Smartphone

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

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Samsung shows off next-generation big-pixel camera sensor tech, coming to an Android phone near you

Good chance a phone you buy this year will use this photography tech

Personal Tech23 Feb 2021 | 15

Does Samsung want you to buy new phones? Asking 'cos Galaxies now get four years of security updates

Even kit from 2019 is covered and so are the modestly priced A and M series

Personal Tech23 Feb 2021 | 40

Huawei's new Mate X2 foldable phone costs almost $2,800

Bit derivative, though

Personal Tech22 Feb 2021 | 26

Slow your roll: LG reportedly puts new smartphone on ice as it mulls future in market

Display-tastic firm's work on flashy CES kit said to have been paused

Personal Tech22 Feb 2021 | 7

The iPhone 12 captured our attention and wallets, says new report from Gartner

Latest and greatest put Samsung in second, while Huawei risks irrelevancy

Personal Tech22 Feb 2021 | 6

O2 UK overcharged exiting customers by £40.7m over 7+ years: Ofcom slams senior managers, fines it £10.5m

Nearly 8 years of extra fees after it 'initially identified issues' with billing in 2011... but nothing came of it

Networks12 Feb 2021 | 20

Xiaomi a Snapdragon 888 flagship for €749: Yep, the Mi 11 is rolling out to world outside China

Hits UK shops in March

Personal Tech08 Feb 2021 | 7

No ports, no borders, no hope: Xiaomi's cool but impractical all-screen concept phone

In reality, eschewing cables remains a bad idea until wireless tech catches up

Personal Tech05 Feb 2021 | 49

Burning platform: Linux Foundation swallows Magma, open source software for mobile networking kit

Liquid hot Facebook project tucked under penguin's wing

OSes03 Feb 2021 | 2

Apple clinches Q4 smartphone shipments top spot as US sanctions elbow Huawei out of the major league

Canalys stats also show Samsung knocked to 2nd in a shrinking market

Personal Tech28 Jan 2021 | 11

Google's Git commits point to project on pared-back Android for virtualized environments

Meet MicroDroid, a base image for on-device VMs that might never see light of day

Virtualization26 Jan 2021 | 4

Smartphones are becoming like white goods, says analyst, with users only upgrading when their handsets break

Upgrades? It's a bit of a Hotpoint

Personal Tech25 Jan 2021 | 154

Honor has flown the nest: Announces first phone as an independent firm, inks deals with supply chain big dogs

Proud parent Huawei probably sobbing in the car

Personal Tech22 Jan 2021 | 8

Leaked memo suggests LG is thinking about quitting the smartphone biz in 2021

'The employment will be maintained, so there is no need to worry,' says CEO

Personal Tech20 Jan 2021 | 11

Samsung tones down sticky stuff in the Galaxy S21 series, simplifying repairs massively

Glue you! Well not anymore. Early signs are positive ahead of launch, but it's not without issues

Personal Tech19 Jan 2021 | 23

Samsung rolls out new Galaxy S21 range, including extra-lux Ultra

Just your Stylus? Pen support moves to latest flagship models

Personal Tech14 Jan 2021 | 38

Backers of Planet Computers' Astro Slide 5G phone furious after shock specs downgrade

'We have been sold a lemon here'

Personal Tech13 Jan 2021 | 84

Under that pile of spare keys and obsolete cables is an IoT device: Samsung pushes useful retirement project for older phones

Er, we mean 'distinguished', 'seasoned', 'battle-tested'

Edge + IoT12 Jan 2021 | 44

The myth of fingerprints: The Xiaomi 10T Pro is well-rounded, but it's definitively a sub-flagship handset

Review 144Hz refresh rate and a 108MP camera?

