Huawei: The smartphone disruptor taking the tech world by storm

When it comes to smartphones, Samsung and Apple are generally considered the biggest players on the market. But recently, a Chinese manufacturer has been making a big name for themselves – and they've even overtaken Apple to become the second biggest smartphone manufacturer in the world. Meet Huawei. Huawei's place …

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The Best New Smartphones Coming Out in 2017

Shh, can you hear that? It's the sound of all your favourite phone manufacturers gearing up to release new devices in 2017. Those pesky phone manufacturers are pretty secretive though, which means we have to rely on the internet tech rumour mill to find out what they're working on. Fortunately, …

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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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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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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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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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Should you downgrade your phone?

Do you ever catch yourself scrolling through Facebook and wonder "why do I spend so much time doing this?" You're not alone. Although smartphone ownership is at a record high and the average Brit spends over 20 hours a week on the internet, not all of us are happy about …

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