The other day we’ve told you that Samsung won’t be the only handset maker working on the Prime variant of its current flagship device. HTC is thinking between the same lines, preparing the One M8 Prime as we speak. Now we have new details to add to the rumormill. According to Russian hi-tech.mail.ru website, this model will rock a ceramic body. You got that right, the Taiwanese company...
Last week we reported that AT&T would launch HD Voice through LTE on May 23 in select markets on only one device. That device, the Samsung Galaxy S5, goes on sale with the higher quality voice calls later this week. Minneapolis and Chicago are currently the only markets that have launched HD Voice. The Samsung Galaxy S4 mini will go on sale on Friday, May 23rd, for $49.99 when purchased with a...
A mix of the conventional and bizarre, the months of May 2004 and 2009 features very different phones from the ones we see today....
Verizon has begun rolling out XLTE to various markets around the U.S., delivering twice the data bandwidth of the company’s already fast LTE to compatible devices. XLTE is the culmination of various network improvements Verizon has made over the last year, utilizing Verizon’s newly acquired AWS spectrum to boost data speeds to compatible devices. Verizon claims that “nearly all of...
If you’ve been looking for a Samsung Galaxy S5 off-contract, today is your day. Boost and Virgin Mobile are now offering Sammy’s powerhouse smartphone for $599 off-contract. It’s the same GS5 we know and love, just without the monthly payments. The GS5 rocks a 5.1 inch screen, a Snapdragon 801 processor, 2GB of RAM and Android 4.4 KitKat. The GS5 can be coupled with one of Boost...
Motorola’s Moto E was rooted over the weekend, according to XDA Developers. Motorola’s budget device, which ships with Android 4.4 KitKat, an unlocked bootloader and a minimal amount of bloatware can now be rooted by way of an unofficial TWRP recovery. Now Moto E owners can install custom ROMs just by performing a few steps. Ready to root your Moto E? Head here and follow the step-by-step...
T-Mobile is offering up two 4G LTE enabled Android tablets through Wal-Mart. One of the devices, the Apollo Brands Trio AXS tablet is available beginning today, and the HP Slate 7HD will land at Wal-Mart in June. Not only are the two tablets value priced, but T-Mobile will throw in 200MB of data for free, for life with the purchase of one of the devices. If 200MB isn’t enough data for you, you...
The Samsung Galaxy S4 mini will be available from AT&T on May 23rd for $49.99 with a new two-year contract. The little sibling of the Galaxy S4 rocks a 4.3-ich display and supports AT&T’s HD Voice calling, which is currently available in trial markets Chicago and Minneapolis. HD Voice will roll out across the country in the coming months. If a two-year contract isn’t your style,...
The parent company of the nations largest wireless network operator and the largest satellite TV provider have agreed to a multi-billion dollar merger that would see the two companies become one. Read the full story here. ...
The Samsung Galaxy S5 is a top of the line phone. The Samsung Galaxy S5 Prime is another top-of-the-line phone with a few small changes that will supposedly launch soon and cost more than the standard S5. And this is allegedly how it looks. Read the full story here. ...
HTC has begun updating the T-Mobile version of the HTC One (2013 edition) to include most of the Sense 6 user experience and features introduced in the HTC One M8 Read the full story here. ...
Verizon Wireless today announced that it is going to improve the network in half of its 500 4G LTE markets by using its AWS spectrum to deliver higher capacity and improve performance in busy areas with its new XLTE. Read the full story here. ...
Windows Phone supports only four brightness settings: low, medium, high, and auto. Anyone wanting to have more detailed controls have sadly had to do without, but that will change soon on more Nokia handsets. Read the full story here. ...
Multiple reliable churners of the rumor mill say that Google will replace Nexus devices with a co-developed "Android Silver" program with smartphone makers. The latest chatter is that one of the first phones will be a Sprint-bound device with a Snapdragon 810. Read the full story here. ...
It's long been rumored that Amazon will produce its own smartphone to compete with the major players in the space. It looks like Tesco may beat them to it....
One of Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Tab S tablets has been caught at the FCC, hinting us that the launch is pretty much imminent. The version FCC employees got to play with has a 10.5-inch display which should be launched alongside the 8.4-inch variant, both sporting AMOLED screens with resolution of 2,560 x 1,600 pixels and fingerprint readers. These tablets will be available in three different...
Yeah, the long-time rumored Samsung Galaxy S5 Prime is inching towards the official launch. While we’re still clueless when such device will be unveiled, we’re pretty confident that will happen in the next few months as Sammy’s answer to the soon-to-be-launched LG G3. The Prime will boast an aluminum body and super-hi-res 5.2-inch QHD screen. That’s 1440 x 2560 pixels baby,...
Roughly a month ago we’ve told you that Samsung is working on a biggest yet member of the Galaxy Mega family. The upcoming 7-inch model marked as SM-T2558 may be heading to South Korea where it will be known as Galaxy W. A leaked brochure caught by the savvy folks of SamMobile suggests this everything-but-portable device will boast a “Phoneblet UX” with landscape mode and split-screen...
HTC seems eager to launch a number of different One variants this year. Aside from the “regular” One M8 and One Mini 2, we may also the Maxi variant as well as few models made out of plastic. One such device could be the newly leaked HTC One Remix, which was brought to our attention by the good folks of EVleaks. From what we can tell (from the image above) this unit looks very much like...
HTC has started rolling out Sense 6.0 update for some HTC One M7 variants in the U.S. AndroidAuthority is reporting. The Taiwanese company’s product manager Leigh Momii revealed that the update will start with owners of the unlocked and Developer Edition devices, with carrier-specific models likely to follow shortly afterwards. The 668MB-heavy download will bring a number of changes, all with...