Phones

The 15p charge for calling the police's non-emergency 101 number will be scrapped from April 2020. 

If you've a Huawei smartphone you may struggle to download some future versions of the Android operating system, and there are questions over how quickly you'll get some security updates, after Google announced it is to restrict the Chinese tech giant's access to the software. 

Virgin Mobile customers who were affected by Tuesday's outage will be offered free data or a day's refund of airtime charges, the firm has announced.

The price of making an international call from the UK to another EU country will be capped at around 20p/min from today – but you're still likely to be able to save by calling via the internet.

Hundreds of thousands of Virgin Mobile customers on pay-monthly contracts will be hit with a 2.4% price hike from Monday 1 July, MoneySavingExpert.com can reveal. And many found out on the day of a major service outage, with some unable to make calls, send texts or use data for hours.  

Haggling is live and kicking in the UK, a new MoneySavingExpert.com poll reveals, with four out of five customers who give it a go successfully negotiating a better deal with some big-name firms in the TV, broadband, mobile, breakdown and insurance sectors.

Samsung's new Galaxy S10, S10 Plus and S10e officially launch today. Buying a Samsung is never MoneySaving – but if you're determined to get one, buying the right way could save you £100s/year. 

About 250,000 Virgin Mobile customers will see their bills rise from April as part of a tariff shake-up, with some reporting hikes of up to £150 – but if you're affected, you can leave penalty-free or haggle down your bill.

Samsung has launched its latest flagship range, with the introduction of four new handsets for 2019 including the Galaxy Fold and Galaxy S10 – but they're certainly not MoneySaving, with the most expensive S10 costing £1,399. 

O2 and Three will increase prices for their pay-monthly mobile customers by 2.5%, after EE confirmed it would be hiking prices by 2.7%.