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Google Nexus S Unveiled for Customers in UK at Reduced Price of £ 430

Liam — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 14:18:23 +0000

Customers in UK cab get the new Google Nexus S at an unbelievable price of just £430 for the SIM free version. According to reports, both Best Buy UK and Carphone Warhouse Stores have put up the Google Nexus S on sale at a reportedly reduced price. The release date has been set up at December 22, which means the Brits are at ease to get the Google Nexus S by Christmas.

The price of this next gen superphone from Samsung in UK was initially slated to be around £550. Somehow, the price so stipulated seemed to be too high for customers and hence Google has decided to chop the price by a whopping £120 and the new reduced price of Google Nexus S stands at £ 429.95 with a top up of £10.

The contract price is narrowed down to a reasonable £30 per month on a deal covering two years. This sounds way more reasonable for most people. And this is definitely good news as the holiday time is around the corner and a brand new Google Nexus S could be the ideal hi-tech gift for yourself or your loved ones.

The question remains as to whether this new version of smart phone from Google will be available for customers independently over few mobile networks in UK or customers ought to purchase the Nexus S from Best Buy Stores and Carphone Warhouse Stores only.

The erstwhile price tag of £550 on Google Nexus S, according to TechRadar, was definitely going to hamper the marketing of the product. Perhaps this is something that has awakened the manufacturer and Google stepped in to right the path by revising the Nexus S price tag.

The reduced price is definitely going to attract buyers in volume. The new £30 per month is also going to get more folks interested in buying the new product. This mammoth £120 price slash is generating huge interest among customers in UK.

Time to Meet the Samsung Wave 723

Liam — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 12:39:02 +0000

Continuing its dominance as being one of the biggest mobile phone manufacturers in the business, Samsung has yet again launched another Smartphone that sports the famed proprietary Bada operating system.

The device has been named the Samsung Wave 723 and isn’t only pleasing to look at, but also packs in a whole lot of impressive features. This mobile also features a leather flap that serves as a protective cover for the screen which is reminiscent of the Samsung Star released a couple of months back. Let’s have look.

First Up

The Samsung Wave 723 is equipped with a 3.2” TFT display which makes use of the capacitive touch screen technology. The resolution is formidable at 240 x 400 pixels and it even supports up to 256 thousand different colours. Similarly, the touch capabilities of the display are also noteworthy, making full use of the TouchWiz UI’s touch features.

The mobile supports GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 for 2G and functions under HSDPA 900 / 2100 over the 3G network. As for its dimensions, the Samsung Wave 723 measures 109.5 x 53.9 x 11.8 mm.

Stay Connected

With this addition to the growing Wave family of Smartphones, you can stay connected to the rest of the world through a variety of options. For starters, the device supports Class 10 for both EDGE and GPRS and even enables 7.2 Mbps for 3G HSDPA connectivity. If this isn’t enough for you then perhaps you’d be glad to know that the Wi-Fi compatibility of the Samsung Wave 723 is at 802.11 b/g/n.

The Bluetooth connection of the mobile also features A2DP and the microUSB port already makes use of version 2.0. As expected, the manufacturer has decided to do without an infrared port which is quickly becoming an obsolete piece of technology.

Samsung’s Next Wave Handsets Revealed

Liam — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:03:03 +0000

It may be a bit of a surprise for some people, but the Samsung Wave 2 and the Wave 2 Pro smart phones are officially confirmed to be mid to low range handsets. With the original Samsung Wave being a pretty impressive high end smart phone, it was originally thought that the next device in the series would have bigger touch screen display, a faster processor and overall, better features. Instead, the Wave 2 and Wave Pro 2 are more of watered down versions of the original device.

This is easily explained by the fact that Samsung aims to put the Bada OS into the mid range smart phone market as opposed to competing with the big giants of the high end market (which would be the Android, Windows Phone 7 and the Apple iPhone). The original goal from Samsung was that they wanted to bring smart phone technology to everyone.

And by turning the Bada into the best mobile platform for this range of handsets, Samsung has a chance to gain a good hold of the market (they would still have to compete with the Android as the Google OS is being used in low to high end smart phones).

