Project Ara – Google’s Modular Phone
With the current focus on the environment, it is not surprising that mobile phones get a bad press with their resource hungry construction and the owner’s desire to change them every 1-2 years, even if they are still working fine. Now with the Fairphone 3 offering users a modular phone that allows you to replace […]
How did Microsoft get the smartphone market so wrong?
It’s hard to imagine today, sitting her surveying a smartphone market dominated by Android and iOS, that not so many years ago, there was a third contender – Windows Mobile. Why is it not still around today? Unlike Android and iOS, that are based on the look and feel of the original windows concept, designed […]
10 Things About Android 10
Android 10 has been rolling out since early September. Although most of us haven’t yet got it, it seems likely that in the coming months many more phones will. So, while you are waiting for it to arrive, we thought we would outline 10 things worth knowing about it focused on innovation, security and privacy […]
Top 5 features for smartphones in 2020
It’s getting to that time of the year when people dust off their crystal balls and try and predict what will happen in 2020. Well, here at RCUK, we are no different and so have decided to put down what we expect to see in the smartphone world next year. So, our top 5 predictions […]
Xiaomi Mi Mix Alpha – is this is the real life, is this just fantasy?
The recently launched Mi Mix Alpha might only be a concept smartphone available in limited numbers in China, but it has the potential to change the future of mobile phones. I wrote recently about the need for innovation in smartphone design to take us back to the heady days of the iPhone launch and to […]
Are we entering a new wave of innovation for smartphone design?
The recent release of the iPhone 11, whilst garnering some publicity, did not attract the same high levels of news coverage that has typically been the case for previous updates. Granted, apart from the striking camera arrangement on the rear of the more expensive models, it is more of an incremental update rather than a […]
Nokia unveils new phone line-up
The IFA event is typically the time for some handset manufacturers to release new models, and this year, in Berlin, it has been the turn of Nokia. They have announced 5 new phones that either update existing models or fill a gap in their range. Starting at the low end, the Nokia 110 feature phone […]
What are eSIMs and how will they benefit me?
With the recent announcement that the new iPhone 11 models will include eSIM support, it only seems a matter of time before this technology will become commonplace. But what are eSIMs and how will their introduction impact you and your smartphone? An eSIM, or embedded SIM card, is an electronic version of the SIM card. […]
EE and Vodafone continue to lead the way in network performance
The 2019 Rootmetrics review of the performance of mobile operators across the UK has just been released for the first half of this year. EE remained top in UK-wide testing, winning or sharing all six awards for the fourth straight test period. They distanced itself from the competition in the call category. In the second […]
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