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Offering carrier-branded smartphones must be a sound strategy for Orange, which keeps adding these devices left and right. Last year, the French operator group unveiled 14 new own-brand devices, doubling the number from last year. And you know why – cause these phones are selling like crazy, offering great value for money to the users.…
The gold-colored HTC One has made an appearance in the U.K., and is now available for purchase through Carphone Warehouse as well as Phones 4u. If you’re not the blingy type and are looking for something a little more subtle, perhaps a pink Samsung Galaxy S4 is in your future. The pink GS4 is available…
Orange may be launching its service in Canada, The Globe and Mail is reporting. According to the media outlet, representatives from Orange Horizons, a subsidiary of the French telecoms group, have held “exploratory talks” with Canada’s telecoms regulator and the country’s trade commissioner service about wireless opportunities. The report goes on suggesting that the carrier…
Samsung Galaxy S4 with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 800 chip has been launched by Orange France. Called Galaxy S4 Advance, the same device is known elsewhere as Galaxy S4 LTE-A or Galaxy S4 LTE+, so this time round – we prefer the “French way”… Aside from a faster processor, this model also supports faster mobile data speeds…
In its press release announcing the launch of the G Flex in South Korea, LG also said that Orange France will be the first non-Korea based carrier to sell the curved smartphone. The company failed to mention the price and the exact release date, only adding that French looking for some curved phone action will…
Selling own-brand smartphones apparently works for Orange when it keeps pushing this agenda forward. In “response to customer demand for sophisticated smartphones at a more accessible price,” the carrier unveiled two new members of the Orange family of devices – Orange Yumo and Orange Hiro. The first of the two is a 4G-enabled smartphone with…
Orange Business Services has teamed-up with Samsung to push the Korean company’s tablets to its customers across Europe, with specific emphasis on Belgium, France, Poland and Spain. Under the deal, Orange Business Services and Samsung Electronics will co-develop business services based on Samsung tablets and the Orange mobile network. The two companies will be working…
Orange’s LTE network now covers all of Paris as well as 37 towns in the surrounding area! The carrier has also announced plans to speed up its 4G deployment elsewhere before the end of the year. By the end of September, Orange will cover 70 “agglomerations”, including over 500 towns in mainland France. Orange is…
The BlackBerry Q5 has launched today, showing up in the U.K. and South Africa. The keyboard touting, BlackBerry 10 OS running smartphone packs a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 2GB of RAM, a 3.1-inch 720×720 pixel screen, a 5MP rear facing camera with flash, 2MP front-facing camera and 8GB of internal memory. While the price of the…
Huawei has unveiled the “world’s slimmest smartphone” today in London, the Ascend P6. The Ascend P6 comes in with a depth of 6.18 mm, and runs on Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean. The Huawei Ascend P6 comes with a 1.5GHz quad-core processor, a 4.7-inch HD display, a 5MP front-facing camera, an 8MP rear-facing shooter and a…