Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge is outselling standard Galaxy S6, despite premium price

Phone-maker rewarded for taking a risk with phone design?

Samsung’s Galaxy S6 Edge variant is selling faster than the standard Galaxy S6, with tech fans seemingly happy to pay extra for a handset that stands out amid a sea of identikit, slab-shaped smartphones.

Of pre-orders taken by uSwitch Tech for the Galaxy S6 since it became available on March 20th, 53% are for the more costly sloped screen-toting Edge iteration.

To put that in some kind of context in terms of comparative pricing, the cheapest Galaxy S6 Edge contracts that include a free phone start at £48.50 per month.

If you want the Galaxy S6 on a free-phone deal, though, you’re looking at minimum outlay of £34.50 per month.

That works out at a difference of £336 over the course of a two-year contract. A not inconsiderable sum by anyone’s measure, right?

So what to read into this?

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iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus set to be joined by new smaller model

iPhone 6C looks set to replace current iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C models.

Apple will release a new 4–inch iPhone later this year to sit alongside the already rumoured iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus models.

The smaller phone, dubbed the iPhone 6C by supply chain sources, will rock the same 4–inch screen as the iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C, but looks set to replace those older editions, which were first revealed in 2013.

Interestingly, the insiders say that the iPhone 6C will feature Apple’s Touch ID fingerprint scanning tech, which is missing from the entry level iPhone 5C.

The device is set to use Apple’s A8 chipset, while the higher end iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus will come packing a newer A9 version.

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New Moto G second-generation 4G: Five things you need to know

Cheap-as-chips smartphone gets a speed boost.

The Moto G is one of our favourite budget handsets.

When it first launched back in 2013, it set a new standard for affordable smartphones and prompted other manufacturers to get their acts together.

The second-generation model arrived in September last year, and now there's finally the option of a 4G edition. Tempted? Here's all you need to know.

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Exclusive: Moto G 4G (2015) is coming soon

Speedy version of budget phone incoming.

Motorola has confirmed plans for a 4G version of the second-generation Moto G, in keeping with its marketing model for last year's model.

The original first-gen Moto G was available in 3G and 4G options. The 4G edition also improved on the 3G version by offering expandable storage by microSD.

Those two handsets were then superseded late last year by a second-gen Moto G phone with better specs but 3G support only.

And the good news for fans of affordable but pretty impressively specc'd Android phones is that a 4G edition of the second-gen Moto G is on the way soon.

Asked if a 4G version of the Moto G (2014) model is coming this year, Magnus Ahlqvist, Corporate Vice President of EMEA & APAC at Motorola, said: "Yes. It is coming to Europe, so stay tuned for details on that one.

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