Personal Tech05 Jan 2021 | 29

Wanna know a semi-secret? Samsung's semi-rugged Galaxy XCover Pro is more than a semi-industrial curiosity

Extra support, extra options, designed for hard work but won’t disgrace itself in everyday life

Personal Tech04 Jan 2021 | 8

Realme 7 5G: Parents, this is the phone you should have got your kids for Christmas

It has everything most normal people would want and costs £279

Personal Tech01 Jan 2021 | 61

Developer beta for Huawei's Google-free HarmonyOS is here – but you may need to Google Translate the docs

It's all in Chinese if you fancy a gander

Software18 Dec 2020 | 12

What a difference 6 months makes: UK retailer Dixons Carphone returns to profitability on the back of high online sales

Revenue from web biz surges 145%

Personal Tech16 Dec 2020 | 4

Overpriced, underpowered, and over here: Microsoft to bring the Surface Duo to British shores in early 2021

Dual-screen Android phone released from period of US exclusivity

Personal Tech16 Dec 2020 | 20

Not one, not two, but a trio of hinges to potentially break in OPPO's bendy concept phone

Tired: Pholdables. Wired: Pholdables you can fold eleventeen times

Personal Tech14 Dec 2020 | 20

Asus ROG Phone 3: An ugly but refreshing choice – for gaming fans only

Review Cool off: It ain't Candy Crush on an iPhone, pal

Personal Tech14 Dec 2020 | 39

Breaking up big tech can make smartphones interesting again

Column We’re not upgrading to gorgeous new hardware because cloud services have stagnated

SaaS14 Dec 2020 | 40

The Huawei Mate 40 Pro is so mired in strangely hardy glue that the display shattered during iFixit's teardown

Don't drop this one

Personal Tech08 Dec 2020 | 23

Take Note: Samsung said to be thinking about killing off Galaxy phablet series

Flagships are falling out of favour while demand for cheap devices swells

Personal Tech01 Dec 2020 | 27

Gartner: You think Huawei's sales figures are bad now? Wait till you see next year's

Modestly updating old phones won't work beyond Q4, says analyst

Personal Tech30 Nov 2020 | 13

It's been an Honor serving with you but you're our 'competitors' now, Huawei tells its sawn-off mobile limb

Budget sub-brand selloff will save jobs of workers, says founder, and avoid 'dragging innocent people' down

Personal Tech27 Nov 2020 | 28

Xiaomi revenues up by a third due to strong phone sales and triple-digit European growth

Cheap and cheerful clearly appealed during pandemic

Personal Tech26 Nov 2020 | 13

The Nord N10 is OnePlus's cheapest 5G handset and, boy, does it show

Review Doesn't mean it's terrible, you just have to manage your expectations

Personal Tech20 Nov 2020 | 10

OPPO showcases 'rollable' concept phone that turns into a tablet – no bending needed

'Yeah, that's how we roll,' an exec may have said at some point

Personal Tech17 Nov 2020 | 14

Honey, I shrunk the iPhone 12: Mini teardown reveals same components, only smaller

And with better repairability than its big brother too

Personal Tech16 Nov 2020 | 20

Android without Google – and yes it has apps: The Reg talks to founder about the /e/ smartphone

Interview How the de-Googled phone works

Personal Tech12 Nov 2020 | 56

MediaTek's latest chip promises 5G for the proles: Destined for those not-so-high end smartmobes

Pops head around door into party: Oh Qualcomm, you're here too?

Personal Tech10 Nov 2020 | 7

Apple opens pre-orders of iPhone 12 Mini and Pro Max models, the cheapest and most expensive in the lineup

Smaller handset £699 going up to £1,099 for top-tier flavour

Personal Tech06 Nov 2020 | 18

Vivo pushes out X51 5G: Chipper whippersnapper, quite a battery-sapper, but at least the wrapper's dapper

Review Hip to be square and aimed at the Euro crowd

Personal Tech04 Nov 2020 | 31

The Huawei Mate 40 Pro would be the best Android flagship on the market – were it not for the US-China trade war

Review App gap is painful so only true believers should buy it

Personal Tech02 Nov 2020 | 73

Right to repair? At least you still have the right to despair: Camera modules cannot be swapped on the iPhone 12

Not without Apple's proprietary System Configuration app anyway

Personal Tech30 Oct 2020 | 42

You might want to look Huawei now: Smartphone market returns to growth as Chinese giant's shipments plunge

Analyst figures add insult to injury for embattled comms biz

Personal Tech30 Oct 2020 | 17

Samsung profits surge as the world starts buying smartphones again

Huawei stockpiling components helps too, but server memory sales go soft

Personal Tech29 Oct 2020 | 1

Planet Computers throws Linux fans a bone, improves calls, and adds virty trackpad to Cosmo Communicator

