[highlight color=#336699 ]Introduction[/highlight]   Huawei are getting ever so closer to joining the big boys table, the Huawei P9 is their most recent effort with a kicker. It has a dual-camera system co-engineered by Leica. Huawei is not in league with Samsung and Apple just yet, but the P9 is a cut above in the second […]

[highlight color=#336699 ]Introduction[/highlight]   Microsoft’s Surface line goes full laptop with the Surface Book, but is it anything more than just a glorified tablet? Here it is, the toils of Microsoft’s Surface team in sleek, finished form. Nobody expected it coming€¦ But is it actually necessary? A fully-fledged laptop complete with a discrete GPU that […]

[highlight color=#336699 ]Introduction[/highlight] Huawei is at it again with a new follow-up addition to its premium Honor range. Can this midrange handset compete with the best? Huawei sub-brand Honor has continued to make a name for itself thanks to competitively priced handsets that perform very close to the best flagships money can buy. The previous […]

[highlight color=#336699 ]Introduction[/highlight] The mid-phone in Sony’s flagship Xperia Z line looks a little bit similar on paper. Can it do enough to differentiate itself from its predecessor? When Sony announced their three new smartphone devices at IFA this year, the response was a little muted. Not only did they look the same, they also […]

[highlight color=#336699 ]Introduction[/highlight] Apple’s interim ‘s’ phone reaches its sixth iteration, but can it be more than just a precursor to the inevitable iPhone 7? Is it that time again already? Every September for the past few years, Apple has chosen to hold an event which focuses around the launch of new iPhone device. This […]

Panasonic’s latest creation is a professional camera with a smartphone thrown in, but is it actually worth the high asking price? Technical Details  OS: Android KitKat 4.4.2 (upgradable to 5.0) Processor: 2.3 GHZ Snapdragon 801 Screen: 4.7-inches Resolution: 1920 x 1080 pixels Memory: 2 GB RAM Storage: 16 GB Micro SD compatible? Yes, up to […]

[alert type=alert-blue]Technical details[/alert] Price £760 OS Android 5.0 Lollipop Processor octa-core Samsung Exynos 7420 Screen 5.1-inches Resolution 1,440 x 2,560-pixels Memory 3GB RAM Storage 64GB/128GB Micro SD compatible? No Rear camera 16MP Front camera 5MP Video 4K Connectivity 4G Dimensions 142.11 x 70.1 x 7 mm Weight 132g Battery 2,600 mAh [alert type=alert-blue]Introduction[/alert] The Samsung […]

[alert type=alert-blue]Technical details[/alert] Price £419 OS Windows 8.1 Processor Quad-core 1.6GHz Intel Atom x7Z8700 Screen 10.8-inches Resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels Memory 2GB/4GB RAM Storage 64/128GB MicroSD compatible? Yes Camera Rear 8MP/ 3.5MP front Connectivity WiFi Dimensions 267 x 187 x 8.7mm Weight 622g Battery 10 hour [alert type=alert-blue]Introduction[/alert] While Microsoft has struggled to make itself relevant in the smartphone space, even after buying up Nokia’s hardware divis

[alert type=alert-blue]Technical details[/alert] Price £530 OS Android 5.1 Lollipop Processor Snapdragon 808 Screen 5.5-inches Resolution 1,440 x 2,560-pixels Memory 3GB RAM Storage 32 GB MicroSD compatible? Yes, up to 128GB Camera 16MP rear and 8MP front Video 1080p Connectivity 4G Dimensions 148.9 x 76.1 x 6.3mm Weight 155 g Battery 3,000mAh [alert type=alert-blue]Introduction[/alert] Since the G2’s release, LG has become a major rival for Apple and Samsung […]

[alert type=alert-blue]Technical details[/alert] Price £269 (64GB), £239 (16GB) OS Cyanogenmod version of Android 4.4 Processor 2.5Ghz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 Screen 5.5 inches Gorilla Glass 3 Resolution 1920 x 1080 -pixels Memory 3GBRAM Storage 64GB Micro SD compatible? Yes/No Rear camera 13MP Front camera 5MP Connectivity 4G, dual-band wi-fi, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC, GOS antenna Video […]

