Category: Mobile Phone News

  • Half of UK Children own a Mobile Phone

    Half of UK Children own a Mobile Phone

    Research by Childwise has revealed that over half of children in the UK own a mobile phone (PDF). The report surveyed 2,000 children up to 16 years of age. Out of these children, 64% said that they owned their own mobile phone. A further 10% said that they had access to one. This isn’t a […]

  • Your old mobile is full of precious metals

    Your old mobile is full of precious metals

    A diamond-encrusted iPhone can set you back anything from £10,000 to £10 million. If that kind of bling is a little out of your price range, dom’t worry. Every smartphone contains precious metals including gold, silver, copper, platinum and palladium. These precious metals are now looking more precious than ever, as increased smartphone demand means that we […]

  • HTC Desire 12 Details Leaked

    HTC Desire 12 Details Leaked

    HTC have had some hard times over the fast few months. Chialin Chang, the president of smartphones for HTC resigned at the end of 2017. This coincided with the fact that Google recruited some of their best engineers to work on their Pixel phone. And just when things couldn’t get much worse for HTC, someone […]

  • Slump in Smartphone Sales

    Slump in Smartphone Sales

    Global smartphone sales dropped in the last quarter of 2017. This was the largest drop in the history of smartphones. Shipments of smartphones from the leading manufactures reduced by nine percent compared to the same quarter in the previous year. This is a difference of over 39 million smartphones. So what are the reasons for […]