These days many of the best mobile phone deals come with line rental discounts, usually this is expressed as x months free line rental or x months half price line rental. In this article we’re going to explain what these deals mean and how to get the best value out of them.

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This month may not be the happiest time of the year for O2 customers, many of whom are up in arms over announcements of the company’s latest price hikes. Mobile contracts for some seven million customers are destined to see prices go up by more than 3%, and contract customers who would prefer to leave rather than pay the overage will be hit with an additional fee for early termination.

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It was famed physicist Albert Einstein who reportedly said: “Everything should be made as simple as possible but not simpler.” UK operator Thus, which will be providing a unified communications system to business customers, has now adopted this ethos. The new system, just launched, will be called the Vodafone One Net.

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Sometimes, mobile phone shopping can be a tiny bit tricky. While it may be easy to decide on the exact brand and model of handset desired, it may not be possible to use that model on a consumer’s carrier of choice. Finnish mobile phone manufacturer Nokia will soon be simplifying the Lumia 920 purchasing scenario by making the model available on additional carriers.

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Under ordinary circumstances it would seem that the last thing anybody would want is flock of angry birds on their expensive smartphone, but the innovative game has been one of the top sellers in the handset gaming world for more than a year at this point. Angry Birds: Star Wars, a version of the game that combines elements from the popular film franchise with birds still trying to get their revenge on the pigs taking over their nests, has long been available on the Android and Windows Phone 8 platforms.

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Major mobile phone manufacturer HTC is providing consumers with a ‘window’ into the future now that the company’s latest model phone has arrived on UK shores. The HTC 8S is a new mobile phone based on the Windows Phone 8 platform, an OS that until recently has been heavily associated with the flagging fortunes of Finnish mobile maker Nokia. Currently HTC and Nokia are the only major manufacturers producing handsets designed to run on Windows Phone 8, and there are relatively few models available that run on the Microsoft OS.

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In many ways Samsung has captured the leading edge of mobile phone technology, but some customers are still feeling that they are falling behind the times on account of the company’s patchy record when it comes to delivering Jelly Bean updates. Currently, there are three different iterations of Android running on the Samsung Galaxy S3. This is a direct result of Samsung not rolling out Android updates to all customers at the same time.

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Mobile phones definitely help people stay connected, but usually to one another and not to the physical apparatus of the handset itself. Now, however, a new mounting system that works with most smartphones has become available, and it just may change the way in which British individuals interact with their phones.

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The race is on – literally – to see how Top Gear Stunt School Revolution fares now that it is available for Android handsets. The app was originally distributed only through the Appstore on Amazon; this meant that many Android gamers eager for a new Top Gear game might never have realised that Stunt School Revolution existed. Now, however, avid Android racing gamers can download the new app in not one but two formats: free and paid. Both are online at Google Play.

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New technology is often a gamble, but early adopters are already singing the praises of Windows Phone 8, pointing out some innovative and useful features that come standard with the new OS from Microsoft.

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