[alert type=alert-blue]Technical details[/alert] Price £204 OS Android Wear Processor Snapdragon 400 1.2GHz Screen 1.63 inches Resolution 320 x 320 pixels Memory 512 MB RAM Storage 4GB MicroSD compatible? No Camera N/A Video N/A Connectivity Bluetooth 4.0 Dimensions 51 x 39.9 x 9.4mm Weight 75g Battery 369 mAh [alert type=alert-blue]Introduction[/alert] Android Wear, Google’s operating system for […]

[alert type=alert-blue]Technical details[/alert] OS BlackBerry OS 10.3 Processor 1.5GHz dual-core Screen 3.5 inches Resolution 720 x 720 pixels Memory 2GB RAM Storage 16GB MicroSD compatible? Yes, up to 128GB Rear camera 8MP rear-facing, 2MP front-facing Video 1080p Connectivity 4G Dimensions 131 x 72.4 x 10.2mm Weight 177g Battery 2,515mAh Ah, BlackBerry. No mobile maker has risen so high […]

[alert type=alert-blue]Technical details[/alert] Price £247 SPECS OS Andoid KitKat 4.4 Processor 1.7Ghz octa-core Screen 4.8 inches Resolution 1280×720 pixels Memory 1GB RAM Storage 16GB Micro SD compatible? No Rear-facing camera 8MP Front-facing camera 5MP Video 720p Connectivity 3G Dimensions 139.8 x 67.5 x 5.15mm Weight 95.5g Battery 2,050 mAh [alert type=alert-blue]Introduction[/alert] Kazam is a relatively […]

[alert type=alert-blue]Technical details[/alert] Price £267 SPECS OS Windows Phone 8.1 Processor 1.2GHz quad-core Screen 5 inches Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels Memory 1GB RAM Storage 16GB Micro SD compatible? Yes, up to 128GB Rear-facing camera 10MP Front-facing camera 0.9MP Video 1080p Connectivity 4G Dimensions 139.4 x 70.7 x 8.5 mm Weight 150g Battery 2,200 mAh […]

[alert type=alert-blue]Technical details[/alert] Price £499 SPECS Processor 2.7 GHz quad-core Screen 5.96 inches Resolution 2560 x 1440 pixels Memory 3GB RAM Storage 32/64GB Micro SD compatible? No Rear camera 13MP Front camera 2MP Video 4K Connectivity 4G Dimensions 82.98 mm x 159.26 mm x 10.06 mm Weight 184g Battery 3,220 mAh [alert type=alert-blue]Introduction[/alert] Motorola’s been […]

[alert type=alert-blue]Technical details[/alert] Price £319 SPECS OS Android 5.0 Lollipop Processor 2.3GHz dual-core Screen 8.9 inches Resolution 1536 x 2048 Memory 2GB RAM Storage 16GB/32GB Micro SD compatible? No Rear camera 8MP LED flash Front camera 1.6MP Video 1080p Connectivity Wi-Fi, LTE optional Dimensions 228.2 x 153.7 x 8 mm Weight 425g Battery 6,700 mAh […]

[alert type=alert-blue]Technical details[/alert] Price: £399.99 OS Android Kitkat 4.4 Processor 2.2 GHz quad-core Screen 4.7-inches Resolution 1280 x 720 pixels Memory 2GB Storage 32GB microSD compatible? Yes, up to 64GB Camera 13MP, 2.1MP Video 1080p Connectivity 4G Dimensions 139.2 x 66.5 x 8.9 mm Weight 160g Battery 2,400 mAh [alert type=alert-blue]Introduction[/alert] Following its launch in […]

[alert type=alert-blue]Technical details[/alert] Price: £529.99 OS BlackBerry 10.3 Processor 2.2GHz quad-core Screen 4.5 inches Resolution 1440 x 1440-pixels Memory 3GB RAM Storage 32GB Micro SD compatible? Yes Camera 13MP rear-facing, 2MP front-facing Video 1080p Connectivity 4G Dimensions 128 x 90.3 x 9.3 mm Weight 194g Battery 3,450 mAh [alert type=alert-blue]Introduction[/alert] The importance of the BlackBerry […]

[alert type=alert-blue]Technical details[/alert] Price: £300 Specs OS Android 4.4 KitKat Processor 1.6GHz quad-core Screen 5.3 inches Resolution 1280 x 720 pixels Memory 1GB RAM Storage 8GB Micro SD compatible? Yes Camera 8MP rear-facing, 1.1MP front-facing Video 720p Connectivity 4G Dimensions 150.7 x 77 x 7 mm Weight 148g Battery 2,500  mAh [alert type=alert-blue]Introduction[/alert] It never rains, but it pours. After a long summer of big releases, with some fantastic […]

