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We know that hopeful yet divided feeling you get when searching for a new phone. You want something fast, shiny, and beautiful, but you also don’t feel like spending uncomfortably-high full prices on one of those new £1000+ iPhones. We all want new, but also affordable, something that certainly without-a-doubt works, and something we can be proud of when showing it off or snapping a…Continue reading...

How would you like to win a Google Pixel 2 XL phone worth over £400? Yes? Read on... No? Go and make a cuppa. To celebrate the release of the brand new Google Pixel 3 phone, we at Mazuma want to give a Pixel 2 XL away, to you, for free! Yes, that's right, we're just feeling generous. So, how do you win? Well, ever…Continue reading...

My poor, poor children. They can’t so much as smile without me or my wife shoving a beautiful, shiny 5.8” Quad HD+ Super AMOLED screen in their little faces, that’s an S8 to you and me. If my 2 year old called me Papa, I would be confident he was not pretending to be an affectionate Italian orphan, he would most probably be abbreviating “paparazzi”,…Continue reading...

Google’s latest Android operating system has finally landed, and its name: Pie.Android 9 Pie - to state its full name - is currently rolling out to devices as a free upgrade and features new artificial intelligence designed to make your phone smarter, simpler and more personal.Predictive functions within the software mean that the more you use your phone, the more it learns about you. This…Continue reading...

?UK consumers are generally happy with the service they receive from their mobile networks, according to research from Ofcom, the telecommunications industry regulator.In its most comprehensive survey of customer service in the telecoms sector, the watchdog analysed different providers on measures such as user satisfaction, complaints handling and call waiting times.It said the results offered "vital insights" into what phone and broadband users can expect…Continue reading...

How many of your smartphone apps do you actually use? Just a few?If so, you're not alone, as a survey by Dacia has found that one in three people only use half of the technology on their handset.In other words, large numbers of us are spending lots of money on tech that we don't actually use.Look at the apps display on your phone and ask…Continue reading...

Fingerprint sensors are increasingly being touted as a way to make smartphones more secure, so sensitive data can't be accessed if a handset is lost or stolen. So could this option move firmly into the mainstream in the next few years? A new report by Counterpoint Research certainly suggests so, predicting they'll soon become the standard authentication choice for smartphone manufacturers. According to the report,…Continue reading...

Consumers are increasingly turning to smartphones in order to do their shopping and even pay for goods and services.This is the conclusion of a study by PayPal, which revealed mobile shopping growth is four times higher than overall growth in online spending.PayPal believes this trend is only set to continue, as almost one in three people in the UK expect to use smartphones more often…Continue reading...