Qualcomm doesn't fear custom chips – in a weird way its modems matter more
Carriers covet fast, reliable modems, and when they're baked into SoCs it's hard to ignore 'em
Personal Tech03 Dec 2021 | 7
Smartphone
MediaTek's flagship 5G chip for top-of-the-line Android smartphones is coming right up
And ready to go toe-to-toe with Qualcomm's finest next year
Personal Tech17 Nov 2021 | 10
Smartphone chip house Ziguang Zhanrui records 14,726.1% growth in China
That's year on year from a base close to zero ... but still, that makes it the fifth biggest in the Middle Kingdom right out of the blue
Personal Tech15 Nov 2021 | 6
Microsoft admits Samsung phones under Intune mobile device management are dropping out of compliance
Auto-restart or manual update requires manual interaction to bring a gadget back to the light
Software12 Nov 2021 | 8
Google's Pixel 6 fingerprint reader is rubbish because of 'enhanced security algorithms'
Move over 'dog ate my homework', there's a new excuse in town
Personal Tech09 Nov 2021 | 58
Xiaomi has developed a mini heat pipe so your smartphone doesn't get too hot to handle
Just like NASA did in spacecraft... and Fujitsu did for mobiles in 2015
Personal Tech05 Nov 2021 | 15
NARROWER TOPICS
Samsung releases pair of jeans that can't do anything except cover your legs and hold a Galaxy Z Flip 3
Who needs big pockets, right? Other than, you know, literally everyone
Bootnotes03 Nov 2021 | 72
Apple's anti-ad-tracking iPhone feature took a '$10bn' chunk out of social network revenues
What's that, the world's tiniest violin playing?
Personal Tech01 Nov 2021 | 27
Everyone who wants a smartphone for Chrimbo will get one, but in the real world things are somewhat different
Global handset market slips in Q3 on sliding chipset availability, says Canalys
Personal Tech15 Oct 2021 | 8
iFixit prises open the iPhone 13 Pro, claims 'any display replacement knocks out Face ID'
Updated Battery still swappable – rest fiddly
Personal Tech27 Sep 2021 | 25
One-size-fits-all chargers? What a great idea! Of course Apple would hate it
Updated Cupertino thinks EU USB-C plan 'stifles innovation rather than encouraging it'
Personal Tech23 Sep 2021 | 203
Ubuntu-on-a-phone folks UBports emit OTA-19, warn some devices face the chop in future
This could very well be the last release based on 16.04
OSes22 Sep 2021 | 2
World to make 1.37 billion smartphones in 2021 says IDC – about one for every six humans
Apple's growth outpaces Android's, and 5G shipments are surging despite hefty prices
Personal Tech01 Sep 2021 | 16
Indian tech market settles into second year of coronavirus as PC and smartphone sales soar
Lighter lockdowns meant more effective manufacturing and logistics
Personal Tech13 Aug 2021 |
GOP lawmakers ask for former Huawei handset biz Honor to be placed the Entity List
Potentially putting the squeeze on already constrained supply chains
Personal Tech11 Aug 2021 | 36
The sideloader weeps tonight: Unsealed court docs claim Google said 'install friction' would ‘drastically limit' Epic's reach
Plus: Google 'contemplated buying some or all of Epic'
Personal Tech09 Aug 2021 | 12
Vivo X60 Pro: Branding was plastered all over the Euros, but does the phone perform better than the English team?
Review We reckon it'd snatch it in extra time thanks to camera
Personal Tech03 Aug 2021 | 23
Samsung confirms no new Note this year, but does have a pen for foldables up its sleeve
Hints at new Galaxy Z Fold and Z Flip models too
Personal Tech27 Jul 2021 | 1
We clock what you're trying to do here: El Reg strokes a claw across the OnePlus 9 Pro
Review Some like it hot and some sweat when the heat is on
Personal Tech20 Jul 2021 | 10
Ordnance Survey to take a poke at Pokémon-style gaming with outdoorsy AR adventure
Gamify all the things!