[alert type=alert-blue]Technical details[/alert] Price:£300 Specs OS Android 4.4 KitKat Processor 1.6GHz quad-core Screen 5.5 inches Resolution 1280 x 720 pixels Memory 1.5GB RAM Storage 8GB Micro SD compatible? Yes Camera 13MP rear-facing, 5MP front-facing Video 1080p Connectivity 4G Dimensions 156.6 x 78.7 x 7.9 mm Weight 165g Battery 2,600 mAh [alert type=alert-blue]Introduction[/alert] HTC is moving in a very positive direction. The company’s finances may be erring on […]

[alert type=alert-blue]Technical details[/alert] Price: £99.00 Specs OS Android   4.3 (Jelly Bean) Processor 1.2 GHz quad-core Screen 4.5 inches Resolution 540 x 960-pixels Memory 1GB RAM Storage 8GB Micro SD compatible? Yes Camera 5MP rear-facing, 1MP front-facing Video 1080p Connectivity 4G, 3G Dimensions 131 x 65.3 x 7.85 mm Weight 145g Battery 2,000 mAh [alert […]

[alert type=alert-blue]Technical details[/alert] Price £419.95 OS Windows 8.1 Processor 2.2GHz quad-core Screen 5 inches Resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels Memory 2GB RAM Storage 32GB Micro SD compatible? No Camera 20MP rear-facing, 1.2MP front-facing Video 1080p Connectivity 4G-LTE Dimensions 137 x 71 x 9.8 mm Weight 167g Battery 2,420mAh [alert type=alert-blue]Introduction[/alert] It’s no great secret that Nokia has slipped down the pecking order in recent years. The chances are that [&hellip

[alert type=alert-blue]Introduction[/alert] Whilst we’ve covered all of the major contenders in the fitness wearable market on  What Mobile at this point, they have all been manufactured by third-parties. Companies like Misfit, Jawbone and Fitbit all specialise in wearable tech, and so you can expect a reasonable level of dedication across the board, if a slight […]

[alert type=alert-blue]Technical details[/alert] Price: £499 Specs: OS Android 4.4 KitKat Processor 2.5GHz quad-core Screen 5.5 inches Resolution 1440 x 2560 pixels Memory 2GB RAM Storage 16GB/32GB Micro SD compatible? Yes Camera 13MP rear-facing, 2.1MP front-facing Video 2160p Connectivity 4G Dimensions 146.3 x 74.6 x 8.9 mm Weight 149g Battery 3,000 mAh [alert type=alert-blue]Introduction[/alert] The first […]

Nokia’s newest addition to its colourful Lumia range, which runs the gamut from entry-level to flagship handsets, is an affordable device with its sights set firmly on Motorola’s crown. The last time we saw an entry-level smartphone from the Finnish manufacturer on this side of the pond was over a year ago in the form […]

Lenovo has already proved its worth when it comes to solid Windows tablets with its IdeaPad range of premium slates. With the launch of its Miix 2 it is also targeting the mid-range  compact tablets sector, where the competition is slim – only the mediocre Toshiba Encore and slightly better Dell Venue 8 Pro to […]

Last year, Motorola changed the entry-level smartphone market with the release of the Moto G, a solid handset with impressive specs ‘ 1.2GHz processor, 1GB of RAM, 720 x 1,280-pixel resolution screen ‘ for an affordable £135. The device was an astounding success and proved once and for all that not everybody needs a top-end […]

Fitness wearables have gone from poorly designed rarities to must-have accessories in a matter of just a couple of years, and there’s no sign of their growth stopping just yet. The good news is that there’s something for everyone. The bad news is how are you to know which one to pick? We’ve put three […]

The Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet arrived with a fanfare of publicity about its light weight and supposed water resistance. Its uniqueness lies in its combination of sleek design and durability ‘ two factors that don’t often go hand in hand. But there’s more to the device than its innovative design. And there needs to be, […]

Samsung is the most popular phone manufacturer in the world by some distance. In 2013 alone, one billion smartphones were shipped, around a third of which were made by Samsung ‘ nearly twice that of its closest competitor, Apple. Samsung makes about half of all Android handsets sold, more than 50 million of which are […]

