Guides and Tips on how to do more with your mobile phones, gadgets and mobile network.
5 Changes to Make to Your Android Settings Sometimes your phone’s default settings aren’t always the best. Here are 5 important changes you’ll want to make to your Android settings right away. With an almost 74% of the market and 2 billion active users, there’s a good chance you’re holding an Android phone in your hand right now. … Read more
The average adult in the UK spends 2 hours and 29 minutes a day on their mobile device. How much of that time on your phone is actually productive? We want to help you make the most of time spent on your smartphone. To help, we’ve put together a list of 5 things that will make mobile-time, … Read more
Have you ever charged your phone overnight, woken up with 100%, got ready for work and, by the time you’re out the door and into your commute, somehow the battery has plummeted to 75% in the space of, what, an hour?! We use our smartphones a lot more than we often realise because they’re handy … Read more
Repeat after me: “Siri, take me to directmobiles.co.uk”. While our imaginations for an AI future run wild, we should pause to remember one of the most (if not the first) revolutionary introductions to machine assistance on a mass scale: Siri for the iPhone. Of course, there are plenty of incredibly useful things to ask, like … Read more
What on Earth is Ecosia? The world has become more conscious towards the impact of human nature on our planet. In communities gone global, more and more people are looking to ‘do good things’ with their careers and lives that fix (and even reverse) the damages made, often via various forms of social enterprise. Here’s … Read more
Most articles about our phones in the bedroom are full of doom and gloom. We can’t disregard the science, linking the jarring combination to everything from a bad night’s sleep through to increased anxiety, but we wanted to take a slightly different spin on the topic. When it comes to keeping your phone out of … Read more
The greater value of Live Translation with Bixby Vision There’s a long list of special features from the Samsung S9 and S9+ we could talk about here. Understandably, the majority are focusing on Camera Reimagined, super-slo-mo, infinity display and AR offerings. Here, though, we’d like to focus on the significance of Bixby Vision and, more … Read more
We take a closer look at why the iPhone 8 could be the best phone for you. Reason 1: Size The iPhone 8 is great for one massive, well tiny reason. It’s size. It’s easy to forget that these days, most people don’t want a gigantic phone. They want something that fits into their hand … Read more
New Thrive App from Samsung can help you have a healthier relationship with tech. “Your phone is useful, but sometimes you need to put it down”. Smartphones have literally changed the way we live our lives. More today than ever, we do everything with them – shopping, socialising, banking, photography, listening to and creating music, … Read more
Choosing between these two operating systems is the biggest decision you’ll have to make when choosing a new smartphone. Read here for our breakdown of Android and iOS! It’s one of the major conundrums when it comes to smartphone technology: the choice between the Android and iOS. It’s always worth weighing up the differences between … Read more
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