Three and O2 merger: we answer your FAQs

What happens next? Will you lose out? Ask us anything.

The landscape of the UK mobile industry is changing underfoot. Everywhere you look, carriers are eyeing rivals for takeover bids in what could be one of the biggest transition periods for the market for aeons.

Amid all the changes, today's big news is Three's mooted takeover of O2, which has sparked understandable concern from their subscribers.

Here, we aim to answer any questions we think you're likely to have about how it'll affect you.

If you've got a question of your own, leave it in the comments section and we'll endeavour to answer it.

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HTC Zara: new mid-range smartphone leaked

Plastic model incoming.

HTC is working on a new plastic handset, dubbed the Zara, with a release date pegged for late 2013.
The device was leaked by evleaks, which is developing a solid-gold reputation for getting the inside line on new mobiles.

With HTC unleashing aluminium handsets earlier this year, with the One and One Mini leading the line, a plastic device makes sense in light of the impending release of Apple’s iPhone 5C.
The Zara is said to pack a 4.5-inch qHD display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 plus processor and 1GB of RAM.
Beats Audio and an ample eight-megapixel camera complete the package. A Q4 release date is expected.

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Live news Android Ice Cream Sandwich rollout is go for HTC Evo 3D

Android Ice Cream Sandwich rollout is go for HTC Evo 3D

Unlocked phones only, though.

HTC has begun rolling out Android 4.0, A.K.A Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) for the HTC Evo 3D, giving the year-old smartphone a fresh lease of life.
The phone-manufacturer is making the update, which brings some smart new features to the handset, available initially to owners in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

As it stands, however, ICS is only up for grabs if you've got an unlocked Evo 3D. Owners of network-branded models will have to wait until it passes through testing with individual carriers. And as experience tells us, that could take months.
Features it adds to the handset aren’t yet confirmed. But potential additions take in the rather specious Face Unlock security feature that uses the front-facing camera to scan would-be users’ faces and will only become unlocked for the owner. Or at least, that's the theory.
Also likely to make the transition to the Evo 3D are a range of user interface tweaks and enhanced multi-tasking.


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HTC One S won’t get Android 4.2

One S stranded.

HTC has said it will not be upgrading 2012’s One S handset to Android 4.2. The mid-range device, revealed in February of last year, will instead remain stranded on Android 4.1.
In a statement, the Taiwanese mobile maker said, “We can confirm that the HTC One S will not receive further Android OS updates and will remain on the current version of Android and HTC Sense. 
“We realize [sic] this news will be met with disappointment by some, but our customers should feel confident that we have designed the HTC One S to be optimized [sic] with our amazing camera and audio experiences.”
The move has been greeted with disbelief among the hardcore Android community, especially as Samsung is currently pushing out Android 4.2 to its two-year-old Galaxy S2.

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HTC One red colourway announced, pre-order live on Phones 4U

Flagship phone gets busy with the blusher.

HTC has deviated from tried and trusted gun-metal grey and black colour options it favours for its flagship phones, with a ‘glamour red’ (their words, not ours) edition of the One.
Available to pre-order now at Phones 4U, which has exclusive rights to sell the red version in the UK, the re-sprayed handset goes on sale officially in mid July. The One will be free from £33 per month on monthly contracts.

HTC's handset is unchanged from the more sober hued models in the design department. And given the acclaim heaped on its unibody aluminium construction, it’s not hard to see why.
And the features are the same too. That means you’ve got the same UltraPixel camera, a 4.7-inch full HD display and a 1.7GHz quad-core Snapdragon processor.
The One runs Android 4.2 out of the box, with a revamped version of the HTC Sense user interface slathered over the top that apes the more ‘alive’ feel of Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system.
Philip Blair, President of EMEA at HTC, said: “We have always been committed to offering consumers the flexibility to share their personalities through their choice of mobile phone, whether through colour, customisation or features.

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HTC Desire 200 gets official

Desire brand gets a reboot

HTC has turned to a handset brand synonymous with its glory days of 2011 to revive its flagging fortunes, in the shape of a new low-cost addition to the Desire range.
Dubbed the Desire 200, the as-yet un-priced kit packs a 3.5-inch display with 480x320 resolution, as well as a five-megapixel camera. Perhaps surprisingly for a phone so obviously pitched at the low-end market, Beats by Dre audio technology is on board too.

Other than that, spec-sheet details are scanty. But the product listing on HTC's site does tell us that it’ll be 3G-only and packs a 1GHz processor courtesy of Qualcomm and 4GB of internal storage. This can be boosted by up to 32GB adding a microSD card.

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Apple site partners with UK carriers for iPhone pay as you go offer

Pay as you go offer until May 9th.

Apple has teamed up with UK carriers to offer Britons pay as you go SIM cards with iPhones directly from its site for the first time ever.
Customers buying an unlocked iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and newest 4S edition in white or black from the site right now get the option to add a SIM card from O2, Vodafone or Three.

Choose O2 and you’ll get £10 of call credit, 300 texts, 500MB data and 500MB of data to be used within 30 days of purchase.
Three’s SIM offers 300 mins, 3000 texts and unlimited data also to be used within 30 days. Go with Voda at £15 and you’re looking at 300 mins, 3000 texts and 500MB of mobile data, which, you’ve guessed it, you’ve got to use within 30 days.
The pay as you go offer, which has the neat bonus of meaning you avoid pesky credit checks that come as standard on contracts, is set to run on the Apple Store until May 9th.

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HTC One lands on Vodafone UK

            

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