The Sony Xperia Z1 Compact has taken far too long to arrive. The iPhone has shown for years that you can make a powerful, compact smartphone a storming success. Of course, the iPhone has also scared competitors into taking it on by ramping up screen sizes to absurd levels ‘ firstly with phones that neared […]

Motorola redefined budget phones with the £135 Moto G. So what can it offer higher up the price scale? The Moto X is a top-tier handset that starts at £380 SIM-free, which makes it roughly £150 more than its little brother. For that price you get the expected bump in specs, a lighter phone and […]

Just the existence of the Tesco Hudl says something about how much the tablet market has grown. Four years on from everyone claiming the iPad to simply be a ‘big iPhone’ and even mainstream supermarkets are trying to get in on the action. Here, Tesco has taken the family angle, with a cheap ( £119), […]

Having released new handsets for snap-happy and adventurous users at the end of 2013, Samsung is back with a new, budget-priced phone. The Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 is a simple Android 4.2 handset that tries to serve casual phone-users who are looking to spend around £180. It’s a bright little device with a clean design […]

The line is increasingly blurring between the definitions of phone and tablet, with the phablet form factor ever growing. It’s hard to believe that the phablets of yesteryear are now the normal sizes of today, with 5 inches and above dominating the lineup of top tier smartphones like the Samsung Galaxy S4 and LG G2. […]

Love them or hate them the Phablet is here to stay. The inch war began Samsung when Samsung unveiled the Samsung Galaxy Note back in 2011, despite there being Phablets before then with the likes of the Dell Streak, Samsung took the market by the horns and revealed a device that gave Phablet users something […]

s a 6.3-inch screen on a handheld smartphone a couple of inches too far? Samsung thinks not… How big is too big? Many phones these days, including the iPhone 5 and the Galaxy S4, use a screen that is 4-inches or bigger. is that the right size or do we need even bigger? Samsung seems […]

illed to be the ‘world’s fastest smartphone’ by Huawei, the Ascend P2 skips along when browsing but leaves a bit to be desired in the processor department. The Ascend P2 was debuted at Mobile World Congress as the world’s fastest 4G LTE smartphone; that’s speedy browsing rather than a speedy processor. Huawei claims the device […]

he Lumia 1020 is the phone that we had all be waiting for — we had seen Nokia announce a phone with a 41 megapixel camera before, but it was running on the dead Symbian OS. Now however, Nokia has one running on its OS of choice, Windows Phone. We have been itching to get […]

Taiwanese company Acer isn’t known for high-end devices to rival the industry’s biggest, but perhaps they can pull ahead in the relatively young phablet market. [alert type=alert-blue]DESIGN[/alert] The S1 makes a few slip ups with its design. The plastic casing has a smooth, comfortable surface, but it also feels cheap and slightly hollow. This backing […]

he 625 is the latest of a raft of recent releases from Nokia as part of its Windows Phone ‘Lumia’ range. Fetching around £180 SIM-free, this is a mid-range handset and a significant step up from its little brother the 620, offering 4G connectivity, a much larger screen and a faster processor. As a 4G-ready […]

martphones these days can be incredibly expensive, so it’s refreshing to find one for £90, especially when it runs Android Jelly Bean (albeit not the latest version). Vodafone declined to tell us who makes the Smart III for them (we’d guess it’s either Huawei or HTC). We didn’t expect much from the handset, thinking that […]

he Nokia Lumia 925 is by no means a revolutionary phone, bringing more evolution than revolution to the table, but this should not fool you as it is a phone which has built on the great work of its predecessors. With the Lumia 925 being an increment change from the 920, you shouldn’t be at […]

A small-screened phone with plenty of power and zippy software but boring hardware? Sounds like a Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini Mini to us.

What Mobile takes a look at BlackBerry’s Q10, which features a ‘proper’ QWERTY keyboard – does it live up to its price?

What Mobile takes a look at the Sony Xperia Z tablet, Sony’s powerhouse tablet offering to match its flagship phone.

The Lumia 520 is a junior budget version of the Lumia line. Can it keep up with its big brothers?

What Mobile takes a look at Samsung’s new flagship, the much vaunted Galaxy S4 – are its bells and whistles worth your money?

What Mobile takes a look at the CAT B15, the rugged phone which can withstand water, a fall from 1.8m – and a dog’s appetite.

What Mobile takes a look at the larger Kindle Fire HD offering, the 8.9″, and how it measures up in a world of tablet-enabled e-readers.