to gift an Android user this Christmas?

Smartphone accessories make brilliant Christmas gifts, especially if someone you know is expecting a new handset from Santa this year. Whether it's low-budget stocking fillers you're looking for, or you're shopping for something special like wireless headphones, we have plenty of recommendations for Android

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What to ask Siri and Google Assistant this Christmas

Whether you've forgotten the recipe for cranberry sauce, or you need to set a reminder to purchase a particular Christmas present, smart assistants can be extremely useful - especially over the festive period. But on top of making holiday tasks easier, the likes of Siri and Google Assistant

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Patent Pending - What Your Smartphone Could Have Looked Like...

Tech leaders are constantly innovating and designing new concepts, many of which become ground-breaking technological advances in their sectors. The mobile industry is no different. With each manufacturer racing to design the next big thing in mobile technology, manufacturers are submitting thousands of patents every year. To explore further, we

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Best Apps to Download this Christmas

Starting to feel festive? With the 25th December quickly approaching, there's no better time to kit out your smartphone with the best Christmas-themed apps. Whether you need help organising Secret Santa or you're looking for something to entertain the younger members of your family, you'

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Top Handsets to Watch Out For on Black Friday 2020

If you’ve been waiting patiently all year – get ready, the biggest discount day of the year is almost here. Landing on Friday 27th November 2020, you can be sure that Black Friday is the perfect opportunity to find great deals on a new mobile. With many anticipated releases debuting

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Must-follow Smartphone Photographers

From the iPhone 11 Pro to the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra and Huawei P40 Pro, incredible cameras are becoming easier to find on smartphones. Many of the latest flagships now come with multi-lens camera systems, as well as outstanding video capabilities and plenty of specialised photography modes, plus editing tech

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Best Recent Smartphone Tech Created By Women

The number of technology services and applications created by women is continually on the rise, with data from non-profit organisation AllRaise and data experts PitchBook revealing that 2019 saw more investments (around 4,399) in female-founded start-ups than ever before [1]. To celebrate, we're going to take a

News and Reviews

The Best Apps of 2019

It's been another big year for app developers, and 2019 has seen some brilliant new additions to both the Google Play Store and the App Store. There's been some impressive new updates to older favourites too, and our list of top 2019 apps features the very

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Everything But The Kitchen Sink

The first ever smartphone to enter the mobile scene was the Simon Personal Communicator released by IBM back in 1994. As well as calls, it was able to send and receive emails, faxes and pages, and also featured an address book, calendar, calculator, clock and notepad. At the time of

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Best Christmas Films To Stream This December

Everyone loves watching a Christmas classic over the festive period, and thanks to the wide range of video streaming services now available, there are plenty of titles at your fingertips. Below, you'll find some of the very best Christmas movies to stream this December. Netflix, Amazon Prime and

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Things To Ask Your Smart Assistant This Christmas

Smart assistants help to make those day-to-day tasks easy, but alongside being a useful tool in the home, they're also great fun. Keep yourself and the loved ones around you entertained this festive season by asking Alexa, Siri and Google Assistant some of these Christmas-themed questions. Christmas cooking

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Will 5G Transform Home Broadband?

5G is the next generation of mobile network [https://www.mobiles.co.uk/blog/a-brief-history-of-5g/], offering a host of capabilities across the mobile [https://www.mobiles.co.uk/blog/what-does-5g-ready-mean/], tech and smart home sectors. 5G has the potential to transform the way we use the internet in our homes

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Best Streaming Services You May Not Have Heard Of

Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and NOW TV [https://www.mobiles.co.uk/blog/tv-streaming-services-head-to-head/] are some of the biggest names in the TV streaming industry, but did you know there are loads of other up-and-coming services out there too? Discover some of the best TV streaming services you've