Dual SIM phones usually have a hybrid slot for a possible microSD card. Sony has been more progressive in giving more connectivity and memory options.
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Alcatel France originally had to address one of its fans with some regrettable news: there were no plans to bring the Idol 4s with Windows 10 outside of T-Mobile USA and into Europe.
But things have indeed changed for the highly popular Windows 10 Mobile phone… well, relatively speaking.
Alcatel France has told its Twitter followers that France and other European countries will see the device after all. We’ll have to #staytuned to see when this device comes into the continent.
Vous avez été nombreux à nous interroger sur l’IDOL 4S Windows 10. Good news : quelques pays en Europe (France
) vont l’avoir ! #staytuned
— alcatel mobile FR (@alcatelmobileFR) December 13, 2016
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Project Tango makes its move across the old continent as Lenovo has made the Phab 2 Pro available in at least five European markets for €499 or $537.
The device, which also has legs in the United States, launched with 35 Tango apps, apps that use the Phab 2 Pro’s depth sensors and camera to great effect within augmented reality environments.
The device is coming soon to the UK.
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Are you ready to forgive Samsung for its poor handling of the Galaxy Note 7 recall? Maybe you’ll take the company’s offer up on getting a Galaxy S8 at a discount? Perhaps you’ll take a few apologies?
Well, Samsung France has decided to make sure its customers know that they are very much appreciated. Former Note 7 owners are now receiving 128GB microSD cards in the mail along with an invitation to an SMS contest where the customer can get one of 1,000 free trip packages to the Samsung Life Changer Park, the virtual reality theme park Samsung has established in Paris. Transport is provided and winners can bring a guest along for a date on Tuesday, December 20. or 27.
SamMobile, which received a letter from a Note 7 customer, points out that these measures are piled on top of a €100 rebate when those users transferred over to a Galaxy S7 or S7 edge.
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17 complaints to China’s National Development & Reform Commission weren’t enough.On Friday, Qualcomm made further claims against manufacturer Meizu in France, Germany and the US about its infringing on the chipmaker’s intellectual property. Meizu, which has used Qualcomm silicon and technology in the past, has said that terms of negotiation for licenses have been unfair and onerous.The San Diego-based Qualcomm lodged a complaint with the International Trade ...
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A visibly upset French man decided to walk into his local Apple Store in Dijon and, with a steel bocce ball, smash the screens of every display device he could get at. As a passerby started filming the rampage, the unnamed man yelled into the camera, “this is happening!”According to the Dijon Arondissement prosecutor, the perpetrator ended up causing about €50,000 of damage to iPhones and a MacBook before being detained by mall security.The person was apparently upset at ...
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Samsung is in the midst of a total recall thanks to exploding batteries in its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones and the risks of harm to its customers. And while the company could effectively flip a kill switch to stop further damage. it instead issued a refutation today.Word got out around Reddit over the weekend that
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A French Redditor who claims to work in the mobile retail space has laid out what could be Samsung’s plans for replacing every Galaxy Note 7 unit affected by its global recall, at least in that European nation.Customers will be notified that they will be receiving what amounts to a reconciliation package starting September 19. It will contain a new-in-box Note 7 in the original color that was ordered, a Gear VR, — which was already due to those who placed pre-orders — and a ...
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With the HTC Vive getting an early advantage against the Oculus Rift on global sales, it’s now time to see if the waiting has paid off.The Facebook-owned company has announced that pre-orders are up across the UK, France, Germany and Canada for its spotlight VR headset. Bundled along with the product is platformer “Lucky’s Tale” and, of course, a media marketplace called the Oculus ...
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If you’re still trying to get the Priv at this point, but can’t afford its still-steep price tag, there’s hope for you yet. Deals are on across ShopBlackBerry’s site across North America and Europe as we approach the end of the pre-order period for the new TCL-made DTEK50.In the
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A heavy-hitter has finally made itself known in the Windows 10 Mobile ecosystem. And it has a heavy-hitting price tag to go along with it.The Elite x3 is now listed in both single-SIM and dual-SIM configurations on HP’s site in Spain. The single-SIM price comes close to €846 ($936) while the dual-SIM version is €882 ($976). In Germany, the single-SIM price rounds to €832 and the dual-SIM at about €868We checked around the European Union to see what kind of price variations we’d be ...
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Long distance communication fees are the last thing on your mind when it comes to checking up on loved ones following the disturbingly frequent terror attacks of late leaving countries as diverse as Turkey, Iraq, Syria and France paralyzed with fear.But for their part, US wireless service providers can do little else to help in such heartbreaking circumstances than ensure you won’t pay through the nose if you know someone in an afflicted area, and have to contact them ASAP.Once again, ...
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Pokémon GO is available in Japan, Australia, New Zealand and the United States. Unfortunately for many Pocket Monster fans in other places, that’s where it will stay for the time being.You know how your hordes of friends have been complaining about the servers not keeping up and about them not getting into the app? That seems to be the big problem that gamemaker Niantic Labs is facing in keeping its app roll-out ...
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Three countries in Europe are now “trading up with installments” with anticipation that more will be on the way. Apple’s new combined trade-in and financing program is no longer exclusive to the US — if only for a limited time.France, Italy and Spain are the latest territories to roll-out the scheme, all with the same promise: give your working iPhone (4s or later) in good condition and you’ll pay less for an
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The transition from Z to X is complete as Sony’s new series of smartphones are heading to market in Europe today. Sony Mobile has opened pre-orders for the Xperia X, the lower-end Xperia XA and, in some markets, the top-tier Xperia X Performance. And it’s doing so with some hullabaloo.For one, it’s ...
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