Update tips more functionality on gizmo's second display

OSes28 Oct 2020 | 12

Touchscreen holdout? This F(x)tec Pro1 X phone with sliding QWERTY keyboard might push your buttons

Choice of LineageOS and Ubuntu Touch as well as Android

Personal Tech27 Oct 2020 | 41

UK regulator Ofcom to ban carriers from selling locked handsets to make dumping clingy networks even easier

First you could break up by text – next year you can take the phone with you

Networks27 Oct 2020 | 31

Seeing as real 5G isn't even here yet, you could just get a OnePlus instead of an iPhone 12 and save loadsamoney

Firm launches cheapest phones yet: £329 5G model, £179 basic handset

Networks26 Oct 2020 | 10

Honey, I shrunk the battery: Something's gotta give as iPhone 12's logic board swells to accommodate 5G chippery

Next-gen connectivity requires reshuffle beneath the surface

Personal Tech26 Oct 2020 | 33

Yes, we have a 5G iPhone now. But that doesn't mean 5G has arrived

Feature And please forget about that 4th industrial revolution because most networks only have NSA 5G

Networks26 Oct 2020 | 51

Vivo Las Blowers: Chinese smartphone brand hops into Europe's crowded mobe market

Well, there's a Huawei-shaped opening thanks to Mr Trump and co

Personal Tech21 Oct 2020 | 8

Samsung aims boot at Apple's decision not to bundle a charger in with the iPhone 12, foot ends up in mouth

Come on Sammy, you've got form here so don't make the same mistakes again

Personal Tech16 Oct 2020 | 79

Dutch telco KPN goes its own Huawei, picks Ericsson for its 5G core network

'Yet another nail in the coffin' says analyst as former fan NL's biggest operator looks to Sweden

Networks15 Oct 2020 | 3

A point of Honor: Huawei in talks to sell its youth-focused smartphone business – report

Digital China Group, TCL and Xiaomi said to be among suitors in deal potentially worth £2.8bn

Personal Tech14 Oct 2020 | 7

Sailfish floats v3.4 'Pallas-Yllästunturi', its latest Jolla good reason for itchy-fingered Android and Apple swervers

Tops Ubuntu for catchy release names

OSes14 Oct 2020 | 20

Pump up the volume: Online sales help Samsung's phone division weather a brutal year

Chaebol's e-commerce efforts surged compared to 2019

Personal Tech13 Oct 2020 | 1

Indonesia’s black-market phone prevention plan bricks a whole bunch of handsets

Database recording legit handsets appears to have exceeded capacity

Personal Tech13 Oct 2020 | 32

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Samsung updates chart-topping A-series Galaxy smartphones with a few more bells and whistles – even topping the S20 FE

Got a need for speed? New report claims iPhone 12's 5G performance lags behind that of rival Android models

Xiaomi didn't turn the glue up to 11 on its new Mi flagship, but still gets low marks for repairability

There was hope Samsung had turned a corner in repairability, but the Galaxy S21 Ultra is a step backwards

First Verizon, now T-Mobile: US carrier suggests folks use 2G to save battery

Reasons to be appy: Huawei flashes figures for its App Gallery platform

NARROWER TOPICS

Samsung shows off next-generation big-pixel camera sensor tech, coming to an Android phone near you

Does Samsung want you to buy new phones? Asking 'cos Galaxies now get four years of security updates

Huawei's new Mate X2 foldable phone costs almost $2,800

Slow your roll: LG reportedly puts new smartphone on ice as it mulls future in market

The iPhone 12 captured our attention and wallets, says new report from Gartner

O2 UK overcharged exiting customers by £40.7m over 7+ years: Ofcom slams senior managers, fines it £10.5m

Xiaomi a Snapdragon 888 flagship for €749: Yep, the Mi 11 is rolling out to world outside China

No ports, no borders, no hope: Xiaomi's cool but impractical all-screen concept phone

Burning platform: Linux Foundation swallows Magma, open source software for mobile networking kit

Apple clinches Q4 smartphone shipments top spot as US sanctions elbow Huawei out of the major league

