uSwitch latest stats reveal top phones in the UK for January!

   When it comes to mobile sales it's always interesting. You see the headline first weekend sales figures and that is normally a good indication of the popularity of devices, but that tends to focus on the high-end devices or flagship phones. So what's really selling in the UK at the moment? Well we think you'll be surprised to see some of the phones on this list!

   According to uSwitch's Mobile Tracker Samsung's Galaxy S3, the eternal Galaxy Ace and the Galaxy S2 were the three most popular phones in the month! The Galaxy Ace was probably helped by the new lease of life it has found on £7.50 per month contracts! There were four Nokia's in the list too, as well as the iPhone's of the 4S and 5 varieties and there was LG's Nexus 4 in there for good measure!

   The way uSwitch works this out is from their 'deal popularity and sales... [and] Statistics are derived from uSwitch.com, plus our network of mobile phone comparison partners [sic]'. So this should be a relatively broad representation of how popular devices are proving to be!

   The full chart looked like this:

1. Samsung Galaxy S3 Blue 16GB.
2. Samsung Galaxy Ace.
3. Samsung Galaxy S2.
4. Nokia 100.
5. Nokia C2-01.
6. LG Nexus 4.
7. iPhone 5 16GB Black.
8. iPhone 4S 16GB Black.
9. Nokia Lumia 800.
10. Nokia Lumia 610 Blue.

   We're a little surprised there's no Windows Phone 8 devices on the list, but then Nokia's Windows Phone 7 devices are now a lot cheaper than they used to be so that could well explain their omission! uSwitch spokesman Ernest Doku said that there were a set of cheaper phones in there which can be explained because:

"The mobile market is no stranger to a bit of January belt-tightening, with tech fans looking for sensible deals following a seasonal gadget binge... A swathe of bargain smartphones like the C2-01 have leapt back into the chart as a residual effect of gifting and January sales, whilst canny consumers also wait to see high-end devices around the corner."

   Doku thinks that February will be very different with the:

“Launch of a revamped BlackBerry in the full-touch flagship Z10 and Nokia’s Lumia 620 looking to disrupt the affordable end of the spectrum, expect some significant movement in the coming weeks – not to mention major smartphone announcements amidst February’s Mobile World Congress.”

   What do you predict February's chart will end up like? Will the Nexus 4 push on and will Samsung's Galaxy S3 get dethroned as the successor draws ever closer?

uSwitch and MobileNews Via Eurodroid.

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31/01/2013: EE light up 9 more markets, Nexus 4 charging orb popping up and much more!

EE announce 4G is now live in 9 more UK towns.

   EE's LTE expansion continues to march on! The 4GEE champions have now lit up nine more towns around the country. Residents of Amersham, Bolton, Chelmsford, Hemel Hempstead, Southend-on-Sea, Stockport, Sunderland, Sutton Coldfield and Wolverhampton all now have access to 'super-fast 4G'. 

   All in all this makes the total number of towns/cities which have the new connectivity to 27! This has led EE to proclaim that they are now ahead of their projected roll-out time plan. 

   Interestingly the network now covers nearly half of the UK population, 45% to be exact! If everything continues to go to plan the network will have 35 markets by March!

   If you're on another network then you'll have to wait until this 4G auction is completed and hopefully we'll start to see other companies offering 4G contracts in the not too distant future!
Via AndroidCentral.

The Nexus 4's charging orb starts popping up all over the place!

    Google's Nexus range of devices are all meant to have docks. Unfortunately their docks are very, very elusive! We've seen a couple of leaks of the dock for the Nexus 7 here and there, but we still don't have it for order anywhere. 

   So when it comes to the Nexus 4 dock, we knew how it would look when Google launched the Nexus 4, but we knew nothing of a release date or pricing or anything! There's a few websites around the internet which has started listing the wireless charging orb! Unfortunately, they're all out of stock at the moment, but they do offer us the model number WCP400 and it'll have a price of $59.99, which doesn't seem to be too expensive!

   We hope these listings mean that the dock will be on it's way to consumers soon, but we'll have to wait and see!
PureMobile, CesiumOnline Via DroigDog.

In other news:

• Temple Run 2 has broken records and smashes through 50 million downloads already!
  Via AndroidCommunity.

• Sprint and HTC are rolling out an update for the Evo 4G LTE, the OTA will bring the ability to stream audio/video to anyt device once you've connected a MHL cable. There's also a number of fixes and improvements which will affect WiFi, Bluetooth compatibility, and the proximity sensor while listening to voicemail.
  Via AndroidPolice.

• Grand Theft Auto V will be coming to an Xbox or PlayStation near you from September 17th this year! Anyone excited?
  Via TheVerge.

• Samsung has pretty much reaffirmed their commitment to Wacom displays because they've bought a 5% stack in the latter company!
  Via PhoneArena.

And finally, Google has erected a new statue in their grounds! We've been reassured that Google won't be merging Android and Chrome, but nonetheless this is a pretty sweet statue.
Via DroidLife.

Hi guys, if you've made it this far then thank you and sorry this is quite a short post, it's my birthday today so hopefully you can forgive this shortened post for today! I'll be back on it tomorrow!

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