Latest Vodafone phone news
The Vodafone Smart N9 is pitched as something of a "my first smartphone" proposition. Priced to make it accessible to many, this £109 (pay as you go, £18 a month on contract) Vodafone phone offers some of the latest smartphone tech in its svelte body.On... Read more
If you're looking for a cracking deal on the Samsung Galaxy S9 then we've got an excellent deal for you - get the 64GB Galaxy S9 for £23 a month. There is a £190 upfront cost, but the deal still represents stonking value for money over the life of... Read more
They might not have been officially launched but UK network Vodafone has confirmed the Huawei P20, P20 Lite and P20 Pro handsets are on their way.In an email sent to Pocket-lint, Vodafone revealed that the three handsets will be stocked by the carrier:... Read more
Vodafone has announced a pay-as-you-go price plan that is capped at a £1 a day spend, yet allows you to text or call as much as you like.Pay As You Go 1, as it is called, charges 20p per minute for calls, 20p for texts and 20p for each 5MB of data. However,... Read more
We may not have all been in the situation where our luggage has been lost on holiday, but we're all well aware of the issues some holidaymakers and business travellers face. Luggage maker Samsonite wants to put an end to lost items full stop, and has... Read more
Vodafone has taken the wraps off its latest flagship smartphone that's built to offer high-end specs while remaining affordable. Those specs are so good they can even do VR justice, so Voda is throwing in its Smart VR headset for free.The Vodafone Smart... Read more
Vodafone has made it more simple for its customers to purchase apps and content from Google Play, with its Charge to Bill service.Android device owners can pay for items on Google Play by charging them to their monthly bill. What's more, to celebrate... Read more
Vodafone has announced that it will be joining Three and Tesco Mobile in offering free roaming to its customers. That means you'll be able to use your smartphone abroad without paying extra charges.Roaming charges are due to be scrapped completely in... Read more
Vodafone announced earlier in the year that Wi-Fi Calling would be coming to its network and Voda has now confirmed it: the service has been activated.That means that eligible Vodafone customers will be able to make and receive calls over Wi-Fi rather... Read more
With incentive announcements from EE and O2 rattling around, Vodafone has pitched in with its own ideas to entice new customers. It has increased the data allowances on its Red Value bundles and is now offering 4G by default for all monthly handset agreements.The... Read more
Vodafone has announced that it will be introducing both Voice over LTE (VoLTE) and Wi-Fi calling for its customers from this summer.Until now Vodafone users had to use third party apps for calling over Wi-Fi. Once this comes as standard it will mean those... Read more
In 1984 Mungo Park was likely to be the envy of many. He was 28. He was the head of the London branch of an American investment bank. He owned the first mobile phone sold by Vodafone in the UK that in today's money had cost him over £4,000."It made a... Read more
Vodafone has announced that it will be entering the TV and broadband service provider market from next spring 2015.Vodafone plans to use the infrastructure of BT and its own business fibre network to offer the service. Exactly what the TV content will... Read more
Vodafone has started to roll out its Carrier Aggregation technology that could see a boost to users' 4G data speeds by up to three times. It is being launched initially in Birmingham, Manchester and London, but will continue to expand to include other... Read more
In a dramatic twist in the Phones 4u saga, one of the networks partly blamed for the collapse of Phones 4u is to buy 140 of the deceased company's stores and save 900 employees' jobs up and down the UK.Vodafone had a big accepted for the closed high... Read more
Phones4u has been left reeling after Vodafone is the latest big name network to announce it will not be renewing its partnership.Having already lost O2 in January, the UK high street retailer can now only offer its customers contracts from EE (T-Mobile... Read more
This Saturday Phones4u will debut its new advertising campaign on British TV. It will screen across Channel 4, ITV2, E4, Comedy Central and Sky. And it makes us weep.Like Vodafone and Currys & PC World, each with their former borderline abuses of Star... Read more
Vodafone UK has introduced a fixed price promise for all customers. It will not increase the price of mobile line rental throughout the entire duration of a contract.From 23 January, UK independent communications regulator Ofcom introduced a ruling that... Read more
The London New Year's Eve firework display is already a spectacular affair, but this year it is set to be even bigger. Vodafone has partnered with the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, to create the first multi-sensory display.Following a year of work from... Read more
AT&T, the largest US carrier, is aiming to take over Vodafone, the largest carrier in Europe, according to Bloomberg. Informal talks between the two companies have begun, in a potentially complex deal that would give AT&T a foothold in Europe.This isn't... Read more
After a decade of having its hand in the US market, Vodafone is selling its 45 per cent stake in Verizon Wireless to Verizon Communications. The Wall Street Journal reports preliminary agreements for the deal were reached over the weekend, a substantial... Read more
Vodafone's 4G service in the UK has gone live, with the telecoms giant promising that it is adding a new site every 30 minutes in the capital over the next two months.The company, which is playing catch-up to EE's 100 city coverage in the UK, is planning... Read more
Vodafone has said that it is interested in stocking only 4G devices in the future, following the announcement that its 4G service will go live on 29 August in the UK.Talking to journalists after the announcement, Guy Laurence, CEO of Vodafone UK, said... Read more
Vodafone has announced its 4G plans in the UK, saying it expects to be in 12 cities before the end of the year starting with London on 29 August.The new service - which will see prices starting from £26 a month - will also include a number of freebies... Read more
Vodafone has added unlimited calls and texts as one of the options for its new suite of pay-as-you-go price plans.For £30, the Vodafone Red Freedom Freebee PAYG tariff gives unlimited minutes and texts and 1GB of internet use. You can also opt to buy... Read more
