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New products from Microsoft, Samsung and Huawei... plus the rest of the week's news

Podcast - 5th November 2014

The new Microsoft Band, the Samsung Galaxy A smartphones and the Huawei Honor 6 are all discussed in this week's podcast.

We also look at some of the mobile industry's other big stories, including Amazon UK's mobile phone deals, the Lenovo purchase of Motorola Mobility, LG's quarterly results and the anticipated increase in WiFi hotspots.

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Juniper Research estimates that almost 317 million smartphones were shipped in Q3 2014

Juniper Research estimates that almost 317 million smartphones were shipped in Q3 2014

Figures from Juniper Research show Samsung and Apple continuing to dominate the smartphone market, with newly-expanded Lenovo in third place.

It estimates that 316.6 million smartphones were shipped in the third quarter of 2014. That’s a 13.1% increase year-on-year.

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There'll be one WiFi hotspot for every 20 people on Earth by 2018, says new research

International WiFi service provider iPass has published a growth map that shows how public WiFi hotspots are being deployed around the world.

It uses data from wireless market analysts Maravedis-Rethink, revealing there’ll be 47.7 million public WiFi hotspots available worldwide by the end of 2014.

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New mid-range Samsung smartphones are its slimmest ever

New mid-range Samsung smartphones are its slimmest ever

Samsung Electronics has revealed two new metal-bodied smartphones aimed at younger consumers.

The Samsung Galaxy A5 is just 6.7mm thin and the Galaxy A3 is 6.9mm, making them the company’s thinnest-ever handsets.

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Amazon.co.uk starts selling 'pay monthly' deals with O2 connections

Amazon.co.uk starts selling 'pay monthly' deals with O2 connections

Amazon.co.uk has started selling ‘pay monthly’ mobile phones online.

More than 90 different handsets are being offered, including the Amazon Fire smartphone, thanks to an agreement with O2 UK.

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