It is late 2012, and Samsung has just doubled down on the ‘Phablet’ experiment with the Galaxy Note II (N7100). If the original Note was a curious prototype, the Note II is a polished, high-performance workstation that has converted the UK tech press from skeptics to believers. It is a 183g behemoth …
It is November 2012, and Google has just disrupted the UK mobile market with a technical masterclass in value. The Nexus 4, manufactured by LG, has arrived with a price tag that seems like a clerical error: £239 for a flagship-spec device. It is a stunning 139g slab of glass, featuring a …
Welcome to September 2012, and Apple has finally done the unthinkable: they’ve changed the screen size. The iPhone 5 has arrived, and it is a tall, slender masterpiece of precision engineering that makes every other phone on the market look like a plastic toy. Gone is the ‘glass sandwich’ of the 4S, …
It is May 2012, and Samsung has just unveiled a phone that claims to be ‘designed for humans and inspired by nature.’ The Galaxy S III is a massive, curvaceous departure from the blocky aesthetics of the S II, finished in ‘Marble White’ or ‘Pebble Blue’ with a glossy, ‘hyperglaze’ polycarbonate finish. …
Welcome to November 2011, and the ‘Shotgun Marriage’ between Nokia and Microsoft has finally produced its first offspring. The Nokia Lumia 800 is the most important phone in the Finnish giant’s history, a ‘do or die’ device designed to rescue them from the ‘burning platform’ of Symbian. In the UK, it has …
It is late 2011, and Samsung has just performed a daring technical experiment that has the UK tech press alternating between awe and ridicule. They’ve released the Galaxy Note, a device with a 5.3-inch screen that is so massive it has necessitated the creation of a new word: the ‘Phablet.’ In the …
Welcome to October 2011, and the atmosphere around the iPhone 4S is a strange mix of technical awe and somber reflection following the passing of Steve Jobs. While many in the UK were disappointed that the design remains identical to the iPhone 4, the internal overhaul is so significant that it has …
It is May 2011, and the Samsung Galaxy S II has just landed in the UK like a dual-core cruise missile aimed directly at Apple’s head. This is the phone that has finally turned the ‘iPhone Killer’ from a tired marketing cliché into a cold, technical reality. It is impossibly thin (8.49mm) …
Welcome to the end of 2010, and RIM has finally attempted to bridge the gap between the ‘Type-and-Click’ old world and the ‘Touch-and-Swipe’ new world. The BlackBerry Torch 9800 is the first slider in the brand’s history, combining a 3.2-inch capacitive touch screen with a full, slide-out QWERTY keyboard. In the UK, …
It is October 2010, and Nokia has just released its ‘last stand’ for the Symbian empire. The Nokia N8 is a technical masterpiece trapped in a software time capsule. In an era of plastic slabs, the N8 is a refreshing outlier, milled from a single block of anodised aluminium with glass-reinforced plastic …
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