Mobile by Sainbury's, the new network created in a partnership of the UK supermarket chain and Vodafone, has launched with three pay-as-you-go price plans that earn customers double Nectar points for their Sainsbury's shopping or fuel.When a Mobile by... Read more
Vodafone push to be ready for the rollout of its 4G network when it launches later this summer continues, this time with a new 4G-ready Mobile Wi-Fi dongle.The new Vodafone R212 4G-ready Mobile Wi-Fi device will work on the company's current 3G network,... Read more
Sainsbury's, the UK supermarket, has announced it is teaming up with Vodafone to launch its very own mobile phone network to take on Tesco and others.Called Mobile by Sainsbury's, the new UK network will be run as a joint venture between the high street... Read more
Vodafone has launched a new own-brand Android smartphone as part of its Vodafone Smart series. The Vodafone Smart Mini is one of the cheapest Android devices around at only £50.Of course, this basic handset eschews the bells and whistles to land at that... Read more
Vodafone is hoping to keep your gadgets charged at festivals this Summer with clever Smart Fabric clothing and sleeping bags. The technology is able to harvest kinetic and thermal energy to recharge devices while you are out dancing, walking or even while... Read more
Vodafone has postponed the rollout of its 4G network just to ensure it's "really ready" when launch time does come around.Many had expected Vodafone to launch 4G services in June after buying £790 million of 4G spectrum in February, but the company is... Read more
Vodafone has announced the Vodafone Smart III, its latest affordable Android handset for those on a budget.Following the line of own-brand devices, the new Smart III comes with a 4-inch 800 x 480 pixel resolution display. That might make for a slightly... Read more
It's long been known that mobile operators are as much in the dark as the rest of us when it comes to the latest iPhone news, but that hasn't stopped Vodafone getting ready for the next iPhone.According to a spy shot snapped by a supposed Vodafone employee... Read more
US carriers Verizon and AT&T may be working to acquire Vodafone, the world's second-largest mobile carrier, according to the Financial Times.The deal would value Vodafone at $245 billion, putting it behind China Mobile which leads with 439 million subscribers.Verizon,... Read more
Ofcom has announced the winners of its 4G auction in the UK, with Vodafone taking the biggest slice of the pie, but the government falling short of its expected cash haul for the spectrum.The government has raised £2.34 billion in auctioning off the... Read more
It's taken a while, considering that the operating system was launched in October last year, but Vodafone is finally ready to range five of the Windows Phone 8 handsets currently on the market.From Wednesday 6 February, you will be able to buy the Nokia... Read more
Vodafone has launched a new price plan that allows you to swap your smartphone every 12 months for the latest model. Like O2 Lease launched last year by one of its network peers, Vodafone Red Hot is essentially a leasing agreement whereby you rent the... Read more
Vodafone will attempt to persuade its customers to upgrade to its 4G network next spring by knocking 70 per cent off their remaining contract. The Vodafone 4G Promise will see customers exchange any phone they have on an existing contract (so long as... Read more
Vodafone has followed Three by becoming the second operator to begin rolling out the Android 4.1 update to customers who have the Samsung Galaxy S III. Pocket-lint has spoken to Vodafone, which confirmed the roll-out had started and would be a staggered... Read more
Vodafone UK has confirmed, on a now pulled blog post, that it has 500,000 nano SIMs in stock and ready to roll out for those that want them.But wait, there aren't any phones available in the UK that will take the new nano SIM yet - that's because, at... Read more
Behold the Vodafone Booster Brolly a clever piece of kit that should solve our three festival grievances: poor mobile signal, running out of battery and the weather. Fitted with a high-gain antenna and low-power signal repeater, the umbrella catches... Read more
Vodafone has begun contacting customers who have pre-ordered the Samsung Galaxy S III 32GB white variant and 16GB and 32GB pebble blue versions to inform them that they are unlikely to be receiving the phone when it officially goes on sale on 30 May.A... Read more
Vodafone says it has "priority" on the Samsung Galaxy S III, offering UK customers the handset a day early on 29 May. "Samsung have said 30 May, but we've been told we can have it on the 29 of May," a Vodafone salesman told Pocket-lint over the phone.... Read more
Vodafone has stepped up to the plate and opened the registration page for the "Next Samsung Galaxy", before the device has even been launched.A page on the company's website - simply using the "next Galaxy" terminology we've seen elsewhere in the build-up... Read more
If you are frantically hitting that update button on your Samsung Galaxy S II waiting for the Vodafone Ice Cream Sandwich update to be found - stop! The UK network has just told us that the rollout has been delayed until Friday, 13 April (that’s tomorrow,... Read more
Vodafone has upgraded its mobile Wi-Fi device, meaning faster speeds when using your own personal versatile hotspot.The Mobile Wi-Fi R205 enables users to download, browse the web or check emails remotely without having to rely on 3G. Of course you’ll... Read more
If there's one thing that geeks love it is Star Wars. If there's another, it is mobile phones. There are other things, of course, but those two serve as a legitimate intro into this story, which involves Vodafone recruiting Yoda, the Jedi Master, to front... Read more
When Vodafone decided to name its new service 360, they weren't messing around. It invokes ideas of all-round connectivity. But it goes much further than just integrating your Facebook friends with your address book on a few handsets. 360 rolls up a whole... Read more
Datawind, the makers of the PocketSurfer range of internet handsets, has announced that it is entering into the netbook market, creating a netbook that comes with 30 hours of internet connectivity for the first year within the initial price. Called the... Read more
The future of Evesham Technology is looking increasingly uncertain today as news comes in that the company has been forced to go into administration. We reported late last week that the firm had managed to stave off closure by securing £10 million worth... Read more