There’s a common assumption among consumers that 5G will be a complementary service to gigabit-speed home broadband services.
But what if it could be a replacement?
After all, the fifth generation of mobile cellular connectivity is also c...
As the UK’s lockdown drags interminably on, with only modest relaxations to an unprecedented economic shutdown, it’s easy to focus on the here and now.
Yet the long-term ramifications of lockdown could last for years, or even decades.
M...
There was a time when websites attempted to distinguish themselves with landing pages.
The online equivalent of a book’s dust jacket, landing pages added nothing to the content within, but they were intended to look pretty.
This was an ag...
With the news headlines dominated by the economic damage the ongoing lockdown is causing, another significant financial story may have passed you by.
In normal times, Virgin Media and O2’s proposed £31 billion merger into one of Europe...
The fear of being without a mobile phone is so widespread that the term ‘nomophobia’ has been developed to describe it.
And while this condition has many underlying traits, from narcissism to boredom, symptoms include stress, anxiety, ...
Criminals have always sought the path of least resistance, and pursued readily available targets.
The Ford Fiesta is Britain’s most stolen car because it’s also Britain’s best-selling car, rather than because it’s the best or most d...
Our habits of conspicuous consumption have been thrown into sharp relief by the Coronavirus pandemic.
Suddenly, having the latest iPhone doesn’t really matter all that much, because you can’t show it off to anyone.
Indeed, while sitting...
One of the accusations often levelled against smartphone manufacturers is that available device storage is never enough.
A 32GB or 64GB handset might sound large, when you consider 1990s floppy discs held just 1.44MB of data.
Yet in today...
If you work in an office and live in a house with Axminster carpets, you might be tempted not to diminish your smartphone’s tactile appeal by wrapping it in a protective case.
However, some people lead more active and eventful lives than ...
Although phone calls are increasingly being supplanted by emails and social media messages, the ability to make a call remains a smartphone’s primary function.
As such, it represents a key part of any new contract.
At SimOnlyDeals, we lis...