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After the launch of the Huawei P9 today, I came away with a review unit to put to the test. I’ll be doing exactly that in the coming days, but couldn’t really wait to get something up here for you to read. The Kirin 955 powered smartphone sold in the… [Click for more]
READ MORE Huawei P9: First impressions, benchmarking results and camera samples
On another recent trip to Sweden, I decided to again test out roaming in a video that compares the experience between EE, Vodafone and Three. This time I used the nPerf app, which does a lot more than just normal speed testing. I recently made a video suggesting I’d be using an… [Click for more]
READ MORE Another day, another roaming test. Has Three fixed Feel at Home yet?
Having had the Honor 5X for a few weeks now, I though it about time to do some comparison testing. The obvious ‘competitor’ is the slightly more expensive Honor 7, which has a 20 (20.7) megapixel camera over the 13 megapixel camera inside the Honor 5X. The Honor 5X offers a… [Click for more]
READ MORE Camera Group Test: Honor 5X vs Honor 7 vs Nexus 6P
Followers of my blog, as well as people who read my Tweets and posts on forums, will know I now write a lot about affordable phones. By that I mean smartphones that don’t compromise the user experience compared to more expensive models elsewhere. Today, I’m writing about the Honor 5X from the launch event in Munich, Germany. It’s the… [Click for more]
READ MORE Honor launches the Honor 5X: a secure metal phone at a budget price
Having spent most of Christmas away, I’ve been pretty quiet on the writing front lately. But that didn’t mean I wasn’t still working. During my time away I was able to test out two products from Vodafone xone, a relatively unknown division of Vodafone that specialises in testing new products and services on early adopters. The two… [Click for more]
READ MORE Drivexone and Findxone trackers reviewed, plus a look to the future of Vodafone xone
When Huawei, the company behind Google’s flagship Nexus phone, invited me into town to take better photos of various London landmarks (and food) with a Nexus 6P and guidance from professional photographers, I naturally jumped at the chance. Going out taking photos with any phone is something I always find exciting. The action packed day started with… [Click for more]
READ MORE Doing the tourist photography thing in London with the Google Nexus 6P
It’s been a long time since I last visited Vodafone’s Newbury HQ to talk about the introduction of GSM, and how mobile data might one day become a thing. We’re talking about a time when the company worked out of multiple offices dotted around town. Now the new(ish) campus has transformed the… [Click for more]
READ MORE Vodafone HQ Visit: Network management, handset testing and a look to the future
Before Google officially announced the Nexus 6P at the end of September, I Tweeted about the possibility that it might be a dual-SIM phone, based on seeing twin IMEI stickers on prototypes – a standard feature on all recent Huawei made phones with support for two SIM cards. Two stickers on the back of… [Click for more]
READ MORE The Google Nexus 6P might be dual SIM after all, and enabling it could be extremely easy
So I’ve had my Nexus 6P for a little over 24 hours, and I couldn’t wait to give a quick first impression of the camera – one of the main reasons I decided to take the plunge and buy one. Battery anxiety is a real problem for me these days, and it makes… [Click for more]
READ MORE Nexus 6P Camera Test: First impressions (photos and video, night and day)
Earlier this week, I brought up the subject of using data abroad not being like using data at home as a Three customer. I am so happy to have received many comments on my site, and on Twitter, from people who have the exact same experience. The common theme being that certain services simply… [Click for more]
READ MORE Three admits it slows data for roamers, so where do we go from here?
This week marks the first anniversary of Honor in the UK and Europe, and a lot has been achieved within this short time. Honor was launched as a spin-off brand for Huawei, first in China and then later spreading worldwide. The aim was to reach a new audience, and attract sales from people who might see Huawei… [Click for more]
READ MORE Happy Birthday Honor: One year old today, but already all grown up
I’ve been thinking about this for some time, and this year is perhaps the year where it’s time for me to ask the question – where will the mobile industry go from here? This isn’t just for me to give my opinion, as I’m looking for your opinions on this and… [Click for more]
READ MORE What lies ahead for the mobile industry? (Discuss…)
At the start of the week I took delivery of the Honor 7, a £249.99 phone that can be picked up for as little as £210 if you can secure one of the £40 discount vouchers on the Honor vMall.eu store. (Tip: The next promotion starts September 21st, so if… [Click for more]
READ MORE Honor 7: Camera Samples from the 20-megapixel Sony IMX230 sensor
When Apple announced the impressive iPad Pro yesterday, and the brand new iPhone 6s and 6s plus, I was quite shocked that Apple still thinks that 16GB (iPhone) or 32GB (iPad Pro) is sufficient storage. With no way to further add storage, you could make a very costly mistake by buying… [Click for more]
READ MORE SanDisk’s 200GB memory card makes me wonder why you’d buy anything with fixed storage
One of the killer features of the recently announced Huawei Mate S is its Force Touch screen, allowing pressure to be applied to do everything from acting as a set of kitchen scales to interacting with apps, like the gallery, for adjustable levels of zoom. Beyond that, it seems Huawei hasn’t… [Click for more]
READ MORE Huawei Mate S Force Touch: Nothing to get too excited about just yet
On my trip to IFA as a guest of Huawei, I’ve been seeing rather a lot of their smartwatch. It’s not a brand new watch – it was announced early in 2015 – but at its recent press event, it has announced the release of the watch outside of a few select… [Click for more]
READ MORE Huawei brings its watches to the UK in October. You should take time to check them out
It’s odd that Sony doesn’t seem interested in using optical image stabilisation (OIS) on its smartphones. Perhaps it’s to avoid losing sales of other cameras from Sony, but whatever the reality, it just seems rather stupid to me. But, Sony has for some time offered software stabilisation and on the latest… [Click for more]
READ MORE Sony Xperia Z5 range lacks optical image stabilisation, but seems to do fine without
Earlier this year, I carried out a detailed camera test with the Huawei P8 and the Honor 6 Plus on a holiday to Disneyland Paris, and now I’ve started to do some camera tests with the brand new Huawei Mate S, featuring a 13-megapixel RGBW camera that’s (on paper at least) exactly like… [Click for more]
READ MORE Huawei Mate S Camera Samples (Day and Night) [Updated]
