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While all of the major carriers in the UK have announced their intentions to carry the iPhone 5, only customers on the newly-launched EE network and Three will have access to LTE. EE is the only carrier in the UK to run an LTE network on a band supported by LTE chips found in the…
Vodafone’s New Zealand arm is about to start publishing an “eco-rating” for each of the handsets sold by its retailers. Using information obtained from handset manufacturers, consumers will know how much each phone is impacting the environment. Information such as carbon emissions and how much water is used in manufacturing, as well as ethical factors…
Vodafone UK launched what I think is an awesome cool plan, offering unlimited nationwide talk and text for just 29 GBP (about $46) per month. Available for all handsets in the carrier’s portfolio, the plan also comes with 1GB of data, making it a great option for smartphone owners. That’s not enough for you? No…
UK carrier Everything Everywhere, the joint venture between T-Mobile and Orange, has announced a 5 year deal with MasterCard that will bring NFC payments to customers at over 100,000 retail outlets in the UK. The move will also bring person to person (p2p) payments to Everything Everywhere, a feature that will roll out at a…
Vodafone UK is launching a successor to the Vodafone Smart smartphone. Simply called Vodafone Smart II, it’s a slightly beefed-up version of the original device that still caters toward the first time smartphone buyers. Specs wise, Vodafone’s baby rocks a 3.2-inch screen (we guess it’s HVGA), 3.2-megapixel camera, 800MHz processor, Android 2.3 Gingerbread, 150MB of…
British phone retailer Mobile Phones Direct is offering the sexy new Samsung Galaxy S III for just 49 GBP to users willing to commit on a two-year 26 GBP/month contract with Vodafone. That’s a pre-order deal — since Galaxy S III is still not available — and it’s pretty sweet… or so we think. Best…
Surprise … surprise. The recently announced Samsung Galaxy S III is being proclaimed as “the most pre-ordered Android smartphone ever,” this according to huge United Kingdom mobile network, Vodafone. Wait, before you roll your eyes over what Vodafone said, you must first remember what Reuters said last week. The news publication reported that Samsung had…
Vodafone UK is launching a new SIM card today aimed at parents looking to control their child’s mobile usage. The SIM, which uses software that runs on Vodafone’s servers called “the Bemilo system”, will let parents disable texting, choose which hours the phone can connect to the network, and it will even let parents read…
Talk about a hot deal. UK phone retailer Phones 4U is offering the brand new HTC One X for free on a 36 GBP/month plan. And get this – it requires putting your signature on a 12-month contract with Vodafone!!! Usually this sort of deals come with two-year customer agreements so we’re kinda surprised delighted,…
Vodafone UK is now taking pre-orders for the Samsung Galaxy S III. If you want to get the device for free, you’ll have to commit on a somewhat expensive two-year 41 GBP/month plan. That money gets you a ton of everything, including 900 minutes, unlimited texts and 2GB of mobile data every month. Of course,…