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Just yesterday, tipster @evleaks suggested that the 2013 version of the Asus Nexus 7 would make its way to Verizon. Today, @evleaks has posted a picture on his Twitter account of a Asus Nexus 7 and Verizon’s Twitter hashtag, #VZW. That about seals it, methinks. We’re still not sure when the tablet could arrive on…
Sprint has axed the One Up Plans from its plan lineup, just a few days after unveiling their new money-saving Framily plans. The One Up Program provided customers with the option of upgrading their smartphones every year by paying a monthly fee. The plan was unveiled in September 2013. Sprint’s One Up program was a…
Verizon may soon launch the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition. Or at least the version of the tablet with support for the carrier’s LTE network has been caught at the FCC. In other words, the groundwork for launching the new Note 10.1 is cleared and now it’s all about the timing. Price is still…
If dropping the price of the Moto X off-contract wasn’t enough to entice you into purchasing a Moto X, Motorola has just sweetened the pot. Motorola is offering a free Chromecast streaming dongle with the purchase of a 16GB or 32GB Moto X off-contract. To take advantage of Motorola’s sweet deal, simply enter the promo…
The long-time rumored Nokia Lumia Icon aka Lumia 929 may finally launch in the next few days… or weeks. The device has been caught at Verizon’s website though that page has been promptly made offline. Luckily it was live for enough time for the folks of WMPowerUser to catch a glimpse of it. The page…
Well what do you know, it looks like the Moto X has had a notification LED all along! Thanks to an XDA thread spotted by Droid-Life, we now know of its existence and how you can activate it yourself. It takes a little gumption and root to activate though, but that won’t be a problem…
It’s not the UnCarrier announcement we’re waiting for, but its a good one nonetheless. T-Mobile has announced that they will be purchasing some spectrum from Verizon Wireless. T-Mobile will be spending $2.365 billion in cash to purchase certain 700 MHz A-Block spectrum licences from Verizon. The deal will also see T-Mobile transfer some AWS and…
Best Buy has dramatically cut the price of Apple’s newest iPhones, offering the iPhone 5C for free and the iPhone 5S for $124 when coupled with a new two-year contract on Sprint, Verizon or AT&T. We haven’t seen a deal like this since before the holidays, when Target and Wal-Mart were offering the 16 GB versions of…
Verizon is kicking off 2014 with price drops on a few of 2013’s hottest Android smartphones. The LG G2, HTC One and DROID ULTRA can now be purchased off-contract for $449, a few hundred bucks cheaper than they were last year. That’s great news for Verizon customers who are looking to upgrade their devices, or…
The Moto X has received a considerable price cut today, with the un-subsidized 16GB model dropping from $649 to $399. That’s quite a price drop, and puts the handset in the price category it should have been in the first place. Motorola hasn’t moved as many Moto X handsets as they would have liked in…