Mobile Phone News
Enter your pick for the Canstar Innovation Excellence Awards
Canstar are looking for the most innovative telco products in Australia and it wants you to nominate your favourites.
Free Gear Fit 2 when you buy a new Samsung Galaxy S7
If you're thinking about picking a Galaxy S7 or Galaxy S7 Edge, Samsung is sweetening the deal by throwing in a free Gear Fit 2 fitness tracker.
Huawei Mate 9 on sale from February 7
Huawei's latest flagship smartphone - the Mate 9 - will go on sale locally from February 7 priced at $999.
First look at HTC's U Ultra and U Play
Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer HTC kicked off its 2017 by announcing two new smartphones: the U Ultra, and the U Play. The new devices step away from HTC's long running love for aluminium, and other than a metallic rim, are all glass.
OVO adds Australian Drag Racing to free content line-up
Plucky mobile start-up OVO Mobile is adding a big feather to its content streaming cap, with 400 Thunder Australian Drag Racing events to become a part of the sports OVO customers can watch for free.
Looking forward, looking back: Reflecting on 10 years of iPhone
Can you believe it? The first iPhone was unveiled ten years ago. On January 9, 2007, Steve Jobs took the wraps of Apple’s smartphone. Many of us weren't quite sure what to think. It was lambasted for its lack of a physical keyboard, jokes were made about its inability to copy and paste, and it wasn't even 3G, but the original iPhone was the start of a revolution.
New Year's resolutions for Aussie telcos
A few small ways we think teclos could make everyone's 2017 a little bit better.
Crossing the streams: Samsung smartwatches finally work with iPhone
Over a year after it was promised, Samsung is finally allowing you to pair its Gear smartwatches with an iPhone.
Budget phones get bigger with the Alcatel A3 XL
Budget smartphones are set to offer even more bang for buck in 2017, if Alcatel's newly announced A3 XL is anything to go by.
BlackBerry's Mercury revealed: physical keyboard, Android Nougat, and plenty of secrets
Waiting for the next BlackBerry? The wait is almost over.
Incipio's OX case gives the iPhone 7 its headphone jack back
Apple taketh, Incipio giveth. While some were disappointed by the iPhone 7's lack of a headphone jack, Incipio's newly announced "OX" cases bring back the 3.5mm port without the need for a dongle.
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