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Phones4u

http://www.phones4u.co.uk/
Last activity: 04.09.2026
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Mentions
17

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Location
United Kingdom, England, Newcastle upon Tyne
Employees
10001+

Mentions in press and media 17

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May 28, 2026Milburn review: Youth unemployment crisis costs £125bn a year due to ‘broken system’The crisis of nearly a million young people who are out of education, employment or training – known as ‘Neets’ – costs the UK economy up to £125bn a year, the Alan Milburn review has found, as both the government and the private sector wer...
Dec 12, 2025Billionaire Labour-backer says ‘business unfriendly’ Budget hit growthA billionaire backer of the Labour party has said the government’s “business unfriendly” policies have hit economic growth following another bleak release of data. John Caudwell, the founder of Phones 4u, said Labour “really need to change ...
Feb 27, 2024Anti-radiation Devices for Cell Phones Market: Radiant Growth Projected with a 6.4% CAGR, Envisaged to Surpass US$ 467.5 Million by 2031 from a Valuation of US$ 251.0 Million in 2022Anti-radiation Devices for Cell Phones Market: Radiant Growth Projected with a 6.4% CAGR, Envisaged to Surpass US$ 467.5 Million by 2031 from a Valuation of US$ 251.0 Million in 2022 02-27-2024 05:47 PM CET | Advertising, Media Consulting,...
Feb 17, 2022Foldable phones to reach market value of $29B, IDC findsBy Catherine Knowles Journalist Thu, 17th Feb 2022 # Smartphones # Technology Gifts # Analyst report # Foldable # IDC # Samsung FYI, this story is more than a year old The worldwide market for foldable phones is forecast to reach 27.6 milli...
Sep 15, 2014Many UK iPhone 6 pre-orders cancelled after Phones 4u enters administrationWould-be iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus owners are currently wondering whether or not they will receive the handsets they pre-ordered after Phones 4u went into administration. On Sunday, the beleaguered retailer threw in the towel after EE deci...
Mar 4, 2013U.K. Phone Retailers Offer Cheaper BlackBerry Z10 Tariffs A Month After Launch — Soft Demand For First BB10 Handset?After taking so long to transition to its next-gen OS platform, the company formerly known as RIM has an awful lot riding on its first BlackBerry 10 handset, the Z10. The handset launched at the end of January in the U.K. and early February...
Feb 7, 2013BlackBerry Z10 Did Sell Out In 55% Of Phones 4u’s 680 U.K. Stores Over Launch Weekend — But Still No Hard Sales FiguresTurns out the BlackBerry Z10 was a weekend sell out after all. U.K. mobile phones retailer Phones 4u has confirmed that a majority of its stores sold out of the first BlackBerry 10 handset in its first weekend of sales. Phones 4u said 55 pe...
Dec 9, 2012Gift Guide: Samsung Galaxy BeamShort Version The Samsung Galaxy Beam is an Android-powered smartphone that has a pico projector embedded into its top edge so you can beam on-screen content onto a wall or other large surface. As well as projecting video and photo content,...
Nov 25, 2012Gift Guide: Nokia Lumia 820Short Version The Nokia Lumia 820 is a Windows Phone 8-powered smartphone, with a generously sized 4.3-inch screen. It packs 4G/LTE and is powered by a dual-core Snapdragon chip. As well as running the latest version of Microsoft’s mobile O...
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What has the press written about Phones4u?

Parsers VC has collected 17 articles mentioning Phones4u, among them “Milburn review: Youth unemployment crisis costs £125bn a year due to ‘broken system’” (May 28, 2026) and “Billionaire Labour-backer says ‘business unfriendly’ Budget hit growth” (Dec 12, 2025).

Is Phones4u still active?

Phones4u is probably closed: its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Sep 4, 2026.