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Carphone Warehouse reported stronger than expected sales for the second quarter, which analysts attribute in large part to the increased demand for smartphones using Google’s Android operating system. The mobile phone giant enjoyed a 3.7 per cent increase in sales during the period, for a total of £794 million. According to Roger Taylor, Carphone Warehouse [...]
(Read More)27th Jul 10
Phones4U launches partnership with Currys
by Katie Naylor
Phones4U has announced a deal with Currys owner DSG International that will see the mobile phone retailer opening outlets in at least 50 Currys stores around the UK. The first phase of the initiative has seen trials in stores at Birmingham, Thurrock, Hedge End, Merry Hill, and Stevenage, and the complete roll-out of the Phones [...]
(Read More)21st Jun 10
O2 running out of latest iPhones
by Harry Oldfield
O2 has announced that its inventory of the iPhone 4, Apple’s latest release of its internationally popular device, is extremely limited and many customers will have to wait before they can get their hands on the product. According to the O2 website, the iPhone will initially only be available to existing customers. The notice on [...]
(Read More)25th May 10
DSGi set to launch iPad in UK
by Natasha Redman
DSGi is set to launch the long-anticipated iPad at its 139 Currys and PC World Stores this Friday, two months before other UK companies will put the product on their shelves. DSGi signed an agreement with Apple allowing it to be first in the UK to stock the iPad, with rivals such as Comet, Tesco, [...]
(Read More)27th Apr 10
Best Buy looks to be UK electronics king
by Natasha Redman
Best Buy expects to be the number one provider of electronic goods for UK consumers. Paul Antoniadis stated that the American retailer is gunning to be the best place in Britain for customers to buy electronics, a direct challenge to rival companies such as DSG. The Best Buy UK chief executive made the statements on [...]
(Read More)25th Mar 10
Carphone Warehouse stock new Acer Liquid smartphone
by Sally Davies
Acer’s new high-end smartphone, the Liquid, is now ready to buy on a contract for the first time in the UK through Carphone Warehouse. The Liquid was originally unveiled in October last year, and has only been available on a SIM-free basis. The Carphone Warehouse deal uses T-Mobile as the operator. ‘Free’ deals start at [...]
(Read More)30th Oct 09
9,000 jobs to be created by Tesco and Best Buy
by Adam Richards
US electrical goods firm Best Buys is set to create 8,000 jobs in the UK over the next five years. Best Buys is the world’s largest consumer electronics retailer and will open its first UK outlets in Thurrock and Southampton this spring. The news follows an announcement by Tesco that said it was planning to [...]
(Read More)6th Oct 09
Hopes fade of an iPhone price war
by Natasha Redman
With the news of Orange launching the Apple iPhone before Christmas and Vodaphone hot on its heels in 2010, there is little doubt that the device is set to go mainstream. However customers that have been holding off purchasing an iPhone in the hope that a massive price cut are set to be disappointed. Chief [...]
(Read More)22nd Jun 09
Queues at some stores for iPhone 3G S launch
by Katie Naylor
www.apple.com When Apple’s new iPhone 3G S went on sale in the UK on 19 June, there were queues of as many as hundreds of eager consumers outside Apple, Carphone Warehouse and O2 stores. Carphone stores opened at 7:30am, having gotten a half-hour exclusive on the release. It was the only UK retailer offering a [...]
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