Mobile Phone News
Optus Prepaid adds data rollover
Optus prepaid plan inclusions receive a small tweak, plus a new data rollover feature is added.
Kogan Mobile goes big with extra data on prepaid plans
Kogan customers will receive a nice surprise from today, with a number of its popular prepaid plans getting a data boost.
OPPO might not have a new flagship smartphone any time soon
Chinese smartphone manufacturer OPPO doesn't seem to be in a hurry to launch a new flagship device, seemingly content with its success in the midrange space. Speaking to WhistleOut at Mobile World Congress, OPPO Australia Director of Marketing Michael Tran said the company is currently continuing to focus on bang-for-buck devices.
Say hello to the newest Moto Mods
As part of Motorola's Mobile World Congress keynote, it unveiled a number of new Moto Mods for its Z series smartphones.
LG G6 flies into Australia on March 28
LG's newly announced flagship smartphone, the LG G6, will be available for purchase locally from March 28.
Sony Xperia XZ Premium shoots super slow motion video
As part of its Mobile World Congress keynote, Sony unveiled its latest flagship smartphone: the Xperia XZ Premium. Ostensibly a larger, shinier version of the Xperia XZ Sony released just a few months ago, the Xperia XZ Premium's been upgraded with a few nifty features. The most impressive of these is a new optical system Sony calls Motion Eye.
Flippin' Phones: we remember our first and favourite handsets
We will never forget... our first phones! The WhistleOut team digs into the dark days of mobiles and digs out our first phones, and some fond memories.
Samsung's Galaxy Tab S3 is almost a Galaxy Note in tablet form
While Samsung didn't unveil the Galaxy S8 as part of its Mobile World Congress keynote, it did give Android fans a new tablet to look forward to: the Galaxy Tab S3. While the device is ostensibly a beefier Galaxy Tab S3, Samsung is bundling the Tab S2 with a super-sized take on the S Pen.
OPPO unveils smartphone camera with 5x lossless zoom
OPPO today made use of its Mobile World Congress keynote to unveil new camera technology for lossless zoom. Dubbed 5x, the tech makes use of a dual lens configuration inspired by a submarine periscope, and OPPO says it can deliver five times magnification without any loss in quality.
Alcatel lights up with A5 LED
Alcatel today unveiled the A5 LED, a upper entry-level smartphone with an LED back-cover. The phone's plastic back has plenty of LEDs embedded under it, which in addition to looking kinda cool, act as a music visualiser, and fire up for notifications.
Samsung to unveil Galaxy S8 on March 29
As part of its Mobile World Congress keynote, Samsung confirmed that it will official announce the next Galaxy smartphone - presumably the Galaxy S8 family - on March 29 as part of Unpacked event in New York.
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