Affordable Moto G5 launches in beautiful sapphire blue hue, but only on O2 UK

Unlike the US, where the "regular" Moto G5 isn't coming at all, British O2 subscribers can get the phone in three colors, including bright blue.

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OnePlus 3 spreads to the conventional UK retail channel with O2 exclusivity

OnePlus has arguably soft-pedaled its previously aggressive, often unique, sometimes questionable publicity stunts for the Chinese company’s newest “flagship killer”, which isn’t even called that this time around.It’s all part of a gradually maturing phase in the three year-old OEM’s evolution, with resources moved away from the marketing department, and toward hardware distribution, as well as

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Clove: UK Galaxy Note 7 sales expected in early September

Eventually, European carriers will be getting the Galaxy Note 7. It doesn’t seem like it right now, though. Both O2 and EE are registering customer interest, but it’s not clear when the phablet will be coming to them nor what their prices are going to be.Leave it to Clove to tell a little bit more, though not much more. The unlocked phone expects to take shipments of the SIM-free Note 7 starting September 2 or so with an expected cost of £699 or about $934 — about a 10 ...

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O2 UK wants to sell shares to customers now to help pay off Telefonica debt

Do you unconditionally love or merely tolerate your wireless service provider? If the former, have you ever considered taking your devotion to the next level by investing in the company that supports your voice call, texting and on-the-go browsing addictions?Well, if you happen to live in the post-Brexit United Kingdom (or is it the Divided Kingdom now?), you might be offered that option before long by O2. The nation’s second largest carrier, behind EE, is owned by Spanish telecommunications giant Telefonica, which forced a sale due to financial trouble.But the European Commission ...

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HTC tipped to discard One M moniker: enter the HTC 10 [UPDATE: W10M?]

We’ve come a long way from calling HTC’s next-gen flagship O2 to a much more logical and recognizable One M10, with the weird-sounding Perfume filed under, well, weird codenames, but as it turns out, the Taiwanese device manufacturer might ultimately be looking to pull a Sony.After saying goodbye to the perennially troubled

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It’s another 3D render of the HTC One M10/Perfume/O2

If you like to look at extrusions and spinning splines, get ready for a shocker. One artist has decided to composite details from images and leaks compiled so far of the HTC One M10, codenamed “Perfume.”For the best experience, turn down the lights in your room and put on sunglasses. And point with your finger guns.One thing that caught our eye was the power button and the lack of defined ridging, as leaked

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HTC One M10 rumor roundup: everything’s subject to change

Welcome to the HTC One M1-whoops, sorry about that. I think one of our rumors dispels that name. Anyways, what we know about this device, codenamed “Perfume,” is that it’s … well, uh… kinda. Y’know. That it’s … the Taiwanese manufacturer’s flagship smartphone for the spring of this year. And that’s about it.Let’s just get to it.The Time and The PlaceThese two factors, as rumored, will ...

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HTC Perfume flagship expected to roll out in Snapdragon 820 and MediaTek fragrances

Given the recent silence on the rumor front relating to the make-or-break HTC One M9 sequel, you could have easily presumed the Taiwanese OEM would sit out next month’s Mobile World Congress before tipsters came forward with such inside information yesterday.The theory is the One M10, O2 or Perfume will break cover at a dedicated press event in March, with a sales start eyed for ...

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HTC One M10 to be MWC no-show? Latest rumors point to March launch

Next month, some of the biggest names in smartphones will bring their new flagships to MWC. LG’s all but confirmed its intent to announce the G5, and Samsung looks likely to unveil its Galaxy S7 series of handsets. But what about HTC? We’d sure expect to see the One M10, O2, Perfume – whatever you call it – go official in roughly the same timeframe, but so far there ...

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Bumpy batteries and Star Wars Droids | Pocketnow Weekly 178

Update: BB-8 is overr8’d. See you next week!An Android tablet that doesn’t quite belong. HTC news on both sides of the good/bad divide. An ugly-as-sin Apple accessory. And a Droid Turbo 2 that looks like Star Wars’ own BB-8! Where are you going to find talk like this anywhere else on the internet? If you answered “anywhere I look,” you’re right indeed … but you ended up here so welcome to the party. All of the above – plus your listener mail – awaits on episode 178 of the Pocketnow Weekly!Watch the video broadcast from 1:30pm Eastern on ...

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Next-gen HTC Perfume flagship allegedly coming soon with Android 6.1

Smell that? It’s the whiff of a comeback, fueled by a surprisingly popular iPhone “clone”, frequent discounts, and generally dependable software support. But in order for HTC to become a true Samsung or… Huawei rival once again,

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Next HTC flagship isn’t codenamed M10 either, Snapdragon 820 should be inside

The champions of brand dilution and product confusion will probably not strike again with a disorienting One X9 hero, nor might they look to continue their now traditional high-end naming scheme with a One M10.Another semi-reliable Twitter tipster joins the speculation games to adamantly refute the M10 moniker, which may not sound very important, but most likely suggests a long overdue ...

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