Cell Phones

Can I use an Android device without Google services for my daily driver and does having an awesome camera makeup for the lack of services? These are the two real questions that I have been trying to answer over the past few weeks in my usage of the Huawei Mate 40 Pro. As I previously mentioned in my first impressions post I am very heavily invested in using Google for a lot of things in my daily drivers. It is in fact one of the reasons why when I heard the news that Huawei were no longer going to be able to use the full Google services suite, I jumped ship to a Pixel device. Since then it has been over a year and Huawei has had a bit of time to get their App store off the ground and sort their back end systems out. I thought now would be as good a time as ever to investigate how good the ...

January 14th is the next Unpacked event from Samsung where the Galaxy s21 line will be unveiled ( to be honest there doesn’t seem much left to reveal as pretty much every detail of the latest flagship has been leaked).According to WinFuture the devices will become available in Western Europe on the 29th, with pre-orders being reserved in the intervening period.Although it does appear that those would pre-order ( me included for S21 Ultra ) the new devices can expect some freebiesThose who pre-order the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra will receive the new Galaxy Buds Pro for free (which will cost £207/€230 when sold separately). The Galaxy S21 and S21+ will get the Buds Live instead (these were £154/€170 at launch, but can be had for under €120 now). Every S2...

We recently reviewed the Vivo X51 5G and then we found that £100 had been knocked off the price. Now we’re finding out that the phone will be getting Android 11 very soon too.Vivo has announced that the updates will start rolling out from end of November, with the Vivo X51 5G being first. Meanwhile, the Vivo Y70, Vivo Y20s and Y11s will follow on later this year.Don’t forget to have a read of our Vivo X51 5G review or, if you’re interested in buying one, check out the discount that’s now available.The post Vivo handsets to get Android 11 soon. is original content from Coolsmartphone. If you see it on another news website, please let us know.

Another phone to add to your list and it’s this entry-level Oppo device at just £119.Available from O2, Amazon or the Oppo e-shop, the Oppo A15 has a big 6.52″ 1600×720 screen (60Hz @ 269ppi) and it comes with 32GB storage (plus a microSD slot), 3GB RAM and a 4230mAh battery.Powered by a MediaTek Helio P35 at 2.4GHz, there’s a triple rear camera arrangement – 13 megapixel main, 2 megapixel macro and 2 megapixel depth. It also has a 5 megapixel selfie shooter.Other details include dual-band WiFi, Bluetooth 5.0 and ColorOS 7.2 running on Android 10. No NFC though, so no tappy-tappy payments.Incidentally, there’s a big sale on at Oppo right now with price drops on the Reno 2, the Find X2 Pro (a massive £200 off), the Find X2 Neo 5G (now down to £385.99) and even more offers here. ...

A smartphone with a full 66-key QWERTY keyboard? You don’t see that much now! This is a phone with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor, dual SIM connectivity, a 12 megapixel primary camera, an 8 megapixel selfie and… did I mention the slide-out QWERTY keyboard?!I think I’ve been a member of XDA Developers nearly as long as this very site. Oh the good old days of ROMing your Windows Phone (anyone remember them ?)Along came the developer’s OS of choice – Android. The XDA development community grew and grew, creating its own Android OS – CyanogenMod. This then morphed into LineageOS. The first OnePlus device, the OnePlus 1, launched using this very OS (I’ll have to dig mine out of the draw for old times sake).Now, in partnership with F(x)tec, they’ve hopped onto the Pro1 X Indiegogo ...