Smartphones

While there is nothing wrong with giving budget users a premium look and feel über alles, a little more under hood might be preferred sometimes. Nokia 3.1 can need more attention than other budget phones to really get the best from it.

Japanese electronic and mobile giants have announced a follow-up to the well-received Xperia XZ2 fresh from the floor of Berlin-Messe at IFA. The Xperia XZ3 will feature a 6-inch curved OLED screen which they claim is 'powered by Sony's award-winning BRAVIA OLED TVs'

A new naming scheme to go with a new series of 21:9 handsets...

Fresh from a bunch of Phone of the Year Awards and a controversy or two, Huawei launch the follow-up to DxOMark champ, the P20. P30 Series aims for camera excellence again with new features and some buffs to established ones.

Today at Berlin Messe, Huawei announced a 'lite' version of their upcoming Mate 20. Focusing on four key areas that they feel young adult consumers value most, Mate 20 Lite offers a sleek design, AI-led camera & user experience and excellent price/performance ratio

Sony's marketers certainly haven't been stretching the truth - the 21:9 aspect ratio is definitely the standout feature of Xperia 10. Whether or not an individual user will avail of it often enough to warrant it is a different story.

Sony's first OLED is a thing of beauty, even with the fairly pointless curvature. New addition 'Side-sense' echoes HTC U11's ancillary input but it's a more comprehensive use of the method. Refinements to Sony's Xperia launcher have slowly brought to a fantastic Android skin. The best Xperia flagship to date - even without a 3.5mm jack.

Vodafone are offering a free public trial of their 'Fix & Go' two-hour repair service this Friday between 12pm and 3pm at two of their busiest stores. Fix & Go promises to fix any handset sold in this country for a transparent, easily discernible fee in a couple of hours.

A surplus of power, an impressive battery life, incomparable video capture all in a sleek, new Sony design is quite the package

HTC are looking to brute force sales of the U11 line a little bit with a 10% reduction. The U11 being offered at €449, in particular, is an exceptional deal for music lovers or those after a premium Android experience at a sub-premium price.