Samsung’s flagship 2011 Android phone received a glowing 5/5 score when we reviewed the Galaxy S2 earlier this year. And it was no surprise – Samsung packed a very powerful and capable processor plus a very nice camera into an unbelievably slim case. Samsung published endless press releases about its ever growing global sales figures, which can only mean one thing. A sequel is guaranteed for 2012. Samsung is yet to make any official announcement regarding the Galaxy S3, mind, but the pieces are falling in to place. Samsung’s processor developments are clear to see, with the company [...]

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The iPhone 4S is here – - so we’ve taken an in-depth look at the key specs and seen how it compares to its year-older sibling, the iPhone 4 and two-year old iPhone 3GS – still going and now the budget handset of the pack. The iPhone 4S has a UK release date of 14 October, but is it worth upgrading? Let’s look at the differences between the three handsets. You can check out our iPhone 4S video preview, complete with a look at the new voice controlled Siri software. // < ![CDATA[ brightcove.createExperiences(); // ]]> Processor and memory The iPhone 4S boasts the same dual-core [...]

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The iPhone 4S UK price has been confirmed and we’ve also had details of the iPhone 4S deals and tariffs from all the major networks. Without contract, he iPhone 4S UK SIM-free price has been made official by Apple, with the latest handset starting at £499 for the 16GB model in black or white, £599 for 32GB or a whopping £699 for the 64GB version. You can now pre-order the handset from Apple. The iPhone 4S UK release date is 14 October along with the US, Canada, France and Germany, meaning queues outside the Apple Stores around the country – but most people will want to know when [...]

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The iPhone 4S UK release date has been announced as 14 October, meaning swathes of queues outside the Apple Stores around the country – but most people will want to know when their network will be stocking it. So check out our handy list of all the networks – we’ll be adding to it as we get pricing and release dates too. Orange You can register your interest in the new iPhone 4S at www.orange.co.uk/newiphone, with pricing and further information to be announced shortly. T-Mobile Similar to it’s Orange stablemate, users can head on over to t-mobile.co.uk/newiphone to register [...]

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Apple has taken the wraps off a new iPod Touch, which will launch in both black and white. It offers Retina Display, and will launch running iOS 5 which means you’ll get a host of delicious new goodies to play with. These include iCloud, Apple’s Cloud storage/syncing system and iMessage for realtime chat among reams of other features. FaceTime The new iPod Touch also offers HD video playback, a gyroscope and FaceTime all cased in its ultra-thin design. The new iPod Touch UK release date is set for October 12, and it will launch in 8GB, 32GB and 64GB iterations. No word on UK pricing [...]

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The utterly mysterious Samsung Nexus Prime has apparently been seen in the real world and it looks just like a chunkier Nexus S. This is according to TheDroidGuy, a site that is claiming that it managed to sneak a peek at the device courtesy of one of Samsung’s execs who attended the Verizon Developer’s conference in Las Vegas. According to the person who managed to fondle the mythical Samsung Nexus Prime, the handset had an 8MP camera on the back and a 2MP one on the front, NFC functionality, HDMI and had one single Home button, much like on the Samsung Galaxy Note (and, er, that [...]

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The HTC Sensation XE has already been given a UK release date and price by technology retailer Clove. UPDATE: Phones4U has announced its HTC Sensation XE deals, with the phone coming in at £36 per month for a two year term. It’s also managed to get the phone out a week ahead of Clove, with an HTC Sensation XE UK release date of 1 October. The new phone, with a more powerful 1.5GHz dual-core processor and running Beats audio enhancement, will be available to buy from 7 October from Clove, according to the site’s blog. And the price will see it sold for less than the Samsung Galaxy [...]

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Pre-orders for the Samsung Galaxy Note, one of the stars of IFA 2011, have started with the portable device coming with a rather large price tag. The tablet-phone hybrid was certainly an eye opener at IFA. Not only does it bring a sparkling 5.3-inch AMOLED screen, but it also comes with a stylus – an accessory that never seems to die. The handset marks a new, as yet unnamed category, for Samsung that sits between its smartphones and Galaxy Tab range. Samsung Galaxy Note 5.3 price It comes packing Android 2.3 Gingerbread and, deep breath, 1.4 GHz dual core processor, 2 megapixel front-facing [...]

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Sony has officially launched its new Tablet S here at IFA 2011. The new 9.4-inch tab is powered by Nvidia’s Tegra 2 processor and features the Android Honeycomb operating system. It’s version 3.1 which will be upgradeable to 3.2. The Sony Tablet S UK release date is September. A Wi-Fi/3G version of the Tablet S has a UK release date of November 2011 – this will ship with Android 3.2 from the off. brightcove : 1138084158001 It’s clear that the Tablet S is a slick implementation of Honeycomb – there are some rather un-Sony design points as we’ll explain, but overall [...]

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Toshiba has revealed that its AT200 tablet (aka the Toshiba Excite) will be just 7.7mm thick when it lands with Honeycomb 3.2. Let’s review: the iPad 2 is 8.8mm deep. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 comes in at 8.6mm. That means that little old Tosh is beating both the sparring bigwigs at their own slender game. Still, size isn’t everything – can the AT200 compete on other fronts? Its high resolution display is a 10.1-incher, with resolution coming in at 1280×800 – same as the Samsung Galaxy Note we saw earlier today. Processing power The AT200 is making use of a 1.2GHz processor [...]

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