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O2 grab UK exclusive as OnePlus 5 goes on sale 1

By 2025 we’ll be using 98GB data every month

On: Friday, 2 February, 2018
According to research from Giffgaff our rate of data usage in 2025 will be a staggering 98.34GB per month thanks to the introduction of 5G in 2020 and our insatiable desire for using our smartphones for everything. At present Ofcom says the...
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PayByPhone parking app added to Apple Pay

PayByPhone parking app added to Apple Pay

On: Wednesday, 31 January, 2018
Mobile parking app PayByPhone has announced the expansion of Apple Pay to the UK. Drivers in 18 cities and towns across the UK will automatically default to paying by Apple Pay if their iPhone or iPad is already set up to use the service. ...
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iPhone X delay: Apple tells suppliers to slow deliveries 1

iPhone X price set to drop, experts wager

On: Tuesday, 30 January, 2018
Market analyst experts Kantar Worldpanel are predicting an upcoming drop in the iPhone X price. This follows the news of Apple smartphones losing market share in both Europe and the USA. In a three month period from September 2017 to Novem...
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Sky Mobile crack £5/month 500MB data deal

Sky Mobile adds 131,000 SIM Only customers

On: Monday, 29 January, 2018
In their half-yearly review Sky report a strong success for their MVNO brand, Sky Mobile, which launched in late 2016. Sky Mobile has added 131,000 customers to take its total base to 335,000 in its first year of business. The mobile arm ...
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O2 Smart Home closing in major IoT fail

O2 Smart Home closing in major IoT fail

On: Tuesday, 23 January, 2018
The O2 Smart Home service is to close after the company admitted it saw a disappointingly low take-up from customers. The UK mobile operator launched the project in September 2016 in a bid to grab the smart home market by the scruff of the...
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Google buys out UK smartphone startup Redux

Google buys out UK smartphone startup Redux

On: Monday, 22 January, 2018
Google has quietly acquired UK startup Redux in a bid to extend the technology in its Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL smartphones. Cambridge-based Redux manufacture and build technology that uses haptic feedback vibrations to turn phone and tablet ...
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Tesco Mobile Ofcom

Tesco Mobile rated UK’s best by Ofcom

On: Friday, 19 January, 2018
Tesco Mobile has again been praised as the most customer-friendly mobile network in the UK. Complaints data released by Ofcom today puts Tesco Mobile firmly at the top of the rankings. The number of people complaining about Tesco Mobile se...
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