In detail, the S5250 Wave 2 and S5330 Wave 2 smart phones are pretty identical in terms of specs; the only difference is that the Wave 2 Pro has a physical QWERTY keyboard. The devices come with a pretty decent sized screen at 3.2 inches with a resolution of 240 x 400 pixels. With an internal memory of 80MB, users are better off using a 16GB micro SD card for storing data and other content. Of course, the phones will be using the Bada operating system, so expect to get plenty of good app support and a good choice of games for the platform.

Samsung Wave – catch the wave of change!

Liam — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 11:15:53 +0000

True to its promise to customers to turn their expectations related to smart phones in real and powerful tools, Samsung surprised the market with the amazing Samsung Wave – an innovative smart phone pertaining to new wave technologies set out to establish the basis for new benchmarks worldwide. Enthusiastic reviews have circulated the internet after its official launching event in Barcelona, Spain. Users are captivated by the degree of visual quality offered by the latest display technology incorporated in the Samsung Wave: the Super AMOLED 3.3’’ wide display.

3 layers of AMOLED as basis touch sensor above that and glass at the top assure the best visual experience. You can switch Samsung Wave at different angles and you will always have the greatest display.

A much awaited feature is the Social Hub on Samsung Wave which connects users with major social networks, email and IM features easily accessible. In this interconnected world it’s so simple to communicate with friends, family, work colleagues when using Samsung Wave.

A powerful 1 GHz Application Processor effectively supports high speed user interface response, flawless and simultaneous use of applications, HD video player and recorder performance as well as smooth internet browsing capabilities. With specifications this high, the range of economical Samsung Wave deals that can be found is really amazing!

The new BADA platform released in 2010 which is the basis for Samsung Wave aims to make smart phones accessible to everyone turning this into an important business opportunity for application developers. Samsung Wave’ launch marks the beginning of innovations to come from Samsung.

You can purchase online or from your local mobile phone stores the new Samsung Wave. It’s available with great mobile plans at all major UK networks like O2, Vodafone UK, Orange UK, T-Mobile. The most innovative phone on the market – Samsung Wave – is finally available to amaze people all over the world.

Samsung Genio S3650. A play in one act

Martin — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:23:57 +0000

Touchscreens for the youth… whatever will they think of next.

Oh, wait, they have already thought of that. Hmm. Multiple times, you say? So many times you’re sick of hearing about how this phone or that phone are being targeted at ’style conscious youth markets’. Right. And you want to stab the next person who mentions anything to do with ’style’ or ’social networking’ or ‘being at the centre of a media revolution’ in the same sentence as ‘an affordable option.’ Okay then. Can we introduce you to the gloriously name JK Shin, Executive Vice President of something and Head of something else we really couldn’t give a flying **** about at Samsung Electronics’ Mobile Communications Division.

Yo Jay-Kay, wasssup ma ni**a, what you got for us today bruvva, what you wanna tell us about the Samsung Genio Touch?

“We see strong growth opportunities in this sector and will continue to pioneer new markets with innovative technology. The Genio is consistent with Samsung’s legacy of developing new products and technologies designed for specific audiences and bringing new devices quickly to market,”

Fo shizzle?

“Samsung’s target audiences are at the heart of its business strategy and the design and functionality of Samsung Genio Touch meets the needs of a highly digitally connected and style conscious youth audience – as does the affordable price point.”

Fo real, is that how – oh, ****, someone just stabbed him. Someone just stuck a fork like right in Jay-Kay’s eye. Damn, dog, that gotta hurt.

Etc and so on and so forth.

Anyway, hopefully that pantomime was illuminating enough for you to want to find out more about the Samsung Genio Touch. No? It wasn’t?

God damn philistines, that’s all you are. Go read this Samsung Genio Touch review instead. Or feast your stupid little eyes on the official press release instead. Imbeciles.

