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Samsung’s Sales Smashed By Xiaomi

Staff Writers August 5, 2014 No Comments

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi, pronounced “She-ow-me”, has outsold Samsung for the first time in China, according to a new report. WSJ’s report says Xiaomi’s Q2 2014 smartphone marketshare in China reached…

ACCC Probes High Cost Of Mobile Calls + SMS

Staff Writers August 1, 2014 No Comments

Australia’s Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is investigating the high costs telcos can charge each other when mobile calls and SMS messages are sent to each other’s networks. These costs…

Optus Flog 8″ LG Tablet With G3 Phone

Staff Writers July 21, 2014 No Comments

Optus is first telco to announce pricing of the long awaited LG G3 5.5″ Quad HD smartphone. It opened online pre-orders today offering a free 8.3 inch LG G Pad (worth…

LG Reveal ‘G3 BEAT’..But Where’s G3?

Staff Writers July 17, 2014 No Comments

Normally phone makers release the big brother first, but LG has done it other other way around, announcing a cheaper, smaller version of G3 hero phone, not yet on sale…

Vodafone’s Carrot To Crazy Johns

Staff Writers July 9, 2014 No Comments

AS Crazy John’s announce it will deactivate all postpaid services, the red telco is offering a carrot to Crazy’s circa 100,000 customers, who look set to have their service terminated…

$299: ZTE Unlocks Super 5.5″ Quad-Core Smartie

Staff Writers May 21, 2014 No Comments

Unveiled in Sydney today, ZTE V969 this is the first branded mobile from the Chinese giant. The main point of difference between V969 and the Apple’s and Samsungs on the…

New Samsung K Series + Galaxy S5 With 20.2 megapixel camera Attached Coming Soon

David Richards April 15, 2014 No Comments

The new device will be launched globally on April 29th, with invitations sent out to an event in Singapore. The invitation asks invitees to “Kapture the Moment,” which could be…

Amazon To Launch 3D Phone With 4 Front Facing Camera’s

David Richards April 14, 2014 No Comments

Amazon’s smartphone will reportedly employ retina-tracking technology and no less than four front-facing cameras, to make some images appear to be 3D, similar to a hologram. The company reportedly plans…

HTC ‘New One’ To Hijack Samsung S5?

Staff Writers March 19, 2014 No Comments

HTC to launch something big next week. But so are its arch rivals. HTC’s new hero phone is to premier just a day after Samsung S5 launches in Australia, it…

What Are Your Mobile Rights?

Staff Writers March 14, 2014 No Comments

Consumer watchdog is promoting Aussie consumer rights when buying a mobile ahead of World Consumer Rights Day, taking place this Saturday March 15. This year, consumer organisations globally are joining…