Unsurprisingly Vodafone is far from pleased after coming bottom in RootMetrics' recent network performance report, and the Big Red reckons the results shouldn't be taken seriously.
Ben Taylor, Senior Corporate Communications Manager at Vodafone, has spoken to TechRadar and raised the network's concerns over the report.
"We believe the way Root Metrics carried out its testing does not appear to follow standard industry practices, or is fully impartial, while it also incorporates data some of which may well be over six months old.
"The evidence we have seen of how Root Metrics conducted some of its tests leads us to believe that they were carried out in an inconsistent manner."
Inconsistent
"Those looking for more robust research should be approaching more established researchers, such as Ookla, who are completely independent and use hundreds of thousands of real, unbiased customers across the country for its results," he added.
"We cannot take the results of this report seriously and neither should our customers."
Strong words from Vodafone and we've asked the network to clarify its claims of inconsistency and impartiality - we'll update this article once we hear back.
Meanwhile RootMetrics states the report "offers an unbiased, transparent characterisation of UK mobile performance from a consumer's perspective."
The G2 had a great full HD display, but will the G3 go one better?
The LG G3 may be the first major handset with a QuadHD display if the latest leak is to be believed.
Twitter tipster @evleaks has dug up a User Agent profile from one of LG's official websites, detailing a device going by the name LG D850 which sports a resolution of 1440 x 2560 (QuadHD in other words).
Now we don't know for sure that the LG D850 is the LG G3, but with a screen like that it's got to be a top end device and being on an official LG website it's likely to be a real thing.
Supposedly the handset will sport a 5.5-inch display, which combined with the rumoured QuadHD resolution would give it a pixel density of 534 pixels per inch.
It's questionable whether the human eye will even benefit from all those extra pixels, but as a bullet point for the box that could certainly make it stand out from the Samsung Galaxy S5 and Xperia Z2.
There have been so many Windows Phone 8.1 leaks over the last few months that there surely can't be many surprises left and yet we keep seeing new things.
The latest leak is a video of the new camera app. It's been posted by UnleashThePhones and it looks a lot like Nokia's camera app.
The right side of the screen has shortcuts to photo mode, video mode and the new burst mode while the left side has various settings, such as ISO and whether to enable flash.
It appears you can choose which and how many settings (up to five) appear on the viewfinder, so if you'd rather have quick access to scene modes than exposure that shouldn't be a problem.
Clear view
The ability to choose not just the settings you want shortcuts to, but also how many means you can keep the viewfinder totally clutter free or give yourself quick access to all of your most used camera functions.
Lenses are still on board and a couple of handy features can be spied in the video, as you can press and hold the camera button to wake up the phone and enable a mode which prevents the camera from accidentally being launched when the phone is locked.
While the video is very much focused on the camera there's also a glimpse of a new Cortana tile on the Start screen. This isn't surprising as Microsoft's Cortana personal assistant is an expected feature of Windows Phone 8.1, but now there's little doubt that it will be included.
All in all the camera has a cleaner, more intuitive and potentially quicker to use interface than the current one and with Microsoft likely to unveil Windows Phone 8.1 at its Build conference in April we should be able to get our hands on it soon.
We're feverishly awaiting our review samples of the Samsung Galaxy S5 and Sony Xperia Z2 – so to help keep you going in this barren period (assuming you've already gazed your fill at the New HTC One /M8 and iPhone 6 info we've parsed) we've pitted these two phones against one another in our early look.
If you're one of those people that think 'well, they're both big phones that do roughly the same thing'…well, you're kind of right.
But it's the smaller (and in some cases, bigger) differences that inspire us to keep reaching for the same handset time and again each day, but these can also be the reason we hate ourselves for choosing the wrong phone for two years.
We've spent nearly an hour with each handset to germinate some opinions on each before our full review (spoiler: they're both pretty good) but given some of you may be already thinking about a cheeky pre-order, here's our look at the specs that both are rocking plus a little bit of extra information to help you make the right decision.
Design
Design is a pertinent issue to both parties, but for very different reasons, and once again that's been brought to the fore with the launch of Sony and Samsung's new flagship phones.
Let's start with Sony's pocket warrior: once again, it's gone for the 'Omnibalance' design which means a more industrial-looking shape with that quickly-becoming-iconic power button on the side.
