Someone taking a photo with an iPhone 6

The craziest iPhone 8 rumours so far

The new iPhone is quite a way off but the rumours are already flying. Some of them are pretty plausible; a faster chip, better battery life, new colours. Others are so far out of the box that they don't even know the box exists. Here are some of the craziest …

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23/01/2017
Chris Smith
iphone

5 surprising early versions of your favourite tech

Rome wasn't built in a day, and neither were your tech products. The chances are it went through loads of iterations before emerging as the sleek device you love today, and some of these iteratations are…well, pretty shocking, to be honest. Here are some surprising early versions of beloved gadgets. …

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17/01/2017
Chris Smith

5 alternatives to the Samsung Galaxy Note 7

Samsung have announced they're ceasing production of their flagship Note 7 phone after a series of incidents where the device overheated and even caught fire. The move follows a recall in September after reports of devices emitting smoke. Samsung issued replacements to affected customers, although the replacement devices appear to suffer from …

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11/10/2016
Chris Smith
Google Pixel

Google Pixel: is it the best Android phone to date?

The most surprising thing about the Pixel, the first smartphone designed entirely by Google, is that it didn't launch sooner. Having developed the world's most popular mobile operating system, the Mountain View giants are the obvious candidates to get the most out of it. Still, better late than never. The …

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06/10/2016
Chris Smith
blackberry

Bye Bye Blackberry: The 5 best things BlackBerry phones gave the world

BlackBerry is dead. Well, not really. But kind of. Recently, they announced they're not making handsets anymore. That means no more Bold, Curve or any of the slightly weirder phones they made in recent years. They'll still make software and, apparently, they're going to lease out their software and brand …

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04/10/2016
Chris Smith
Someone taking a photo with an iPhone 6

5 ways smartphones have made life a million times better

There's a lot of talk online about how bad smartphones are. According to various news outlets, they've turned us into screen-addicted anti-social zombies with shorter attention spans than goldfish and a deep-seated fear of missing out on even the most trivial of events. We've even written about smartphone addiction ourselves. …

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03/10/2016
Chris Smith
iPhone 6

The Sun finds musicMagpie pays more for iPhones!

According to research by top national newspaper The Sun, musicMagpie pays more than our competitors for 12 out of 15 iPhones! Source: The Sun They found that we pay the most for all models of the iPhone 5, iPhone 5c, iPhone 5s and iPhone 6 Plus, while offering one of …

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13/09/2016
Chris Smith