LG set to repeat the dual-screen setup with new LG V60 ThinQ 5G to...
While other vendors figure out how to make a foldable phone work properly, LG went in a slightly different direction this year, showing off the LG V50 ThinQ with a dual display instead.
While technically a foldable - the second...
Optus complete another 5G first, looking to roll out the feature in 2020
To say the 5G rollout in Australia has been slow is an understatement. Carriers though continue to develop various 5G features in a bid to roll them out to make their 5G networks useful. Optus have today...
Seven Network announces Tokyo Olympics 4K Channel, exclusive to Optus 5G Fetch Mighty PVR...
Australia's Seven Network today announced it plans to partner with Optus to create a 4K Ultra HD channel featuring Seven’s coverage of Tokyo 2020 which will be available exclusively to Optus 5G Home customers via the Fetch Mighty PVR.
Seven...
This is the OPPO Reno3 Pro 5G, the introduction of the under-display selfie camera
OPPO introduced the Reno line to the world earlier this year and since then have iterated on it quite a few times. We have seen multiple versions of the Reno and now the Reno2. They are set...
Samsung Galaxy S11 5G benchmarks have appeared and it looks good
Over the last month we've already started to see some of the rumours about the upcoming Galaxy S11. This includes a potential five rear facing cameras and 108MP sensors for the camera array. Now we get a sneak peek...
Optus Mobile launches new mobile plans with included 5G, no lock-in contracts and flexible...
Optus has launched new mobile plans as we predicted yesterday, with more details emerging about the build your own modular option and the premium Optus One option.
As expected all the new Optus postpaid plans include 5G network access, no...
Optus New Plans 25 Nov: No More Phone Subsidies, Pay off Devices over 12/24/36...
First it was Vodafone, than a few months ago Telstra. Now Optus has also decided to ditch lock-in mobile phone service contracts and radically simplify it's plan offerings to just a handful of choices.
Five New Optus postpaid plans including...
LG V50 ThinQ 5G price slashed by over $400 from Telstra
LG today announced that it's dropping the price of its cursed dual-screen 5G smartphone through Telstra.
The LG V50 ThinQ will be available from $1,296 on a Telstra plan, which still seems like a lot when you consider the usability...
Optus extends 5G from the home to mobile, with 4K Video Streaming partnerships
Optus now has 290 live 5G sites up and down the east coast and in Perth, and with another 1,200 sites planned in the next five months or so, Optus is pushing ahead with its 5G strategy.
Despite the number...
Australian Mobile Carriers Won’t Get Really Fast 5G Millimetre Wave Spectrum til mid 2021
The Australian Federal government has commenced the process to auction spectrum in the 26 GHz band to support the next stage of 5G coverage improvement across Australia.
The spectrum will be sold at a competitive auction in early 2021. This...
Opinion: Australia vs the world, and why our 5G isn’t winning
I've been following 5G for a while now, since it was first talked about at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. This feels like a decade ago (but actually wasn't that far back). 5G has come around quickly - much...
Germany ignores US’ pleas and will allow Huawei to supply 5G infrastructure, joining UK,...
Just as it has in Australia and in other Five Eyes countries, the US has been pressuring Germany to ditch Huawei from the country's 5G infrastructure. However unlike Australia, the German security apparatus has decided against the move.
When Germany...
Telstra 3G Switch off is coming – Don’t panic, it’s not until mid 2024
Telstra has announced that it will shut down its 3G mobile phone network but don't panic you still have over four and a half years until June 2024 to use 3G only mobile phones and hotspot devices.
This is plenty...
Google to release a 5G Pixel phone next year
Although the 5G market is still extremely small and the footprint is even smaller it is the next level for smartphone vendors to step up. With Apple not releasing a 5G smartphone this year Google is looking to...
The Xiaomi Mi Mix Alpha has an 180.6% display to body ratio? How...
Xiaomi have been teasing the Mi Mix Alpha for a while now which at one stage many thought would be their foldable phone. Turns out it wasn't and the Mi Mix Alpha is actually a display with a...