Vodafone Smart Mini offers Android Jelly Bean for only £50
Vodafone has launched a new and ultra-cheap, own-branded smarthpone in the UK: the Smart Mini. This comes not long after the network released the Smart III, which is also pretty cheap (£95). The Vodafone Smart Mini costs only £50 (€58, or $78) on Pay As You Go. It runs Android Jelly Bean (version 4.1 from [...]
UK: Vodafone Smart III gets you Android Jelly Bean in a £95 package
Each year in May Vodafone launches a new own-brand smartphone called Smart. At least that’s been the case for the past two years, and here we are in May and there’s a new Vodafone Smart up for purchase. Following in the footsteps of the original Smart from 2011 and the Smart II from last year, [...]
Cheap Huawei Ascend G510 with Android Jelly Bean announced by Vodafone UK
Vodafone UK is launching a new and affordable Android smartphone manufactured by Huawei. Called Huawei Ascend G510, the handset is the first in the UK to come with Huawei’s own Emotion UI – which sits atop of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. Since it’s affordable, the G510 is not a high-end device. Its features include: a [...]
Windows Phone 8 now available at Vodafone UK: Nokia Lumia 920, 820, 620, HTC 8X, 8S
Vodafone UK has officially hopped onto the Windows Phone 8 bandwagon today, as it started to sell no less than five devices running Microsoft’s latest mobile platform. The five WP8 devices that you can find in Vodafone stores starting today are the Nokia Lumia 920, Lumia 820, and Lumia 620, and the HTC 8X and [...]
You’ll be able to order a BlackBerry Z10 from Vodafone UK tomorrow at 5 pm
So who’s excited about the BlackBerry 10 launch tomorrow? What was that you said? Oh, it’s you? You are? Are you in the UK too? Well, then, you should probably get even more excited. That’s because all signs point to the fact that you’ll be able to order a brand new BlackBerry Z10 smartphone from [...]
Vodafone UK is planning to offer BlackBerry 10 from day one
Many people have been predicting the imminent death of RIM and its BlackBerry platform. For many months now. Yet the Canadian smartphone maker refuses to give up without a fight, and, even though it’s been bleeding market share for the past few quarters, it’s ready to make the ultimate comeback early next year. January 30 [...]
Global warming affects mobile too. Heat wave knocks out Vodafone Australia
Global warming (nay, climate change) doesn’t only affect non-mobile businesses, it seems. In fact, the increasing prevalence of extreme weather is slowly but surely starting to take its toll on carriers. Vodafone Australia is the latest to be affected by this. Because of the extremely high temperatures brought upon by a heat wave, the air [...]
UK: Windows Phone 8S by HTC available for pre-order on Vodafone tariffs
Last week, we told you that the Windows Phone 8S by HTC would arrive in the UK on November 23, SIM-free, thanks to Clove. However, the retailer is now saying that the first HTC 8S stock is expected at an uncertain date, sometime before the end of the month. Meanwhile, Carphone Warehouse has also started [...]
Vodafone Smart Tab II arrives in the UK, on Pay monthly as well as Pay as you go
If you’d like to get a brand new 7-inch Android tablet, and for some reason can’t afford paying for it in full – here’s an option for you. If you’re in the UK and are in the aforementioned situation, Vodafone can help. It just announced a new self-branded tablet, the Smart Tab II, made by [...]
Vodafone UK’s Huawei Ascend G300 gets updated to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, is still dirt cheap
The Huawei Ascend G300 sold by Vodafone UK now has an update to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich waiting for it. The smartphone was launched by the operator sometimes called Big Red back in April. Ever since then it’s been extremely affordable, and it comes with specs that just two years ago would have made [...]
Vodafone to launch the Motorola XT925 (Droid Razr HD variant)?
We know that Verizon’s unannounced Motorola Droid Razr HD has the model number XT926. Now a Motorola XT925 has appeared, running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, and looking a lot like what we’ve previously seen as the Droid Razr HD. According to the XT925 photos posted over at the XDA Forums, the handset is made [...]
Jelly Bean should reach the Nexus S today or tomorrow
It’s almost Jelly Bean time if you have a Nexus S. The update to Android 4.1 is already out for some owners of Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphones, and the Nexus S is apparently next in line to receive it. The update’s rollout to the Nexus S may start today or tomorrow, by the way. This [...]
Vodafone eyeing SK Telecom’s Smart Push LTE tech
Vodafone wants to use some advanced LTE technology developed by SK Telecom. SK Telecom is South Korea’s biggest carrier, and the world’s second largest LTE service provider, behind only Verizon (which operates in a much bigger country, we must add). The tech in question is dubbed Smart Push and is part of SK Telecom’s ‘PETA’ [...]
Vodafone UK intros cheap Smart II Android phone, only £58.30 on PAYG
Vodafone has unveiled a new affordable Android smartphone that’s being sold under its own brand. Called Vodafone Smart II, the device comes as the successor to the Smart 858 (launched last year with Android 2.2 Froyo on board). Probably manufactured by Huawei, the Vodafone Smart II runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread, and features: a 3.2 inch [...]
Samsung Galaxy S III shipping delays confirmed by Vodafone and Clove
The rumors turned out to be true after all. First, the bad news: most versions of the Samsung Galaxy S III have been confirmed to be delayed, at least in the UK. The good news, though, is that in some cases it’s just a matter of days. Not long ago we told you that the [...]
Samsung Galaxy S III is Vodafone UK’s most pre-ordered Android device ever
If you had any doubts that Samsung’s new Galaxy S III would be a smash hit, read this: Vodafone UK has told The Inquirer that the handset is “the most pre-ordered Android device” it brought into its smartphone line-up to date. The network didn’t talk numbers, but it’s clear that many of its customers are [...]
Samsung’s “next Galaxy” will be coming to Vodafone UK
Vodafone UK just dropped us a note letting us know that “the next Galaxy” will be available on its network. Naturally, Pay Monthly as well as Pay as you go options will be there to choose from, as soon as the smartphone gets officially launched. The next Galaxy, which is for the moment what Samsung [...]
UK: Samsung Galaxy Ace now just £135 on Vodafone
While it may already have not one, but two successors on the market (or coming soon), the Samsung Galaxy Ace is still a pretty decent Android smartphone in terms of specs. Sure, it’s not high-end (and it never was), but it gets the job done. It’s always been pretty affordable, yet it looks like some [...]
Samsung Galaxy S II Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for Vodafone UK customers coming tomorrow
The Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for the Samsung Galaxy S II has started rolling out last month. Whether you already got it, or when you’re going to, depends on where you are and where you bought your device from. Each operator has to approve of it first, so that may take a while. [...]
HTC Sensation XL, Nokia C3, BlackBerry Torch 9810, Samsung Galaxy Mini discontinued by Vodafone UK
In the UK, Vodafone is set to discontinue four smartphones, according to SoMobile. These are the HTC Sensation XL, Nokia C3, Samsung Galaxy Mini, and BlackBerry Torch 9810. For the first three of those this undoubtedly has something to do with the fact that they’ll all be getting successors announced at the end of this [...]
