Tag Archives: CarphoneWarehouse

Best Buy will sell its half of European arm to Carphone Warehouse for $775 million

Post Image

As Best Buy attempts a return to financial well-being, it’s decided to sell the 50 percent share it still owns in Best Buy Europe to fellow joint venture partner Carphone Warehouse. The price is set at about 500 million GBP ($775 million, mostly i…


Carphone Warehouse stocking Sony’s Xperia T, J and Tablet S for wannabe James Bonds

Post Image

Given that James Bond himself is rocking Sony’s Xperia T as his handset of choice in Skyfall, it’s natural that wannabe Bonds will be clamoring for similar gear. Fortunately, Carphone Warehouse has announced that it’s stocking the T, Xperia J and Xpe…


Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 arrives at the Carphone Warehouse

Post Image

Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10.1 is now available at the Carphone Warehouse for the stylus-toting multi-tasker in your life. The independent UK retailer is selling the 16GB, WiFi version for £400, while the edition equipped with a 3G modem retails fo…


Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 hits the UK on August 22nd, starts at £300 for WiFi-only model

Post Image

It’s ’bout time, right? Having been up for grabs here in the US since way back in May, it’s now looking like Sammy’s second-gen Tab 10.1 is finally ready to make its official retail debut across the pond. According to Carphone Warehouse, the Galaxy T…


Mobile Miscellany: week of July 30th, 2012

Post Image

Not all mobile news is destined for the front page, but if you’re like us and really want to know what’s going on, then you’ve come to the right place. This past week, the Galaxy Nexus for Sprint and Verizon Wireless each became available for free, w…


PSA: Nexus 7 arrives at the Carphone Warehouse today

Post Image

If you’re the old fashioned sort who likes carrying your newly minted device back from the store, then you’ll be elated to know that the Nexus 7 is available at the Carphone Warehouse from today. The Jelly Bean-running slate that sits in the palm of …


We go hands-on with the waterproof Sony Xperia go (video)

Post Image

The spiritual successor to last year’s Xperia Active has been given a performance boost. Now packing a dual-core 1GHz processor, Sony hopes it’ll manage to keep up with your surf-heavy lifestyle. At least, that’s the explanation we reckon underpins t…


Samsung Galaxy S III tops UK pre-order records, shows that British love their quad-core

Post Image

The British clearly didn’t waste any time once pre-orders opened up for the Galaxy S III, which just broke through pre-order records for at least one carrier and one retailer in the country. Carphone Warehouse’s chief commercial officer Graham Staple…


Nokia Lumia 900 arriving in the UK April 27th, dressed in white

Post Image

Sure, the US has already had its chance at Nokia’s Windows-packing smartphone, but UK-based fans of the Lumia 900 won’t have to wait too much longer, if the release date on Phones 4u’s site is to be believed. The retailer currently has the handset’s d…


Lumia 900 hits Carphone Warehouse, possibly coming to the UK in June

Post Image

We bet some of you over in the UK were just a wee bit little jealous when it was revealed that we here in the good ol’ U-S-of-A would be getting first dibs on the Lumia 900 (a little payback for keeping the 800 all to yourselves). Well, lucky for you,…