Google's Git commits point to project on pared-back Android for virtualized environments

Smartphones are becoming like white goods, says analyst, with users only upgrading when their handsets break

Honor has flown the nest: Announces first phone as an independent firm, inks deals with supply chain big dogs

Leaked memo suggests LG is thinking about quitting the smartphone biz in 2021

Samsung tones down sticky stuff in the Galaxy S21 series, simplifying repairs massively

Samsung rolls out new Galaxy S21 range, including extra-lux Ultra

Backers of Planet Computers' Astro Slide 5G phone furious after shock specs downgrade

Under that pile of spare keys and obsolete cables is an IoT device: Samsung pushes useful retirement project for older phones

The myth of fingerprints: The Xiaomi 10T Pro is well-rounded, but it's definitively a sub-flagship handset

Wanna know a semi-secret? Samsung's semi-rugged Galaxy XCover Pro is more than a semi-industrial curiosity

Realme 7 5G: Parents, this is the phone you should have got your kids for Christmas

Developer beta for Huawei's Google-free HarmonyOS is here – but you may need to Google Translate the docs

What a difference 6 months makes: UK retailer Dixons Carphone returns to profitability on the back of high online sales

Overpriced, underpowered, and over here: Microsoft to bring the Surface Duo to British shores in early 2021

Not one, not two, but a trio of hinges to potentially break in OPPO's bendy concept phone

Asus ROG Phone 3: An ugly but refreshing choice – for gaming fans only

Breaking up big tech can make smartphones interesting again

The Huawei Mate 40 Pro is so mired in strangely hardy glue that the display shattered during iFixit's teardown

Take Note: Samsung said to be thinking about killing off Galaxy phablet series

Gartner: You think Huawei's sales figures are bad now? Wait till you see next year's

It's been an Honor serving with you but you're our 'competitors' now, Huawei tells its sawn-off mobile limb

Xiaomi revenues up by a third due to strong phone sales and triple-digit European growth

The Nord N10 is OnePlus's cheapest 5G handset and, boy, does it show

OPPO showcases 'rollable' concept phone that turns into a tablet – no bending needed

Honey, I shrunk the iPhone 12: Mini teardown reveals same components, only smaller

Android without Google – and yes it has apps: The Reg talks to founder about the /e/ smartphone

MediaTek's latest chip promises 5G for the proles: Destined for those not-so-high end smartmobes

Apple opens pre-orders of iPhone 12 Mini and Pro Max models, the cheapest and most expensive in the lineup

Vivo pushes out X51 5G: Chipper whippersnapper, quite a battery-sapper, but at least the wrapper's dapper

The Huawei Mate 40 Pro would be the best Android flagship on the market – were it not for the US-China trade war

Right to repair? At least you still have the right to despair: Camera modules cannot be swapped on the iPhone 12

You might want to look Huawei now: Smartphone market returns to growth as Chinese giant's shipments plunge

Samsung profits surge as the world starts buying smartphones again

Planet Computers throws Linux fans a bone, improves calls, and adds virty trackpad to Cosmo Communicator

Touchscreen holdout? This F(x)tec Pro1 X phone with sliding QWERTY keyboard might push your buttons

UK regulator Ofcom to ban carriers from selling locked handsets to make dumping clingy networks even easier

Seeing as real 5G isn't even here yet, you could just get a OnePlus instead of an iPhone 12 and save loadsamoney

Honey, I shrunk the battery: Something's gotta give as iPhone 12's logic board swells to accommodate 5G chippery

Yes, we have a 5G iPhone now. But that doesn't mean 5G has arrived

Vivo Las Blowers: Chinese smartphone brand hops into Europe's crowded mobe market

Samsung aims boot at Apple's decision not to bundle a charger in with the iPhone 12, foot ends up in mouth

Dutch telco KPN goes its own Huawei, picks Ericsson for its 5G core network

A point of Honor: Huawei in talks to sell its youth-focused smartphone business – report

Sailfish floats v3.4 'Pallas-Yllästunturi', its latest Jolla good reason for itchy-fingered Android and Apple swervers

Pump up the volume: Online sales help Samsung's phone division weather a brutal year

Indonesia’s black-market phone prevention plan bricks a whole bunch of handsets

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