Software19 Jul 2021 | 30
Xiaomi parties like a winner after coming second on world smartphone sales charts
CEO predicts ‘many vicious and fierce battles coming', bulks R&D budget by 30 percent and hires 5,000 engineers to chase top slot
Personal Tech16 Jul 2021 | 38
ZTE Axon 30 Ultra: Strong effort from an entity-lister, but your tiny child hands may struggle
Review What a whopper
Personal Tech14 Jul 2021 | 27
Samsung Galaxy A52 5G: Sub-$600 midranger makes premium phones feel frivolous
Review Biometrics could be better but workhorse otherwise does the job
Personal Tech13 Jul 2021 | 41
Focus on the camera, mobile devs: 48MP shooters about to become the sweet spot
5G is messing with the market and keeping less-capable cameras snapping at the heels of 108MP monsters
Personal Tech09 Jul 2021 | 51
Fool me OnePlus, shame on me: Chinese phone firm fingered for fiddling with performance figures – again
Company caught throttling everyday apps but leaving benchmarks, selected games alone
Personal Tech08 Jul 2021 | 10
Galaxy quest: Yet another sub-£500 phone comes to trouble mobile big dogs in the form of Realme GT 5G
Review Big brand flagship performance, midrange price, 3.5mm earphone port
Personal Tech08 Jul 2021 | 41
Calling all fanbois: If you can't wait to glimpse iOS 15, Apple is running a public beta now
Next version of iPhone software boasts plenty of changes, but experience will be buggy for now
OSes02 Jul 2021 | 9
Samsung commits to 5 years of Android updates... for its enterprise smartphone users at least
Impressive, but it's still no Apple
Security29 Jun 2021 | 36
UK artists seek 'luvvie levy' on new gadgets to make up for all the media that consumers access online
'Smart Fund' would be redistributed among creators and performers
Offbeat29 Jun 2021 | 101
Google creates 'optimized' Android for one smartphone — that will only be sold in India
No word on what this means for Android Go or Android One, but Indian mega-carrier Jio is excited about over-the-air updates, Google Assistant and more
OSes25 Jun 2021 | 14
Treaty of Roam finally in ashes: O2 cracks, joins rivals, adds data roaming charges for heavy users in EU
Updated That's £3.50 per GB for anything over 25GB
Networks24 Jun 2021 | 144
Price of Microsoft's Surface Duo plummets to better represent middling hardware ... but only if you're in the US
The Special Relationship in the form of Android foldables
Personal Tech23 Jun 2021 | 11
Mind the gap(ing mouth): London's Underground to get ubiquitous mobile phone coverage
That's. Just. Great
Networks22 Jun 2021 | 31
Samsung mulls delaying next 'fan edition' phone in light of semiconductor shortage
'Nothing had been determined', says phone giant
Personal Tech14 Jun 2021 | 2
Mobile market to recover 12% this year. No, not you, small smartphone outfits
Analyst: Big 5 manufacturers should be able to shoulder ongoing semiconductor shortage
Personal Tech14 Jun 2021 |
Apple, it's OK. Seriously. You don't need to blind your iOS 15 engineers to prevent leaks
No one expects the Worldwide Loyalty Team!
Bootnotes10 Jun 2021 | 17
Google wants to look like it cares about your privacy with Android 12 Beta 2, but note that's not how Google works
Still, it's this or iOS
OSes10 Jun 2021 | 20
Samsung brags that its latest imaging sensor has the ittiest-bittiest cam pixels in the world
It's not the size that counts, it's how you use it
Personal Tech10 Jun 2021 | 27
With incoming iOS 15, update refuseniks will be given choice to stay where they are while still receiving security patches
Departure from Apple's usual iron-fist approach to iPhone software
OSes08 Jun 2021 | 9
Smartphone shipments jumped 26% in Q1 – only to recapture ground lost to the pandemic
Don't call it growth
Personal Tech08 Jun 2021 |
Xiaomi touts Hypercharge 200W charging tech, claims 4,000mAh battery goes from 0 to full in 480 seconds
One of the few differentiators left in the smartphone arena
Personal Tech01 Jun 2021 | 17
Let us Play: Smartphone brand Honor lets slip it has gained access to Google Mobile Services licences
Suggests sales of former Huawei sub might resurface
Applications24 May 2021 | 4
Unihertz Titan Pocket: Like asking Mum for a BlackBerry and she tells you 'but we've got a BlackBerry at home'
Review Caters to those desperate for a physical keyboard but nothing about it is intuitive
Personal Tech20 May 2021 | 25
Android 12 beta lands bringing better personalisation, speed upgrades, and some privacy tools borrowed from iOS 14
Google Pixel phone not required
OSes19 May 2021 | 10
iFixit slams Samsung's phone 'upcycling' scheme for falling short of what was promised
Dude, where's my unlocked bootloader?