Picking out your August mobile phone contract

Martin — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:04:15 +0000

We have been doing a bit of soul searching this month at Best Rated Phones and have decided to compile a quick list of the best 8 phones out there and the best contracts to go with them. After all you don’t need to spend the earth to get these top class handsets, just so long as you shop around and compare deals. Anyhow, here is our list of the best phones and their respective contracts.
1. Nokia N97 deals – We reckon that this handset is a couple of firmware updates from being the best all round handset out there. You can pick it up for £40.00 per month on T-Mobile and for that you get 800 minutes and unlimited texts.
2. HTC Touch diamond 2 deals – A much improved handset on the original Diamond. The user Interface is great and at just under £30.00 per month for 400 minutes and 500 texts, you can’t go wrong. It’s also on O2, the largest UK network.
3. Nokia 5530 deals – The little sister of the Nokia 5800 just has to be included because it is so damn cheap. £20.00 per month gets you 600 minutes and unlimited texts on Vodafone. You also get Xpressmusic, meaning sweet music to your ears.
4. Blackberry 8520 deals – The best Blackberry yet has been working hard to improve its apps offering, the buttons are better and the screen is brighter, all for £25.00 per month on O2 with 600 minutes and 500 texts. This is an absolute bargain in our opinion.
5. Samsung Jet deals – Samsung’s first Android phone has perhaps been overshadowed by the HTC Hero, but we really like it. It’s definitely worth looking at if you are a facebook addict and let’s face it, who isn’t these days?
6. HTC Hero deals – We put it at number 6 because we felt sorry for the Samsung Jet in all honesty. It is a seriously good phone, although no touch screen left us slightly disappointed. You can expect the number of apps available to rocket this year and so expect a bump up the list in the near future. You can get the Hero on Orange for £26.00 per month with 400 minutes and 3000 texts at the time of writing.
7. Samsung pixon 12 deals – great for big users of their mobile phone, you get a massive 900 minutes and unlimited texts for £40.00 per month. Now that’s some serious minute and text action and the phone isn’t half bad either.
8. Sony W995 deals – The best that Sony Ericsson has to offer at the moment and it really should be higher on the list. The only thing is, we are so excited about the Aino and the Satio that we reckon it’s worth waiting for these to arrive. Having said that, the price is cheap. You can get it on T-Mobile for £21.20 with 700 minutes and 3000 texts, quite unbelievable.
Think we are missing out any handsets? Seen any better deals? Then let us know in the comments section.

Samsung S9110. Dance baby, dance!

Martin — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:18:04 +0000

In much the same way as those idiots who wear Bluetooth headsets have been the objects of hatred / ridicule / casual violence for many years now, we think the Samsung S9110 is going to unleash a new wave of anger. Because, as lovely an idea as watchphones are, how in the hell are they going to work. We can picture only three possibilities, all of which are terrifying

1 – The user has to contort and twist their watchphone up to their ear / mouth region somehow, therefore making them look like either victims of horrific accidents, or contemporary dancers, neither of which are good things

2 – The speakerphone is the only viable option. Right. Yeah. Enough said. A bunch of geeks yelling into their arms next to you in the pub. That’s going to go down very well

3 – They have to use some kind of ear piece / headphone kinda thing. Which would kind of take away the portable / compact benefits of the thing, right?

Anyway, who knows, maybe as flash as this technology is, there’s going to be some other kind of solution with the Samsung S9110 (details are still surprisingly scant on the ground, even with this things supposed release date this month), but we just can’t see what it might be.

While you’re waiting with crossed fingers, have a look at this Samsung S9110 review, or at these Samsung S9110 deals. But seriously, don’t hold your breath. Or, if you buy one, and you’re thinking about answering your watchphone in the pub next to us: do hold your breath. Hold it very, very tightly indeed.

Samsung S5600 Preston. Operation Bad Name

Martin — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:02:10 +0000

Quite recently, the armed forces in these fair isles decided to stop choosing evocative names and phrases to apply to their missions and use instead a random word generator.

So, no more going blundering into a country, dropping bombs on weddings, stealing donkeys and generally causing a big mess, but getting away with it by doing it all under the title Operation Enduring Freedom. No more assassinating the wrong person, trying to cover it up, failing, but still winning everyone around by saying it’s all part of Operation It’s All Okay, Everything is Fine, and Oh, Yeah, FREEDOM FOR ALL.

