Dozy Lake District visitors have been urged to bring maps and a compass when hitting the mountains – ahead of a summer surge of rescues as many come armed with just with a mobile phone.
One of the 12 Lake District Search and Mountain Rescue Association (LDSMRA) volunteer units – Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team – has already had 109 calls so far this year, up from an average by July of about 70.
In the whole of 2022 Wasdale MRT
If you’ve been watching tech sites on YouTube recently or following tech pundits on Twitter, you’ve likely seen some raving about the Oppo Find X6 Pro — a smartphone several people claim to have the best camera ever. That’s a seriously bold statement, as well as a bit of a tease. Despite Oppo releasing its top-range Find series internationally before, the Find X6 Pro seems like it’s staying in China. It certainly sounds like we’re really missing out.
Luckily, I’ve
Last October, I accepted an invitation to speak (for—full disclosure—an honorarium) at St. Andrew’s, a small Episcopal boarding school in Middletown, Delaware. It was beautiful in the expected ways: the lake on which the school’s champion crew teams practice, the mid-autumn foliage, the redbrick buildings. But it was also beautiful in one unexpected way, which revealed itself slowly.
My first experience of St. Andrew’s was dinner, served family style, with all 317 students at tables presided over by faculty members.
It can be hard to remember a life before smartphones, now that they have replaced maps, watches, calendars and cameras, to name just a few.
But once upon a time we were all clicking buttons instead of tapping screens, and furiously hitting ‘back’ when we accidentally opened an internet browser, just in case it used up our credit.
Mobile phones have come a very long way since the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X – the first ever cordless handset which launched in
OnePlus started with an intriguing idea: design a smartphone that combines flagship quality and features at a lower price than competing phones from companies like Samsung, Apple, and Google. Its goal is to enhance the customer experience in everyday use without adding a hefty price tag. That price tag may have crept upwards over the years, but so has the quality of OnePlus’ smartphones, and now the manufacturer can easily claim it stands toe to toe with the greats.
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Looking for the best Samsung phones? Samsung’s lines, particularly the well-regarded Galaxy series, include a wide range of models for different types of users, and there’s something to suit all budgets. Picking one out on your own can be hard, but we’ve fully tested the range to create our list of the best Samsung smartphones.
After much debate, we’ve landed on the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra as our choice for the best overall Samsung smartphone because of its impressive screen,
Drivers caught handling mobile phones behind the wheel will be fined £200 and receive six penalty points on their licence from today under new stricter laws ushered in by the Government.
Handling a phone in any way, from touching the screen to scroll a music playlist, browse the internet, take a photograph or play a mobile game is now strictly prohibited, and these rules apply when stopped at a red light or stuck in traffic.
The only exceptions are for
Chances are these days, you’re somewhere close to a 5G network, as the fast data connection becomes more commonplace, and there are more phones than ever with a 5G modem. It means now is a great time to future-proof your new phone by choosing a phone that supports 5G.
We’ve been reviewing 5G phones since the start of the 5G era and have spent countless hours testing all aspects of 5G phones — including their performance, display quality, battery life,
The best camera phone is the Google Pixel 6 Pro. It’s definitely a close call, but Google’s latest phone tops Apple’s iPhone 13 Pro in our head-to-head contest. The Pixel 6 Pro’s pictures are eye-poppingly attractive, colorful, and instantly shareable, making it one of the best camera phones around. But if you’re not a fan of Google’s Pixel, there are other choices, including the best Apple phone, best value phone, and the best cheap phone you can buy.
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