When it comes to smartphones the arguable “big two” are of course Samsung and Apple.  HTC though are a company that have always been biting at the ankles in the war to make the most popular phones, and with the HTC One they are definitely getting noticed.  Following on from the HTC One X and HTC One X+ the HTC One does look like it’s ready to bring the fight with some impressive specifications.

The problem is of course that to be the best you have to make the consumers themselves b…

CES in Las Vegas is only just starting and we are seeing a lot of exciting news and new gadgets for the start of the year.  Something that we’ll be looking out for of course are the new smartphone models that are coming out and which companies are looking to make an impact on the market in hopes to becoming the top phone maker of the year.  The first to step forward is Sony with the Sony Xperia Z.

Featuring the new Bravia Engine 2, promising to be waterproof and sporting a nice big…

While maybe not having the impact that Microsoft would have hoped for, it’s fair to say that Windows 8 Phones have been well received.  With choices from the likes of HTC and Nokia Microsoft really need more companies to take their operating system and provide more competition.  They may be in luck now, all thanks to Samsung.  With the ATIV S, Samsung are providing a phone that is very recognisable in almost everything but the actual OS.  In fact it could really be called the Galaxy S …

It’s already known that the Samsung Galaxy S3 is arguably one of the best smartphones on the market and the main contender against Apple’s very popular iPhone.  The latest trend in gadgets like phones and tablets is to make them smaller, lighter and hopefully cheaper.  Of course some things that are smaller don’t lower in price, but with the Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini it’s not just a case of making the packaging smaller but also decreasing the performance too.

In a market though where …

Nokia is trying to pull itself back into the smartphone market and is using Windows 8 to do it.  As other phone makers start to make the “mini” style phone which offers the functionality in a (sometimes) cheaper form Nokia have followed suit and decided to offer the Nokia Lumia 820, a less powerful version of the 920 for people looking for a cheaper variety.

With a phone that is hardly in need of being downgraded though and a look that is arguably no real change from the 920 there …

HTC One X has been one of the best smartphones on the market for a while, but it’s looking to up the competition with a brand new upgrade to its hardware.  With stiff competition from the iPhone and Samsung’s Galaxy S3 though it’s got quite a hard hill to climb if it’s going to get to the top of the pile.

With increased memory capacity a few changes to its look and a boost to its processing power it’s putting up one hell of a fight.  With a screen that is bigger than the iPhone’s b…

Google seem to me on a major offensive with their releases in the next few month.  Along with the release of the Nexus 10 they are also looking to release the Nexus 4 by LG which is their latest smartphone.  This is of course entering the fight to be a phone to take notice of, in a market that is cut throat at the moment.

At a time when we’ve got the choice between Apple’s iPhone 5, Samsung’s Galaxy S2 and other phones there is plenty of choice already so the question is can Google…

The Galaxy Note is one of Samsung’s most popular gadgets and most unique.  Caught between being a tablet and a phone, it offers the best of both worlds and has caught user’s attention because of it.  It may be a bit big for a phone but what it offers in functionality keeps it selling.  Now Samsung have released the Galaxy Note 2 and look to continue the success.

Using its S-Pen technology that was such a success with the bigger screened Galaxy Note 10.1 the Galaxy Note 2 offers mor…

There are so many versions of well-known phones right now it can get confusing.  Sony now for example as the Sony Xperia T, which is about the get the ultimate product placement as being the phone choice of James Bond.  Replacing the Xperia S as Sony’s top of the range phone it hopes to be competition to both Apple and Sony.

With a camera that beats the iPhone 5 and adding features like NFC it’s definitely putting together a package that has the credentials to be an Apple beater, i…

Windows Phone 8 is arriving soon and a number of these phones are being released by some of the big companies.  One of these is the HTC 8X (Also known as the Windows Phone 8X by HTC).  We’ve already looked at the Nokia Lumia 920 on the site and now it’s the time to see an alternative model and see if it’s up to the battle to be THE best Windows Phone and if it can compete with the big names like the iPhone and the Sony Galaxy S3.

With the release of Windows Phone 8 Microsoft is wan…