The HTC One XL will be making its way to Europe next month after the phone debuted on AT&T under the HTC One X name. Despite the slight confusion in branding, the handsets will be more or less identical. The One XL was originally announced alongside the currently available international version of the One X [...]

T-Mobile UK has announced pre-order plans and pricing for the highly-anticipated Samsung Galaxy S III. The phone will be available at several price points ranging from £300 up front to completely free when paired with a £41 per month plan with unlimited calls, messaging, and data. Striking a balance is TMo UK’s “Full Monty” plan, [...]

HTC today announced a new, affordable option for users who want an Ice Cream Sandwich device. It’s the HTC Desire C, another entry into one of HTC’s original lines of Android devices. This 3.5inch HVGA device is rumored to house a 600MHz processor, but still runs Ice Cream Sandwich. While it’s not wise to expect [...]

Another product render of the device codenamed HTC Golf has made it our way courtesy of Vodafone Portugal’s latest product catalog. As was first suggested last week, the the phone that looks like an infant member of the One family should launch as the HTC Desire C. The listing provides official details on the phone’s [...]

The Samsung Galaxy S III isn’t the only new phone in town. But you would have missed the Samsung SVH-E170K if you weren’t looking for it. The phone was launched for the South Korean market and features specs that read more as a minor Galaxy S II upgrade than a GS3 counterpart. The SVH-E170K features [...]

Three UK is already set to offer presales for the Samsung Galaxy S3 soon. They’ve announced that presale opportunities will begin tomorrow. The tariff for this one is £34 per month and that will get you the phone and all the data you want. As an added bonus, anyone who preorders the device between now and [...]

Samsung is taking its Android 4.0 rollout down under with the arrival of Ice Cream Sandwich for Telstra’s Galaxy S II. The Australian carrier is pushing the 200MB update over-the-air, though users can also find the OS refresh via Samsung’s Kies software. Installation brings the GSII to an Android 4.0.3 build skinned with Samsung’s TouchWiz [...]

The Samsung Galaxy S Advance, announced in January and available unlocked since February, will be making its UK carrier debut next week. While not as enticing as the Galaxy S3 announcement that will shortly follow its release, the Galaxy S Advance features a 4-inch Super AMOLED display, 1GHz dual-core CPU, and Android 2.3. The phone [...]

The HTC One X and One S have been making their rounds around the world. But it seems the HTC One V is taking its sweet time to start hitting the streets (depending on your market). UK residents who have been thinking of purchasing the HTC Legend’s revival will be happy to know that the [...]

HTC’s effort to realign their marketing efforts under (the) ONE banner continues in China, where the brand used will be Dragon. And they’ve got three new devices for the market, the 4-inch VT T328t, VC T328d, and V T328W. The specs are nearly the same across all the devices (Sense 4, an S-LCD, WVGA screen, [...]

A joint venture of Vodafone, Telefónica SA, and Everything Everywhere (which itself is a joint venture of France Télécom and Deutsche Telekom AG) in the field of NFC payments is now being investigated by European Commission authorities, according to the Wall Street Journal. It’s no secret that the young, NFC-based mobile payment industry seems to [...]

HTC’s not letting the Desire brand die, it seems, as they have introduced three brand new phones for the Chinese market. We’re looking at the Desire VT T328t, VC T328d, and V 328w. Confusing, no? The devices are very similar and each one will be going to its own Chinese carrier. The first, VT T328t, [...]

Vodafone has announce that the update to Android 4.0 for their Galaxy S II has gone live today, April 13th. The update is available via Kies, an application that you need to download to your PC in order to update the phone via USB. I know many of you are eager to get the update [...]

It looks like we may finally have ourselves a solid date for Ice Cream Sandwich on the Samsung Galaxy S II for Vodafone. They have confirmed that the update has been approved for release via Samsung Kies starting April 12th. They warn that the date is provisional, but unless they find something between now and [...]

Continuing its worldwide rollout, the HTC One series is now available from a selection of carriers in the UK. As of today, he HTC One X and HTC One S are on sale through O2, Vodafone, Orange, T-Moble, and Three. The Sense 4.0 handsets are available for free on contract from several of the carriers, [...]

While it’s long been known that these UK carriers, and pretty much any UK carrier, would be offering the HTC One X and One S, it’s nice to see a couple of big ones confirm availability. The HTC One X and the HTC One S are both due Thursday for both Orange UK and T-Mobile [...]

The HTC Sensation is getting more Ice Cream Sandwich love. With the update to Android 4.0 already live in some regions, the UK’s Vodafone has completed testing of the update, which should now be pushing to all devices. The rollout will be staggered, so users may be waiting a minute before seeing the new software [...]

It appears O2 UK have beaten their target window of Mid-April for the Galaxy S II’s update to Ice Cream Sandwich by a long shot. It’s still March – late March, mind you, but it’s March – and the update is now rolling out to users. You’ll need to get it through Kies, but we’re [...]

With the launch of the HTC One series right around the corner, Vodafone UK has begun taking pre-orders for the two handsets in the line. The HTC One X and One S can be reserved for as cheap as free depending on the accompanying service plan. The One X is available in both its white [...]

If you folks were still wondering when Orange would bring Ice Cream Sandwich to their Galaxy S II, the answer is a decent one, but still a vague one – April. April’s not totally unreasonable. It’s only 8 short days away. That doesn’t mean we’ll be seeing this thing as early as 8 days, of [...]