Mobile phones

Social media apps displayed on a mobile phone screen. PIC: Yui Mok/PA Wire

Free data and texts from these 12 phone shops near you

The Explorer 100 is small and light enough to carry around

Black Friday: This Jackery power station is at its lowest ever price

'Sticky Bandits' gang who named themselves after the Home Alone crooks - stole £2.6 million worth of machines and metals - mostly targeting businesses while they were closed over the festive period.

Caught On Camera: ‘Sticky Bandits’ burglars leave 'Merry Xmas' tag

Woman on a smartphone in a snowstorm. Photo: ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP via Getty Images

How phone signal and WhatsApp is affected by snow

The Google Pixel 9

'Cheapest ever' Google Pixel 9 deals arrive for Black Friday 2024

The best Black Friday phone deals

The best mobile phone deals for Black Friday 2024

Young people could miss the chance for invaluable hands-on learning if phones are completely banned from schools

'Banning phones in schools might do kids more harm than good' Amber Allott

30.3 per cent rise in parking fines in the Scottish Borders.

‘Shocking’ rise in parking fine scams - what to watch for

A viral video on TikTok has people concerned over new state law in USA, where children can be prescribed medication without parental consent (Pic: SOPA/Getty)

TikTok scam warning over ‘part-time’ job text

Ben Wood, founder of Mobile Phone Museum. Photo: Supplied

Why your old mobile phones could be worth thousands

WhatsApp announces changes. (Picture: AFP via Getty Images)

WhatsApp is making a major change to the way you add contacts

Clocks will change on October 27. Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

Feature you need to turn on your phone before clocks change

Mistakes that could be killing your phone battery. Photo: STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images

6 mistakes that are draining your iPhone battery

Signs to watch if someone is trying to sell you a stolen phone. Photo: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP., E-PL1/ Unsplash Licence

Silent Crime: Red flags that someone is trying to sell a stolen phone

Having a mobile phone stolen can put personal financial details at risk. Picture: Alamy/PA.

Silent Crime: first thing to do after your phone is stolen

Person using their phone

A major change to way phones are charged could come to UK
What a massive change this would be 😱
Matthew Mohan-Hickson

According to analysis by Mobiles.co.uk these are the worst tourist attractions for phone signal in the UK. Photo: Astarot - stock.adobe.com

The 10 worst tourist attractions to get a phone signal at in England

October 2024: When the clocks are changing in the UK and why

When the clocks are changing in the UK this month - and why

Darien Cardoza has been given a Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO) for persistent anti-social behaviour.

Teenager given a Criminal Behaviour Order for anti-social behaviour

The free-to-attend event will take place on October 25, 26 and 27

Town set to be transformed as part of spectacular light show

The best cheap SIM-only deal for the new iPhone 16 handset

The Ormiston Academies Trust is planning to become phone-free across the dozens of schools it runs (Image: National World/Adobe Stock)

Academy trust moots phone ban - here are its schools across England

Parents and children often have different motivations for getting a phone, digital safety expert Emma Robertson says (Image: National World/Supplied/Adobe Stock)

Six questions for parents before buying their child's first phone

The new Samsung folding phones bring some cutting-edge tech to the consumer and business markets

Samsung's folding phones show off the best of AI in a polished package

Nicole de Pommes (left) with her daughter Grace (right). Photo: Nicole de Pommes

‘Why I've bought my daughter a ‘dumb phone’ for secondary school’

The 10 worst signal dead spots where you will get poor phone signal in the UK

Worst places to get a phone signal - full list

Never have to worry about finding your phone again. (image: Adobe)

Android owners to get game-changing new feature this week
What a life-saver this could be 📱
Matthew Mohan-Hickson

Woman says she forgives lorry driver who killed her parents.

Woman says she forgives lorry driver who killed her parents

A poll of 2,000 Brits found that while digital methods like emails and text messages and notes via social media are more commonplace than cards

A fifth of Brits keep every card they've ever received

Man allegedly distracts diners before ‘swiping phone’.

Watch: Man allegedly distracts diners before ‘swiping phone’

Has your phone signal been worse recently? Photo: PheelingsMedia - stock.adobe.com

Why is phone signal so bad in the UK right now - experts explain

Moment nervous dealer is caught with £10k drug stash

'I have a bag of illegal stuff': Nervous dealer caught with £10k drugs

5 of the best power banks you can buy on Amazon. Photo: Amazon

5 amazing power banks to charge your phone on the go

7 wild features that have been added to Android phones in 2024. Photo: Android

6 wild Android features you may not realise your phone could do

Sonny Stringer, the man who snatched 24 phones from members of the public in one morning, has been jailed.

Caught on CCTV: Phone-snatcher stole 24 mobiles in morning crime spree

Judge warns paedophile: If you come back you will go to prison

You are a simple character who knows what he has done and can’t change

Upgrade your phone without breaking the bank. (Picture: Raul Mellado/Adobe)

7 of the best budget phones available now

Worst phone brands for developing faults, according to a Which? survey. Photo: Tetiana - stock.adobe.com

6 worst phones for faults in the first year

These are the worst mobile phone networks according to their own customers. Photo: PEDRO PARDO/AFP via Getty Images

The worst mobile phone networks - according to their customers

These are the 15 best cities to get a 5G signal on your phone in the UK according to OpenSignal. Photo: Justin TALLIS / AFP via Getty Images

15 best cities to get an internet signal on your phone

Hidden features you didn't know your Android phone could do. Photo: Emmi Korhonen/AFP via Getty Images

7 hidden Android phone features you need to be using

Knife-wielding thug, Seye Djli, 24, was captured on CCTV as he prowled the streets of Leicester hunting for victims.

Knife-wielding thug who robbed eight people in a single day jailed

Samsung Galaxy phones are among the offers in Amazon Prime Day. Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

13 of the best phone deals in Amazon Prime Day so far

I just can't get my head around it... 49 retro pics of Preston in 1952

Kingsley Cairns was sent down for three years for two drugs offences and a charge of handling stolen goods.

Mother distraught as son 'trapped in cycle of crime' jailed AGAIN

Gokool-Mely was convicted of murder after a jury at the Old Bailey deliberated for more than 16 hours.

Watch: Chilling CCTV shows knife-obsessed killer riding stolen bike

Sonny Stringer.

Watch: Police intercept e-bike riding phone thief

Cameron Lee Hanson and Kirstie Hanson (Credit: Lancashire Police)

Former police officer jailed for sharing gruesome crime scene images

Frankie Jules-Hough, 38, was fatally injured in a crash on the M66 in Bury, Greater Manchester on Saturday (13)

Crackdown on boy racers by grieving partner of Hollyoaks actress

Corrupt prison officer James Gregson, 21, left, and jailed gunman Paul Matheson, right

Corrupt Preston Prison officer jailed for smuggling drugs for gunman

Sajad Hashimi and his wife Zerka Maranay made more than 100 drone drops into 11 jails and young offenders’ institutions.

Drone footage from drug smuggling drop over prison as couple jailed

Callum Cox was jailed for 31 months after breaking his sexual harm prevention order (Credit: Lancashire Police)

Pervert branded 'serious risk to women' jailed

Officers shared four incidents they responded to on Lancashire's roads

Drug driving and police pursuits: 24 hours on Lancashire's roads

Lancashire school brings in classroom ban for phones as parents react

26 people arrested after weapons, cocaine and cannabis seized were during raids across the Fylde coast (Credit: Lancashire Police)

26 arrested after weapons, cocaine and cannabis seized