Which we think is generally a good thing. However, it seems the mobile phone industry has gotten a hold of something similar. Which we think is a very bad thing indeed. Because now we have phones like the Samsung S5600 that come with names that are, well, just preposterous. Who in the hell thought that when the random name generator spewed out the name of a post-industrial malaise of a hole that is the pseudo-city in the north of England that that would be a good name for a pretty cool phone? Who thought that when people then had to write, go and look at these Samsung Preston deals, anyone would actually want to?

Absolutely bizarre. Anyway, regardless of the name, this thing is actually a pretty decent mid-range touchscreen (it is in fact just the Tocco Lite with a few more additions… The Tocco Lite Plus, then. Or the Tocco Lite Heavy. Or the Tocco Not-as-Lite-as-it-was… see, anything is better than ‘Preston’). Check out this little Samsung Preston review, have a look at Samsung’s official page, or even, if you dare, take a little look at this video:

Samsung Tocco Lite. WiFi SchmiFi

Martin — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:09:33 +0000

In that strange drive to always have the biggest / best / newest / shiniest / stripiest / glowingist / etc.ist, people often lose sight of what it is they actually need in their lives. Teenage boys really do think their Renault 5 needs an engine stipped out of a Porsche and those ultraviolet strip lights under the sides of their noisy machines, little realising not only how much they don’t actually need those things, but also how indescribably stupid those things make them look. Others buy 47-inch plasma TVs for their 9ft x 9ft lounges, bathing themselves in its glow and probably damaging their eyes forever.

And with phones, all-to-often we’ve had still-smelling-like-the-box gadgets shoved under our noses as some halfwit rants on about the how the HSDPA speed on the thing is like nothing the world has ever seen. Normally those people can be shut up by asking them what HSDPA stands for, and what it does, but not always. And all this is why we’ve been slightly refreshed by the Samsung Tocco Lite as it’s made its way into our lives with little fuss or fanfare. Because Samsung have actually stripped this thing down to the very barest bones, and we think it’s better for it. 3G? Nope. WiFi? Nope. And while HSDPA-man might be snorting laughter into his Bavarian wheat beer, we say: why the hell not. Most people don’t even use their apparently top-end functions beyond the first, say, 4 hours of owning their new phones, so why not have a phone that’s neat, light, dirt cheap and does just what you need it to, and very little else. Agree with us? Think the Samsung Tocco Lite might be just for you? Then have a look at this Samsung Tocco Lite review for more back-up. Or at the official page for some slightly less persuasive stuff. Or at this video… which might just confuse you, but we promise the Star is the same as the Lite… if you see what we mean.

Samsung Pixon 12. Camerific

Martin — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:33:10 +0000

For those of you too lazy to carry around an actual camera, the Samsung Pixon 12 is actually a pretty decent attempt at being a camera. Even if it is not – as you have to remember – an actual camera. It is a phone, with a camera attached. Just as it has an FM radio attached. And some 3G functions. And some other pretty cool stuff (check out this Samsung Pixon 12 review for the full rundown). Have a little look at this list of functions if you don’t believe us:

Single camera button for instant photo-taking
28-mm wide angle lens
Xenon LED flash
Touch auto-focus
Track moving subjects
Smart Auto mode that adjusts to the conditions
Saves images relatively quickly (for a cameraphone) – fire off the next shot within 2 seconds
Instant uploading to Facebook, Flickr, Photobucket and more via WiFi

See, not bad at all. But, one word of very stern warning: just because the Samsung Pixon 12, as its name so subtly suggest, has 12 megapixels, don’t expect it to start taking pictures as good as any real camera with the same specs. Megapixels do not a better picture make, as someone might have once said.

All that said though, if you do find yourself taking pictures more than most, the Pixon 12 could be just the camera for you. Just make sure you get all the expandable memory you can – those 12MP pictures don’t come lightly. And have a look at the video below too: