It’s estimated that over 50 million adults in the UK own at least one smartphone, making this the country’s most-owned possession, and one which easily outnumbers people.
Yet despite this market saturation, there are only four mobile ph...
A recent (and fairly unexpected) casualty of the escalating trade war between America and China has been Chinese smartphones.
Due to restrictions imposed by President Trump, these currently can’t be sold in Western countries with Google a...
The progress of the traditional slate-form smartphone has slowed recently, with global sales falling and genuine innovation seemingly in short supply.
Fed up with paying premium prices for marginal gains, smartphone owners are hanging onto ...
The advent of smartphone cameras has turned most of us into amateur photographers.
From grabbing impromptu family snaps and holiday photos through to taking pictures for work-related purposes, our phone cameras are constantly being called u...
When did you last use a desktop computer that didn’t have protection from malware?
Hopefully, the answer is never. Because everybody knows antivirus and malware protection software is vitally important on desktops.
Yet when was the last ...
We live in an age of encrypted communications, from the ubiquitous WhatsApp messaging platform to social media sites like Snapchat.
Yet at the same time, more than 95 per cent of us still send text messages.
Most of these are dispatched th...
The 5G revolution may have arrived, but it’s safe to say consumers have been fairly underwhelmed so far.
The launch of 4G in 2012 garnered press coverage which hasn’t been matched this time around, while handset sales don’t appear to ...
If you live in a large town or a city, you probably aren’t familiar with the concept of notspots.
Ubiquitous urban mobile phone masts mean areas of weak or non-existent phone coverage simply don’t exist outside solid structures like pub...
It’s often said that travel broadens the mind, and that’s especially true of smartphone networks.
If you’ve never ventured beyond these shores, you might assume Three and EE are household names around the world.
Of course, you’d be ...
The benefits of wire-free headsets have been recognised ever since NASA pioneered wireless technology for their astronauts in the early 1960s.
Four decades later, the development of Bluetooth saw Noughties trend-setters sporting a wireless ...
