GoTab GBT10 — 10″ dual-core Android 4.2 tablet for £120
To make up for the crushing disappointment that is thinking about people buying that ATTAB monstrosity, here’s something a little nicer. The 10″ GoTab GBT10 features a 1.2GHz dual-core processor and 1GB of RAM, which is what we’d suggest ought to be the minimum tech inside any Android device you might think about buying today. [...]
ATTAB 4.3″ Tablet – super-budget Android 4.0 tab for £49
While the phones are getting bigger the tablets are getting smaller, with the Currys/Dixons high street chain now selling the ATTAB 4.3” Tablet for £49. It’s a tiny tablet with a MASSIVE bezel, running Android 4.0 on a 1GHz single-core processor. Its display outputs at the rather low level of 480 x 272, plus there’s [...]
Vodafone Smart Mini — super low-spec £50 Android phone
Vodafone has rolled back the years when putting together its new Vodafone Smart Mini phone, somehow managing to find some 320 x 480 resolution displays to put inside its new 3.5″ Android model. The Smart Mini is powered by a single-core MT6575 chipset running at 1GHz, which works alongside 512MB of RAM and 4GB of [...]
Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom — 10x optical zoom and 16megapixel sensor
Another of Samsung’s massively leaked future models has been officially announced today, with Samsung UK confirming we’ll see the Galaxy S4 Zoom launch here some time during the summer. The phone’s all about the camera, featuring a 10x optical zoom and a super-chunky design that’s rather similar to last year’s Samsung Galaxy Camera model. The [...]
White Huawei Ascend P2 up for pre-order, from £25 a month
Phone specialist Phones 4U is now accepting your RABID pre-orders for the new Huawei Ascend P1, offering the quad-core Android model on a range of tariffs that start at £25. That’s not a particularly useful deal, though, as it comes with a Vodafone SIM that only includes 100MB of data and 100 calling minutes, so [...]
BBC Weather app hits Android
The BBC has launched a new Android app today, bringing us its classic weather forecast icon set along with a full mobile weather outlook. The app is simpler than many other rammed weather apps, offering a stylish prediction for the moment, which can be scrolled sideways for an hourly idea of future conditions. It also [...]
Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 – Android 4.2 on a 4″ display
Samsung has announced the sequel the WORLD has been waiting for – the Galaxy Ace 3. The latest in the line of all-conquering budget models features a 4″ 480×800 resolution display and will arrive running Android 4.2, with a 5megapixel camera around the back and VGA front-facing chat cam, loads of the software features Samsung [...]
Huawei Ascend Y300 appears on PAYG for £80
A new super-budget Huawei model has launched in the UK, with Carphone Warehouse now selling the Huawei Ascend Y300 on PAYG contracts for £69.95 plus a compulsory £10 calling credit purchase. Android 4.1 is the launch OS, with the Y300 containing a 5MP camera, 1730mAh battery and Huawei’s own Emotion UI tweaks. It’s not hugely [...]
Samsung Galaxy S4 Active – 5″ display and quad-core chipset
Samsung has just officially confirmed the existence of the very well telegraphed Samsung Galaxy S4 Active, announcing that its rugged take on the S4 will arrive with a massive 5″ 1080p resolution screen and powered by a quad-core chipset clocked at 1.9GHz. It’s not the usual compromise we tend to see in these rugged models. [...]
Huawei Ascend P2 now available – from £23 a month
UK network Three has started taking orders for the new Huawei Ascend P2 Android phone, with prices for the thing starting at £23 a month for a “free” Ascend P2 along with 500 calling minutes, 5,000 SMS messages and the network’s incredibly popular “all you can eat” unlimited mobile data bundle. The Ascend P2 itself [...]
Recent Reviews
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Vodafone Huawei Ascend G510 review
Huawei’s latest budget phone appeared out of nowhere a couple of weeks ago, announced as an exclusive by UK network Vodafone a day before going on sale — with a bargain price of £130 attached to the Ascend G510 should you buy it on a pay-as-you-go basis. It’s the natural replacement for the £100 Ascend [...]
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Kogan Agora 5.0″ Dual-core Smartphone review
We bought one of these using our actual money. We couldn’t quite believe that budget hardware maker Kogan was able to sell a 5″ Android phone for £119 plus delivery from Hong Kong so had to get one to have a look at the thing under our usual LABORATORY CONDITIONS. First impressions of the Kogan Agora [...]
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Panasonic Eluga review
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HTC One X review
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HTC One X review: Camera, photo and video samples
HTC’s new quad-core flagship phone doesn’t just feature Android 4.0, a 4.7″ display and Nvidia’s newest Tegra 3 chipset – there’s also an entirely new 8megapixel camera in the phone, powered by a system HTC is calling ImageSense. And this camera is one of the many highlights of the new Android phone, offering the perfect [...]
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Sony Xperia S review
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Sony Xperia S review: Camera, photo and video samples
We’ve spent most of the last week captivated by the staggeringly sharp screen of the new Sony Xperia S, while putting together what will hopefully be something resembling a review for you all to read very shortly. In the meantime, to be getting on with, here are a few sample photos and videos, taken using [...]
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