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  • Why You Weren’t Excited By Mobile World Congress

    Opinion: Mobile World Congress is coming to a finish over in Barcelona. Phone makers are closing up their stands, pulling down company banners and sliding fingerprint-smudged handsets back into their packing crates. By all accounts, everything went off without a hitch. If you were following the events, though, there’s a solid chance you were left…


  • Waiting For The Great Leap Forward: Why All New Phones ‘Suck’

    “This is a bit disappointing,” the comment started. “The rumours were Exynos octa[-core] 64 bit, no bezel screen, 2K resolution, multiple SKUs with a premium metallic casing, 32 or 64GB internal storage, (not 16GB or 32GB),” it added, summarising the new Galaxy S5 by finishing, “we got none of this. It’s a very incremental update,…


  • The Yotaphone Is Back With Two New Screens Built-In

    The Yotaphone first caught our attention last year, with its seemingly crazy combination of 4.3-inch front-mounted LCD and 4.3-inch E Ink display around the back. At Mobile World Congress 2014, the Russian team from Yota Devices is back, with a redesigned and reinvigorated Yotaphone boasting larger displays and some seriously powerful hardware.