Personal Tech19 May 2021 | 50
Samsung shows off rollable and foldable displays, suggests they'll arrive in 2022
Vid 'n' pics Paper-thin OLED screens collapse impressively
Personal Tech18 May 2021 | 30
LG intranet leaks suggest internal firesale of unsold, unreleased smartphones as biz exits the mobile market
Staff offered doomed handsets at knockdown prices in move reminiscent of HP's Palm episode
Personal Tech17 May 2021 | 15
As another vendor promises 3 years of Android updates, we ask: How long should mobile devices receive support?
Analysis Really, three years should be the bare minimum at this point
Personal Tech10 May 2021 | 77
Samsung stops providing security updates to the Galaxy S8 at grand old age of four years
Goodnight, sweet prince: Awesome life expectancy for an Android, but now it's time to move on
Personal Tech04 May 2021 | 71
Major shift in smartphone market sees Chinese kit win the middle while Apple and Samsung skim the cream
Many owe thanks to Huawei ducking out under what IDC calls 'increased weight of US sanctions’
Personal Tech29 Apr 2021 | 1
Working from a countryside plot nestled in a not-spot? Consultation opens on new rural mobile planning laws for bigger masts, wider coverage
Here we go again - you don't want them in your backyard, amirite?
Networks20 Apr 2021 | 25
Last chance to grab an iPhone Mini as savvy analyst reckons Apple will scrap it next year
Incoming iPhone 13 could be final slimline version
Personal Tech15 Apr 2021 | 27
Lenovo's latest gaming monster: Eight cores, 3.2GHz, giant heat sink, two fans. Oh, and it has a phone bolted on
Mammoth as a mobe, but serious as a game device
Personal Tech09 Apr 2021 | 28
Sitting idle while global chips fry: US car industry asks Biden to earmark cash for automotive semiconductors
Forget smartphones – whaddabout motors?
Personal Tech06 Apr 2021 | 14
Beijing's new privacy rules ban apps collecting unnecessary data, require free service without data slurps
Rules are tight, but also leave plenty to the imagination
Applications30 Mar 2021 | 14
Samsung thinks about giving the Galaxy Note refresh a miss this year as semiconductor supplies run dry
Wot?! No new luxury phablet?!
Personal Tech17 Mar 2021 | 9
Samsung updates chart-topping A-series Galaxy smartphones with a few more bells and whistles – even topping the S20 FE
Camera and battery are the big upgrades, but the 3.5mm jack appears to be gone
Personal Tech17 Mar 2021 | 10
Got a need for speed? New report claims iPhone 12's 5G performance lags behind that of rival Android models
Baked-in mmWave support may improve figures with more deployments
Personal Tech16 Mar 2021 | 12
Xiaomi didn't turn the glue up to 11 on its new Mi flagship, but still gets low marks for repairability
Yep. Gadget botherers had to haul out a 'specialist tool'
Personal Tech15 Mar 2021 | 11
There was hope Samsung had turned a corner in repairability, but the Galaxy S21 Ultra is a step backwards
iFixit's flagship autopsy finds glue. Lots of glue
Personal Tech12 Mar 2021 | 15
First Verizon, now T-Mobile: US carrier suggests folks use 2G to save battery
Why are cellular networks so worried about batt life during lockdown?
Networks05 Mar 2021 | 31
Reasons to be appy: Huawei flashes figures for its App Gallery platform
Ok, so you have 2.7 million developers.... one for every phone you might sell in 2025?
Personal Tech02 Mar 2021 | 3
Biting the hand that feeds IT