Straight away it feels like a premium device, one that's made with top quality materials and is put together in a way that doesn't feel like it's going to break. That's improved by the fact every port (bar the headphone jack) is covered to make the Xperia Z2 waterproof, which makes things feel a bit more compact and strong.
The Z2 also has dual front facing speakers, a fact Sony oddly played down when it launched the device – they certainly make your music played without headphones better, and show that perhaps HTC had the right idea with BoomSound.
The Samsung Galaxy S5 has been roundly criticised from most quarters thanks to its…iterative design, which is a kind way of saying it looks a bit like the Galaxy S4 and Note 3 together. It's certainly on the same level as the likes of HTC and Apple when it comes to the design.
However, it does feel the most solid in the hand of all the Galaxy S devices, and the dimpled rubber-esque back is actually really nice to hold, as it's really grippy.
Like the Z2, it's also water resistant, but the only cover is at the bottom to stop water getting in, with the microSD and microSIM slots hidden under the cover.
However, there's a worry about the protection that cover offers, as it took four attempts to make sure it was fully snapped into place – if not, then it doesn't seem like water protection is on offer.
The Samsung Galaxy S5 is slightly better protected against dust, but is a little less water resistant, coming in at IP67 rating compared to the IP58 of the Sony Xperia Z2. This shouldn't really affect your purchase decision unless you're planning to submerge the phone deeply for a long time… if you are, then perhaps you should be thinking about a more specialist device.
When it comes to comparing the two dimensionally, the Samsung Galaxy S5 is the smaller device – just.
We're talking 146.8 x 73.3 x 8.2 mm for the Xperia Z2 compared to 142 x 72.5 x 8.1 mm for the Galaxy S5, with the former weighing 163g and the latter 145g. So the Galaxy S5 is thinner, shorter and weighs less – if that matters to you.
Screen
What is it about a screen that matters to you? A strong colour reproduction? Size? Amount of pixels?
Well, there's actually not a lot between the two options here. The Samsung Galaxy S5 has a Full HD display at a 5.1-inch size, and the Sony Xperia Z2 offers the same resolution (1920 x 1080) with a 5.2-inch offering.
The underlying technology is significantly different though, with Samsung employing the same Super AMOLED screen that it has in years gone by.
Not quite the same, as it's evolved significantly over time, but it seems that the Galaxy S5 has the best display Samsung has ever produced. We're awaiting official confirmation of the exact technology used, but it certainly looks brighter and sharper than before despite being slightly lower in the pixels-per-inch stakes compared to its predecessor.
If we're talking PPI, the Galaxy S5 has the win over the Sony Xperia Z2 as well. The former runs at 432 PPI, where Sony comes in at 424PPI thanks to the slightly larger screen. You shouldn't let such discrepancies sway you though, as there's very little in the perception, if anything.
Sony has tried to take on the perceived 'over saturation' of Samsung's Super AMOLED screens by introducing Live Colour LED. In short, this alters the output of the LEDs that light the screen to allow them to produce a wider gamut of colour.
The upshot of this is that images on the screen, particularly red and green, will appear more full, and general output will be improved as well.
Samsung's come under fire in the past for its higher colour range, making things seem a little too colourful at times, but this can be dialled up and down, so shouldn't be a complete negative.
However, the pictures on the Xperia Z2 are just sublime, meaning it's going to be a great phone for movie watching and the like.
Samsung might be trying to succeed where LG failed with a newly-filed patent for a smartphone with a 21:9 aspect ratio.
That's pretty damn long, but given it's the same ratio found on widescreen TVs this could be for a phone built for the hardcore film fans.
That's reinforced by the especially large speaker grill shown on the phone in the patent sketch. There's no mention of what the resolution might be but there is a rather large-looking rear facing camera too.
Long game
Some of you might remember the LG BL40 New Chocolate handset which came with the same ratio. It didn't resonate in 2009, but maybe Samsung can help a longer form find a place in our hearts.
Or it could just be another crazy idea that never comes to fruition.
That said, at MWC this year, TechRadar got hands on with Samsung's foldable phones and tablets, which the company is planning to get onto the market some time in 2015
After seeing those - and remembering that the Galaxy Round also exists - we wouldn't put anything past these guys.
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