Samsung this evening announced the Samsung Galaxy S III. The Samsung Galaxy S III will be the Official phone for the 2012 Olympics and with it a comes a stylish matching of colours. Read the rest of this entry »

Matthew Key, chairman and chief executive of Telefonica Europe – owners of O2 said the sale of iPhone by Orange has not dented their own sales.  However, he admitted that it will have an impact on the growth of O2, the UK's largest mobile phone operator.

He also commented on the restriction of 750mb a month 'fair usage' cap on iPhone owners use on the Orange network by comparing their own "…unlimited data tariff on our iPhone, which we think is the way to go".

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Orange is due to start selling the Apple  iPhone in two weeks time with a preliminary date of 10 November.  

The Orange iPhone will be available via Orange stores and also Phones4U.  Carphone Warehouse is expected to also stock the Orange iPhone for sale through its independent stores.  Orange's start date for sales comes at the time that Vodafone will announce its half year results.  

Consumers are looking forward to an ultimate price war with more than one network now offering the iPhone but UK Orange boss, Tom Alexander told the Guardian 'that the company is more likely to look at other ways of increasing value, such as including accessories and even pre-loading certain applications'.

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Orange has disputed analysts’ claims that Vodafone will take the Lion's share of iPhone 3G and 3GS sales throughout next year.  Analysts claim Vodafone's strength on the global market and its ability to target the business segment will spur sales, leaving Orange and O2 trailing in terms of iPhone sales numbers. 

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Hot on the heels of orange's announcement, barely 24 hours have passed and vodafone makes its own iPhone announcement.

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Is there more to be said? No, I do not think so.

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The LG Chocolate BL40 is now available on Orange and O2. The newest phone out of the LG stable is touchscreen, 4inch high-res screen (21.9 full cinematic screen), and a 5 megapixel camera. Follow the break for the review.

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The Motorola Dext recently announced as the first of 'many' new android devices is set to arrive for pre-ordering as of 22 September 2009 via Orange.

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The merger between Orange and T-Mobile would see them grab a 37 percent of the market with 28.4 million customers.

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