Chinese smartphone manufacturer Oppo has announced that its smartphone range will now available for purchase from local retailer Allphones. Allphones will be stocking the manufacturer’s three locally available handsets and, for a limited time, bundling them bonus accessories. Oppo’s the flagship, the AUD$719 Find 7 will come with a bonus…
…for smartphone supremacy. Anthony controlled his drone with a brand new iPhone 6, while Charlie was touting a Samsung Galaxy S5 running Android Kit Kat. Parrot’s line of MiniDrones are controlled using your smartphone, and are a little bit too much. Here’s our review of the Rolling Spider and here’s…
Boost Mobile today announced the View 5.0 by Alcatel OneTouch, the first AUD$99 smartphone to feature a 5-inch screen. “Consumers are fed up of being charged significantly more to purchase [smartphones] than in other countries,” said Ian Blackhall, Boost’s Chief Market Officer, “we want to offer people a top spec…
…a beauty mode, which seems to slightly blur your face. 100% crop Final Thoughts Huawei’s Ascend Mate7 is a solid effort that goes toe-to-toe with flagships from Samsung, Apple, LG and Sony. If you’re in the market for a new smartphone, it’s definitely worth considering the Mate7, especially if you’re…
HTC today announced that the Desire Eye, its latest smartphone, is now available Australia for AUD$799, exclusively through JB HiFi. Both the Desire Eye’s front and rear-facing cameras are 13 megapixel shooters, giving HTC’s new device the highest resolution front-facing camera on a smartphone to date. Both cameras are identical…
…ridiculed for its large size. These three things are now all the norm. Sydney’s Powerhouse Museum is currently running Interface, an exhibition celebrating how technology and the way we interact with it has changed. “We have an incredibly complicated device like a smartphone or tablet, but it’s really easy to…
…Android smartphone, and a Cash By Optus SIM. Compatible phones include the LG G3, Samsung Galaxy Note 4, Samsung Galaxy S5 and HTC One (M7). A complete list of compatible phones can be found on Optus’ site. Cash by Optus is not compatible with iPhone. The NFC-enabled SIM allows users…
Microsoft today revealed that every Lumia smartphone running Windows Phone 8 will be upgraded to the mobile version of Windows 10. The company tweeted “we plan to upgrade all Windows Phone 8 devices to Windows 10 in the future”, answering a customer’s question on the matter. @Kalars07 We plan to…
Microsoft yesterday unveiled the first Lumia smartphone to not bare the Nokia name: the Microsoft Lumia 535. The Lumia 535 is Microsoft’s newest budget handset, featuring a 1.2GHz quad-core processor, 1GB of RAM, 8GB of expandable storage, a 960×540 pixel 5-inch screen and a USD$130 price-tag. Unlike the Lumia 530,…
Vodafone today announced that it will be launching Australia’s cheapest 4G smartphone this week: the AUD$99 Huawei Ascend Y550. The Ascend Y550 has a low-resolution 854×480 pixel 4.5-inch screen, 1.2GHz quad-core processor, 5-megapixel camera, 4GB of expandable storage and 1GB of RAM. “One of the biggest attractions of the…
…months of unlimited music on Google Play. At 5.96-inches, the Motorola-manufactured Nexus 6 is the biggest smartphone either Google or Motorola have made. The phablet boats a Quad HD screen, a 2.7GHz quad-core Snapdragon processor, and a 3200mAh battery. Aesthetically, the Nexus 6 looks like a larger version of Motorola’s…
At under $150, the Nokia Lumia 530 is the cheapest offering in Microsoft’s smartphone family. It’s a far cry from the stunning flagships we’re used to seeing, and even pales in comparison to many of the midrange handset on offer, but I don’t think the Lumia 530 was ever trying…